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The Greatest by Cat Power on Matador Records (the album sleeve shows a brown-tinted photograph of Chan Marshall sat with a guitar against a black background. The artist's name is written in large all-caps text in the top-right, above the album title)
The Greatest by Cat Power on Matador Records (the album sleeve is a solid hot-pink colour with a photograph of a gold boxing gloves charm hanging from a gold chain. The album title is written in all-caps gold text above the artist name in the top-right corner)

Cat Power - The Greatest

MATADOR RECORDS

The Greatest, released in 2006 is the seventh studio album by Cat Power, and one of the most commercially successful 

Despite the title, this is not a greatest hits album, though it does contain some of Chan Marshall's most accomplished songs, including the single 'Lived In Bars.' Backed by The Memphis Rhythm Band (Teenie Hodges, Steve Potts, Dave Smith, Rick Steff, Doug Easley, Jim Spake, Scott Thompson and Susan Marshall), with string arrangements contributed by Harlan T. Bobo and Jonathan Kirkscey, the sound of The Greatest is quite a departure from previous albums. Smoother, more confident, even upbeat, it marks a career turning point, but retains the melancholic yearning of Chan Marshall's effortless voice.

 

TRACKLIST:
  1. The Greatest
  2. Living Proof
  3. Lived In Bars
  4. Could We
  5. Empty Shell
  6. Willie
  7. Where Is My Love
  8. The Moon
  9. Islands
  10. After It All
  11. Hate
  12. Love & Communication
  13. Up And Gone

 

 

Also available:
Cat Power - Myra Lee   CD
Cat Power - What Would The Community Think   LP | CD
Cat Power - Moon Pix   LP | CD
Cat Power - The Covers Record   LP | CD
Cat Power - You Are Free   LP | CD
Cat Power - Wanderer   LP | CD

 

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