Jukebox (Cat Power album)

Infobox Album
Name = Jukebox
Type = Cover album
Artist = Cat Power


Released = January 22 2008
Recorded = 2007 in New York, Dallas, and Miami
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 on January 22, 2008 on Matador 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 in 2000.

Track listing

# "New York" (John Kander, Fred Ebb)
#*Popularized by Liza Minnelli in 1977 and Frank 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 by James 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 by Jessie 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 by Ella Brown and popularised by Janis 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 by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 2004 album "Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus"
#*Bonus Track on Australian single-disc release

Limited Edition Bonus Disc

#"I Feel" (Dwayne Carter, Christopher Dorsey, Terius Gray, Byron Thomas, Tab Virgil, Jr.)
#*Originally released by Hot Boys on their 1999 album "Guerrilla Warfare"
#"Naked, If I Want To" (Jerry Miller)
#*Originally released by Moby 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 by Roberta Flack on her 1969 album "First Take
#"She's Got You" (Hank Cochran)
#*Originally released by Patsy 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]