Jukebox (Cat Power album)

Jukebox is the eighth album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. 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.

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]

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). It 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 Billboard 200 chart, selling about 29,000 copies in its first week.[14] As of 2012, sales in the United States have exceeded 137,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[15] It was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.[16]

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

Sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France	—	31,100[17]
United States	—	137,000[15]
Summaries
Europe	—	100,000[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 – Piano & Organ; Teenie Hodges – Guitar; Larry McDonald – Percussion; Dylan Willemsa – Viola; Matt Sweeney – Guitar)

References

1. "Jukebox by Cat Power". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. Allmusic review
3. Drowned In Sound review Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
4. Rogers, Jude (18 January 2008). "Cat Power, Jukebox". Retrieved 3 October 2016 – via The Guardian.
5. Times, Los Angeles. "CD: Cat Power". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
6. "Jukebox by Cat Power". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
7. NME.COM. "Cat Power - NME.COM". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
8. "Cat Power: Jukebox Album Review - Pitchfork". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
9. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
10. Spin review Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
11. Uncut review Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
12. "George Jackson Discography". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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.
15. Streib, Lauren (November 2, 2012). "Cat Power Announces Possible Tour Cancellation, Bankruptcy". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
16. "Impala Press Release, Popkomm, Berlin, 9th October 2008". Impala. October 9, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
17. "Les Albums les plus Vendus en 2008" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

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