About this product

Product Identifiers

Record LabelMatador

EAN0744861042600

eBay Product ID (ePID)8052262969

Product Key Features

FormatRecord

Release Year2011

Era2000s

FeaturesStudio Recording

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

GenrePop, Alternative, Rock

TypeAlbum

ArtistCat Power

Release TitleCovers Record

Additional Product Features

DistributionIntegral/Cinram Novum

Number of Tracks12

Reviews3 stars out of 5 - "...A stopgap fix of her unnerving, coldblooded voice and shaky acoustic guitar. Chan Marshall covers her personal hit parade....wailing with terrifying power...", Included in Wire's "50 Records of the Year" 2000., 3 out of 5 - "...definitely toys with notions of greatness and luminescence....she's her own best influence.", "...Wondrous and here, backed only by guitar or piano, she inhabits other singer's material...with a fierce conviction that's often startling...", 7 out of 10 - "...Marshall applies her minimalist approach to other people's songs....featuring some obscure material...She brings these songs successfully into her own, bleak domain...", "...Those who love Chan Marshall's melancholic pacing and Southern Gothic aesthetic won't be disappointed....This is a one-woman show...just Marshall and her guitar or piano....This isn't a record for anyone seeking carbon copies.", "...an eclectic songbook....Chan Marshall takes wild liberties with lyrics and melodies, and dissolves indie-rock self-consciousness into fractured, heartrending folk-blues..." - Rating: B+, 7 out of 10 - "...Ah, rock repertory. How do you revive songs that have been branded into our heads?....Playing solo guitar, or autoharp, Chan Marshall paints herself by other people's numbers....The approach risks seeming hackneyed...but the surgical artistry is adroit...", "...Chan Marshall crawls into the songs, curling up inside them, and feeling her way around their possibilities. Her voice cracks, stumbles and flutters before she finds a lighted corner, whereby she floats out a lush, strong phrase..."

Additional InformationChan Marshall's first collection of covers confirms her as a remarkably expressive interpreter of songs, whether they're written by her or someone else.

Number of Discs1