Jukebox (Cat Power album)

Jukebox
Studio album by Cat Power
Released	January 22, 2008
Recorded	2007, New York, Dallas, and Miami
Genre	Indie rock
Length	41:33
Label	Matador
Cat Power chronology
The Greatest (2006) Jukebox (2008) Dark End of the Street (2008)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Drowned In Sound	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Mojo	[6]
NME	[7]
Pitchfork Media	(5.7/10)[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	[10]
Uncut	[11]

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
1.	"New York"	John Kander, Fred Ebb	Liza Minnelli	2:00
2.	"Ramblin' (Wo)man"	Hank Williams	Hank Williams	3:47
3.	"Metal Heart"	Chan Marshall	Cat Power	3:53
4.	"Silver Stallion"	Lee Clayton	The Highwaymen	2:52
5.	"Aretha, Sing One for Me"	J Harris, Eugene William	George Jackson[12]	3:12
6.	"Lost Someone"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth	James Brown & the Famous Flames	2:50
7.	"Lord, Help the Poor & Needy"	Jessie Mae Hemphill[13]	Jessie Mae Hemphill	2:37
8.	"I Believe in You"	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	4:07
9.	"Song to Bobby" (original composition)	Chan Marshall, Matt Sweeney	Cat Power	4:17
10.	"Don't Explain"	Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday	Billie Holiday	3:50
11.	"Woman Left Lonely"	Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn	Janis Joplin	4:07
12.	"Blue"	Joni Mitchell	Joni Mitchell	4:01
Total length:				41:33

iTunes Store bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
13.	"Could We" (original composition)	Chan Marshall	Cat Power	2:25
Total length:				43:58

Borders bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
13.	"Fortunate Son"	J. C. Fogerty	Creedence Clearwater Revival	4:22
Total length:				45:55

Australian bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
13.	"Breathless"	Nick Cave	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	5:05
Total length:				46:38

Mexican bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
13.	"Angelitos Negros"	Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste	Eartha Kitt	10:48
Total length:				52:21

Limited edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
1.	"I Feel"	Dwayne Carter, Christopher Dorsey, Terius Gray, Byron Thomas, Tab Virgil, Jr.	Hot Boys	1:24
2.	"Naked, If I Want To"	Jerry Miller	Moby Grape	2:48
3.	"Breathless"	Nick Cave	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	5:05
4.	"Angelitos Negros"	Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste	Eartha Kitt	10:48
5.	"She's Got You"	Hank Cochran	Patsy Cline	3:50
Total length:				23:55

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.^[14]

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

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

1. http://www.metacritic.com/music/jukebox/cat-power
2. Allmusic review
3. Drowned In Sound review
4. The Guardian review
5. Los Angeles Times review
6. Mojo review
7. NME review
8. Pitchfork Media review
9. Rolling Stone review
10. Spin review
11. Uncut review
12. George Jackson Discography
13. Tennille, Andy: "Matador Records Skips Important Credit on Cat Power's Jukebox", San Francisco Weekly; April 9, 2008.
14. Katie Hasty, "'Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart", Billboard.com, January 30, 2008.

External links

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