Dark End of the Street (EP) explained

Dark End of the Street
Type:	EP
Artist:	Cat Power
Cover:	Cat Power - Dark End of the Street.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	December 9, 2008
Genre:	Indie rock
Label:	Matador
Producer:	Stuart Sikes
Prev Title:	Jukebox
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Sun
Next Year:	2012

Dark End of the Street is an EP album by American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power. It was released on 9 December 2008 by Matador Records.

Dark End of the Street was released both digitally and on a limited edition double 10". It contains six songs originally by Brendan Behan, James Carr, Sandy Denny, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Otis Redding, and Aretha Franklin, which were recorded during Cat Power's Jukebox sessions. Among the six, four were previously unpublished tracks.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Dark End of the Street" (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) *
2. "Fortunate Son" (John Fogerty)
3. "Ye Auld Triangle" (Dominic Behan) *
4. "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" (Otis Redding, Jerry Butler)
5. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (Sandy Denny) *
6. "It Ain't Fair" (Ronnie Miller) *

* previously unreleased

Personnel

• Chan Marshall – vocals
• Judah Bauer, Teenie Hodges – guitar
• Erik Paparazzi – bass
• Gregg Foreman, Spooner Oldham – piano, organ
• Dylan Willemsa – viola
• Jim White – drums
• Larry McDonald – percussion

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cat Power Covers Creedence, Pogues, Redding on EP . October 11, 2008 . Pitchfork . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007092329/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/146116-cat-power-covers-creedence-pogues-redding-on-ep . October 7, 2008 .