“Werewolf” by Cat Power

Chan Marshall didn't write "Werewolf": the words and music belong to Michael Hurley, and she sings it on You Are Free, her sixth album as Cat Power, which came out on Matador in 2003. Adam Kasper recorded and mixed it, and he was her partner on the whole record, which came together in fits and starts over a year, the longest she had spent making an album up to then.

The two of them would duck into whatever nice studios Kasper had lined up whenever he had time off, and Marshall often ditched what they'd done months earlier to write something new on the spot. They piled up around 40 songs before Kasper helped her pick the ones that made the cut. The album also found room for guests Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder and Warren Ellis.

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