Metals (album)

{{Infobox album | name = Metals | type = studio | artist = [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] | cover = Feist_Metals.jpg | alt = | released = September 30, 2011 | recorded = February 15 – March 17, 2011 | venue = | studio = [[Big Sur]], California | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=49|s=58}} | label = {{hlist|[[Arts & Crafts Productions|Arts & Crafts]]|[[Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree]]|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]}} | producer = {{hlist|Leslie Feist|[[Chilly Gonzales]]|[[Mocky]]|[[Valgeir Sigurðsson]]}} | prev_title = [[The Reminder]] | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = [[Pleasure (Feist album)|Pleasure]] | next_year = 2017 | misc = {{Singles | name = Metals | type = studio | single1 = [[How Come You Never Go There]] | single1date = August 12, 2011 }} }} '''''Metals''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by the Canadian singer-songwriter [[Feist (singer)|Feist]]. It was released on September 30, 2011, in Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and Belgium; October 3, 2011 in the United Kingdom; and October 4, 2011, in the United States and Canada.<ref name="nymag-single">{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/08/hear_the_first_single_from_fei.html |title=Hear the First Single from Feist's New Album |last=Battan |first=Carrie |work=New York |date= August 13, 2011 |access-date=October 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name=cherrytree /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/feist/58616 |title=First single from Feist's new album 'Metals' appears online |work=[[NME]] |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> The first single from the album is "[[How Come You Never Go There]]", which was released on August 12, 2011.<ref name="pitchfork-single">{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |url=https://www.pitchfork.com/news/43512-new-feist-how-come-you-never-go-there/ |title=New Feist: "How Come You Never Go There" |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=2011-08-12 |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> The album was supported by a world tour which started in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands on October 15, 2011, and finished on October 20, 2012, in Latin America.<ref name="pitchfork-reveal" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiehoy.com/recitales/feist-en-latinoamerica/|title=Feist en Latinoamérica|publisher=[[Indie Hoy]]|date=2012-08-09|access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref>

''Metals'' debuted on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] at number 7, and sold 38,000 copies in its first week. It earned Feist's best sales week and it was her first top 10 album to chart in the US. The album received acclaim from critics. It won the [[2012 Polaris Music Prize]], an award for the best Canadian album of the year.

==Promotion== Promotion for the album began with short videos which feature snippets of tracks and the making of the album. They were posted on her website and other social networking sites since July 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/43271-feist-posts-teaser-video/|title=Feist Posts Teaser Video|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|date=2011-07-21|access-date=2011-11-09}}</ref> Four days after, she officially announced the release of ''Metals''.<ref name=pitchfork110725>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/43294-feist-announces-new-album/|title=Feist Announces New Album |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|date=2011-07-25|access-date=2011-11-09}}</ref> Artwork for the album was revealed on August 2, 2011;<ref name="pitchfork-reveal">{{cite web |last=Phillips |first=Amy |url=https://www.pitchfork.com/news/43398-feist-reveals-album-cover-and-tracklist/ |title=Feist Reveals Album Cover and Tracklist |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|date=2011-08-02 |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> previously, fans were given the opportunity to select the color design for the album cover on [[Facebook]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/feist_unveils_cover_art_for_new_lp_sort_of/ |title=Feist Unveils Cover Art for New LP (Sort of) |date=28 July 2011 |author=Mike Hilleary |work=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]] |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

==Writing and recording== After touring for her previous album, ''The Reminder'', Feist was "emotionally deaf".<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/arts/music/feists-solitary-road-to-new-album-metals.html?pagewanted=all |title=The Bounty of Solitude |author=Jon Pareles |date=16 September 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> She stopped playing music for two years,<ref name="nytimes" /> saying that she "wasn't curious anymore".<ref name="p4kinterview" /> In 2010, she went to the studio in Paris where she had recorded ''[[The Reminder]]''. After coming back from Paris six months later, she wrote most of the album.<ref name="spininbedwith">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/articles/bed-feist?page=0%2C1|title=In Bed With Feist|work=SPIN|date=2011-10-12|access-date=2011-11-09}}</ref> For recording ''Metals'', Feist went to [[Big Sur]] with the lyrics almost completed and set up an ad hoc recording studio.<ref name="spininbedwith"/> ''Metals'' was recorded in [[Toronto]] and Big Sur, with collaborators including [[Gonzales (musician)|Chilly Gonzales]], [[Mocky]], [[Brian LeBarton]], [[Dean Stone]], and producer [[Valgeir Sigurðsson]].<ref name=pitchfork110725/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/07/first-listen-feists-new-album-metals/|title=FIRST LISTEN: Feist's New Album, 'Metals'|work= SPIN|date= 2011-07-25|access-date= 2011-11-09}}</ref> They began recording the album in January 2011. She said of the recording process that "I allowed for mistakes more than I ever have, which end up not being mistakes when you open things up and make room for them."<ref name="insound" />

The album's title was partially inspired by [[Charles C. Mann]]'s non-fiction book ''[[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus]]'',<ref name="spininbedwith"/> where it describes the Aztecs' and conquistadors' differing ideas about precious metals such as gold.

