The Covers Record

The Covers Record
Studio album by Cat Power
Released	March 21, 2000
Recorded	Summer, 1998-November, 1999
Genre	Indie rock
Length	40:58
Label	Matador
Cat Power chronology
Moon Pix (1998) The Covers Record (2000) You Are Free (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(B+)[2]
Mojo	[3]
NME	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10)[5]
Q	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Salon	(positive)[8]
Spin	(A)[9]

The Covers Record is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power. The album consists almost entirely of cover songs. It was released in 2000 on Matador Records. In 2005 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

Chan used many of the songs to make her own soundtrack to the silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc which she projected behind her in her live shows after the release of Moon Pix.

Track listing

1. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:05
2. "Kingsport Town" (Traditional, version by Bob Dylan) – 4:54
3. "Troubled Waters" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:29
4. "Naked If I Want To" (Jerry A. Miller Jr.) – 2:47
5. "Sweedeedee" (Michael Hurley) – 3:53
6. "In This Hole" (Chan Marshall) – 4:26 (cover of Cat Power's own song from the album What Would the Community Think.)
7. "I Found a Reason" (Lou Reed) – 2:00
8. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 4:10
9. "Red Apples" (Bill Callahan) – 4:24
10. "Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan) – 3:24
11. "Salty Dog" (Traditional) – 2:07
12. "Sea of Love" (Philip Baptiste, George Khoury) – 2:19
13. "Love to Be Silly" (Japanese bonus track) – 1:34

Personnel

Matt Sweeney plays guitar on "Salty Dog".

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Heatseekers	44

Rhapsody (online music service) praised the album, calling it one of their favorite cover albums.^[10]

External links

• Notes on Cat Power's The Covers Record lauriston.com

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
3. ^ Mojo review
4. ^ NME review
5. ^ Pitchfork Media review
6. ^ Q review
7. ^ Rolling Stone review
8. ^ Salon review
9. ^ Spin review
10. ^ Rhapsody’s Favorite Covers Albums Referenced August 1, 2010