Remind Me Tomorrow
2019 studio album by Sharon Van Etten
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Remind Me Tomorrow is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, released on January 18, 2019, by Jagjaguwar. A follow-up to Are We There (2014), the album was written while Van Etten was pregnant with her first child, attending school to obtain a degree in psychology, acting in the Netflix series The OA (2016), and making a cameo in Twin Peaks (2017).[1][2]
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| Released | January 18, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 41:12 | |||
| Label | Jagjaguwar | |||
| Producer | John Congleton | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.2/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 86/100[4] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | B+[6] |
| Chicago Tribune | |
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| The Observer | |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10[12] |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Vice (Expert Witness) | A−[14] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Remind Me Tomorrow has received an average score of 86, based on 34 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[4] Ellen Johnson of Paste called it "the first great rock album of" 2019 and called Van Etten "one of the great lyricists of the 2010s".[15] At Pitchfork, Laura Snapes mentioned how Van Etten "conjures tempests and explores their subsequent calms", remarking that it is "the peak of her songwriting and her most atmospheric, emotionally piercing album to date."[12] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, writing that Van Etten "plumbs the depths of contentedness, setting her satisfaction to a sound that's nominally dark yet strangely comforting and nourishing."[5] Rolling Stone considered Remind Me Tomorrow as her finest album for including styles ranging from "expansive electro groove" to "trip-hop rumination" and singer "Siouxsie [Sioux]-style wails".[16]
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| The A.V. Club | Top 20 Albums of 2019 | 18 |
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| BrooklynVegan | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 3 |
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| Clash | Top 40 Albums of 2019 | 17 |
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| Consequence of Sound | Top 25 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year) | 2 |
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| Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 2 |
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| Double J | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 10 |
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| Exclaim! | Top 29 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year) | 1 |
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| Fopp | Top 20 Albums of 2019 | 1 |
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| Gaffa | Top 30 Albums of 2019 | 7 |
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| Gothamist | Top 26 Albums of 2019 | 6 |
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| The Guardian | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 4 |
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| The Line of Best Fit | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 16 |
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| Magnet | Top 25 Albums of 2019 | 21 |
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| MusicOMH | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 9 |
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| No Ripcord | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 3 |
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| NPR Music | Top 25 Albums of 2019 | 6 |
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| Paste | Top 25 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year) | 3 |
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| Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 3 |
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| Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2019 | 32 |
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| PopMatters | Top 70 Albums of 2019 | 12 |
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| Q | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 13 |
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| Rolling Stone | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 27 |
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| Spectrum Culture | Top 20 Albums of 2019 | 7 |
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| Stereogum | Top 50 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year) | 37 |
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| Thrillist | Top 25 Albums of 2019 | 7 |
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| The Wild Honey Pie | Top 30 Albums of 2019 | 7 |
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| Under the Radar | Top 100 Albums of 2019 | 7 |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sharon Van Etten, unless otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Told You Everything" | 4:45 | |
| 2. | "No One's Easy to Love" | 4:34 | |
| 3. | "Memorial Day" | 4:27 | |
| 4. | "Comeback Kid" |
| 3:02 |
| 5. | "Jupiter 4" |
| 5:14 |
| 6. | "Seventeen" |
| 4:25 |
| 7. | "Malibu" | 3:23 | |
| 8. | "You Shadow" | 3:14 | |
| 9. | "Hands" | 4:08 | |
| 10. | "Stay" | 4:00 | |
| Total length: | 41:12 | ||
Notes
- "Jupiter 4" is a reworking of "Jupiter" by Donna Missal, from her 2018 album This Time.
Personnel
All personnel credits adapted from Remind Me Tomorrow's album notes.[43]
- Performers
- Sharon Van Etten – vocals (1–10), piano (1, 6, 7), organ (4, 8, 10)
- Heather Woods Broderick – backing vocals (1–10), synthesizer (10), electric piano (10)
- Zachary Dawes – bass (1, 3–9), synthesizer (6)
- McKenzie Smith – drums (1, 4, 6, 8, 9), percussion (8)
- Luke Reynolds – lap steel guitar (1, 8), guitar (3, 6–9), tape loops (4), synthesizer (6, 7, 9), keyboards (8), celesta (8), bass (10)
- John Congleton – synthesizer (1–7, 9, 10), drone (1, 3, 5, 6), drum programming (2, 5, 6), percussion (2, 6, 9), organ (3), tape loops (3), drum machine (4, 5), theremin (5), loops (9), sequencer (10)
- Jamie Stewart – synthesizer (1, 3, 5), vocals (1, 9), guitar (5, 9), bells (5), percussion (5)
- Lars Horntveth – guitar (2, 4, 10), synthesizer (2), woodwinds (8), piano (10), celesta (10)
- Brian Reitzell – drums (2, 7), organ (6), percussion (6), drone (6), cymbal (9)
- Joey Waronker – drums (3, 5)
- Stella Mozgawa – drums (10)
- Technical personnel
- John Congleton – production, engineering, mixing
- Sean Cook – additional engineering
- Tyler Karmen – additional engineering
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- JN-H – lacquer cutting
- Design personnel
- Nathaniel David Utesch – design, layout
- Katherine Dieckmann – photography (front cover)
- Rob Houston – photography (inner sleeve)
- Maya Judd – photography (inner sleeve)
- Len Prince – photographer (inner sleeve, back cover)
Chart positions
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[44] | 49 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[45] | 131 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[46] | 88 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[47] | 134 |
| Irish Albums (OCC)[48] | 49 |
| Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[49] | 3 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[50] | 10 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[51] | 14 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[52] | 39 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[53] | 30 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC)[54] | 16 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[55] | 3 |
| US Billboard 200[56] | 94 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[57] | 11 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[58] | 15 |