Jukebox (Cat Power album)

Jukebox

Studio album by

Cat Power

Released

January 22, 2008

Recorded

2007, New York City, 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 Cat Power, released on January 22, 2008 on Matador Records. The album is composed almost entirely of cover songs, save for "Song to Bobby" and "Metal Heart" (previously recorded and released in 1998). It is Marshall's second record of cover songs, after the titular The Covers Record.

A limited-edition silver foil deluxe package was also released containing a bonus disc with five extra songs.

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Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling about 29,000 copies in its first week.^[12] As of 2012, sales in the United States have exceeded 137,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[13] It was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.^[14]

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^[15]	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^[16]	Jessie Mae Hemphill	2:37
8.	"I Believe in You"	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	4:07
9.	"Song to Bobby" (original composition)	Chan Marshall	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

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

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

Mexican bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
13.	"Angelitos Negros"	Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste	Eartha Kitt	7:33

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	2:48
2.	"Naked, If I Want To"	Jerry Miller	Moby Grape	2:37
3.	"Breathless"	Nick Cave	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	5:05
4.	"Angelitos Negros"	Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste	Eartha Kitt	7:33
5.	"She's Got You"	Hank Cochran	Patsy Cline	3:30
Total length:				21:33

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[17]	36
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[18]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[19]	10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[20]	5
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[21]	3
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[22]	12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[23]	63
French Albums (SNEP)^[24]	4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[25]	18
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[26]	51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[27]	30
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[28]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[29]	27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[30]	20
US Billboard 200^[31]	12

Sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States	—	137,000^[13]
Summaries
Europe	—	100,000^[14]

Personnel

Chan Marshall – vocals
Stuart Sikes – engineer

Dirty Delta Blues

Judah Bauer – guitar
Jim White – drums
Erik Paparazzi – bass
Gregg Foreman – piano, organ

Special Guests

Spooner Oldham – piano, organ
Teenie Hodges – guitar
Larry McDonald – percussion
Dylan Willemsa – viola
Matt Sweeney – guitar

References

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^ Allmusic review
^ Drowned In Sound review Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
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^ Times, Los Angeles (15 September 2014). "CD: Cat Power". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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^ NME.COM (28 January 2008). "Cat Power - NME.COM". NME. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
^ Spin review Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Uncut review Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ Katie Hasty, "'Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart", Billboard.com, January 30, 2008.
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External links

Official album site Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine at [1] Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
Notes on Cat Power's Jukebox pitchforkmedia.com
Coming January 22 '08: Cat Power - 'Jukebox'
Cat Power 'Jukebox' Final Sequence

v t e Cat Power
Studio albums	Dear Sir Myra Lee What Would the Community Think Moon Pix The Covers Record You Are Free The Greatest Jukebox Sun Wanderer Covers
Live albums	Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
EPs	eMusic Session EP Dark End of the Street
DVDs	Speaking for Trees
Singles	"Headlights" "Nude as the News" "He War" "Could We" "Woman"
Other songs	"Cross Bones Style" "I Don't Blame You"
Related articles	Discography Dirty Three

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