Jukebox (Cat Power album)

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Jukebox
Jukebox cover
Cover album by Cat Power
Released January 22, 2008
Recorded 2007 in New York, Dallas, and Miami
Genre Indie rock
Length 47mins
Label Matador
Professional reviews
Cat Power chronology
The Greatest
(2006)		 Jukebox
(2008)

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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "New York" (John Kander, Fred Ebb)
  2. "Ramblin' (Wo)man" (Hank Williams)
    • Originally released by Williams in 1953 and 1976
  3. "Metal Heart" (Chan Marshall)
    • Previous version appears on Cat Power's 1998 album Moon Pix
  4. "Silver Stallion" (Lee Clayton)
    • First appears on Clayton's 1978 album Border Affair; later popularized by The Highwaymen in 1990
  5. "Aretha, Sing One for Me" (J Harris, Eugene Williams)
    • Originally released by George Jackson in 1972[1]
  6. "Lost Someone" (James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth)
  7. "Lord, Help the Poor and Needy" (Jessie Mae Hemphill)[2]
    • Recorded by Jessie Mae Hemphill in either 1979 or the early 1980s, released on her 2004 album, Get Right Blues
  8. "I Believe in You" (Bob Dylan)
  9. "Song to Bobby" (Chan Marshall, Matt Sweeney)
    • The sole original recording on the album
  10. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday)
    • Originally released by Billie Holiday
  11. "A Woman Left Lonely" (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn)
    • Originally released by Ella Brown and popularised by Janis Joplin on her (posthumous) 1971 album, Pearl
  12. "Blue" (Joni Mitchell)
    • Originally released by Mitchell on her 1971 album Blue

[edit] Australian Release Bonus Tracks

  1. "Breathless" (Nick Cave)

[edit] Limited Edition Bonus Disc

  1. "I Feel" (Dwayne Carter, Christopher Dorsey, Terius Gray, Byron Thomas, Tab Virgil, Jr.)
  2. "Naked, If I Want To" (Jerry Miller)
  3. "Breathless" (Cave)
  4. "Angelitos Negros" (Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste)
  5. "She's Got You" (Hank Cochran)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Out-Takes

On the 16th of October 2007 [3], 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. It is currently unknown whether these songs will see future release as possible b-sides or soundtrack contributions.

  1. "Fortunate Son"
    • Written by John Fogerty, published by Jondora Music (BMI)
  2. "Dark End of the Street"
    • Written by Chips Moman/Dan Penn, published by Screen Gems-EMI Music.

[edit] Sales 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.[4] The album also debuted at number 11 on the United World Chart, selling 65,000 copies worldwide on its first week of release. [5] The album sold a further 40,000 copies worldwide the week after. [6]

Chart (2008) Peak position
Australia Albums Chart 35
Austria Albums Chart 40
Belgian Albums Chart 7
Denmark Albums Chart 12
Dutch Albums Chart 63
France Albums Chart 4
German Albums Chart 18
Irish Album Chart 35
New Zealand Albums Chart 30
Norway Albums Chart 30
Swiss Albums Chart 20
Sweden Albums Chart 27
U.K. Albums Chart 32
U.S. Top Rock Albums 2
U.S. Top Independent Albums 3
U.S. Top Digital Albums 3
U.S. Top Internet Albums 7
U.S. Billboard 200 12
United World Chart 11

[edit] 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)

[edit] References

  1. ^ George Jackson Discography
  2. ^ Tennille, Andy: "Matador Records Skips Important Credit on Cat Power's Jukebox", San Francisco Weekly; April 9, 2008.
  3. ^ Matador Records | Cat Power
  4. ^ Katie Hasty, "'Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart", Billboard.com, January 30, 2008.
  5. ^ Media Traffic Global Sales Information
  6. ^ Media Traffic Global Sales Information

[edit] External links

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