pitchfork:Pitchfork: Cat Power Wins Shortlist Prize

Cat Power Wins Shortlist Prize



Out of a list that also included Band of Horses, Tom Waits, Beirut, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Girl Talk, Regina Spektor, and Spank Rock, Cat Power has emerged victorious as the winner of the 2006 Shortlist Music Prize for her album The Greatest. This makes Ms. Marshall (who was also nominated for the 2003 Shortlist Prize for You Are Free) the first woman to win the award.

A panel that included the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Sufjan Stevens, the Flaming Lips, and, um, Panic! at the Disco did the deciding for this year's prize, and in addition to the prize, Cat Power also received the dubious honor of a glowing review from KT Tunstall, another panelist. Tunstall called The Greatest "an immediate classic that will never age," which makes it sort of like Oil of Olay for your ears.

As part of a Shortlist digital promotion with the iTunes store, The Greatest is now available there with an exclusive extra track titled "Up and Gone".

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I wonder if she's happy to beat her old boyfriends new girlfriend, or if she doesn't care.
I was havign a cat power loving day anyway, go Chan!

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Now honies play me close like butter played toast

Woohoo! Good for Chan.

I'm going to see her at the end of the month (it's a solo show I think), this makes me more excited.

But I don't think The Greatest is her, well, greatest. You Are Free and Moon Pix are much better in my opinion.

good for her. I'm really in love with The Greatest right now...i don't understand why people don't like it as much. it kinda slacks off in the middle, but there are some great songs on it.

word.

but i agree that past albums were more worthy.