[6] On November 25, 2008, a deluxe edition of the album was released as a two-disc package featuring nine bonus tracks on the second disc.

[7][1] Track 6 of the album, "Sealion", is an adaptation of a song by singer Nina Simone (Broadway-Blues-Ballads, 1964).

The "My Moon My Man" single includes a remix by German electronic musician Boys Noize.

[9] During September 2007, the song "1234" was featured in Apple's television advertisement for the third-generation iPod Nano.

The Reminder was announced as a finalist, alongside such other acts as The Besnard Lakes, Chad VanGaalen, and eventual winner Patrick Watson.

Writer Josh Tyrangiel called the song a “masterpiece”, praising Feist for singing it "with a mixture of wisdom and exuberance that's all her own.

[30] Online music magazine Pitchfork placed The Reminder at number 112 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.

[31] Feist won the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize for The Reminder; she is the second woman (after Cat Power) to ever win the award.