Cat Power Discography

This is a discography of Cat Power, including nine studio albums, singles and live releases.

Albums

Studio albums</h3>

Notes

• A ^ The Covers Record did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked on the Top Heatseekers chart at number forty-four.

DVDs

• Speaking for Trees (2004)

Singles and EPs

• Headlights (7", 1994, The Making of Americans)

  Tracks: "Headlights", "Darling Said Sir"

• Guv'ner in Catpowerland / Catpower Goes to Guvnerville (7", split single, 1996, Wiiija Records)

  Tracks: Guv'ner - "Great Expectations" (Cat Power), Cat Power - "Clear the Room" (Guv'ner)

• Nude as the News (7" / CD5, 1996, Matador Records)

  Tracks: "Nude as the News", "Schizophrenia's Weighted Me Down" (Thurston Moore / Alexander Spence)

• Undercover (7", 1996, Undercover Records)

  Tracks: "Psychic Hearts" (Thurston Moore), "We Dance" (Stephen Malkmus), "Johnny's Got a Gun" (Dead Moon)

• He War (CD5, 2002, Matador Records)

  Tracks: "He War", "Good Woman", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)

• The Greatest (7", 2006, Matador Records)

  Tracks: "The Greatest", "Hate"

• Could We (7", 2006, Matador Records)

  Tracks: "Could We", "Dreams" (Felice & Boudleaux Bryant's All I Have to Do Is Dream)

• Living Proof (2006, Matador Records)
• Live Session EP (2006, iTunes/Matador Records)

  Tracks: "Love & Communication" (acoustic version), "House of the Rising Sun" (traditional), "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiompkin & Ned Washington), "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (Sandy Denny)

  Special release only for iTunes

• eMusic Session EP (2006, eMusic/Matador Records)

  Tracks: "The Greatest", "Remember Me" (Otis Redding), "Ramblin' Man" (Hank Williams), "Good Woman"

  Special release only for eMusic

• Dark End of the Street (2008)
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (2013, iTunes/Matador Records)

Appears on

• God Is My Co-Pilot - Puss 02' (1995, Dark Beloved Cloud / The Making of Americans)

  "Pocketful of Sugar" (vocals with Sharon Topper), "Pretty Spoiled" (id.), "Numbness & Tingling" (id.), "Teenage Boyfriend" (id. & Yoshimi P-We)

• Various Artists - New Voices Vol. 10 (1996, Rolling Stone Deutschland)

  "Nude As The News"

• Various Artists - Un Automne 96 (1996, Les Inrockuptibles)

  "Nude As The News"

• Various Artists - Musikexpress 12 - Matador Records (1997, Musikexpress)

  "Nude As The News"

• Various Artists - Spunk: Issue 6 (1997, Spunk)

  "Nude As The News"

• Various Artists - What's Up Matador (1997, Matador Records)

  "Nude As The News", "Back Of Your Head"

• Various Artists - ADA Sampler September '98 (1998, Alternative Distribution Alliance)

  "Cross Bones Style"

• Various Artists - Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History (1999, Kill Rock Stars)

  "We Dance" (Stephen Malkmus)

• Various Artists - Everything Is Nice - The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology (1999, Matador Records)

  "Cross Bones Style", "Sea of Love" (John Phillip Baptiste & George Khoury), "Cross Bones Style" (video), "Nude As The News" (video)

• Matmos / DJ Eclipse - This CD Is Not Nice (1999, Matador Records)

  Matmos - "Archive Fever" (uses portions of "In This Hole", "Fate of the Human Carbine" and "American Flag"), DJ Eclipse - "Matador Megamix" (uses portions of "Back of Your Head")

• Various Artists - Desert Blue: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack (1999, Razor & Tie)

  "Metal Heart"

• Various Artists - Llama Ranch Compilation (1999, Polys)

  "Cross Bones Style"

• Various Artists - Comes With A Smile Vol. 1 - All the While... (2000, Comes With A Smile)

  "Metal Heart"

• Various Artists - New Voices Vol. 36 (2000, Rolling Stone Deutschland)

