The Tigers Have Spoken

The Tigers Have Spoken
Live album by Neko Case
Released	2004-11-09
Recorded	March–April 2004
Genre	Alternative country
Length	34:15
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Neko Case and Darryl Neudorf
Neko Case live albums chronology
The Tigers Have Spoken (2004) Live from Austin, TX (2007)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
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Entertainment Weekly	A link
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Pitchfork Media	7.6/10 link
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Rolling Stone	link
Stylus Magazine	B+ link
Uncut	link
Under the Radar	link

The Tigers Have Spoken is a 2004 live album by Neko Case. The album was recorded at several live shows in Chicago and Toronto in the spring of 2004. Neko's backing band featured The Sadies and Jon Rauhouse. Guest performers included Carolyn Mark, Kelly Hogan, Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops, Paul Morstad and Brian Connelly.^[2] The album was produced by Case and Darryl Neudorf.

The album consists of a combination of Case originals and cover songs such as the Nervous Eaters' "Loretta", The Shangri-Las' "The Train From Kansas City", and Loretta Lynn's "Rated X". It marked a return to the alternative country sound which Case had moved away from after her first two solo albums.

Track listing

1. "If You Knew" – 2:30 - Case/Sadies
2. "Soulful Shade of Blue" – 2:33 - Buffy Ste. Marie
3. "Hex" – 4:59 - Catherine Ann Irwin
4. "The Train From Kansas City" – 3:25 - Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich
5. "The Tigers Have Spoken" – 2:41 - Case/Sadies
6. "Blacklisted" – 2:11 - Case
7. "Loretta" – 2:09 - Steve Cataldo
8. "Favorite" – 3:36 - Case
9. "Rated X" – 2:49 - Loretta Lynn
10. "This Little Light" – 3:00 - traditional
11. "Wayfaring Stranger" – 3:16 - traditional
12. "Tigers Are Noble" ( – 1:07, dialogue)

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