==Composition== For the album, Feist aimed for a sound she described as "modern ancient", mixing old and new instruments.<ref name="nytimes" /> She stated that the album had "more chaos and movement and noise than I've had before."<ref name="insound">{{cite web|url=http://www.insound.com/Metals-LP-Feist/P/INS99032/|title=Metals – Vinyl LP – Feist|work=Insound|access-date=2011-11-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112113106/http://www.insound.com/Metals-LP-Feist/P/INS99032|archive-date=2011-11-12}}</ref> The music of ''Metals'' is influenced by genres such as [[jazz]] and the [[blues]], and contains elements of [[Folk music|folk]].<ref name="ew-review"/><ref name="Feist: Metals">{{Cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/149314-feist-metals-2495940528.html|title=Feist: Metals|date=2011-10-02|work=PopMatters|access-date=2017-11-02|language=en}}</ref> The lyrics of ''Metals'' contain a lot of "nature imagery", as Feist was fascinated by the weather since "it makes you feel so minute."<ref name="p4kinterview" /> They also contemplate topics such as dying love, mortality and solitude.<ref name="nytimes" /> She also pointed to "Sealion" from ''The Reminder'' and said that it "grandfathered some of the concepts in ''Metals''". There are many minor chords and open fifths on ''Metals'', as well as a lot of voices sung in unison.<ref name="p4kinterview">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8678-feist/ |title=Interviews: Feist |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |author=Ryan Dombal |date=28 September 2011 |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref> The songs "How Come You Never Go There" and "Anti-Pioneer" are [[ballad]]s,<ref name="nytimes" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/editors-picks/feist-how-come-you-never-go-there-20110817 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919022539/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/editors-picks/feist-how-come-you-never-go-there-20110817 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |title=Feist, 'How Come You Never Go There' |author=Jody Rosen |date=17 August 2011 |work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> the latter she had worked on for ten years.<ref name="nytimes" />

==Reception== {{Music ratings | ADM = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/3690/Feist-Metals.aspx |title=Metals by Feist reviews |publisher=AnyDecentMusic? |access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> | MC = 81/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/metals/feist |title=Reviews for Metals by Feist |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/metals-mw0002194566 |title=Metals – Feist |last=Leahey |first=Andrew |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' | rev2Score= B+<ref name="av-club-review">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/feist-metals-1798169895 |title=Feist: Metals |last=Murray |first=Noel |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev3Score = B+<ref name="ew-review">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2011/10/04/metals-review-feist |title=Metals |last=Maerz |first=Melissa |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-10 |archive-date=2011-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005173854/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20532521,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="guardian-review">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/29/feist-metals-cd-review |title=Feist: Metals – review |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2011-09-29 |access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[The Independent]]'' | rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="independent-review">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-feist-metals-polydor-2363058.html |title=Album: Feist, Metals (Polydor) |last=Gill |first=Andy |work=[[The Independent]] |date=2011-09-30 |access-date=2018-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524092638/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-feist-metals-polydor-2363058.html |archive-date=2014-05-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | rev6Score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref name="latimes-review">{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/10/album-review-feists-metals.html |title=Album review: Feist's 'Metals' |last=Roberts |first=Randall |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev7Score = 8/10<ref name="nme-review">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/feist/12346 |title=Album Review: Feist – 'Metals' |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |work=[[NME]] |date=2011-09-30 |access-date=2018-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307071358/http://www.nme.com/reviews/feist/12346 |archive-date=2013-03-07}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev8Score = 7.7/10<ref name="pitchfork-review">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15878-feist-metals/ |title=Feist: Metals |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=2011-10-03 |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev9Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="rolling-stone-review">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/metals-20111004 |title=Metals |last=Rosen |first=Jody |author-link=Jody Rosen |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev10Score = 7/10<ref name="spin-review">{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/feist-metals-cherrytreeinterscope |title=Feist, 'Metals' (Cherrytree/Interscope) |last=Kamps |first=Garrett |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> }} ''Metals'' debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling about 38,000 copies. It was Feist's best ever sales week, and was her first appearance on the top 10 of the Billboard 200.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/466103/idols-scotty-mccreery-makes-history-at-no-1-on-billboard-200|title='Idol's' Scotty McCreery Makes History at No. 1 on Billboard 200|publisher=Billboard.com|date=2011-10-12|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> At [[Metacritic]], a website which assigns a [[Standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 81, based on 39 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="metacritic"/>

