Let It Die

This article is about the Leslie Feist album. For the Foo Fighters song, see Let It Die (song).

Let It Die
Studio album by Feist
Released	May 18, 2004 (CAN) July 12, 2004 (U.K.)[1]
Recorded	2003–2004
Genre	Indie rock, baroque pop
Length	45:10
Label	Universal Polydor Arts & Crafts
Producer	Renaud Letang
Feist chronology
Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down) (1999) Let It Die (2004) Open Season (2006)
Canadian cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.1/10)[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Let It Die is the second album by Canadian singer-songwriter Feist. It was recorded in Paris during 2002 and 2003 and released in 2004. The album is considered by many fans and critics alike to be a combination of jazz, bossa nova and indie rock.

Background

Let It Die was welcomed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004, and collected three Juno Award nominations in 2005 —winning Best Alternative Album and Best New Artist. Let It Die was nominated once again in the 2006 Juno Awards; this time for "Inside and Out" as Single of the Year.

Let It Die has attracted a significant international audience. The album was originally divided into original compositions on the first half and cover versions on the second, though a reissue later in 2004 added a further original composition as the penultimate track.

The single "Mushaboom" is a pun on sh-boom as a refrain, and the Mushaboom, the Canadian coastal community east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the province where Feist was born. The song was used in a Lacoste commercial.

Track listing

Canadian version on Arts & Crafts
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gatekeeper"	Feist, Gonzales	2:16
2.	"Mushaboom"	Feist	3:44
3.	"Let It Die"	Feist	2:55
4.	"One Evening"	Feist	3:36
5.	"Leisure Suite"	Feist, Gonzales	4:07
6.	"L'amour ne dure pas toujours"	Françoise Hardy	3:16
7.	"Lonely Lonely"	music by Tony Scherr, lyrics by Feist	4:10
8.	"When I Was a Young Girl"	traditional, inspired by Texas Gladden	3:08
9.	"Secret Heart"	Ron Sexsmith	3:49
10.	"Inside and Out"	Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb	4:17
11.	"Now at Last"	Bob Haymes	3:16

US/UK version on Interscope
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gatekeeper"	Feist, Gonzales	2:16
2.	"Mushaboom"	Feist	3:44
3.	"Let It Die"	Feist	2:55
4.	"One Evening"	Feist	3:36
5.	"Leisure Suite"	Feist, Gonzales	4:07
6.	"Lonely Lonely"	music by Tony Scherr, lyrics by Feist	4:10
7.	"When I Was a Young Girl"	traditional, inspired by Texas Gladden	3:08
8.	"Secret Heart"	Ron Sexsmith	3:49
9.	"Inside and Out"	Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb	4:17
10.	"Tout doucement"	Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier	2:31
11.	"Now at Last"	Bob Haymes	3:16

Australian version on Interscope
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gatekeeper"	Feist, Gonzales	2:16
2.	"Mushaboom"	Feist	3:44
3.	"Let It Die"	Feist	2:55
4.	"One Evening"	Feist	3:36
5.	"Leisure Suite"	Feist, Gonzales	4:07
6.	"Lonely Lonely"	music by Tony Scherr, lyrics by Feist	4:10
7.	"When I Was a Young Girl"	traditional, inspired by Texas Gladden	3:08
8.	"Secret Heart"	Ron Sexsmith	3:49
9.	"Inside and Out"	Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb	4:17
10.	"Tout doucement"	Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier	2:31
11.	"Now at Last"	Bob Haymes	3:16
12.	"Gatekeeper (full mix)"	Feist	2:42
13.	"Lover's Spit" (live on XFM)	Broken Social Scene

Interscope deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gatekeeper"	Feist, Gonzales	2:16
2.	"Mushaboom"	Feist	3:44
3.	"Let It Die"	Feist	2:55
4.	"One Evening"	Feist	3:36
5.	"Leisure Suite"	Feist, Gonzales	4:07
6.	"Lonely Lonely"	music by Tony Scherr, lyrics by Feist	4:10
7.	"When I Was a Young Girl"	traditional, inspired by Texas Gladden	3:08
8.	"Secret Heart"	Ron Sexsmith	3:49
9.	"Inside and Out"	Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb	4:17
10.	"Tout doucement"	Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier	2:31
11.	"Now at Last"	Bob Haymes	3:16
12.	"Amourissima"	Gonzales, Feist, Pierre Grillet
13.	"L'Amour ne dure pas toujours"	Françoise Hardy

Personnel

• Gonzales – piano, various instruments
• Feist – guitar, vocals
• Julien Chirol – trombone
• Frédéric Coudere – saxophone

Charts and certifications

Album

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Album Charts	51
Belgian Album Charts (Wallonia)	47
French Album Charts	38
German Albums Chart	92
U.S. Billboard 200 Top Heatseekers	36

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada	Platinum[5]	100,000

References

1. ^ hmv.com: albums: Let It Die (2004)
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
4. ^ Rolling Stone review
5. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for December 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2007.