Dear Sir

Dear Sir
Dear Sir
Studio album by Cat Power
Released October, 1995
Recorded December 1994
Genre Indie rock
Label Runt Records (1995), Plain Recordings (2001)
Producer Ed Douglas
Cat Power chronology
Dear Sir
(1995)		 Myra Lee
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [2]

Dear Sir is the debut album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power. It was released in 1995 on Runt Records. The 2001 Plain Recordings reissue adds the song "Great Expectations" as the eighth track. The cover art depicts text superimposed over a male torso. The album features Steve Shelley on drums and Tim Foljean on guitar. Chan Marshall does the singing and plays guitar as well. It is the shortest Cat Power album, not counting her EPs.

Track listing

  1. "3 Times" – 4:13
  2. "Rockets" – 4:43
  3. "Itchyhead" – 2:44
  4. "Yesterday Is Here" (Kathleen Brennan & Tom Waits from the album Franks Wild Years) – 3:34
  5. "The Sleepwalker" (Chris Matthews) – 4:02
  6. "Mr. Gallo" – 3:19
  7. "No Matter" (Instrumental) – 1:02
  8. "Headlights" - 4:03
  9. "Great Expectations (Hidden Track)" - 4:13 [included in 2001 re-release]

References

  1. ^ Dear Sir at Allmusic
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review

Matador Records Interview of Cat Power

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