''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' gave "Metals" a score of 7/10, writing "Taken individually, each song is as sturdy as oak -- the guitars have a magnesium shimmer, and every instrument seems bathed in its own spotlight, especially Feist's vocals, which feel like they're being whispered directly into your ear."<ref name="spin-review"/> In a positive review, Lindsay Zoladz of [[Pitchfork Media]] gave the album a 7.7 out of 10. She noted that there was no "1234" on the album, which is the reason that "it feels like such a refreshing and slyly badass statement of artistic integrity" and also that "it doesn't reach The Reminder's heights."<ref name="pitchfork-review"/> Andrew Leahey of [[AllMusic]] wrote that "Feist's days as a provider of hip, trendy TV jingles may be over", and that "''Metals'' does its best work at a slower speed".<ref name="allmusic"/>

Elysa Gardner of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the album 2.5 stars out of 4, and named "The Bad in Each Other" and "Caught a Long Wind" as the highlights of the album.<ref name="usa-today-review">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/story/2011-10-03/listen-up-scotty-mccreery/50648416/1 |title=Listen Up: Albums from McCreery, Indigo Girls |last1=Shriver |first1=Jerry |last2=Mansfield |first2=Brian |last3=Gardner |first3=Elysa |newspaper=USA Today |date=2011-10-04 |access-date=2011-10-10 }}</ref> A mixed review from [[Slant Magazine]] criticized most of the album for not having a "real spark to it" and stated that "''Metals'' is too dull for [Feist] to overcome".<ref name="slant-review">{{cite web|title=Feist: Metals|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/feist-metals/2638 |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |author=Jonathan Keefe |date=2 October 2011 |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

The album has received a number of accolades. ''[[The New York Times]]'' and [[The Globe and Mail]] named ''Metals'' as the best album of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/arts/music/music-of-heartache-mortality-and-success.html?_r=1 |title=Music of Heartache, Mortality and Success |author=Jon Pareles |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 December 2011 |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/our-verdict-is-in-this-was-the-years-best-music/article2283910/ |title=Our verdict is in: This was the year's best music |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |author1=Robert Everett-Green |author2=Brad Wheeler |date=26 December 2011 |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' and ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' named it the 17th and 29th best album of 2011, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stereogum.com/891311/uncuts-top-50-albums-of-2011/list |title=Uncut's Top 50 Albums of 2011 |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=29 November 2011 |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://stereogum.com/890842/pastes-top-50-albums-of-2011/list/ |title=Paste's Top 50 Albums of 2011 |date=29 November 2011 |publisher=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' named it the 29th best album of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stereogum.com/891091/qs-50-best-albums-of-2011/list/ |title=Q's 50 Best Albums Of 2011 |date=29 November 2011 |work=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> Feist was nominated for Best International Female Artist at the 2012 [[BRIT Awards]] for ''Metals''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/feist-a-contender-for-brit-awards-1.1252519 |title=Feist a contender for Brit Awards |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=12 January 2012 |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the [[2012 Polaris Music Prize]] on June 14, 2012.<ref name=longlist>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1211442--polaris-prize-long-list-includes-lots-of-toronto-bands?bn=1 "Polaris Prize long list includes lots of Toronto bands"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', June 14, 2012.</ref> The album won the Polaris Music Prize making her the first female artist to win the award and, as of September 25, 2012, it has sold 141,000 copies in the U.S.<ref name="billboard1">{{cite magazine|title=Feist Wins Polaris Music Prize|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474937/feist-wins-polaris-music-prize |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |author=Jason Lipshutz |date=25 September 2011 |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> As of January 2012 UK sales stand at 40,000 copies according to The Guardian.<ref name="theguardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jan/16/indie-rock-slow-painful-death?newsfeed=true|title=Indie rock's slow and painful death|work=The Guardian|first=Dorian|last=Lynskey|date=16 January 2012|access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>

