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Dark End Of The Street

Cat Power

Dark End Of The Street

The indie/folk singer's vinyl-only EP of six cover versions

ADM rating[?]

5.4

Label
Matador
UK Release date
15/12/2009
  1. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Documents the unlikely transformation of an emotive indie rocker into a bona fide soul singer.
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  2. 6.0 |   Spin

    While her take on Creedence's political burner ""Fortunate Son"" falters listlessly, the Georgia smoke bomb pays homage to soul heavyweights Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin with more success.
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  3. 6.0 |   The Quietus

    There's no shame, if you're not in a karaoke bar, in singing other people's songs... If this band were your jukebox, you'd be in for a memorable couple of hours. But then you might go somewhere else to have your spirits lifted.
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  4. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    For the most part Marshall gets it spot on, but when she doesn't she only serves to highlight the quality of the originals.
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  5. 5.0 |   No Ripcord

    While Marshall does deserve credit for taking on the greats (Franklin and Redding), she again falls short.
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  6. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    It’s an exploration of a sonic atmosphere, sure. But if she let just a bit more of her own personality come forward, I think we’d be smiling, and enjoying Dark End of the Street a lot more.
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  7. 3.8 |   Pitchfork

    These six cuts were apparently deemed unworthy of inclusion on Jukebox, Cat Power's covers LP released earlier this year, which wasn't terribly impressive itself.
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