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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Cat Power |
| Record Label: |
Matador (record label) |
| Contributing Artist: |
Jim White |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Lo Fi |
| Release Date: |
September 22, 1998 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. American Flag
2. He Turns Down
3. No Sense
4. Say
5. Metal Heart
6. Back of Your Head
7. Moonshiner
8. You May Know Him
9. Colors and the Kids
10. Cross Bones Style
11. Peking Saint |
| More Information |
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Cat Power: Chan Marshall (vocals, guitar, piano). Additional personnel: Mick Turner (guitar); Belinda Woods (flute); Andrew Entsch (bass); Jim White (drums). Principally recorded at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne, Australia in January 1998. Somewhere between the narcotic stillness of Mazzy Star and the quiet desperation of Lisa Germano, Cat Power's MOON PIX is a compelling, often powerful album of mostly-acoustic songs delivered in Chan (pronounced "Shawn") Marshall's clear, measured voice. Restraint is key here, although troubling images and a distinct undercurrent of unease percolate through songs like the hypnotic "Cross Bones Style." Elsewhere, the surprising "American Flag" adds a new but not inappropriate trip-hop vibe, and the delicate "He Turns Down" recalls the best work of early-'70s neo-folkies like Judee Sill or Linda Perhacs, complete with trilling, jazz-inflected flute. However it's the almost stark quietude of "Say," with its perfectly appropriate thunderstorm effects rumbling in the distanc... |
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