Speaking for Trees

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Speaking for Trees
Live album by Cat Power
Released	October 26, 2004
Genre	Indie rock
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Speaking for Trees is a DVD/CD package released by the American singer/songwriter Cat Power (a.k.a. Chan Marshall) on October 26, 2004. The DVD contains footage of Cat Power singing and playing electric guitar in the countryside, filmed by Mark Borthwick in essentially a single, nearly 2-hour static shot. It also features three short films by Borthwick, each set to a different song from Cat Power's 2003 album, You Are Free. There are also three bonus videos on the DVD: "Maybe Not", "Free" and "Half of You", all three directed by Mark Borthwick, all set on a beach. The CD contains the single song "Willie Deadwilder," an 18-minute outtake from the You Are Free sessions which features M. Ward on guitar.

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All tracks by Chan Marshall except where noted.

1. "Time Is on My Side" (Jerry Ragovoy as Norman Meade)
2. "Night Time/ Back of Your Head" (Alex Chilton/Chan Marshall)
3. "Rule the Islands"
4. "You"
5. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)
6. "From Fur City"
7. "I Want"
8. "Dream/ Blue Moon/ Try a Little Tenderness" James Campbell/Reginald Connelly/Lorenz Hart/Chan Marshall/Richard Rodgers/ Harry M. Woods
9. "You"
10. "From Fur City"
11. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)
12. "Farewell My Enemy"
13. "Sad, Sad, Song" (M. Ward))
14. "Rule the Islands"
15. "Evolution"
16. "Night Time/ Back of Your Head" (Alex Chilton/Chan Marshall)
17. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington/Irving Mills/Mitchell Parish)
18. "I Don't Blame You"
19. "Dream/ Blue Moon/ Try a Little Tenderness" (James Campbell/Reginald Connelly/Lorenz Hart/Chan Marshall/Richard Rodgers/ Harry M. Woods)
20. "The Party"
21. "Funny Things"
22. "Love and Communication"
23. "From Fur City"
24. "Sad, Sad, Song" (M. Ward)
25. "Night Time/ Back of Your Head" (Alex Chilton/Chan Marshall)
26. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington/Irving Mills/Mitchell Parish)
27. "I Don't Blame You"
28. "I Want"
29. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)
30. "Lord, Help the Poor and Needy" (Traditional)

Recorded and produced by Trevor Kampmann.

[edit] Links

• Speaking for Trees: A Film by Mark Borthwick at the Internet Movie Database
• All Movie Guide
• Pitchfork review
• BBC review

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