==Track listing==

{{track listing | all_writing = [[Feist (singer)|Leslie Feist]], except where noted | total_length = 49:58 | title1 = The Bad in Each Other | length1 = 4:44 | title2 = Graveyard | length2 = 4:17 | note2 = Feist, [[Mocky]], [[Chilly Gonzales]] | title3 = Caught a Long Wind | length3 = 4:54 | note3 = Feist, Mocky, Chilly Gonzales | title4 = [[How Come You Never Go There]] | length4 = 3:24 | title5 = A Commotion | length5 = 3:53 | title6 = The Circle Married the Line | length6 = 3:22 | note6 = Feist, [[Brian LeBarton]] | title7 = Bittersweet Melodies | length7 = 3:56 | note7 = Feist, Mocky | title8 = Anti-Pioneer | length8 = 5:33 | title9 = Undiscovered First | length9 = 4:58 | title10 = Cicadas and Gulls | length10 = 3:16 | title11 = Comfort Me | length11 = 4:04 | title12 = Get It Wrong, Get It Right | length12 = 3:39 }}

{{Track listing | headline = [[iTunes Store]] bonus track:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/metals/458489513|title=iTunes – Music – Metals by Feist|date=30 September 2011 |publisher=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=2011-10-08}}</ref> | title13 = Pine Moon | length13 = 4:52 }} {{Track listing | headline = [[Amazon.com]] bonus track:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005OUB7MQ|title=Amazon.com: Metals [+digital booklet]: Feist: MP3 Downloads|website=Amazon |access-date=2011-10-08}}</ref> | title13 = Woe Be | length13 = 3:13 }} {{Track listing | total_length = 62:17 | headline = Japanese Edition (UICO-1228) bonus tracks: | title13 = Woe Be | length13 = 3:13 | title14 = Pine Moon | length14 = 4:52 | title15 = [[How Come You Never Go There]] (Acoustic) | length15 = 3:54 }}

==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} '''Band''' *[[Leslie Feist]] – guitars, organ, piano *[[Mocky]] – drums, acoustic and electric bass, piano *[[Chilly Gonzales]] – piano, organ, electric bass, drums *[[Brian LeBarton]] – organs, synths, piano, electric bass, drums *Dean Stone – drums, percussion

'''Additional musicians''' *[[Colin Stetson]] – bass, baritone and tenor saxophones, bass and tenor clarinets, French horn, flute, trumpet *[[Evan Cranley]] – [[euphonium]], trombone *[[Bry Webb]] – voice {{small|(on "The Bad in Each Other")}} *Irene Sazer – violin, group vocals *Alisa Rose – violin, group vocals *Dina Maccabee – viola, group vocals *Jessica Ivry – cello, group vocals {{col-3}} '''Technical''' *Robbie Lackritz – engineering, mixing {{small|(on "Caught a Long Wind" and "The Circle Married the Line")}} *Lionel Darenne – engineering, mixing {{small|("Cicadas and Gulls")}} *Renaud Letang – mixing {{small|(except where noted)}} *[[Howie Beck]] – mixing {{small|(on "Undiscovered First")}} *Thomas Moulin – mix assistance *[[Mandy Parnell]] – mastering *Philip Shaw Bova – additional mastering *Management – Chip Sutherland and Robbie Lackritz

'''Arrangement''' *Feist – arrangement, string and horn arrangements *Mocky – arrangement, string and horn arrangements *Chilly Gonzales – arrangement, string and horn arrangements *Colin Stetson – additional horn arrangements *Evan Cranley – additional horn arrangements *[[Valgeir Sigurðsson]] – additional horn arrangements {{col-3}} '''Design''' *Jannie McInnes – creative direction *Mary Rozzi – photography *[[Heather Goodchild]] – typography, print design *Graydon Sheppard – graphic design, with: **Robyn Kotyk **Petra Cuschierl **Sammy Rawal **Rory Them Finest *Dean Conger/[[National Geographic Image Collection|National Geographic Stock]] – additional photography *Sammy Rawal – additional photography {{col-end}}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (2011) !Peak position |- | [[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Feist&titel=Metals&cat=a|title=Feist – Metals|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> |align="center"| 17 |- | [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 11 |- | [[Ultratop 50|Belgian Albums Chart]] (Flanders)<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 7 |- | [[Ultratop 50|Belgian Albums Chart]] (Wallonia)<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 18 |- | [[Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref name=billboard>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=feist|chart=all}}|title=Metals – Feist|publisher=Billboard.com|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> |align="center"| 2 |- | [[Tracklisten|Danish Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 10 |- | [[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 34 |- | [[The Official Finnish Charts|Finnish Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 30 |- | [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 9 |- | [[GfK Entertainment|German Albums Chart]]<ref name=acharts/> |align="center"| 6 |- | [[Irish Albums Chart]]<ref name=acharts>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/album/65970|title=Feist – Metals|publisher=αcharts|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> |align="center"| 27 |- | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 13 |- | [[VG-lista|Norwegian Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 10 |- | [[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|Portuguese Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 21 |- | [[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 72 |- | [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 18 |- | [[Swiss Hitparade|Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref name=australian-charts/> |align="center"| 9 |- | [[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name=acharts/> |align="center"| 28 |- | U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name=billboard/> |align="center"| 7 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Rock Albums<ref name=billboard/> |align="center"| 1 |}

