Remind Me Tomorrow
{{Use American English|date=February 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Remind Me Tomorrow
| type = studio
| artist = Sharon Van Etten
| cover = Remind_Me_Tomorrow_by_Sharon_Van_Etten.jpg
| alt = A photograph of two children in a room. On the left, a child in a tiara sits inside a clear plastic box; on the right, a child sits and plays in front of a wooden crib. The room is filled with various other children's items.
| released = {{Start date|2019|01|18}}
| recorded =
| studio = {{hlist|Sargent Recorders|Studio 64|Elmwood West}} (Los Angeles)
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=12}}
| label = Jagjaguwar
| producer = John Congleton
| prev_title = Are We There
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = We've Been Going About This All Wrong
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Remind Me Tomorrow
| type = studio
| single1 = Comeback Kid
| single1date = October 30, 2018
| single2 = Jupiter 4
| single2date = November 27, 2018
| single3 = Seventeen
| single3date = January 8, 2019
| single4 = No One's Easy to Love
| single4date = June 19, 2019
}}
}}
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).{{cite web|url=https://jagjaguwar.com/release/JAG331/|title=Jagjaguwar JAG331|work=Jagjaguwar|access-date= February 2, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/01/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow-album-art|title=Sharon Van Etten Finds Peace in Her Messy Album Art|last=Bryant|first=Kenzie|work=Vanity Fair|publisher=Condé Nast|date=January 18, 2019|access-date= February 2, 2019}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 86/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/remind-me-tomorrow/sharon-van-etten|title=Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten Reviews and Tracks|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/remind-me-tomorrow-mw0003214709 |title=Remind Me Tomorrow – Sharon Van Etten|work=AllMusic|publisher=RhythmOne|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2Score = B+{{cite journal|url=https://www.avclub.com/sharon-van-etten-embraces-the-here-and-now-on-remind-me-1831813574 |title=Sharon Van Etten embraces the here and now on Remind Me Tomorrow|last=Zaleski|first=Annie|journal=The A.V. Club|publisher=Onion, Inc.|date=January 17, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
| rev3 = Chicago Tribune
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/sc-ent-sharon-van-etten-review-0111-story.html|title=Sharon Van Etten enters an unsettling new phase on 'Remind Me Tomorrow'|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tribune Publishing|date=January 11, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/11/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow-review|title=Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow review – assured, gorgeous electro-tinged progression|last=Aroesti|first=Rachel|work=The Guardian|date=January 11, 2019|access-date=April 6, 2019}}
| rev5 = The Independent
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow-review-album-release-date-tracklist-tour-a8730006.html|title=Sharon Van Etten, Remind Me Tomorrow, album review: Torchbearer of American folk casts a warm glow behind the record's psychic overview|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print|date=January 20, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
| rev6 = NME
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/sharon-van-etten-remind-tomorrow-2431661|title=Sharon Van Etten – 'Remind Me Tomorrow' review|last=Smith|first=Thomas|journal=NME|publisher=TI Media|date=January 18, 2019|access-date=November 28, 2019}}
| rev7 = The Observer
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/20/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow-review|title=Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow review – a consummate surgeon of relationships|last=Empire|first=Kitty|author-link=Kitty Empire|work=The Observer|publisher=Guardian Media Group|date=January 20, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
| rev8 = Pitchfork
| rev8score = 8.4/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow/|title=Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow Album Review|last=Snapes|first=Laura|work=Pitchfork|publisher=Condé Nast|date=January 18, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
| rev9 = Rolling Stone
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow-pop-songs-from-the-edge-780111/|title=Sharon Van Etten's 'Remind Me Tomorrow': Pop Songs From the Edge|last=Dolan|first=Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=January 17, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019}}
| rev10 = Vice (Expert Witness)
| rev10Score = A−{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/robert-christgau-on-stella-donnellys-musical-encyclopedia-of-assholes/|title=Robert Christgau on Stella Donnelly's Musical Encyclopedia of Assholes|work=Vice|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=April 6, 2019|access-date=April 6, 2019}}
}}
