Dark End of the Street

by Cat Power

Dark End of the Street cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 9 December 2008
  • Label: Matador
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 26:54
  • Community rating: 3.1/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as a companion piece to 'Jukebox', 'Dark End of the Street' is a collection of soulful cover songs that highlight Chan Marshall's rich, smoky vocals. The EP navigates classic soul and R&B compositions with a melancholic, bluesy elegance that recontextualizes the original material.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Dark End of the Street (4:01)
  2. Fortunate Son (4:16)
  3. Ye Auld Triangle (4:25)
  4. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (3:36)
  5. Who Knows Where The Time Goes (5:17)
  6. It Ain't Fair (5:16)

Credits

  • Ray Janos - lacquer cut by
  • Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - performer [special guest], guitar
  • Larry McDonald - performer [special guest], percussion
  • Spooner Oldham - performer [special guest], piano, organ
  • Dylan Willemsa - performer [special guest], viola
  • Gregg Foreman - piano, organ
  • Mark Segal - photography [cover]
  • Samuel Kirszenbaum - photography [inner]
  • Stuart Sikes - recorded by
  • Chips Moman - written-by
  • Dan Penn - written-by
  • John Fogerty - written-by
  • Brendan Behan - written-by
  • Jerry Butler - written-by
  • Otis Redding - written-by
  • Sandy Denny - written-by
  • Ronald Miller - written-by

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