  "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)

• Various Artists - All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1: Sonic Youth Curated (2001, ATP Recordings)

  "Come On In My Kitchen" (Robert Johnson)

• Various Artists - Jackpot: Original Soundtrack Album (2001, Milan Records)

  "Naked, If I Want To" (Jerry A. Miller Jr.) (as "Naked If I Want To Be")

• Various Artists - Live & Direct (2001, Spunk)

  "Good Woman" (as "To Be A Good Woman"), "Troubled Waters" (Sam Coslow & Arthur Johnston) (both tracks recorded live for Sydney's 2SER radio)

• Various Artists - Gimme Shelter Vol. 1 (2002, UNCUT)

  "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)

• Various Artists - Hard Rain Vol. 1: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (2002, UNCUT)

  "Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan)

• Various Artists - Destiny (The Hi-Lo Tunez Plan: 2nd Step) (2003, Hi-Lo Tunez)

  "He War"

• Sigmatropic - Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories (2003, Hitch-Hyke Records)

  "Haiku Ten" (vocals, original Greek lyrics by George Seferis)

• The Band of Blacky Ranchette - Still Lookin' Good to Me (2003, Thrill Jockey)

  "My Hoo Haa" (vocals)

• M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent (2003, Matador Records)

  "Sad, Sad Song" (vocals)

• Various Artists - Comes With A Smile Vol. 8 - Like Others Need Oxygen (2003, Comes With A Smile)

  "The Party"

• Various Artists - Hear Music Vol 10: Reveal (2003, Warner Special Products)

  "I Don't Blame You"

• Various Artists - You Can Never Go Fast Enough (2003, Plain Recordings)

  "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)

• Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People (2004, Elektra Records)

  "Are You Down With It" (backing vocals, main vocals by Mike Patton, scratches by Rob Swift), "I've Been Thinking" (vocals)

• Various Artists - Matador at Fifteen (2004, Matador Records)

  "Free", "The Party", "He War" (video)

• Various Artists - FabricLive. 24 - Diplo (2005, Fabric)

  "Free"

• Various Artists - Festival Les Inrocks Black XS (2005, Les Inrockuptibles)

  "The Greatest"

• Various Artists - Music From the Motion Picture 'North Country' (2005, Sony Music Soundtrax)

  "Paths of Victory" ("Bob Dylan")

• Various Artists - Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough (2005, Fat Possum Records )

  w/ Entrance - "Do The Romp" (Junior Kimbrough)

• Dirty Three - Cinder (2005, Touch and Go Records)

  "Great Waves" (Jim White) (vocals)

• Various Artists - Music from 'Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus' (2005, Luaka Bop)

  "Cross Bones Style"

• Various Artists - Les Inrockuptibles Présentent Gainsbourg (2006, Les Inrockuptibles)

  w/ Karen Elson - "I Love You (Me Either)" (Serge Gainsbourg)

• Various Artists - Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited (2006, Barclay Records)

  w/ Karen Elson - "I Love You (Me Either)" (Serge Gainsbourg)

• Various Artists - Music from the Motion Picture 'V for Vendetta' (2006, Astralwerks)

  "I Found a Reason" (Lou Reed)

• Various Artists - Trax Sampler 091 (2006, Trax)

  "The Greatest"

• Various Artists - Late Night Tales: Air (2006, Azuli Records)

  "Metal Heart"

• Various Artists - Rausch (2006, Persona Non Grata)

  Dirty Three - "Great Waves" (Jim White) (vocals)

• Various Artists - 2003: Ein Jahr und seine 20 Songs (2006, Süddeutsche Zeitung)

  "I Don't Blame You"

• Various Artists - Chill 'Em All (The Hi-Lo Tunez Plan: 6th Step) (2006, Hi-Lo Tunez)

  Dirty Three - "Great Waves" (Jim White) (vocals)

• Ensemble - Ensemble (2006, Fat Cat Records)

  "Disown, Delete" (Olivier Alary) (vocals)

