Cat Power - The Covers Record
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Artist: Cat PowerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-03-21
Music Label: Matador Records
Soundtracks:
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- Kingsport Town
- Troubled Waters
- Naked, If I Want To
- Sweedeedee
- In This Hole
- I Found a Reason
- Wild Is the Wind
- Red Apples
- Paths of Victory
- Salty Dog
- Sea of Love
Music reviews of The Covers Record
Music Review: A Melancholy Minimalist Sings From The Soul
Rating: 4 Stars
This is my first experience with Cat Power, and I must say it was a pleasure to listen to something so original, even when it wasn't original material. Chan has taken a fairly disparate collection of songs and created a very unique interpretation of other people's music, forming a surprisingly cohesive whole. She goes far beyond simply putting her own stamp on these covers; she recreates them, giving them an entirely new emotional depth in some instances. Her vocal style really captures an inner melancholy and perhaps a kind of longing without sounding contrived (at least, that's what I got out of it). Her "minimalist" style, as some call it, is only minimalist in that it is subtle and not overpowering. I really enjoy her whispery, slightly raspy vocal quality. Obviously instrumentalism isn't a priority in this album, which some reviewers seem to be cranky about. But it didn't bother me at all. The sparse guitar and piano is simply meant as an unobtrusive backdrop to her singing. Some of the tracks are stronger than others, but all are worth listening to. "I Found a Reason" is particularly touching and uplifting. Her rendition of "Wild Is The Wind" is also very moving. Music snobs may not like Cat Power, but I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur (I enjoy everything from classical to heavy metal, electronica to folk), and this album was a delight.
Description of The Covers Record
Chan Marshall devised the Cat Power moniker in order to put a degree of separation between herself and the often-twisted individuals who inhabit her songs. Here, she takes another step back while also taking a step forward. As the album title indicates, these are covers of other people's songs. Yet she sings them with no less intensity than if they were her own. Mick Jagger may have snarled the definitive "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," but Marshall takes a different tack. She removes the chorus and returns it as elegant slow blues. The Velvet Underground's "I Found a Reason" becomes a near-wordless cry. She relies only on her sufficient guitar picking and likeably amateurish piano tinkling, creating an isolated web not unlike that of Neil Young at his most deserted. Most appropriately, she covers "Red Apples" by Smog, whom she resembles in approach. Obscure (traditional and early) Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, and Michael Hurley tunes complement the bruised but not buried surroundings. --Rob O'ConnorGeneral CDs
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