The voters for the 2007 Short List prize proved their mettle by awarding the trophy to The Greatest, by Cat Power, a.k.a. Chan Marshall. A fine choice. The panelists who did the picking included Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, the members of Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall, Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and last year's winner, Sufjan Stevens. Finalists included Regina Spektor, Bonnie Prince Billy, Tom Waits, Joanna Newsom and Philly (and Baltimore's) own Spank Rock. A Greatest outtake, the country lament "Up and Gone" is up on iTunes.
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If you bought The Greatest when it was first released, you already own the new Cat Power song on iTunes. It's a hidden track. I think once The Greatest was re-issued (when the album cover changed), Matador held that song off of the album.
Posted by Rob | June 20, 2007 9:08 AM
Posted on June 20, 2007 09:08