Cat Power COVERS RECORD LP Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label:    Matador – OLE 426-0
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:    US
Released:    2011
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Acoustic, Indie Rock

A1        (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Written-By – Jagger-Richards
3:02
A2        Kingsport Town
Written-By – Traditional
4:52
A3        Troubled Waters
Written-By – Arthur Johnson*, Sam Coslow
3:27
A4        Naked If I Want To
Written-By – Jerry A Miller Jr.*
2:45
A5        Sweedeedee
Written-By – Michael Hurley
3:50
A6        In This Hole
Written-By – Chan Marshall
4:23
B1        I Found A Reason
Written-By – Lou Reed
1:58
B2        Wild Is The Wind
Written-By – Tiomkine*, Washington*
4:08
B3        Red Apples
Written-By – Bill Callahan
4:21
B4        Paths Of Victory
Written-By – Bob Dylan
3:20
B5        Salty Dog
Guitar – Matt Sweeney
Written-By – Traditional
2:04
B6        Sea Of Love
Written-By – Khoury*, Baptiste*
2:19

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Matador Records (2)
Copyright © – Matador Records (2)
Recorded At – Night Owl Studios
Recorded At – Kampo Studios
Recorded At – Rare Book Room
Mastered At – SAE Mastering
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Artwork [Cover Sculpture] – Joan Giordano
On back cover and labels: C P 2000 Matador Records
On label of side A: All Rights Reserved / All Wrongs Reversed

This reissue has the artist and album name in white letters on the front cover.
Barcode: 7 44861 04260 0

Cat Power: Chan Marshall (vocals, guitar). Cat Power's (Chan Marshall) disarmingly naive music hits you in the gut with its bare simplicity. Her hurt, vibrato-less tone is pure, velvety, and completely understated. In its simplicity, it seems to convey all the sadness of the world--like a leafless tree silhouetted against slate-gray sky heavy with rain clouds. Marshall accompanies herself on guitar, piano, or autoharp. Her arrangements are minimal--hypnotic, repetitive riffs with chords that barely change. When she hits a bass note, the impact is jarring. Cat Power's music is sleep with all its troubled dreams. On THE COVERS RECORD, Marshall explores the work of other songwriters. She deconstructs each song then reconstructs it as her own. Anyone familiar with Cat Power will be hard-pressed to tell the difference between these COVERS and Marshall's originals. "Satisfaction" is barely recognizable in its new, slowed-down version--the chorus is missing, and the lyrics take on Dylan-esque/surrealist proportions. Other covers include Velvet Underground's "I Found a Reason" and an autoharp setting of "Sea of Love." COVERS' retro/vintage, bare-boned, 21st century folk music puts you in mind of how such music must have been before the advent of recording, with songs changing form from one singer to the next.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Type: LP
• Genre: ALTERNATIVE
• Released: 08/09/2011
• Format: Vinyl
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)