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How much is Vedder on it?

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 03:32 (twenty-three years ago)

He's definitely there on "Good Woman" (and, frankly, he sounds *great*). Elsewhere, I can't decide if it's him or another male voice...

― Sean@tangmonkey (Sean M), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 04:15 (twenty-three years ago)

gygax!

what do you mean kottke/fahey-ish guitar? isn't it just easier to say country blues?

― jq higgins, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:31 (twenty-three years ago)

well, there are elements of both that seem to look more forward than straight country blues... i think "future primitive" maybe a better descriptor.

― gygax!, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:36 (twenty-three years ago)

ah.

guess i was really more referring to the version of salty dog in question. that really is pretty straight country blues pickin.

― jq higgins, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

(i'm trying to find out if m. ward is on the new album or not...

she's been covering 2 of his songs on her recent tour

did you see him in DC w/ lambchop?)

― gygax!, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 19:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Just heard it for the first time. The most immediately likeable Cat Power album so far, but it's too soon to tell whether or not it will keep me coming back. I don't know if I agree with Sean on the blandness issue. It doesn't strike me as bland at all, but any emotional impact is something that usually develops after a few listens...

― paul cox (paul cox), Thursday, 21 November 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.matadorrecords.com/images/cat_power/chanonline.jpg

― gygax!, Friday, 22 November 2002 01:17 (twenty-three years ago)

tracklist anyone

― ron (ron), Friday, 22 November 2002 02:44 (twenty-three years ago)

swoon...

― Paul (scifisoul), Friday, 22 November 2002 02:46 (twenty-three years ago)

1. Don't Blame You - not to herself
2. Free - note to fame
3. Good Woman - classical country and western
4. Speak For Me - Pavement / Stereolab with swing
5. Werewolf - her old sound
6. Fool - outstanding new approach to her old sound - superlative chorus
7. He War - the aforementioned, spectacular "pop song". Heart vs. Lion & The Cobra
8. Shaking Paper - M O O N P I X
9. Baby Doll - barely there
10. Maybe Not - 2nd Joni Mitchell piano piece (see track 1)
11. Names - more personal piano wiles
12. Half Of You - destroys tempo, falling asleep country ballad
13. Keep On Runnin' - her old sound
14. Evolution - the big duet with Vedder (he also appears on "Good Woman"), a hypnotic piano piece. I already debate this as the best song in her catalog.

― Chris Ott, Friday, 22 November 2002 03:05 (twenty-three years ago)

thanks!

― ron (ron), Friday, 22 November 2002 03:42 (twenty-three years ago)

fuck, i am conflicted abt this! i'd rather wait to have the actual album in my hands, but that means february :-( i probably will give in to temptation

― ron (ron), Friday, 22 November 2002 03:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Anyone who'd be willing to reveal where I can download the new record, e-mail me....

I have been a big, nay obsessive, Cat Power fan for years. I even paid $20 for the impossible-to-find Undercover seven-inch. So, when I eagerly downloaded He War in preparation for my next big Chan fix in February, I expected something like a cross between the circular beauty of Moon Pix and the near-naked genius of The Covers Record and the Peel Sessions. Not exactly the same, of course--bands are allowed to grow, change, evolve, whatever you want to call it.

But very few people seem to have noticed about the new song what I did. To me, it sounds like just another slab of boring college rock. I keep listening to it to find out what I'm missing, but it leaves me cold. It just doesn't have that certain something that made me fall in love with Cat Power.

I am trying to remain optomistic about the rest of the record.

― call mr. lee, Monday, 25 November 2002 01:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Curt - did you get my e-mail re: this rekkid?

― david h (david h), Monday, 25 November 2002 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

David - Check ur inbox.

― Curt (cgould), Monday, 25 November 2002 13:43 (twenty-three years ago)

...destroys tempo,... with a country ballad. Now THAT sounds interesting.

― Venus Glow (1411), Monday, 25 November 2002 14:47 (twenty-three years ago)

no - you check yours!

― david h (david h), Monday, 25 November 2002 14:49 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

finally found a copy. purr... best complete album thus far. now, as i complete the second listening, i agree: far more 'accessable'. yet, as sean hints, there seems an absence of the one particularly heart-wrenching song that destroys all emotional barriers and reduces one to a snivelling wreck. wait! i'm... beginning to...
(*sniff sniff*)
[ brief pause ]
(*sound of me all out balling*)

― jason elliott, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:30 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

Whatever happened to Leopard and the Lamb?

― Peter Parasol, Saturday, 4 January 2003 13:40 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

I'm loving this album. Revive.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 24 February 2003 23:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Reminds me of Epic Soundtracks stuff.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 24 February 2003 23:04 (twenty-three years ago)

is it better than moonpix sterling?

