Cat Power

The Covers Record

BY James KeastPublished Apr 1, 2000

With only a couple of records under her belt, and not exactly setting records with her pace, it seems a bit of a distraction for Cat Power's Chan Marshall to turn her attention to interpretation, but when she manages to wrench something as tired as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" into a realm of unrecognisability, that's something. Recalling Sinead O'Connor at her most intimate, Marshall would have to add a couple of instruments to qualify as spare here; one could disappear into the gaping holes of empty space. And other than the Stones, her choice of covers is interesting - a couple of Dylan tracks, Moby Grape, Velvet Underground, Nina Simone, Smog. But tellingly, the personality of her interpretations overwhelms them all, and she's left standing, alone and still lonely.
(Matador Records)

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