Perfect as Cats

Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to the Cure is a charity record released by Los Angeles indie label, Manimal Vinyl on October 28, 2008.[1][2][3] It features covers of The Cure favourites by Dandy Warhols, Bat For Lashes, Kaki King, Devastations, ex-Godflesh frontman, Justin K. Broadrick's Jesu, Rio en Medio, Sarabeth Tucek, Mariee Sioux, Blackblack, Gangi, Rainbow Arabia and over 20 more artists and bands. The proceeds of the album went to the Invisible Children charity which works with the war torn youth in the African country of Sudan.

Pitchfork rated the album a 3.9.[4]

Track listing

CD1
  1. Xu Xu Fang - "Fascination Street" (5:37)
  2. Bat for Lashes - "A Forest" (3:23)
  3. Hecuba - "Killing an Arab" (2:57)
  4. Indian Jewelry - "The Walk 1" (5:47)
  5. Geneva Jacuzzi - "The Walk 2" (3:40)
  6. Astrid Quay - "The Caterpillar" (3:52)
  7. Rainbow Arabia - "Six Different Ways" (2:45)
  8. We Are the World - "Why Can't I Be You?" (3:30)
  9. Blackblack - "In Between Days" (2:55)
  10. Aquaserge with Laure Briard - "10:15 Saturday Night" (5:19)
  11. Gangi - "Fire in Cairo" (4:09)
  12. Rio en Medio - "Pictures of You" (4:35)
  13. Joker's Daughter - "Kyoto Song" (3:57)
  14. Caroline Weeks - "The Drowning Man" (3:54)
  15. Ex-Reverie - "The Hanging Garden" (4:53)
  16. Voyager One - "M" (3:33)
  17. Devastations - "All Cats Are Grey" (6:39)
CD2
  1. The Dandy Warhols - "Primary" (4:23)
  2. Veil Veil Vanish - "The Upstairs Room" (3:30)
  3. Wolfkin - "Charlotte Sometimes" (4:25)
  4. Army Navy - "Jumping Someone Else's Train" (5:31)
  5. The Muslims - "Grinding Halt" (2:49)
  6. Lemon Sun - "The Exploding Boy" (3:26)
  7. Kaki King - "Close to Me" (3:37)
  8. Les Bicyclettes Blanches - "Hot Hot Hot!!!" (3:52)
  9. Buddy - "Sugar Girl" (4:07)
  10. Katrine Ottosen - "The Lovecats" (4:42)
  11. Mariee Sioux - "Lovesong" (3:51)
  12. Corridor - "The Kiss" (7:06)
  13. Tara Busch - "Let's Go to Bed" (4:16)
  14. Jesu - "The Funeral Party" (6:52)
  15. Sarabeth Tucek - "Three Imaginary Boys" (3:42)
  16. Lewis and Clarke - "Disintegration" (8:48)

Additionally, several more tracks were available as iTunes exclusives:

  1. Ich Bin Aiko - "A Strange Day" (4:11)
  2. Silver Summit - "A Night Like This" (4:39)
  3. Black Hole Oscillators - "The Baby Screams" (2:42)
  4. The Holy Kiss - "One Hundred Years" (7:11)

References

  1. ^ (5 August 20080. Bat For Lashes covers The Cure on new tribute, NME
  2. ^ (24 March 2008). The Cure удостоились двух альбомов-трибьютов, Segodnya (in Russian)
  3. ^ (9 February 2009). Perfect As Cats : A Tribute To The Cure, Les Inrockuptibles (in French)
  4. ^ Cohen, Ian (12 March 2009). Various Artists Just Like Heaven: A Tribute to the Cure / Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to the Cure, Pitchfork Media