Dear Sir

Dear Sir
Studio album by Cat Power
Released	October 23, 1995 July 3, 2001 (reissue)
Recorded	December 1994
Studio	Mott Street studio space, New York City, U.S.
Genre	Lo-fi[1] indie rock[2]
Length	27:40 31:53 (2001 reissue)
Label	Runt Plain Recordings (2001 reissue)
Producer	Ed Douglas
Cat Power chronology
Dear Sir (00000001) Myra Lee (1996)

Dear Sir is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power, released in October 1995 on Runt Records. Recorded in New York City in December 1994 during studio sessions with Tim Foljahn and Steve Shelley (which also produced the material on her second album, Myra Lee, released one year later), the album displays Marshall's sparse guitar playing and early lo-fi influence. The album had originally been conceived as an EP, and features covers of songs by Tom Waits and This Kind of Punishment.

The album was reissued by Plain Recordings in 2001 on CD and vinyl, with an alternate recording of the song "Great Expectations" as the eighth track.