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- Summary: Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall is Cat Power, and on this album she reinterprets (sometimes drastically) the works of some of her favorite artists, including Smog, the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, and Bob Dylan.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Alternative
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Top Track
Sea of Love | |
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Come with me my love to the sea The sea of love I want to tell you How much I love you Do you remember When we met? That's the day I knew you were... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 20
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Mixed: 3 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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Is it essential? Absolutely. With only a guitar or piano, and a voice that is developing into one of the most expressive in rock, Marshall crafts deeply textured explorations of heartache, terror, longing, dismay, and emotions I'm pretty sure I've not found yet.... Rock will see few finer releases this year.
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Here, backed only by guitar or piano, she inhabits other singers' material (including Smog's "Red Apples") with a fierce conviction that's often startling.
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Marshall takes wild liberties with lyrics and melodies, and dissolves indie-rock self-consciousness into fractured, heartrending folk-blues.
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The simplicity of it all (only one instrument and vocals) highlights her vocals even more and even when the disc closes out with the more upbeat "Sea Of Love," you'll still feel a bit of melancholy hovering over.
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Quite a few steps away from the "typical" girl-with-guitar record, this is the album that reveals Marshall to be quite a unique force.
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Not only does Marshall make each of the album's dozen songs her own, but she leaves you straining to recognize the original in what she's marvelously reconfigured.
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Eventually, though, the guitar-and-piano-only, stripped-down dynamics mean that a dull torpor settles over the album.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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Nov 20, 2013
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RickyJul 20, 2006Her voice is entrancing and addictive.
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GabyDas3Feb 18, 2007
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SolveigMay 30, 2003
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BenjaminBunnyApr 17, 2004
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