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2011 studio album by Feist

Metals Studio album by Feist Released September 30, 2011 Recorded February 15 – March 17, 2011 Studio Big Sur, California Length 49:58 Label Arts & Crafts Cherrytree Polydor Producer Leslie Feist Chilly Gonzales Mocky Valgeir Sigurðsson Feist chronology The Reminder (2007) Metals (2011) Pleasure (2017) Singles from Metals "How Come You Never Go There" Released: August 12, 2011

***Metals*** is the fourth [studio album](/source/Studio_album) by the Canadian singer-songwriter [Feist](/source/Feist_(singer)). 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.[1][2][3] The first single from the album is "[How Come You Never Go There](/source/How_Come_You_Never_Go_There)", which was released on August 12, 2011.[4] The album was supported by a world tour which started in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), Netherlands on October 15, 2011, and finished on October 20, 2012, in Latin America.[5][6]

*Metals* debuted on the US [*Billboard* 200](/source/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](/source/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.[7] Four days after, she officially announced the release of *Metals*.[8] Artwork for the album was revealed on August 2, 2011;[5] previously, fans were given the opportunity to select the color design for the album cover on [Facebook](/source/Facebook).[9]

## Writing and recording

After touring for her previous album, *The Reminder*, Feist was "emotionally deaf".[10] She stopped playing music for two years,[10] saying that she "wasn't curious anymore".[11] In 2010, she went to the studio in Paris where she had recorded *[The Reminder](/source/The_Reminder)*. After coming back from Paris six months later, she wrote most of the album.[12] For recording *Metals*, Feist went to [Big Sur](/source/Big_Sur) with the lyrics almost completed and set up an ad hoc recording studio.[12] *Metals* was recorded in [Toronto](/source/Toronto) and Big Sur, with collaborators including [Chilly Gonzales](/source/Gonzales_(musician)), [Mocky](/source/Mocky), [Brian LeBarton](/source/Brian_LeBarton), [Dean Stone](/source/Dean_Stone), and producer [Valgeir Sigurðsson](/source/Valgeir_Sigur%C3%B0sson).[8][13] 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."[14]

The album's title was partially inspired by [Charles C. Mann](/source/Charles_C._Mann)'s non-fiction book *[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus](/source/1491%3A_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_Columbus)*,[12] 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.[10] She stated that the album had "more chaos and movement and noise than I've had before."[14] The music of *Metals* is influenced by genres such as [jazz](/source/Jazz) and the [blues](/source/Blues), and contains elements of [folk](/source/Folk_music).[15][16] The lyrics of *Metals* contain a lot of "nature imagery", as Feist was fascinated by the weather since "it makes you feel so minute."[11] They also contemplate topics such as dying love, mortality and solitude.[10] 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.[11] The songs "How Come You Never Go There" and "Anti-Pioneer" are [ballads](/source/Ballad),[10][17] the latter she had worked on for ten years.[10]

## Reception

Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10[18] Metacritic 81/100[19] Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [20] The A.V. Club B+[21] Entertainment Weekly B+[15] The Guardian [22] The Independent [23] Los Angeles Times [24] NME 8/10[25] Pitchfork 7.7/10[26] Rolling Stone [27] Spin 7/10[28]

*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.[29] At [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), a website which assigns a [normalised](/source/Standard_score) rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 81, based on 39 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[19]

*[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))* 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."[28] In a positive review, Lindsay Zoladz of [Pitchfork Media](/source/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."[26] Andrew Leahey of [AllMusic](/source/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".[20]

Elysa Gardner of *[USA Today](/source/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.[30] A mixed review from [Slant Magazine](/source/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".[31]

The album has received a number of accolades. *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* and [The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail) named *Metals* as the best album of 2011.[32][33] *[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))* and *[Paste](/source/Paste_(magazine))* named it the 17th and 29th best album of 2011, respectively.[34][35] *[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))* named it the 29th best album of 2011.[36] Feist was nominated for Best International Female Artist at the 2012 [BRIT Awards](/source/BRIT_Awards) for *Metals*.[37]

The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the [2012 Polaris Music Prize](/source/2012_Polaris_Music_Prize) on June 14, 2012.[38] 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.[39] As of January 2012 UK sales stand at 40,000 copies according to The Guardian.[40]

## Track listing

All tracks are written by [Leslie Feist](/source/Feist_(singer)), except where noted.

