Audio CD review:
Cat Power - You Are Free

Cat Power - You Are Free

Band: Cat Power Title: You Are Free Rating: Release Date: 18 February, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: I Don't Blame You 2: Free 3: Good Woman 4: Speak for Me 5: Werewolf 6: Fool 7: He War 8: Shaking Paper 9: Babydoll 10: Maybe Not 11: Names 12: Half of You 13: Keep on Runnin' (Crawlin' Black Spider) 14: Evolution

Editoral Review Five years on from her last collection of original songs, 1998's Moon Pix, Marshall has reined in the silvery brilliance of her shows. Chan "Cat Power" Marshall's performances have become legendary marathons marked by Marshall's shyness and her ability to create moments of fragmented beauty. The 14 pieces on You Are Free maintain a spontaneity, but, compared with their digressive live incarnations, they've been given focus--a development that owes something to a notable supporting cast that includes Dave Grohl on drums and Eddie Vedder on vocals. Marshall's impressionistic vision is expressed with a new clarity while retaining its affecting understatement and sense of dislocation. Her past kinship with Bonnie Prince Billy and Smog gives way to PJ Harvey and Nina Simone comparisons. You Are Free confirms that Marshall is one of the most original and compelling singer-songwriters around. --John Mulvey .. You can see a complete list of all Cat Power discography, or go back to the Cat Power tabs