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 13:49 (twenty-three years ago)

V. different I think than moonpix, much more open and melodic and piano riff driven.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Much less claustrophobic and self-consciously arty.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 17:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Like Norah Jones, but more shouty.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 20:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Though to be honest Tiffany sounds less affected than either.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 20:31 (twenty-three years ago)

''V. different I think than moonpix, much more open and melodic and piano riff driven.''

diff is good. will buy and post.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:00 (twenty-three years ago)

more shouty is good, norah jones is bad but i'll get it.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:01 (twenty-three years ago)

I lost my copy and I'm not cheeky enough to ask Curt, again.

― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 21:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Thoughts on CP: YAF here

― jm (jtm), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 03:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I like this a lot better than I thought I would... I have to admit she's got a really beguiling (yes beguiling) voice.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 20:28 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

Do you ever get the feeling that Beth Orton would be Cat Power if she got her records right?

― S Samson, Monday, 24 March 2003 00:42 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

New album January 24! MP3: The Greatest.
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― La Monte (La Monte), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

great tune.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

someone started a thread about this a few days ago. i can't stand that cover! (the boxing gloves are fine, but the hot pink is burning holes in my eyes.)

― glasgow coma score (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

i dont think thats the real cover. but its funny as hell.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh, so now she's Aimee Mann?!

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

the sisterlovers comparison on the other thread is pretty accurate (for this song).
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/c/clay_cassiu_iamthegre_101b.jpg

― La Monte (La Monte), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

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― donut hallivallerieburtonelli omg lol (donut), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

Ummm, ha-ha?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

did you mean pubic tAimieMann?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

wow, that snare drum comes in EXACTLY WHEN I KNEW IT WOULD!!!

could the arrangement be anymore predictable?

it may as well be norah goddamned jones

― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

pre-You Are Free=under-produced
post-You Are Free=over-produced?

And how come she barely sounds like Beth Orton anymore?

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

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http://duckman.pettho.com/characters/gyro.jpg

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

kinda tom waits-y?

― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

where's the other thread?

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

And how come she barely sounds like Beth Orton anymore?

Because she sounds like Edie Brickell now?

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 13 October 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

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i don't like the new single at all. there is something mor and polished about it. i think she has lost it. she does not sound like herself any more.

― alex in mainhattan, Friday, 22 June 2012 16:10 (thirteen years ago)

LOVE the new single, so glad she's back. Fiona AND Chan in the same year, I can hardly contain myself!!!

― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Friday, 22 June 2012 16:28 (thirteen years ago)

she does not sound like herself any more.

― alex in mainhattan, Friday, June 22, 2012 5:10 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^
yeah i think this is okay/maybe pretty nice but i would give anything for a cat power record in which she was singing in her original harmonica-like clean ringing bell of a voice instead of her weird sultry post-you-are-free affectated slur. even the way the vocals are recorded on this is strange. too much.

― blossom smulch (schlump), Friday, 22 June 2012 16:43 (thirteen years ago)

17 min into this- http://www.npr.org/2012/06/26/155705361/summer-music-preview-premieres-from-cat-power-avett-brothers-grizzly-bear-and-mo

― blossom smulch (schlump), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 17:18 (thirteen years ago)

"Cherokee" oddly sounds like an alternate 90s version of Cat Power, one where Chan Marshall chose drum programming and layers and trip-hop atmospheres rather than guitars and low fidelity.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 04:28 (thirteen years ago)

...whatever that means.

Anyway, song's kind of flat and aimless imo.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 04:28 (thirteen years ago)

weirdest thing about it is how after an intro that sounds like nu-era-digital-cat-power it morphs into something sorta moon pix-esque - the tangled guitars and layered singing

― blossom smulch (schlump), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 11:33 (thirteen years ago)

She's always been aimless and plain but she used to have a very hypnotic, breathy voice that made the meandering passages seem worthwhile... she might have been rubbish for all I care but it sounded heartfelt and it got into my nerves in a good way. Without the hypnotic, nudity of her voice we're just left with a pointless version of her.

― Moka, Monday, 2 July 2012 08:31 (thirteen years ago)

Can't judge the full album yet but Ruin doesn't sound like it has enough going on to pull my attention or demand a replay.

― Moka, Monday, 2 July 2012 08:34 (thirteen years ago)

Without the hypnotic, nudity of her voice

this is lovely & otm, moka. i def can't get anything out of the performative tone she has on the last few.

i always try to find a live version of what would the community think that i can't find online anywhere, to post in support of my old-cat-power-best-cat-power argument. her voice used to just carry & call out.

― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 2 July 2012 10:31 (thirteen years ago)

ohhhh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nNDDDUWHs

chan your voice is like a wonderful harmonica

― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 2 July 2012 10:36 (thirteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

man, the new album is really bad

― Number None, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:48 (thirteen years ago)

and everyone otm about what she's lost from her vocals

― Number None, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:49 (thirteen years ago)

aw that's sad

― , Blogger (schlump), Saturday, 28 July 2012 14:30 (thirteen years ago)

Have people heard this yet? Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of great? It's her best since You Are Free by a mile, but it feels more like a counterpoint to that album than a sequel. It's so bright and buzzy and the bass on every song is just huge; it's distinct from all of her other records.

― Evan R, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 15:46 (thirteen years ago)

And yeah, there are a few kind of embarrassing stylistic flourishes or indulgences throughout the album, but I don't think they really detract from anything. Even Moon Pix had its share of those

― Evan R, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 15:46 (thirteen years ago)

I heard it casually last night and I liked what I overheard! Has a I do not want what I haven't got kind of production vibe? Considering I have no love for any Cat Power post-Moon Pix I was pretty impressed, will listen again

― Ówen P., Monday, 13 August 2012 17:23 (thirteen years ago)

Uh, that was not meant to be a sideways dis at 00s CP. Just mentioned it b/c I'm a specific fan of two awesome records, I can see how the new one would dismay fans of "You are free" etc.

― Ówen P., Monday, 13 August 2012 17:25 (thirteen years ago)

Been listening to this constantly for the last week or two. I'm still impressed by how much umphff and authority these songs have. Not something I expected from Cat Power.

― Evan R, Monday, 13 August 2012 21:33 (thirteen years ago)

i can't really work this album out: i like the sound, i like her voice, but a lot of the time it seems kind of blustery and empty? and doesn't go anywhere much? idk.

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:24 (thirteen years ago)

the nico jaar remix of "cherokee" is HEAVENLY though

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:24 (thirteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

i like this album a lot

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:44 (thirteen years ago)

this is kinda terrible imo

― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:17 (thirteen years ago)

i still don't know what i think of this but "manhattan" has this glorious day-drunk vibe. more songs like that plz

― monotony, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:21 (thirteen years ago)

the monkey on your back song rules

― spazzmatazz, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:06 (thirteen years ago)

I think the truth is, really, I've never liked Cat Power as much as I've pretended to like Cat Power. Community and Moon Pix have the bulk of the material I like, then there's a few songs on You Are Free and The Greatest (and I like her "Hanging on the Telephone" cover for the cellphone commercial), but that's about it really. The pre-Community albums, the covers albums and Sun are all mostly in one ear out the other for me.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:36 (thirteen years ago)

Bought this yesterday, played it once through last night, and thought it seemed awesome.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 11:57 (thirteen years ago)

the real long track on this is fucking amazing

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:07 (thirteen years ago)

'nothin' but time' ??

― pandemic, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:26 (thirteen years ago)

the superhero one i think

― pandemic, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:26 (thirteen years ago)

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:27 (thirteen years ago)

Does it take the chord structure from Heroes by Bowie?

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:28 (thirteen years ago)

this is kinda terrible imo

― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:17 (Yesterday) Permalink

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 21:34 (thirteen years ago)

what would the community think is her masterpiece. that is the sound of pure fucking desolation, being in a hole

― spazzmatazz, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 23:22 (thirteen years ago)

Started listening to this now. Don't know if it will turn out to be Tron or Field Day.

― POLLed Turkey Has Got Me (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 23:58 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

So, she broke?

― Moka, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 22:09 (thirteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

should i go see her when she comes to philly?

pros: i love her music
cons: chances are good she won't finish the show?

― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 05:02 (thirteen years ago)

I don't think she's "not finished a show" in years and years.

― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:10 (thirteen years ago)

Based on the show I saw, and what I've read of the others, these are some of the most confounding shows she's ever played. They begin really shaky (so much so that a lot of people leave) and then end triumphantly. At times the juxtaposition between the good and the bad felt deliberate, almost as if she was faking the bad parts. I tossed around some theories about what might have been going on in my review of the show, but really, I have no idea what she was going for.

Anyway, as a fan I'm glad I went, because it was an experience and when she hits her stride it's still really glorious.

― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:32 (thirteen years ago)

looked at a few setlists and found almost nothing from moon pix or wwtct, but a TON of covers. uninterested. love her new hairdo tho

― black redhead (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:21 (thirteen years ago)

might be worth going just to do a head-count of all different eras of cat power haircuts the audience is miming

― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:40 (thirteen years ago)

maybe like a cat power people's choice awards, researched without having actually talked to anyone

― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:41 (thirteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwray/surrounded-by-legends#.wbRYqRy7e

― 龜, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 15:52 (ten years ago)

that was excellent, thanks

― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 21:45 (ten years ago)

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