• Faithless - To All New Arrivals (2006, Cheeky Records/BMG)

  "A Kind of Peace" (vocals)

• Ono - Yes, I'm a Witch (2007, Astralwerks)

  w/ Yoko Ono - "Revelations" (Yoko Ono)

• El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (2007, Definitive Jux)

  "Poisenville Kids No Wins / Reprise (This Must Be Our Time)" (vocals)

• Various Artists - The Hottest State: Music from the Motion Picture (2007, Hickory Records)

  "It's Alright to Fail" (Jesse Harris)

• Various Artists - I'm Not There: Original Soundtrack (2007, Columbia Records)

  "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" (Bob Dylan)

• Various Artists - Juno: Music from the Motion Picture (2007, Rhino Records)

  "Sea of Love" taken from The Covers Record

• Beck - Modern Guilt (2008, Interscope)

  "Orphans" (vocals)

  "Walls" (vocals)

• Marianne Faithfull - Easy Come, Easy Go (2008, Naive Records)

  "Hold On, Hold On" (originally by Neko Case)

• Willis Earl Beal - Nobody knows. (2013, Hot Charity)

  "Coming Through" (vocals)

Videos

Films

• Speaking for Trees: A Film by Mark Borthwick (2004, Mark Borthwick)

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).

Promos

• "Nude As The News" (1997, Brett Vapnek)
• "Cross Bones Style" (1998, Brett Vapnek)
• "He War" (2003, Brett Vapnek)
• "From Fur City" (2003, Jem Cohen)
• "Maybe Not" (2004, Mark Borthwick)
• "Free" (2004, Mark Borthwick)
• "Half of You" (2004, Mark Borthwick)
• w/ Dirty Three - "Great Waves" (2005, Braden King)
• "Maybe Not" (2005, Oliver Pietsch) (spec)
• "Living Proof" (2006, Harmony Korine)
• "Lived in Bars" (2006, Robert Gordon)
• w/ Ensemble - "Disown, Delete" (2006, Karina Garcia Casanova)
• "Where Is My Love?" (version 1) (2006, Anne-Laure Keib)
• "Where Is My Love?" (version 2) (2007, Josh & Xander)

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

• "Maybe Not"

  The Quiet (2005, Jamie Babbit); "Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)" (2008, Yves Christian Fournier)

• "Naked, If I Want To" (Jerry A. Miller Jr.)

  Jackpot (2001, Michael Polish) (as "Naked If I Want To Be")

• "Metal Heart"

  Desert Blue (1998, Morgan J. Freeman)

• "Rockets"

  Trance (1998, Michael Almereyda)

• "I Found a Reason" (Lou Reed)

  Habibti min elskede (2002, Pernille Fischer Christensen); The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002, Alan Rudolph); Saving Face (2004, Alice Wu); Dandelion (2004, Mark Milgard); V for Vendetta (2005, James McTeigue)

• "Sea of Love" (John Phillip Baptiste & George Khoury)

  Subrosa (2000, Helen Lee); Juno (2007, Jason Reitman)

• "In This Hole"

  New Rose Hotel (1998, Abel Ferrara); Under Heaven (1998, Meg Richman); Jackpot (2001, Michael Polish)

• "Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan)

  North Country (2005, Niki Caro)

• "Cross Bones Style"

  Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005, Andrew Douglas)

• "Nude as the News"

  Winter Passing (2005, Adam Rapp)

• "Troubled Waters" (Sam Coslow & Arthur Johnston)

  Perfect Stranger (2007, James Foley); "Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)" (2008, Yves Christian Fournier)

• "The Greatest"

  My Blueberry Nights (2007); 17 Again (2009); Mammoth (2009); "The Family (2013 film)"

• "Living Proof"

  My Blueberry Nights (2007)

• "Werewolf"

  Powder Blue (2009, Timothy Linh Bui); Los abrazos rotos (2009, Pedro Almodóvar)

• "I Found a Reason"

  V For Vendetta (2006 James McTeigue)

• Unknown which song(s)

  Vern (2004, Suzi Yoonessi)

References