Pleasure is the fifth studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Feist, released on 28 April 2017, through Universal Music Canada. Thematically, the album is said to explore "emotional limits ... loneliness, private ritual, secrets, shame, mounting pressures, disconnect, tenderness, rejection, care and the lack thereof." All of the songs on the album are actually raw takes, as Feist explained on her Twitter: "Our desire was to record that state without guile or go-to's and to pin the songs down with conviction and our straight up human bodies."
Critical reception
Accolades Semester-end lists + Pleasure on semester-end best-of lists Publication Accolade RankThe A.V. Club The Best Albums of 2017 So Far Consequence of Sound Top 25 Albums of 2017 (So Far) Exclaim! Top 29 Albums of 2017 So Far Spin 50 Best Albums of 2017 So Far Stereogum 50 Best Albums of 2017 So Far Under the Radar Top 50 Albums of 2017 So Far
Year-end lists + Pleasure on year-end best-of lists Publication Accolade RankBrooklynVegan Top 50 Albums of 2017 Drowned in SoundFavourite Albums of 2017 Exclaim! Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2017 Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2017 The Ringer The Best Albums of 2017 The Skinny Top 50 Albums of 2017 Spin 50 Best Albums of 2017 Stereogum 50 Best Albums of 2017 Uncut Albums of the Year 2017 Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2017 Uproxx 50 Best Albums of 2017
Track listing
Personnel Musicians Leslie Feist – vocals, guitar (all tracks); organ (3, 10, 11); drums, percussion (3); melodica (4), keyboards (5, 8), piano (7), electric bass (8), Mellotron (9) Mocky – background vocals (1, 5, 6), drums (1, 5, 6, 8), electric bass (1, 3, 4, 6, 9–11), Mellotron (1), keyboards (3–5, 7), percussion (3, 4, 7–9), organ (8) Paul Taylor – background vocals (1, 5, 6), electric bass (1, 2), synthesizer (1), drums (3, 10, 11), percussion (3, 7–9), programming (7) Chilly Gonzales – piano (1), organ (8) Renaud Letang – background vocals (6) Choir! Choir! Choir! – vocals (6) Colin Stetson – saxophone (7) Jarvis Cocker – oration (8)
Technical Feist – production Mocky – production Renaud Letang – production, mixing, engineering Mandy Parnell – mastering Thomas Moulin – engineering, mixing assistance Jane Tattersall – editing, sound design Bella Blasko – engineering assistance Guillaume Dujardin – engineering assistance Scott McDowell – engineering assistance
Artwork Mary Rasmussen – art direction, design Cass Bird – cover photo Jeremy Stewart – design Tyler Clark Burke – lettering Mary Rozzi – photography
Charts +Chart performance for Pleasure Chart (2017) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 69 New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) 3
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