Song:Nude As The News
Album:What Would The Community Think?
Cat Power has been a successful alternative rock artist for over twenty years. Her success is mostly as a touring act. Nude As The News was the first single from her 1996 Matador Records debut album What Would The Community Think?. She was born Charlyn "Chan" Marshall Jan. 21, 1972 in Atlanta. Her father was blues musician Charlie Marshall. Her parents divorced in 1979 and her mom remarried soon after. Her family moved a lot because of the stepfather's profession. So she bounced around between he mom, dad and grandmother. She started using the nickname Chan in sixth grade. She moved in with her dad at age 18. She began performing in Atlanta clubs in the late 80s. After a boyfriend died and another friend died from AIDS, she moved to New York City with boyfriend Glen Thrasher. He took her to an Anthony Braxton concert. So she was into free jazz for a while. Chan released a couple of albums independently with the help of Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley. This led to a contract with Matador Records and the 1996 album What Would The Community Think?. Shelley produced the album. At some point, Chan decided to call herself Cat Power which was a band she led in the 80s. Nude As The News was her first single and video. The song is about an abortion she had when she was twenty years old. The album was critically acclaimed. She continued to record and tour with modest success. After a five year break, the 2003 album You Are Free was more mainstream than her previous albums. It also had Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl doing guest shots. The album sold better than her early albums. Cat has been successful since then. Her latest CD Wanderer was released in 2018 and she toured to support it. Would a big hit single help? Sure but Cat doesn't need it and Matador doesn't put that kind of pressure on their artists. Here's the video for Nude As The News by Cat Power.
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