Adopting a softer country sound on Kitty Wells’ It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels, Marshall pairs the purr of smooth vocals to a subtle jazz club bass.Īs the track concludes, she hurtles forward into a stark, steely cover of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ I Had a Dream Joe. It is a delight to behold all angles of Cat Power’s vocal and arrangement capabilities, as she breathes new life into the originals. ‘Covers’ suggests that these tracks have been chosen not for their selling capability (as is the case with so many cover albums), but rather from a place of sincere admiration. Ranging from experimental to beautifully simplistic, ‘Covers’ surprises both musically and in terms of song selection, with well-known classics such as Nico’s These Days alongside quirky gems such as Pa Pa Power from Ryan’s Gosling's band Dead Man’s Bones. While covers are not new territory for Cat Power, following 2000’s ‘The Covers Record’ and 2008’s ‘Jukebox’, her 2022 adaptations quake with quality, so close yet so far from the originals. It’s something that has been captured by her own original works, through her keen songwriting hand, but it’s particularly apparent in her growing collection of cover records.Įmbracing a variety of genres and music styles, on ‘Covers’ Marshall offers a unique slant on everyone from Frank Ocean to Iggy Pop. Cat Power possesses a rare talent: the ability to turn the everyday and ordinary into something extraordinary. The album cover is a collage of vibrant colours and graffiti all put together with a mix of song lyrics. The vocals low easily sung but has a great harmony of Chris Martin and Rhianna’s which do not bore people. The songs in general are awesome and have good thoughtful lyrics and heart into the song in which I can relate to, Princess of China being my favorite sucks me in and has a great melody with great riffs and guitar solos chucked in with a bit of techno style. The reason for my interest in this album is the great thought and time gone into the album name, song names and lyrics and the style of music Coldplay produce, I also find the words are very complicated and although most of the time I don’t even understand what the words mean they linger in my head in which I search to find the meaning of them. Pitchfork Media Also gave the album a 7/10 rating and the BBC praised the album for being " A triumphant fifth LP which reveals familiar strengths in all the right places". They've embraced their schoolboy selves and are simply singing songs of love and good cheer, all be it on a grand scale that somehow seems smaller due to the group's insuppressible niceness”. Rolling Stone also gave the album a positive review stating " this time Coldplay have integrated the 'Enoxification' (as they call it) into their own down-the-middle core: Check out the cascading choral vocals that augment Martin's soaring refrain on 'Paradise.' Prominent elements prop up the sonic cathedrals: Jonny Buckland's guitar, which is riffier and more muscular than ever, and Euro-house synths that wouldn't sound out of place at a nightclub in Ibiza." Allmusics writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave a good review, awarding it with three and a half stars out of five, he also said " Mylo Xyloto has a leg up other Coldplay records for this simple reason: they're no longer attempting to mimic U2's portentous piety.
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