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". 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".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/sharon-van-etten/sharon-van-etten-remind-me-tomorrow-review|title=Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow Review|last=Johnson|first=Ellen|magazine=Paste|date=January 16, 2019|accessdate=February 15, 2025}} 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." 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." 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".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2019-914750/coldplay-everyday-life-917106/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 5, 2019|accessdate=December 5, 2019}}
Accolades
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 41:12
| all_writing = Sharon Van Etten, unless otherwise noted
| title1 = I Told You Everything
| length1 = 4:45
| title2 = No One's Easy to Love
| length2 = 4:34
| title3 = Memorial Day
| length3 = 4:27
| title4 = Comeback Kid
| length4 = 3:02
| writer4 = {{hlist|Van Etten|Sam Cohen}}
| title5 = Jupiter 4
| length5 = 5:14
| writer5 = {{hlist|Van Etten|Donna Missal|Nate Mercereau}}
| title6 = Seventeen
| length6 = 4:25
| writer6 = {{hlist|Van Etten|Kate Davis}}
| title7 = Malibu
| length7 = 3:23
| title8 = You Shadow
| length8 = 3:14
| title9 = Hands
| length9 = 4:08
| title10 = Stay
| length10 = 4:00
}}
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.{{cite AV media notes|title=Remind Me Tomorrow|others=Sharon Van Etten|year=2019|type=Album notes|publisher=Jagjaguwar|id=JAG331}}
;Performers
- Sharon Van Etten – vocals {{small|(1–10)}}, piano {{small|(1, 6, 7)}}, organ {{small|(4, 8, 10)}}
- Heather Woods Broderick – backing vocals {{small|(1–10)}}, synthesizer {{small|(10)}}, electric piano {{small|(10)}}
- Zachary Dawes – bass {{small|(1, 3–9)}}, synthesizer {{small|(6)}}
- McKenzie Smith – drums {{small|(1, 4, 6, 8, 9)}}, percussion {{small|(8)}}
- Luke Reynolds – lap steel guitar {{small|(1, 8)}}, guitar {{small|(3, 6–9)}}, tape loops {{small|(4)}}, synthesizer {{small|(6, 7, 9)}}, keyboards {{small|(8)}}, celesta {{small|(8)}}, bass {{small|(10)}}
- John Congleton – synthesizer {{small|(1–7, 9, 10)}}, drone {{small|(1, 3, 5, 6)}}, drum programming {{small|(2, 5, 6)}}, percussion {{small|(2, 6, 9)}}, organ {{small|(3)}}, tape loops {{small|(3)}}, drum machine {{small|(4, 5)}}, theremin {{small|(5)}}, loops {{small|(9)}}, sequencer {{small|(10)}}
- Jamie Stewart – synthesizer {{small|(1, 3, 5)}}, vocals {{small|(1, 9)}}, guitar {{small|(5, 9)}}, bells {{small|(5)}}, percussion {{small|(5)}}
- Lars Horntveth – guitar {{small|(2, 4, 10)}}, synthesizer {{small|(2)}}, woodwinds {{small|(8)}}, piano {{small|(10)}}, celesta {{small|(10)}}
- Brian Reitzell – drums {{small|(2, 7)}}, organ {{small|(6)}}, percussion {{small|(6)}}, drone {{small|(6)}}, cymbal {{small|(9)}}
- Joey Waronker – drums {{small|(3, 5)}}
- Stella Mozgawa – drums {{small|(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 {{small|(front cover)}}
- Rob Houston – photography {{small|(inner sleeve)}}
- Maya Judd – photography {{small|(inner sleeve)}}
- Len Prince – photographer {{small|(inner sleeve, back cover)}}
Chart positions
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| scope="col"|Chart (2019)
! scope="col"|Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Flanders|49|artist=Sharon Van Etten|album=Remind Me Tomorrow|accessdate=February 3, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|131|artist=Sharon Van Etten|album=Remind Me Tomorrow|accessdate=February 3, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|88|artist=Sharon Van Etten|album=Remind Me Tomorrow|accessdate=February 3, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|France|134|artist=Sharon Van Etten|album=Remind Me Tomorrow|accessdate=February 3, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland3|49|artist=Sharon Van Etten|date=20190125|accessdate=February 3, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|IrelandIndependent|3|year=2019|week=4|accessdate=February 3, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|10|artist=Sharon Van Etten|album=Remind Me Tomorrow|accessdate=February 3, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|14|artist=Sharon Van Etten|date=20190125|accessdate=February 4, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|39|artist=Sharon Van Etten|album=Remind Me Tomorrow|accessdate=February 3, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|UK|30|artist=Sharon Van Etten|accessdate=February 4, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|UKDigital|16|artist=Sharon Van Etten|date=20190125|accessdate=February 4, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|UKIndependent|3|artist=Sharon Van Etten|date=20190125|accessdate=February 4, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|94|artist=Sharon Van Etten|accessdate=February 2, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|11|artist=Sharon Van Etten|accessdate=February 2, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRock|15|artist=Sharon Van Etten|accessdate=February 2, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|master=1485318|label=Remind Me Tomorrow}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=62cc7255-7e38-4214-badc-ce418a805414|label=Remind Me Tomorrow}}
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