Pitchfork

Out of a list that also included Band of Horses, Tom Waits, Beirut, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Girl Talk, Regina Spektor, and Spank Rock, Cat Power has emerged victorious as the winner of the 2006 Shortlist Music Prize for her album The Greatest. This makes Ms. Marshall (who was also nominated for the 2003 Shortlist Prize for You Are Free) the first woman to win the award.

A panel that included the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Sufjan Stevens, the Flaming Lips, and, um, Panic! at the Disco did the deciding for this year's prize, and in addition to the prize, Cat Power also received the dubious honor of a glowing review from KT Tunstall, another panelist. Tunstall called The Greatest "an immediate classic that will never age," which makes it sort of like Oil of Olay for your ears.

As part of a Shortlist digital promotion with the iTunes store, The Greatest is now available there with an exclusive extra track titled "Up and Gone".