Rating: 72.73
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Cat Power is the stage name of Chan (pronounced "Shawn") Marshall, born Charlyn Marie Marshall in Atlanta, Georgia on January 21, 1972. This is her first album since 2008's Jukebox (a terrific album of covers, from New York, New York to Hank Williams' Ramblin' Man, to Joni Mitchell's Blue) which was my introduction to her. This is her 7th album of original material and the first in 6 years.The clearest thing I can hear is Cheryl Crow (circa Tuesday Night Music Club, my personal favorite) style song-writing here, though not necessarily every song. In fact, ironically, my favorite songs are not those that sound most like Crow. Spotify draws comparisons to PJ Harvey, Feist, Devandra Banhart and Iron and Wine. I don't really see any of them individually, but if you smashed them together in a super-collider, you might end up with Cat Power.
(By the way, the name comes from a trucker's ball cap with the Caterpillar Tractor logo.) The opener, Cherokee, is my favorite song on the album. 3,6,9 is one of the more Sheryl-Crow-like numbers. Human Being is a bluesy piece from the swamps of Mississippi.
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