==Certifications and sales== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Feist|title=Metals|award=Platinum|certyear=2012|relyear=2011|accessdate=5 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|artist=Feist|title=Metals|nocert=true|salesamount=20,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Feist/news-77192.html|title=Beck remixe le nouveau single de Feist : "How Come You Never Go There"|publisher=Charts in France|first=Jonathan|last=Hamard|date=16 December 2011|access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Feist|title=Metals|nocert=true|salesamount=40,000|salesref=<ref name="theguardian"/>|relyear=2011|accessdate=5 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Feist|title=Metals|nocert=true|salesamount=141,000|salesref=<ref name="billboard1"/>|relyear=2011|accessdate=5 November 2019}} {{certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==Tour== '''Metals Tour'''<ref name="pitchfork-reveal" /><ref name=pitchforkworldtour>{{cite web|url=http://www.thespec.com/whatson/article/727444--feist-to-headline-lanois-second-harvest-picnic|title=Feist to headline Lanois' second Harvest Picnic |publisher=TheSpec|date=2012-05-22|access-date=2012-08-08}}</ref><ref name=pitchfork45856>{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchfork.com/news/45856-feist-announces-summer-tour/|title=Feist Announces Summer Tour|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=March 20, 2012|access-date=March 21, 2012}}</ref>

===Opening act=== *[[Chilly Gonzales]] (select dates)<ref name=pitchfork45856/> *[[M. Ward]] (select dates)<ref name=pitchfork45856/> *[[Timber Timbre]] (select dates)<ref name=pitchfork45856/> *[[Bon Iver]] (select dates)<ref name=pitchfork45856/> *[[The Low Anthem]] (select dates)<ref name=pitchfork45856/>

