The Greatest
The album art for The Greatest Chan Marshal’s (aka Cat Power) latest recording is so cool, non-fans of the circuitous, little, indie-rockette, may end up buying it, simply so they can cut out the gold boxing-gloves and wear them as a necklace. Hopefully, after butchering the cover they’ll listen to the album and thus be converted to the church of Cat Powerology.
Recorded with Al Green’s old band in Memphis, Tennessee, The Greatest is a more instrumentally layered album than her previous works. Lyrically, it’s less interesting than You Are Free, but with Marshal, it’s not so much about what she says, but how she says it.
With a raspy, feminine drawl, Marshal sounds like she’s been smoking since she was a foetus yet her voice is seductively subtle, and often breathlessly beautiful. Standouts from the album include, "The Greatest", "Empty Shell”, and the uncharacteristically cheerful “Could we”. The Greatest is released in Australia on the 23rd of Jan so faithful and faithless alike, get ready; this album lives up to its name.
Release: Album
To Cure: Hypertension
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