"Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen

"Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen
Studio album by The Walkmen
Released	October 24, 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Indie rock
Length	39:39
Label	Record Collection
Professional reviews
The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space. Allmusic link The Austin Chronicle Nov. 10, 2006 The A.V. Club (B) Nov. 7, 2006 Entertainment Weekly (B) Oct. 20, 2006 NOW (5/5) Nov. 16, 2006 Pitchfork Media (5.1/10) Oct. 24, 2006 PopMatters (5/10) Oct. 24, 2006 Rolling Stone Sep. 21, 2006[dead link] Stylus Magazine (C) Oct. 25, 2006 Tiny Mix Tapes (4/5) link The Winnipeg Sun link
The Walkmen chronology
A Hundred Miles Off (2006) Pussy Cats (2006) You & Me (2008)

"Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen, often referred to as just Pussy Cats, is a covers album by The Walkmen, released in 2006 (see 2006 in music). The album is a song-for-song cover of the 1974 Harry Nilsson album Pussy Cats which was produced by John Lennon. The decision to cover the Pussy Cats album, which is a band favourite, started off as a joke that evolved into a full-fledged album released only 5 months after their previous record, A Hundred Miles Off.^[1][2] The album also served as a last project for the band's studio, Marcata Recording. Marcata, which band members Matt Barrick, Paul Maroon and Walter Martin built in 1999, was located in a building owned by Columbia University, which took the property back in 2006.^[1][3] The making of the album, which took "about ten days," was filmed by Norman "Rockwell" Coady and the footage was made into the documentary In Loving Recognition, included on the album's accompanying DVD.^[2][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Original Artist	Length
1.	"Many Rivers to Cross"	Jimmy Cliff	4:46
2.	"Subterranean Homesick Blues"	Bob Dylan	3:24
3.	"Don't Forget Me"	Harry Nilsson	3:48
4.	"All My Life"	Nilsson	3:07
5.	"Old Forgotten Soldier"	Nilsson	4:34
6.	"Save the Last Dance"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	4:46
7.	"Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga"	John Lennon, Nilsson	3:57
8.	"Loop De Loop"	Ted Vann	3:45
9.	"Black Sails"	Nilsson	3:59
10.	"Rock Around the Clock"	Jimmy DeKnight, Max C. Freedman	3:33

Personnel

• Matt Barrick – conga, drums, maracas, tambourine, cowbell, wood block
• Peter Bauer – organ, farfisa organ, Vox Continental
• Chris Colbert – engineer, mixing
• Paul Gomez – A&R
• Hamilton Leithauser – acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, electric guitar, vocals, handwriting
• Dana Lyn – viola
• Paul Maroon – piano, electric guitar
• Walter Martin – acoustic guitar, bass, kazoo, maracas, organ, piano, tambourine, triangle, vibraslap, cowbell, fuzz bass, slide whistle
• Kevin McMahon – engineer, mixing
• Rob Moose – violin
• Quentin Stoltzfus – vocals
• Jordan Tappis – A&R
• Elijah Thomson – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Alex Waterman – cello, string arrangements

References

General

• Pussy Cats at Record Collection website^{[dead link]}
• Pussy Cats "Listening Pary" minisite^{[dead link]}
• In Loving Recollection making of the album documentary^{[dead link]}

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b} Phillips, Amy (2006-02-15). "The Walkmen Talk New Album, Other Projects". Pitchfork. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/2006/2/15/The_Walkmen_Talk_New_Album_Other_Projects#35900. Retrieved 2007-01-02. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ ^{a b} Phillips, Amy (2006-08-14). "Walkmen Talk Pussy Cats; Exclusive Stream". Pitchfork. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/37912/Walkmen_Talk_Pussy_Cats_Exclusive_Stream. Retrieved 2007-01-02. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b} "Maracata Recording". http://www.marcata.net/. Retrieved 2007-01-02.