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 | Title : You Are Free
Author : Cat Power
Release Date : 20030218
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $16.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Chan 'Cat Power' Marshall's performances have become legendary marathons marked by Marshall's shyness and her ability to create moments of fragmented beauty. Five years on from her last collection of original songs, 1998's Moon Pix, Marshall has reined in the silvery brilliance of her shows. The 14 pieces on You Are Free maintain a spontaneity, but, compared with their digressive live incarnations, they've been given focus--a development that owes something to a notable supporting cast that includes Dave Grohl on drums and Eddie Vedder on vocals. Marshall's impressionistic vision is expressed with a new clarity while retaining its affecting understatement and sense of dislocation. Her past kinship with Bonnie Prince Billy and Smog gives way to PJ Harvey and Nina Simone comparisons. You Are Free confirms that Marshall is one of the most original and compelling singer-songwriters around. --John Mulvey
Buyer Reviews :
it's been a long time since moon pix came out. i think some of us thought she may have slipped into a perpetual funk of depression, or anxiety, or her well-documented stagefright. you name it. so much of her personna is teetering on madness, i began to wonder where she was headed musically.
but today my worries we're blown out of the water upon the first listen of this new album. it is really a revelation! quite beautiful typically melancholy bluesy songs, but this time accompanied in some songs by some more layers, including some guest vocal action from ed vedder (from whats that band called?) and even a little dabble of electronica (by way of something out of 1985, mind you).
the first half is a little more uptempo and rocking, and then she slowly reverts back into her shell for some really mind-blowing sad songs near the end. the CD is worth the cash just for 'free,' which is the weirdest song she has ever done, but quite amazing, and also 'speak to me,' which could easily sound like a song from someone less talented but more pop-orientated like sheryl crow. but she really avoids any kind of cliche. the song has a multi vocal track-throughout, with a really great and haunting piano sample.
i have to say though, that her strongest work is painfully simple, usually just her soft strumming a guitar, and her famously disjointed and tearful voice slithering around. the warren ellis violin backdrop for the song 'werewolf' is quite appropriate, adding just another layer of tearjerk to her patented blend of blues chanteuse.
it is really just a great album...there's no way around it. if only more musicians can be so invested in their craft. we should be happy to have the few chan marshalls out there that there are. she is a true artist and goddamned original.
(by Eric Swanger)
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