{|class="wikitable" ! width="150"| Date ! width="150"| City ! width="150"| Country ! width="300"| Venue |-bgcolor="#DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''Europe''' |- |align="center"| 15 October 2011 |align="center"| [[Amsterdam]] |align="center"| Netherlands |align="center"| Carre Theater |- |align="center"| 17 October 2011 |align="center"| London |align="center"| United Kingdom |align="center"| [[London Palladium|Palladium]] |- |align="center"| 19 October 2011 |align="center"| [[Brussels]] |align="center"| Belgium |align="center"| Cirque Royal |- |align="center"| 20 October 2011 |align="center"| Paris |align="center"| France |align="center"| [[Paris Olympia|Olympia]] |- |align="center"| 22 October 2011 |align="center"| Berlin |align="center"| Germany |align="center"| Tempodrom |- |-bgcolor="DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''North America''' |- |align="center"| 29 October 2011 |align="center"| [[Philadelphia]] |align="center" rowspan="9"| United States |align="center"| [[World Cafe (radio program)|World Cafe]] 20th Anniversary |- |align="center"| 2 November 2011 |align="center"| [[New York City]] |align="center"| [[Howard Gilman Opera House]] |- |align="center"| 4 November 2011 |align="center"| [[Chicago]] |align="center"| [[Riviera Theater]] |- |align="center"| 6 November 2011 |align="center"| [[Atlanta]] |align="center"|The [[Tabernacle (concert hall)|Tabernacle]] |- |align="center"| 8 November 2011 |align="center"| [[Dallas]] |align="center"| [[Majestic Theatre (Dallas, Texas)|Majestic Theatre]] |- |align="center"| 12 November 2011 |align="center"| Los Angeles |align="center"| [[The Wiltern]] |- |align="center"| 14 November 2011 |align="center"| San Francisco |align="center"| [[The Warfield]] |- |align="center"| 16 November 2011 |align="center"| [[Portland, Oregon]] |align="center"| [[Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall]] |- |align="center"| 17 November 2011 |align="center"| [[Seattle]] |align="center"| [[Moore Theatre (Seattle, Washington)|The Moore Theater]] |- |align="center"| 18 November 2011 |align="center"| [[Vancouver]] |align="center" rowspan="7"| Canada |align="center"| The Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts |- |align="center"| 20 November 2011 |align="center"| [[Edmonton]] |align="center"| [[Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium]] |- |- |align="center"| 21 November 2011 |align="center"| [[Calgary]] |align="center"| [[EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts|Jack Singer Concert Hall]] |- |align="center"| 1 December 2011 |align="center"| [[Toronto]] |align="center"| [[Massey Hall]] |- |align="center"| 3 December 2011 |align="center"| [[Montreal]] |align="center"| [[Métropolis (concert hall)|Métropolis]] |- |align="center"| 5 December 2011 |align="center"| [[Ottawa]] |align="center"| [[National Arts Centre]] |- |align="center"| 6 December 2011 |align="center"| [[Quebec City]] |align="center"| [[Grand Théâtre de Québec]] |- |align="center"| 12 December 2011 |align="center" rowspan="4"| [[Mexico City]] |align="center" rowspan="4"| [[Mexico]] |align="center" rowspan="4"| [[Teatro Fru Fru]] |- |align="center"| 13 December 2011 |- |align="center"| 15 December 2011 |- |align="center"| 16 December 2011 |- |-bgcolor="DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''Oceania''' |- |align="center"| 28 January 2012 |align="center"| [[Brisbane]] |align="center" rowspan="8"| Australia |align="center" rowspan="2"| [[St Jerome's Laneway Festival|Laneway Festival]] |- |align="center"| 30 January 2012 |align="center"| [[Auckland]] |- |align="center"| 1 February 2012 |align="center" rowspan="2"| [[Melbourne]] |align="center"| [[Palais Theatre]] |- |align="center"| 4 February 2012 |align="center" rowspan="2"| Laneway Festival |- |align="center"| 5 February 2012 |align="center" rowspan="2"| [[Sydney]] |- |align="center"| 7 February 2012 |align="center"| [[Enmore Theatre]] |- |align="center"| 9 February 2012 |align="center"| [[Adelaide]] |align="center"| [[Thebarton Theatre]] |- |align="center"| 11 February 2012 |align="center"| [[Perth]] |align="center"| Laneway Festival |- |-bgcolor="#DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''Asia''' |- |align="center"| 12 February 2012 |align="center" colspan="2"| [[Singapore]] |align="center"| Laneway Festival |- |align="center"| 15 February 2012 |align="center"| [[Jakarta]] |align="center"| [[Indonesia]] |align="center"| Fairgrounds |- |-bgcolor="#DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''Europe''' |- |align="center"| 6 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Oslo]] |align="center"| Norway |align="center"| Sentrum Scene |- |align="center"| 7 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Stockholm]] |align="center"| Sweden |align="center"| [[Cirkus (Stockholm)|Cirkus]] |- |align="center"| 8 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Copenhagen]] |align="center"| Denmark |align="center"| Falkoner Theatre |- |align="center"| 10 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Vienna]] |align="center"| Austria |align="center"| [[Gasometer, Vienna|Gasometer]] |- |align="center"| 11 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Zürich]] |align="center"| Switzerland |align="center"| [[Volkshaus]] |- |align="center"| 12 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Munich]] |align="center" rowspan="3"| Germany |align="center"| Tonhalle |- |align="center"| 13 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Cologne]] |align="center"| E-Werk |- |align="center"| 15 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Frankfurt]] |align="center"| [[Jahrhunderthalle]] |- |align="center"| 