Top Ten Albums of 2011 - #07
Feist's Metals Editor's Note: This is the 4th in a quasi-weekly series of reviews marking my favorite ten albums of 2011. New reviews go up every weekend through the end of the year. Feist has a weird effect on me. She's one of few artists who can give me shivers. I'm talking about the kind of shivers that suddenly make you realize you've been holding your breath. Not just a feather down your back, but a feather down your soul. Her last album, the world-storming The Reminder , was a fairly sunny affair. There were a few light, atmospheric tracks scattered evenly across the track-listing, but it was upbeat and catchy on the whole. Metals offers much less in the way of catchy tunes. And, although this sounds like a criticism, I couldn't name more than two or three tracks on the whole album. This isn't because the album is unremarkable. It's actually the opposite - when you sit down to this album, you end up glued to the stereo for ...