- Jukebox (Cat Power album)
Infobox Album
Name = Jukebox
Type = Cover album
Artist =Cat Power
Released =January 22 2008
Recorded = 2007 inNew York ,Dallas , andMiami
Genre =Indie rock
Length = 47mins
Label = Matador
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "The Greatest"
(2006)
This album = "Jukebox"
(2008)
Next album =
Reviews =
*"AMG" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:avfixzrhldse link]
*"Alternative Press " Rating|3|5
*"Crawdaddy! " (favorable) [http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=5056 link]
*"TMM" (7/10) [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/page.php?al=cat_power_jukebox_album_review link]
*"Pitchfork Media " 5.7/10 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48082-jukebox link]
*"Rockfeedback " Rating|4|5 [http://www.rockfeedback.com/article.asp?nObjectID=5335 link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/17983123/review/17989418/jukebox link]
*"Spin" Rating|3|5 [http://www.spin.com/reviews/2008/01/0801_cat_power/index.html link]
*"Sun Media " Rating|4|5 [http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Cat_Power/AlbumReviews/2008/01/20/4783483.html link]
*Time Off Rating|4|5 [http://www.timeoff.com.au/index.php?area=Archive&pg=42&subarea=37&sel=8099&showcontent=8099 link]
*Twisted Ear Rating|3|5 [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1581&Itemid=31 link]
*"ZME Music" (positive) [http://www.zmemusic.com/reviews/cat-power-jukebox-review/ link]"Jukebox" is the eighth album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall, also known by her stage name,
Cat Power . It was released onJanuary 22 ,2008 onMatador Records . A limited-edition silver foil deluxe package was also released containing a bonus disc with five extra songs.The album is comprised almost entirely of
cover songs , save for "Song To Bobby" and "Metal Heart" ("Metal Heart" was previously recorded and released in 1998). This is Marshall's second record of cover songs; her first, "The Covers Record ", was released in2000 .Track listing
# "New York" (
John Kander ,Fred Ebb )
#*Popularized byLiza Minnelli in 1977 andFrank Sinatra in 1980
# "Ramblin' (Wo)man" (Hank Williams )
#*Originally released by Williams in 1953 and 1976
# "Metal Heart" (Chan Marshall )
#*Previous version appears on Cat Power's 1998 album "Moon Pix "
# "Silver Stallion" (Lee Clayton )
#*First appears on Clayton's 1978 album "Border Affair"; later popularized by The Highwaymen in 1990
# "Aretha, Sing One for Me" (J Harris, Eugene Williams)
#*Originally released by George Jackson in 1972 [ [http://www.melingo.com/thesoulnet/jackson.htm George Jackson Discography ] ]
# "Lost Someone " (James Brown ,Bobby Byrd , Lloyd Stallworth)
#*Originally released byJames Brown & the Famous Flames in 1961
#"Lord, Help the Poor and Needy" (Jessie Mae Hemphill ) [Tennille, Andy: [http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-04-09/music/matador-records-skips-important-credit-on-cat-power-s-jukebox/ "Matador Records Skips Important Credit on Cat Power's "Jukebox"] , "San Francisco Weekly"; April 9, 2008.]
#*Recorded byJessie Mae Hemphill in either 1979 or the early 1980s, released on her 2004 album, "Get Right Blues"
# "I Believe in You" (Bob Dylan )
#*Originally released on Dylan's 1979 album "Slow Train Coming "
# "Song to Bobby" (Chan Marshall,Matt Sweeney )
#*The sole original recording on the album
# "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr. ,Billie Holiday )
#*Originally released by Billie Holiday
#"A Woman Left Lonely" (Spooner Oldham ,Dan Penn )
#*Originally released byElla Brown and popularised byJanis Joplin on her (posthumous) 1971 album, "Pearl"
#"Blue" (Joni Mitchell )
#*Originally released by Mitchell on her 1971 album "Blue"Australian Release Bonus Tracks
#"Breathless" (
Nick Cave )
#*Originally released byNick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 2004 album "Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus "
#*Bonus Track on Australian single-disc releaseLimited Edition Bonus Disc
#"I Feel" (
Dwayne Carter ,Christopher Dorsey ,Terius Gray , Byron Thomas, Tab Virgil, Jr.)
#*Originally released byHot Boys on their 1999 album "Guerrilla Warfare"
#"Naked, If I Want To" (Jerry Miller )
#*Originally released byMoby Grape on their 1967 self-titled debut
#*Previous version by Cat Power appears on 2000's "The Covers Record "
#"Breathless" (Cave)
#"Angelitos Negros" (Andres Eloy Blanco , Manuel Alvarez Maciste)
#*Originally released byRoberta Flack on her 1969 album "First Take
#"She's Got You " (Hank Cochran )
#*Originally released byPatsy Cline on her 1962 album "Sentimentally Yours "Bonus Tracks
*"He War" (iTunes US Pre-Order Bonus Track) [NOTE: This is a new recording of the track]
*US Borders stores had a bonus download track with purchase of the physical release.Out-Takes
On the 16th of October 2007 [ [http://www.matadorrecords.com/cat_power/ Matador Records | Cat Power ] ] ,
Matador Records announced via their website the release date and a provisional tracklisting for Jukebox. This tracklisting contained 2 titles that were replaced on the finalised version of the album.
# "Fortunate Son"
#*Written by John Fogerty, published by Jondora Music (BMI)
# "Dark End of the Street"
#*Written by Chips Moman/Dan Penn, published by Screen Gems-EMI Music.These songs are confirmed as being part of the tracklisting of Cat Power's next release, Dark End Of The Street [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/146116-cat-power-covers-creedence-pogues-redding-on-ep/ Pitchfork Media | Cat Power Covers Creedence, Pogues, Redding on new EP] ]
ales and chart positions
The album debuted at number 12 on the U.S.
Billboard 200 chart, selling about 29,000 copies in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003703770 "'Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart"] , Billboard.com, January 30, 2008.] The album also debuted at number 11 on the United World Chart, selling 65,000 copies worldwide on its first week of release. [ [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week06-2008.htm Media Traffic Global Sales Information] ] The album sold a further 40,000 copies worldwide the week after. [ [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week07-2008.htm Media Traffic Global Sales Information] ]Personnel
*Chan Marshall –
vocals
*Stuart Sikes – engineer
*Dirty Delta Blues –backing band (Judah Bauer - Guitar; Jim White - Drums; Erik Paparazzi - Bass; Gregg Foreman - Piano & Organ)
*Special Guests - (Spooner Oldham - Pianon & Organ; Teenie Hodges - Guitar; Larry McDonald - Percussion; Dylan Willemsa - Viola; Matt Sweeney - Guitar)References
External links
* [http://catpowerjukebox.com/ Official album site] at [http://catpowerjukebox.com/]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46433-cat-powers-ijukeboxi-tracklist-cover-art-revealed Notes on Cat Power's "Jukebox" pitchforkmedia.com]
* [http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=925 Coming january 22 '08: Cat Power - 'Jukebox']
* [http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=984 Cat Power 'Jukebox' Final Sequence]
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