18 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Lisbon]] |align="center" rowspan="2"| Portugal |align="center"| Coliseu |- |align="center"| 19 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Porto]] |align="center"| [[Coliseu do Porto|Coliseu]] |- |align="center"| 21 March 2012 |align="center"| Paris |align="center" rowspan="3"| France |align="center"| [[Le Zénith]] |- |align="center"| 22 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Villeurbanne]] |align="center"| Transbordeur |- |align="center"| 23 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Lille]] |align="center"| Theatre Sebastopol |- |align="center"| 25 March 2012 |align="center"| London |align="center" rowspan="3"| United Kingdom |align="center"| [[Royal Albert Hall]] |- |align="center"| 26 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Manchester]] |align="center"| [[O2 Apollo Manchester|O2 Apollo]] |- |align="center"| 27 March 2012 |align="center"| [[Glasgow]] |align="center"| [[Glasgow Royal Concert Hall|Royal Concert Hall]] |- |-bgcolor="DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''North America''' |- |align="center"| 14 April 2012 |align="center" rowspan="2"| [[Indio, California|Indio]] |align="center" rowspan="24"| United States |align="center" rowspan="2"| [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella Music Festival]] |- |align="center"| 21 April 2012 |- |align="center"| 22 April 2012 |align="center"| [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |align="center"| [[Orpheum Theatre (Phoenix, Arizona)|Orpheum Theater]] |- |align="center"| 23 April 2012 |align="center"| [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] |align="center"| [[TCC Arena]] |- |align="center"| 25 April 2012 |align="center"| [[Marfa, Texas|Marfa]] |align="center"| Crowley Theatre |- |align="center"| 26 April 2012 |align="center"| [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] |align="center"| Stubb's |- |align="center"| 28 April 2012 |align="center"| [[New Orleans]] |align="center"| [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival]] |- |align="center"| 30 April 2012 |align="center"| [[Indianapolis]] |align="center"| [[Murat Shrine|Egyptian Room]] |- |align="center"| 1 May 2012 |align="center"| [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] |align="center"| [[Ryman Auditorium]] |- |align="center"| 2 May 2012 |align="center"| [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]] |align="center"| Thomas Wolfe Auditorium |- |align="center"| 3 May 2012 |align="center"| [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] |align="center"| [[Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts|Memorial Auditorium]] |- |align="center"| 5 May 2012 |align="center"| New York |align="center"| [[Radio City Music Hall]] |- |align="center"| 7 May 2012 |align="center"| [[Boston]] |align="center"| [[House of Blues]] |- |align="center"| 8 May 2012 |align="center"| Philadelphia |align="center"| [[Academy of Music (Philadelphia)|Academy of Music]] |- |align="center"| 9 May 2012 |align="center"| [[North Bethesda, Maryland|North Bethesda]] |align="center"| [[Strathmore (Maryland)|Strathmore]] |- |align="center"| 11 May 2012 |align="center"| [[Burlington, Vermont]] |align="center"| Flynn Theater |- |align="center"| 28 May 2012 |align="center"| [[George, Washington]] |align="center"| [[Sasquatch! Music Festival]] |- |align="center"| 29 May 2012 |align="center"| [[Boise, Idaho]] |align="center"| [[Idaho Botanical Garden]] |- |align="center"| 31 May 2012 |align="center"| [[Morrison, Colorado]] |align="center"| [[Red Rocks Amphitheatre]] |- |align="center"| 2 June 2012 |align="center"| [[Minneapolis]] |align="center"| Zoo Amphitheater |- |align="center"| 3 June 2012 |align="center"| [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] |align="center"| [[Orpheum Theatre (Madison, Wisconsin)|Orpheum Theatre]] |- |align="center"| 5 June 2012 |align="center"| [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]] |align="center"| [[Ann Arbor Summer Festival]] |- |align="center"| 6 June 2012 |align="center"| [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] |align="center"| [[Wexner Center for the Arts|Wexner Center]] |- |align="center"| 8 June 2012 |align="center"| [[Manchester, Tennessee]] |align="center"| [[2012 Bonnaroo Music Festival|Bonnaroo Music Festival]] |- |align="center"| 22 June 2012 |align="center"| [[Calgary]] |align="center" rowspan="3"| Canada |align="center"| [[Sled Island|Sled Island Festival]] |- |align="center"| 23 June 2012 |align="center"| [[Saskatchewan]] |align="center"| [[Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest]] |- |align="center"| 4 July 2012 |align="center"| [[Winnipeg]] |align="center"| [[Winnipeg Folk Festival]] |- |align="center"| 13 July 2012 |align="center"| [[Chicago]] |align="center" rowspan="3"| United States |align="center"| [[Pitchfork Music Festival]] |- |align="center"| 14 July 2012 |align="center"| [[Pittsburgh]] |align="center"| [[Stage AE]] |- |align="center"| 15 July 2012 |align="center"| [[Buffalo, New York]] |align="center"| [[Erie Canal Harbor|Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor]] |- |align="center"| 4 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Montreal]] |align="center"| Canada |align="center"| [[Osheaga Festival]] |- |-bgcolor="#DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''Europe''' |- |align="center"| 8 August 2012 |align="center"| Oslo |align="center"| Norway |align="center"| Oya Festival |- |align="center"| 10 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Gothenburg]] |align="center"| Sweden |align="center"| [[Way Out West Festival]] |- |align="center"| 