Cat Power (aka, Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall) produced two very different albums of cover songs. Back in 2000, she released The Covers Record with 12 songs performed with minimalist precision. Trust me: you’ve never heard “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” performed this way! My favorite song on The Covers Record is the “Sea of Love.”
In 2022, Cat Power brought out another album of covers. This time she’s backed by a band. My favorite song on Covers is an early Jackson Browne song–I first heard it on Nico’s Chelsea Girl album in 1967. There’s plenty of variety on Covers with songs by The Pogues, Bob Seger, Iggy Pop, The Replacements, and even Bille Holiday.
Are you a fan of cover albums? GRADE: THE COVERS RECORD: B-; COVERS: B
TRACK LIST:
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | “Bad Religion” | Christopher Breaux Monte Neuble Charlie Gambetta Kevin Risto Waynne Nugent Chan Marshall | Frank Ocean | 4:20 |
2. | “Unhate” | Marshall | Cat Power | 2:44 |
3. | “Pa Pa Power” | Ryan Gosling. Zach Sheilds | Dead Man’s Bones | 3:10 |
4. | “White Mustang” | Lana Del Rey Rick Nowels | Lana Del Rey | 3:00 |
5. | “A Pair of Brown Eyes“ | Shane MacGowan | The Pogues | 3:42 |
6. | “Against the Wind“ | Bob Seger | Bob Seger | 3:13 |
7. | “Endless Sea” | Iggy Pop | Iggy Pop | 3:35 |
8. | “These Days“ | Jackson Browne | Nico | 3:44 |
9. | “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels“ | J. D. “Jay” Miller | Kitty Wells | 2:33 |
10. | “I Had a Dream, Joe“ | Nick Cave | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 4:39 |
11. | “Here Comes a Regular” | Paul Westerberg | The Replacements | 5:14 |
12. | “I’ll Be Seeing You“ | Sammy FainIrving Kahal | Billie Holiday | 3:22 |
Total length: | 43:15 |
TRACK LIST:
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist(s) | Length |
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1. | “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction“ | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | The Rolling Stones | 3:05 |
2. | “Kingsport Town” | Traditional | Bob Dylan | 4:54 |
3. | “Troubled Waters” | Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow | Mae West with Duke Ellington‘s Orchestra | 3:29 |
4. | “Naked, If I Want To” | Jerry A. Miller Jr. | Moby Grape | 2:47 |
5. | “Sweedeedee” | Michael Hurley | Michael Hurley | 3:53 |
6. | “In This Hole” | Chan Marshall | Cat Power | 4:26 |
7. | “I Found a Reason“ | Lou Reed | The Velvet Underground | 2:00 |
8. | “Wild Is the Wind“ | Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington | Johnny Mathis | 4:10 |
9. | “Red Apples” | Bill Callahan | Smog | 4:24 |
10. | “Paths of Victory” | Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | 3:24 |
11. | “Salty Dog“ | Traditional | Papa Charlie Jackson | 2:07 |
12. | “Sea of Love“ | Philip Baptiste, George Khoury | Phil Phillips | 2:19 |