You Are Free - Cat Power
Metascore
82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
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  1. All Music Guide
    90
    You Are Free may take awhile longer than expected to unfold, but once it does, its excellence is undeniable.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    89
    Marshall has a voice as distinctive and enchanting as Billie Holiday, capable of summoning the same emotions in the listener -- awe, lust, bewilderment, a burning desire to reach out and shelter the delicacy of it from all the crude harshness of the world.
  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    90
    One of the best albums you'll hear in 2003.
  4. E! Online
    100
    Melodically exquisite, this is a triumph of minimalism.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    When Dave Grohl's scruffy drumming enters, themusic finally lives up to the second half of her stage name. [21 Feb 2003, p.150]
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  6. Pitchfork
    89
    You Are Free is full of arresting, serene beauty, but as an album-- as that quantifiable object-- it has composite failings. Sans a handful of lesser inclusions and tributes, the imaginary, shorter version of You Are Free is flawless.
  7. Splendid
    90
    Recorded with an ear for detail but guided by a loose hand, this is the most open, welcoming Cat Power album yet.

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. JorgeR
    10
    I dont have the album, but I have heard all the songs and thay are great. Im in love with that girl. Chan I love you!!!!!
  2. samr
    9
    flawed but oddly perfect.
  3. JC
    10
    This is an amazing album, with the exception of one song
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