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Dear Sir

Cat Power

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Album Review

Cat Power's first full-length album, Dear Sir, spotlights Chan Marshall's demanding but rewarding songwriting. Her distinctive blend of blues, country, folk and punk creates songs like the dark, noisy "Itchyhead" and "Rockets," which mixes tension and hope, and tops it with Marshall's earnest, expressive vocals. Though the album needs the listener's complete attention, Dear Sir more than keeps it with nine of Marshall's searching meditations on life.

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Errors

The tracklisting on this album is all messed up. Not only does it erroneously list it as a "Cat Power & Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth" album when it is simply a Cat Power album, iTunes also makes several mistakes in the track names. Track 7 should be titled "No Matter", not "(Untitled)", track 8 should be titled "Headlights", not "No Matter", and track 9 should be titled "Runt 6", not "Headlines".

Biography

Born: 21 January 1972 in Atlanta, GA

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Cat Power is the alias of Chan Marshall, a Southern-bred singer/songwriter whose father, Charlie, was an itinerant pianist. After dropping out of high school, Marshall found herself in New York; performing under the name Cat Power, she was booked as the opening act for Liz Phair, where she met Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and Two Dollar Guitar's Tim Foljahn, who agreed to become her backing band. Following the release of 1995's Dear Sir and 1996's Myra Lee — both recorded on the same day...
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