Cat Power discography

Cat Power discography
Studio albums11
EPs4
Live albums1
Singles23

The discography of American singer-songwriter Cat Power consists of eleven studio albums, one live album, four EPs, eleven commercial singles, twelve promotional singles, two singles as a featured artist, and numerous music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[1] 		AUS
[2][3] 		BEL
(FL)
[4] 		BEL
(WA)
[5] 		FRA
[6] 		IRL
[7] 		NOR
[8] 		SWE
[9] 		SWI
[10] 		UK
[11]
Dear Sir
  • Released: October 23, 1995
  • Label: Runt
  • Formats: CD · LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Myra Lee — — — — — — — — — —
What Would the Community Think
  • Released: September 10, 1996
  • Label: Matador
  • Formats: CD · LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Moon Pix
  • Released: September 22, 1998
  • Label: Matador
  • Formats: CD · LP
 — — — — 163 — — — — —
The Covers Record
  • Released: March 21, 2000
  • Label: Matador
  • Formats: CD · LP
 —[A] — — — — — — — — —
You Are Free
  • Released: February 18, 2003
  • Label: Matador
  • Formats: CD · LP
 105 71 — — 67 — — — — 157
The Greatest
  • Released: January 20, 2006
  • Label: Matador
  • Formats: CD · LP
 34 25 25 56 20 44 35 50 57 45
Jukebox
  • Released: January 22, 2008
  • Label: Matador
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 12 35 7 34 4 35 30 27 20 32
Sun
  • Released: August 29, 2012
  • Label: Matador
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 10 26 5 20 7 46 18 15 9 33
Wanderer
  • Released: October 5, 2018
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 96 42 24 31 19 71 — 45 11 29
Covers
  • Released: January 14, 2022
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 — — 24 38 35
[23]		 — — — 12 —
Opus[24]
  • Release: TBA
 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected details
Title Album details Peak chart positions
BEL
(FL)
[4] 		BEL
(WA)
[5]
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert
  • Released: November 10, 2023
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD · LP · DL
 127 70

EPs

List of EPs with additional information
Title Details Peak chart positions Further information
FRA
[6]
Undercover[25]
  • Released: November 10, 1996
  • Label: Undercover Records
  • Format: 7"
 —
Track listing
  1. "Psychic Hearts"
  2. "We Dance"
  3. "Johnny's Got a Gun"
iTunes Live Session EP[26]
  • Released: September 5, 2006
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: DL
 —
Track listing
  1. "Love and Communication (Acoustic Version)"
  2. "House of the Rising Sun"
  3. "Wild Is the Wind"
  4. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"
eMusic Session EP[27]
  • Released: October 3, 2006
  • Label: Matador
  • Format: DL
 —
Track listing
  1. "The Greatest"
  2. "Remember Me" (Otis Redding)
  3. "Ramblin' Man"
  4. "Good Woman"
Dark End of the Street
  • Released: December 9, 2008
  • Label: Matador
  • Formats: 10" · DL
 99
Track listing
  1. "Dark End of the Street"
  2. "Fortunate Son"
  3. "Ye Auld Triangle"
  4. "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)"
  5. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"
  6. "It Ain't Fair"
"—" denotes an EP which failed to chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
AAA
[28] 		US Rock Digital
[29] 		BEL
[30] 		FRA
[6]
"Nude as the News" 1996 — — — — What Would the Community Think
"Lived in Bars"[31] 2006 — — — — The Greatest
"Could We" — — — —
"Song to Bobby" 2007 — — — — Jukebox
"King Rides By" (2011 Version)[B] 2011 — — — — Non-album single
"Ruin" 2012 — — 38 — Sun
"Cherokee" — — — 151
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"[C] 2013 — 31 — 147 Non-album single
"Wish I Was Here" (Cat Power and Coldplay) 2014 — 41 — — Wish I Was Here OST[35]
"Woman" (featuring Lana Del Rey) 2018 20 — — — Wanderer
"—" denotes a single which failed to chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Headlights"[D] 1994 Non-album singles
"Great Expectations" / "Clear the Room"[E] 1996
"He War"[F] 2003 You Are Free
"Free"[G]
"The Greatest" / "Hate"[H] 2005 The Greatest
"Living Proof"[I]
"Love and Communication"[J] 2006
"New York"[K] 2008 Jukebox
"Back in the Days (for Christopher Wallace)" / "Fire"[L] 2012 Sun
"Silent Machine"[M] 2013
"Manhattan"[N]
"Bully"[O]
List of singles as a featured artist, showing primary musician, year released and album
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BEL
[30] 		FRA
[6]
"Go Up" (Cassius feat. Cat Power and Pharrell Williams) 2016 — — Ibifornia
"Action"
(Cassius featuring Cat Power and Mike D) 		20 114

