Cat Power - Jukebox
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Artist: Cat PowerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-01-22
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: Terribly boring!
Rating: 2 Stars
I'm a big fan of Cat Power's other work, including The Greatest, but this album is terribly boring. It's as if she drained all personality out of herself and these songs. I suspect a big problem is the song choices themselves; in contrast to her past covers, these songs are all pretty rambling whining crooners. I have hope that she'll return to greatness, but I'm not optimistic after hearing this.
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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