No. Title Length 1. "The Bad in Each Other" 4:44 2. "Graveyard" (Feist, Mocky, Chilly Gonzales) 4:17 3. "Caught a Long Wind" (Feist, Mocky, Chilly Gonzales) 4:54 4. "How Come You Never Go There" 3:24 5. "A Commotion" 3:53 6. "The Circle Married the Line" (Feist, Brian LeBarton) 3:22 7. "Bittersweet Melodies" (Feist, Mocky) 3:56 8. "Anti-Pioneer" 5:33 9. "Undiscovered First" 4:58 10. "Cicadas and Gulls" 3:16 11. "Comfort Me" 4:04 12. "Get It Wrong, Get It Right" 3:39 Total length: 49:58

iTunes Store bonus track:[41] No. Title Length 13. "Pine Moon" 4:52

Amazon.com bonus track:[42] No. Title Length 13. "Woe Be" 3:13

Japanese Edition (UICO-1228) bonus tracks: No. Title Length 13. "Woe Be" 3:13 14. "Pine Moon" 4:52 15. "How Come You Never Go There (Acoustic)" 3:54 Total length: 62:17

## Personnel

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 (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 Technical Robbie Lackritz – engineering, mixing (on "Caught a Long Wind" and "The Circle Married the Line") Lionel Darenne – engineering, mixing ("Cicadas and Gulls") Renaud Letang – mixing (except where noted) Howie Beck – mixing (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 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 Stock – additional photography Sammy Rawal – additional photography

## Charts

Chart (2011) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[43] 17 Austrian Albums Chart[43] 11 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[43] 7 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[43] 18 Canadian Albums Chart[44] 2 Danish Albums Chart[43] 10 Dutch Albums Chart[43] 34 Finnish Albums Chart[43] 30 French Albums Chart[43] 9 German Albums Chart[45] 6 Irish Albums Chart[45] 27 New Zealand Albums Chart[43] 13 Norwegian Albums Chart[43] 10 Portuguese Albums Chart[43] 21 Spanish Albums Chart[43] 72 Swedish Albums Chart[43] 18 Swiss Albums Chart[43] 9 UK Albums Chart[45] 28 U.S. Billboard 200[44] 7 U.S. Billboard Rock Albums[44] 1

## Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada)[46] Platinum 80,000^ France — 20,000[47] United Kingdom — 40,000[40] United States — 141,000[39] ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## Tour

**Metals Tour**[5][48][49]

### Opening act

- [Chilly Gonzales](/source/Chilly_Gonzales) (select dates)[49]

- [M. Ward](/source/M._Ward) (select dates)[49]

- [Timber Timbre](/source/Timber_Timbre) (select dates)[49]

- [Bon Iver](/source/Bon_Iver) (select dates)[49]

- [The Low Anthem](/source/The_Low_Anthem) (select dates)[49]

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

## Release history

Region Date Format Label Worldwide[50][51][52][53] September 30, 2011 Digital download Polydor Germany[54] CD, Vinyl France[55] October 3, 2011 United Kingdom[2] CD, Download, Vinyl Canada[2] October 4, 2011 Arts & Crafts United States[2] Cherrytree

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## External links

- [Metals](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2286941) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

- *[Metals](https://www.metacritic.com/music/metals)* at [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)

- [The Bad in Each Other music video](https://vimeo.com/35945623) by [Martin de Thurah](/source/Martin_de_Thurah)

- [Anti-Pioneer music video](https://vimeo.com/45019909) by Martin de Thurah

v t e Feist Studio albums Let It Die (2004) The Reminder (2007) Metals (2011) Pleasure (2017) Multitudes (2023) Remix albums Open Season Singles "Mushaboom" "Inside and Out" "My Moon My Man" "1234" "I Feel It All" "Sealion"/"Sea Lion Woman" "How Come You Never Go There" Other songs "The Limit to Your Love" Related articles Discography Awards and nominations Broken Social Scene By Divine Right

v t e Polaris Music Prize By year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Winners Owen Pallett, He Poos Clouds (2006) Patrick Watson, Close to Paradise (2007) Caribou, Andorra (2008) Fucked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life (2009) Karkwa, Les Chemins de verre (2010) Arcade Fire, The Suburbs (2011) Feist, Metals (2012) Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2013) Tanya Tagaq, Animism (2014) Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood (2015) Kaytranada, 99.9% (2016) Lido Pimienta, La Papessa (2017) Jeremy Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (2018) Haviah Mighty, 13th Floor (2019) Backxwash, God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (2020) Cadence Weapon, Parallel World (2021) Pierre Kwenders, José Louis and the Paradox of Love (2022) Debby Friday, Good Luck (2023) Jeremy Dutcher, Motewolonuwok (2024) Yves Jarvis, All Cylinders (2025)

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