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Cat Power

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426
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Wire (1/01, p.34) - Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year" [2000].
Rolling Stone (4/13/00, p.124) - 3 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..."
Spin (4/00, p.194) - 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..."
Mojo (4/00, p.92) - "...Wondrous and here, backed only by guitar or piano, she inhabits other singer's material...with a fierce conviction that's often startling..."
Magnet (6-7/00, p.71) - "...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."
Entertainment Weekly (3/24/00, p.102) - "...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+
Alternative Press (5/00, p.80) - 3 out of 5 - "...definitely toys with notions of greatness and luminescence....she's her own best influence."
CMJ (3/20/00, pp.23-4) - "...[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..."
NME (3/18/00, p.35) - 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..."

Track List   

  • 01. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (03:05)
  • 02. Kingsport Town (04:54)
  • 03. Troubled Waters (03:29)
  • 04. Naked, If I Want To (02:47)
  • 05. Sweedeedee (03:53)
  • 06. In This Hole (04:26)
  • 07. I Found a Reason (02:00)
  • 08. Wild Is the Wind (04:10)
  • 09. Red Apples (04:24)
  • 10. Paths of Victory (03:24)
  • 11. Salty Dog (02:07)
  • 12. Sea of Love (02:19)

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前作Moon pixでCat powerを知り、リリー...

投稿日:2002/07/02 (火)

前作Moon pixでCat powerを知り、リリース後暫くしてこのアルバムを購入。七曲目のI found a reasonを阪急電車の中で聴き、余りに静かで残酷で歓喜に満ちた彼女の歌声と、高槻を越えたあたりの緑の風景がこの曲を聞く度に甦ってきて、今でも私の頭を真っ白にしてしまいます。人は歌とピアノのみでここまで心を揺さぶる事が出来るのか! でも、彼女はきっとそんな事どうでも良い。正確には、それが目的ではない。 ショーンはただ、彼女の、彼女による、彼女のための歌を歌っているだけなのだと思います。そしてそれが許されるのも、彼女の猫力た

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