Cat Power - Jukebox
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Artist: Cat PowerBrand: Baker & Taylor
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-01-22
Model: 00744861075424
Music Label: Matador Records
Soundtracks:
- New York
- Ramblin' (Wo)man
- Metal Heart
- Silver Stallion
- Aretha, Sing One For Me
- Lost Someone
- Lord, Help The Poor & Needy
- I Believe In You
- Song To Bobby
- Don't Explain
- Woman Left Lonely
- Blue
Music reviews of Jukebox
Music Review: Yet Another Reason To Love Chan Marshall...
Rating: 5 Stars
Jukebox, $[...] Amazon.com, is the latest release from Cat Power. The band is composed of the chestnut-haired beauty Chan Marshall (vocals), and of Judah Bauer (guitar), Jim White (drums), Erik Paparazzi (bass), and Gregg Foreman (piano & organ). Five special guests - Spooner Oldham, Teenie Hodges, Larry McDonald, Dylan Willemsa, and Matt Sweeney - also appear. The ten featured cover songs and two originals on this lux album were captured by Stuart Sikes at Hit Factory in Miami, at Rare Book Room in Brooklyn, and at Sikes Studio in Dallas. `Jukebox' is the first (and probably only) CD that I'll buy in all of 2008.
Understanding the formula behind the cover selections is simple; for example, Kander & Ebb (known chiefly for `Cabaret') wrote `New York, New York,' but everyone associates the song with Frank Sinatra. Therefore, Marshall takes the song and inhabits it with all the conviction of Sinatra, but she deconstructs it, adding her own lyrical flourishes and shorthand, bending it in the process. Not content to stop there, she does the same thing to an old revered Hank Williams song, `Ramblin' (Wo)man,' inverting the gender.
Keeping in mind Marshall authored `Metal Heart' in 1998, it's nice to hear she's retooled it - this jauntier version runs just under 4 minutes, and is more energetic, with piano accompaniment from Gregg Foreman of the Dirty Delta Blues. Marshall contributes one other original song called `Song To Bobby,' to Jukebox. This long track is an ode to Bob Dylan, Chan's musical idol. Granted, there is a sweet nostalgia to the lyrics, but this is actually my least favorite track. (For more info on Bob Dylan, visit [...])
Everyone that I've talked to about this album seems to gravitate to a particular track, and about a dozen of us seem to agree that `Silver Stallion,' clocking in just under 3 minutes, is the standout track most likely to receive radio airplay. The song is credited to Lee Clayton, whose musical career I'm unfortunately not all that familiar with; whoever is playing the slide guitar on this number is truly remarkable though. Marshall's vocals are casual, sly, melancholy, and tender all at once.
Beautiful songs like `Aretha, Sing One For Me,' - an ode to pop singer, rhythm-and-blues singer, and soul singer Aretha Franklin - are perfect for Chan's emotive expressive voice. I took pleasure in the old style intro that launched the song with a drum roll. Marshall follows this with a soulful version of `I Lost Someone,' - a rhythm-and-blues song originally penned by the late great James Brown - that should have also included some horns. Marshall then rescues an old traditional song `Lord, Help The Poor & Needy,' - by Jessie Mae Hemphill - from the public domain.
One of the most inspiring songs on `Jukebox' is the robust inclusion of `I Believe In You,' a somewhat more obscure song from the Bob Dylan discography. The bass on this track is just plain excellent; I also wonder how the track would sound if Chan sang it accompanied solely by a piano. `Don't Explain,' - track ten - is a cover of a legendary Billie Holiday song, and the mournful keyboard playing by Gregg Foreman or Spooner Oldham that accompanies the songbird is a real knockout.
Xtra love and attention were poured into the final two songs on `Jukebox.' `Woman Left Lonely,' is a heartfelt rendition of an old standard (written by Spooner Oldham) that exposes Chan Marshall's emotional landscape. Spooner was kind enough to grace the keyboards on this particular track. `Blue,' is a dour, faithful but melancholy version of the legendary Joni Mitchell song that was made famous back in 1971. Remember, if you buy the deluxe gatefold edition of *Jukebox - you'll get five extra songs on a bonus CD; `I Feel,' `Naked, If I Want To,' `Breathless,' `Angelitos Negros,' and `She's Got You.' It should also be noted that Marshall currently has tracks available on two soundtracks - I'm Not There and Juno.
Description of Jukebox
Her second album of covers; this one a tribute to the great vocalists who've influenced her over the years. The album comes in two versions: deluxe silver-foil gatefold cover (LP and CD) with bonus disc of extra tracks and regular jewelcase version (CD only). Backed by Dirty Delta Blues (Judah Bauer, Gregg Foreman, Jim White, Erik Papparazzi). Guest appearances: Spooner Oldham (Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan), Larry McDonald (Toots & The Maytals, Taj Mahal), Teenie Hodges (Al Green, Memphis Rhythm Band), and Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Will Oldham).Cat Power's second collection of cover songs for dreary days (2000's The Covers Record was the first), the ever-mysterious Chan Marshall is joined here by her newish cohorts, the Dirty Delta Blues Band. Her backing band here eschews big production and string arrangements in favor of a more skeletal, bluesy, and languid approach. Her voice, of course, remains extraordinary--sent from the heavens and perfectly marred by cigarettes. Marshall takes the usual liberties with melody, as on opener "New York," made popular by Ol' Blue Eyes himself (who wouldn't recognize this were it not for the lyrics). "Ramblin (Wo)man" is fairly true to Hank Williams's original, despite the extra syllable, and is wonderfully suited for Marshall's voice. The Highwaymen's "Silver Stallion" may be the finest track on the album, with Marshall and an acoustic slide guitar taking the lead, accompanied by some distant, ambient guitar work. James Brown's "Lost Someone" is also quite nice, an opportunity to explore the many dynamics of that aforementioned ethereal voice. Jukebox closes with three appropriate covers of other artists often mentioned in Cat Power reviews: Billie Holiday's "Can't Explain;" "Woman Left Lonely," popularized by Janis Joplin; and Joni Mitchell's "Blue." This record's solid, but when that next batch of originals comes around, one can only hope for some of the exuberant risk-taking that made previous outings so stellar. --Jason Pace
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