This album is fast becoming my favorite Cat Power album. There are a handful of atmospheric and catchy songs (Rockets, We All Die, Ice Water, Not What You Want...) The band (Chan, Steve Shelley and Tim Foljahn--note no bass but two guitars and the human drum machine Steve Shelley) is raw, loose and adventurous.

At times, Chan's singing style, coupled with her bleak and suggestive lyricism, evokes the majesty of a young Dylan, circa 1966. (She must really be the "Devil's Daughter...") But, then again, the last cut, Not What You Want, evokes the feel of another great artist/album: John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band. This track sounds like it was recorded by a Playschool tape recorder for todlers, and Chan singing, "I'm not what you want," over and over again, does remind this reviewer of the haunting finale to the Lennon masterpiece, with cathartic screams and all.

And for the non-Cat/Chan converts... can anyone turn a line so simple as "I'm so angry" and make it elusive, suggestive, catchy and breathtaking?

Cat Power/Chan Marshall is something rare in music: a sense of adolescent and awkward prodigy; a rare combination of a voice blessed by God and sloppy, but edgy and always inventive, musicianship. Maybe it's the rough groove, the contrast between stumbling and squealing dueling guitars and Steve's ever-so-tight but sparse drumming.

Go check this out. You won't stop playing Rockets for a long time.

This album is so well done, there is so much emotion behind every single note and lyric in every single song. Chan's voice is so powerful and moving, I cannot think of a better Cat Power song than "Ice Water." And as far as these "sloppy" and "amateurish" comments go- I fail to hear any such characteristic, though it is possible that this album may be hard to grasp to someone with a very close-minded and tightly wound musical listening history. Hands down, best Cat Power album.

Ignore the 3 star reviews and above. This album sounds like some chick wanking off to a badly placed microphone with some dudes noodling and going nowhere. Absolutely not even close to their great records like You Are Free. Not even in the same arena. I couldn't even get through the whole thing. Just find it somewhere online and save your cash. Her voice is seriously like 5dB too high in the mix at times and just starts screaming out in odd places. Absolutely awful production. Stay away.

A mysterious title for such a mysterious album. At first while getting this album I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I mean I do own some Cat Power music but this album is driven by true emotion. These emotions are not usally what people write to. This stuff is true it's driven by anger and frustration. Chan's voice gives such a great presentation of what she is feeling but also comes lightly to let you know it is going to be ok. The contrast of this album to all the others is so amazing that it could only have been done by Chan.

Brand-new musical experience in your life. Power in silence. It's almost religous beauty.