The Tigers Have Spoken

The Tigers Have Spoken
Live album by
Neko Case
ReleasedNovember 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)
RecordedMarch–April 2004
GenreAlternative country
Length34:15
LabelAnti-
ProducerNeko Case and Darryl Neudorf
Neko Case chronology
Blacklisted
(2002) 		The Tigers Have Spoken
(2004) 		Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
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Entertainment WeeklyA link
Mojo link
Pitchfork Media7.6/10 link
PopMatters link
Rolling Stone link
Stylus MagazineB+ link
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The Tigers Have Spoken is a 2004 live album by Neko Case. The album was recorded at several live shows in Chicago and Toronto in the spring of 2004. Neko's backing band featured The Sadies and Jon Rauhouse. Guest performers included Carolyn Mark, Kelly Hogan, Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops, Paul Morstad and Brian Connelly.[2] The album was produced by Case and Darryl Neudorf.

The album consists of a combination of Case originals and cover songs such as the Nervous Eaters' "Loretta", The Shangri-Las' "The Train From Kansas City", and Loretta Lynn's "Rated X".

Track listing

  1. "If You Knew" – 2:30 - (Neko Case, Sadies)
  2. "Soulful Shade of Blue" – 2:33 - (Buffy Ste. Marie)
  3. "Hex" – 4:59 - (Catherine Ann Irwin)
  4. "The Train from Kansas City" – 3:25 - (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich)
  5. "The Tigers Have Spoken" – 2:41 - (Case, Sadies)
  6. "Blacklisted" – 2:11 - (Case)
  7. "Loretta" – 2:09 - (Steve Cataldo)
  8. "Favorite" – 3:36 - (Case)
  9. "Rated X" – 2:49 - (Loretta Lynn)
  10. "This Little Light" – 3:00 - (Traditional)
  11. "Wayfaring Stranger" – 3:16 - (Traditional)
  12. "Tigers Are Noble" – 1:07 (hidden track)

References

  1. ^ "The Tigers Have Spoken by Neko Case". Metacritic CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Tigers Have Spoken". Nekocase.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-09. Retrieved 20 July 2015.