12 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Helsinki]] |align="center"| Finland |align="center"| Flow Festival |- |align="center"| 13 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Tallinn]] |align="center"| [[Estonia]] |align="center"| Kadioru Castle Flower Garden |- |align="center"| 15 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Hamburg]] |align="center"| Germany |align="center"| Stadtpark |- |align="center"| 16 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Hasselt]] |align="center"| Belgium |align="center"| [[Pukkelpop]] |- |align="center"| 17 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Biddinghuizen]] |align="center"| Netherlands |align="center"| [[A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise|Lowlands]] |- |align="center"| 19 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Brecon Beacons]] |align="center"| United Kingdom |align="center"| [[Green Man Festival]] |- |align="center"| 21 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Cologne]] |align="center" rowspan="2"| Germany |align="center"| Tanzbrunnen |- |align="center"| 22 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Stuttgart]] |align="center"| Freilichtbuhne Killesberg |- |align="center"| 23 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Lausanne]] |align="center"| Switzerland |align="center"| For Noise Festival |- |align="center"| 25 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Istanbul]] |align="center"| Turkey |align="center"| [[Istanbul Jazz Festival]] |- |-bgcolor="DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''North America''' |- |align="center"| 31 August 2012 |align="center"| [[Rouyn-Noranda]] |align="center" rowspan="2"| Canada |align="center"| Festival de Musique Emergente |- |align="center"| 1 September 2012 |align="center"| [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] |align="center"| Greenbelt Harvest Picnic |- |-bgcolor="DDDDDD" |align="center" colspan="4"| '''Latin America''' |- |align="center"| 18 October 2012 |align="center"| [[Buenos Aires]] |align="center"| [[Argentina]] |align="center"| [[Teatro Opera]] |- |align="center"| 20 October 2012 |align="center"| [[Santiago]] |align="center"| [[Chile]] |align="center"| Teatro Caupolicán |- |align="center"| 22 October 2012 |rowspan=2 align="center"| [[São Paulo]] |rowspan=3 align="center"| Brazil |rowspan=2 align="center"| Cine Joia |- |align="center"| 23 October 2012 |- |align="center"| 24 October 2012 |align="center"| [[Rio de Janeiro]] |align="center"| Circo Voador |- |align="center"| 23 November 2012 |align="center"| [[Querétaro]] |rowspan=3 align="center"| [[Mexico]] |rowspan=3 align="center"| Indio Emergente |- |align="center"| 24 November 2012 |align="center"| [[Puebla]] |- |align="center"| 25 November 2012 |align="center"| [[Guadalajara]] |}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" | Region ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format ! scope="col" | Label |- | Worldwide<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/metals/id459465873|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602015335/https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/metals/id459465873|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2014|title=iTunes - Musique - Metals par Feist|work=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/metals/id459465873|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602092830/https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/metals/id459465873|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2014|title=iTunes - Musik – "Metals" von Feist|work=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/metals/id459465873|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010090954/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/metals/id459465873|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2011|title=iTunes - Music - Metals by Feist|work=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/metals/id459465873|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602015347/https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/metals/id459465873|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2014|title=iTunes - ミュージック - Feist「Metals」|work=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> | rowspan="2"|September 30, 2011 | [[music download|Digital download]] | rowspan="4"|Polydor |- | Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B005DWWVT8|title=Metals: Feist: Amazon.de: Musik|work=Amazon.de|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> | rowspan="2"|[[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Gramophone record|Vinyl]] |- | France<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B005GZJ546|title=Metals - Edition collector: Feist: Amazon.fr: Musique|work=Amazon.fr|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> | rowspan="2"|October 3, 2011 |- | United Kingdom<ref name=cherrytree>{{cite web|url=http://www.cherrytreerecords.com/profiles/blogs/listen-to-feist-s-new-album-metals|title=Listen to Feist's New Album "Metals"|publisher=[[Cherrytree Records]]|date=2011-09-28|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> | rowspan="3"|CD, Download, Vinyl |- | Canada<ref name=cherrytree/> | rowspan="2"|October 4, 2011 | Arts & Crafts |- | United States<ref name=cherrytree/> | Cherrytree |}

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *{{AllMusic |album|r2286941|Metals}} *{{Metacritic album|title=Metals}} *[http://vimeo.com/35945623 The Bad in Each Other music video] by [[Martin de Thurah]] *[http://vimeo.com/45019909 Anti-Pioneer music video] by Martin de Thurah

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