Sun - Cat Power
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

  • Summary: Cat Power's Chan Marshall returns with her first album of original material since 2006's The Greatest. The release mixed by Philippe Zdar of Cassius also features Iggy Pop on "Nothin' But Time."
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Genre(s): Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Sadcore
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 44
  2. Negative: 1 out of 44
  1. 91
    She's never sounded more confident or in control than she does on Sun, her ninth album.
  2. Sep 25, 2012
    80
    What makes Sun so exquisite is that Marshall finally sounds in control of her chaos.
  3. Sep 5, 2012
    60
    Even with its missteps--[Sun] is her most patient and generous record to date.
  4. Sep 5, 2012
    30
    Its songs are mostly amalgams of tired pop music tropes/techniques and trite realizations

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. 10
    Unarguably the best album of this year. One might say it was a big departing from Chan's last efforts, but it was a change for good. The electro style adopted mixed perfectly with her smokey voice and always powerful songwriting. It is, at the same time, personal and universal, because she's singing about both her relations and world's. Best songs are 'Ruin' and 'Manhattan'. Expand
  2. This is fantastic!. It's a long way from Moon Pix and You Are Free but the elements that made those albums great are there in spades: just used for very different stylistic ends. Her vocals still have that amazing, haunting phrasing and I wouldn't have crediting they could meld with electro-pop so well. And the tracks underneath, just so well judged. Everyone has either propulsive rhythmic and harmonic tension, or an fragile beauty. I haven't felt this excited about a new album for a long time. Expand
  3. 6
    In the six years since 'The Greatest ' album , Chan Marshall has gone through bankruptcy, foreclosure, alcohol abuse, suicidal tendencies, psychiatric help for the same and at least one more of her infamous break ups. So when her ex commented that the material she was working on sounded like Expand
  4. Why she's getting such good reviews for her last few albums is beyond me-probably the most sterile and emotionally dry music I heard in all my life...but Cherokee is good song,brings me some hope that she didn't lose it completely yet. Expand

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