| "Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 24, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 39:39 | |||
| Label | Record Collection | |||
| The Walkmen chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 67/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    link |
| The Austin Chronicle | Nov. 10, 2006 |
| The A.V. Club | B Nov. 7, 2006 |
| Entertainment Weekly | B Oct. 20, 2006 |
| NOW | 5/5 Nov. 16, 2006 |
| Pitchfork Media | 5.1/10 Oct. 24, 2006 |
| PopMatters | 5/10 Oct. 24, 2006 |
| Rolling Stone | Sep. 21, 2006 |
| Stylus Magazine | C Oct. 25, 2006 |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 4/5 link |
"Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen, often referred to as just Pussy Cats, is a cover album by The Walkmen, released in 2006. The album is a song-for-song cover of the 1974 Harry Nilsson album Pussy Cats which was produced by John Lennon. The decision to cover the Pussy Cats album, which is a band favourite, started off as a joke that evolved into a full-fledged album released only 5 months after their previous record, A Hundred Miles Off.[2][3] The album also served as a last project for the band's studio, Marcata Recording. Marcata, which band members Matt Barrick, Paul Maroon and Walter Martin built in 1999, was located in a building owned by Columbia University, which took the property back in 2006.[2][4] The making of the album, which took "about ten days," was filmed by Norman "Rockwell" Coady and the footage was made into the documentary In Loving Recognition, included on the album's accompanying DVD.[3][4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Original Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Many Rivers to Cross" | Jimmy Cliff | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Subterranean Homesick Blues" | Bob Dylan | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Don't Forget Me" | Harry Nilsson | 3:48 |
| 4. | "All My Life" | Nilsson | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Old Forgotten Soldier" | Nilsson | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Save the Last Dance" | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | 4:46 |
| 7. | "Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga" | John Lennon, Nilsson | 3:57 |
| 8. | "Loop de Loop" | Ted Vann | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Black Sails" | Nilsson | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Rock Around the Clock" | Jimmy DeKnight, Max C. Freedman | 3:33 |
Personnel
- Matt Barrick – conga, drums, maracas, tambourine, cowbell, wood block
- Peter Bauer – organ, farfisa organ, Vox Continental
- Chris Colbert – engineer, mixing
- Paul Gomez – A&R
- Hamilton Leithauser – acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, electric guitar, vocals, handwriting
- Dana Lyn – viola
- Paul Maroon – piano, electric guitar
- Walter Martin – acoustic guitar, bass, kazoo, maracas, organ, piano, tambourine, triangle, vibraslap, cowbell, fuzz bass, slide whistle
- Kevin McMahon – engineer, mixing
- Rob Moose – violin
- Quentin Stoltzfus – vocals
- Jordan Tappis – A&R
- Elijah Thomson – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Alex Waterman – cello, string arrangements
- Tim Ruedeman- saxophone
References
- General
- Pussy Cats at Record Collection website
- Pussy Cats "Listening Pary" minisite
- In Loving Recollection making of the album documentary
- Specific
- ↑ ""Pussy Cats" Starring The Walkmen by The Walkmen". Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- 1 2 Phillips, Amy (February 15, 2006). "The Walkmen Talk New Album, Other Projects". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 28, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- 1 2 Phillips, Amy (August 14, 2006). "Walkmen Talk Pussy Cats; Exclusive Stream". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 11, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- 1 2 "Maracata Recording". Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007.