My first knowing exposure to CP was her work in collab with the Handsome Boy Modeling School's "I've Been Thinking", although I think I've heard other stuff by her before ... and that HBM track is just such a cool listen. So given all the critical acclaim and of course free eM D/L credits, I figured why not?
Cat Power - The Greatest: B/B+
It's hard to put into words what I feel about this album. Certainly this album is not short on universal al-around praise. I am not here to heap additional praise words on it, just here to give my impressions
In terms of catching a vibe and putting it across, this album is uniformly excellent. However, I think the album requires a certain mindset to appreciate fully. In many ways, the music is sparse with melancholy vocals. Let's say you're pretty much content, this album may bounce off you ... but if the weather were poor or your mindset was blah to dark, I think this would go over real well, fit the mood
In many ways, this album reminds me of Norah's last in that it largely is roots type music. Only I feel that Chan went a little deeper into the Southern roots, country, gospel type music forms, with absolutely great players backing her ... somehow it has a depth and authenticity and soulfulness to it ... that I really didn't feel so much from NJ's last
Again, to sum, it is mood music ... it is play soft music while the rain falls at night music, ambience music par excellence ... not really something I would rep over and over, it's a bit too melancholy to play over and over -- to me, I think it is changeup music.
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