"Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen | ||||
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Released | October 24, 2006 | |||
Recorded | January–June 2006 | |||
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Length | 39:39 | |||
Label | Record Collection | |||
Producer | The Walkmen | |||
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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 is a studio album by the American rock band the Walkmen, released on October 24, 2006, by Record Collection. 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]
No. | Title | Original Artist | Length |
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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 |
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