Collaborations and guest appearances

Soundtrack appearances

Miscellaneous

  • Album versions of "Nude As The News" and "Back of Your Head" appeared on the 1997 compilation What's Up Matador[51]
  • A live version of "We Dance" appeared on the 1999 Kill Rock Stars compilation Drinking from Puddles: A Radio History[52]
  • The songs "Cross Bones Style" and "Sea of Love", and music videos for "Cross Bones Style" and "Nude as the News", featured on the 1999 compilation Everything Is Nice - The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology
  • Samples of "In This Hole", "Fate of the Human Carbine" and "American Flag" were incorporated into "Archive Fever" by Matmos; a sample of "Back of Your Head" featured on the "Matador Megamix" created by DJ Eclipse, both of which were released on This CD Is Not Nice (1999, Matador Records)[P]
  • The Covers Record out-take "Come On in My Kitchen" (Robert Johnson) appeared on All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1: Sonic Youth Curated (2001, ATP Recordings)
  • Live versions of "Good Woman" (as "To Be A Good Woman") and "Troubled Waters" (recorded for Sydney radio station 2SER) appeared on Live & Direct (2001, Spunk)
  • You Are Free out-take "The Party" appeared on 2003's Comes with a Smile Vol. 8 - Like Others Need Oxygen and 2004's Matador at Fifteen
  • The song "Cross Bones Style" was featured on the podcast "In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson" from ABC News (2021)

Videos

DVDs

Films

In addition, she appears in two documentary films: The Fearless Freaks (2005, Bradley Beesley) and Two Headed Cow (2006, Tony Gayton); a video installation: Sleepwalkers (2007, Doug Aitken); and two feature films My Blueberry Nights (2007, Wong Kar-wai) and American Widow (2008, C.S. Leigh).

Music videos

Television

  • Austin City Limits, December 30, 2006
    "The Greatest"
    "Living Proof"
    "Lived in Bars"
    "Could We"
    "I Don't Blame You"
    "Cross Bones Style"
    "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
  • "Morning Surprise", De Beers commercial, 2006 Christmas
    "How Can I Tell You" (Adapted cover of Cat Stevens song; not formally released as a single since only 30 seconds were recorded specifically for the commercial)
  • Rescue Me 5x13
  • Unforgettable
    "New York"

Songs used in movies

Notes

  1. ^ The Covers Record did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 44 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[13]
  2. ^ Released for a limited time on Cat Power's official website. All proceeds from sales of this song were donated to the Festival of Children Foundation, and the Ali Forney Center.[32]
  3. ^ "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" also charted at number 42 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs,[33] and at number 72 on the Billboard Holiday 100.[34]
  4. ^ Cat Power's debut studio recording, limited to 500 copies and released exclusively on 7" vinyl by New York-based indie label The Making of Americans. This release contained the original, Craig Flanagin-produced versions of "Headlights" and "Darling Said Sir", featuring guitar by Bob Bannister and drums by Glen Thrasher.[36] A re-recorded version of the a-side would later appear as the album closer on Power's 1996 studio album Myra Lee.[37]
  5. ^ Limited edition split single with Guv'ner, featuring their cover version of the Cat Power track "Great Expectations" as the a-side, and Power's cover of the Guv'ner track "Clear the Room" as the b-side.[38]
  6. ^ Limited edition CD single released on April 14, 2003, exclusively in Europe, containing "Good Woman" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as b-sides.[39]
  7. ^ Released as an airplay-only single exclusively in the United States in July 2003.[40]
  8. ^ Released worldwide on pink 7" vinyl on December 6, 2005; limited to 1,500 copies.[41]
  9. ^ Released as an airplay-only single exclusively in Sweden on December 15, 2005.[42]
  10. ^ An exclusive radio edit of the song; released as an airplay-only single in the United States on January 6, 2006.[43]
  11. ^ Airplay-only single (Europe and North America).[44]
  12. ^ Limited edition 7" vinyl single sent as a free gift with orders of the deluxe edition of Sun from Matador Records' website.[45]
  13. ^ Released as an airplay-only single exclusively in the United States.[46]
  14. ^ Released as an airplay-only single exclusively in the United Kingdom.[47]
  15. ^ Released for a limited period as a one-track digital single on April 9, 2013.[48]
  16. ^ This two-track album was given as a free gift to all attendees of the Matador Records-hosted events 'A Nice Weekend in London' (September 3–5, 1999) and 'A Nice Weekend in New York' (September 23–25, 1999).[53] The album has never received a wider release.

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  37. ^ Myra Lee (Liner notes). Cat Power. Smells Like Records. 1996. SLR–019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  38. ^ Guv'ner In Catpowerland / Catpower Goes To Guvnerville (Vinyl liner notes). Guv'ner and Cat Power. Wiiija Records. 1996. GUVPOWER–001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  39. ^ He War (CD liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2003. OLE589–2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  40. ^ Free (CD liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2003. OLE1228–2P.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  41. ^ "The Greatest" / "Hate" (Vinyl liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2005. OLE688–7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  42. ^ Living Proof (CD liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2005. OLE1252–2P.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  43. ^ Love and Communication (CD liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2006. OLE1256–2P.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  44. ^ New York (CD liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2008. OLE1258–2P.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  45. ^ Back In The Days (For Christopher Wallace) / Fire (Vinyl liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2012. OLE1003–7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  46. ^ Silent Machine (CD liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  47. ^ Manhattan (CD liner notes). Cat Power. Matador Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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