Jukebox (Cat Power album)

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 composed 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

1. "New York" (John Kander, Fred Ebb) - 2:00
   • Popularized by Liza Minnelli in 1977 and Frank Sinatra in 1980
2. "Ramblin' (Wo)man" (Hank Williams) - 3:47
   • Originally released by Williams in 1953 and 1976
3. "Metal Heart" (Chan Marshall) - 3:53
   • Previous version appears on Cat Power's 1998 album Moon Pix
4. "Silver Stallion" (Lee Clayton) - 2:52
   • 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 William) - 3:12
   • Originally released by George Jackson in 1972^[11]
6. "Lost Someone" (James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth) - 2:50
   • Originally released by James Brown & the Famous Flames in 1961
7. "Lord, Help the Poor & Needy" (Jessie Mae Hemphill)^[12] - 2:37
   • 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) - 4:07
   • Originally released on Dylan's 1979 album Slow Train Coming This song was number 54 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.^[13]
9. "Song to Bobby" (Chan Marshall, Matt Sweeney) - 4:17
   • The sole original recording on the album
10. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) - 3:50
    • Originally released by Billie Holiday
11. "Woman Left Lonely" (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn) - 4:07
    • Originally released by Ella Brown and popularised by Janis Joplin on her (posthumous) 1971 album, Pearl
12. "Blue" (Joni Mitchell) - 4:01
    • Originally released by Mitchell on her 1971 album Blue

Australian Release Bonus Tracks

1. "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

Mexican Release Bonus Tracks

1. "Angelitos Negros" (Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste)
   • Originally recorded by Pedro Infante for the 1948 movie of the same name. Later popularized in the United States by Eartha Kitt on her 1958 album That Bad Eartha and Roberta Flack on her 1969 album First Take

Limited Edition Bonus Disc

1. "I Feel" (Dwayne Carter, Christopher Dorsey, Terius Gray, Byron Thomas, Tab Virgil, Jr.)
   • Originally released by Hot Boys on their 1999 album Guerrilla Warfare
2. "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
3. "Breathless" (Cave)
4. "Angelitos Negros" (Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste)
5. "She's Got You" (Hank Cochran)
   • Originally released by Patsy Cline on her 1962 album Sentimentally Yours

Bonus Tracks

• "Could We" (iTunes US Pre-Order Bonus Track) [NOTE: This is a new recording of the track]
• "Fortunate Son" (US Borders bonus download track with purchase of the physical release. Also available on Dark End Of The Street.)

Out-Takes

On the 16th of October 2007 ^[14], 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.

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.

These songs are confirmed as being part of the tracklisting of Cat Power's next release, Dark End Of The Street ^[15]

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.^[16]

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

• Official album site at [1]
• Notes on Cat Power's Jukebox pitchforkmedia.com
• Coming January 22 '08: Cat Power - 'Jukebox'
• Cat Power 'Jukebox' Final Sequence