The Tigers Have Spoken Explained

The Tigers Have Spoken
Type:	live
Artist:	Neko Case
Cover:	Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken.jpg
Recorded:	March–April 2004
Genre:	Alternative country
Label:	Anti-
Producer:	Neko Case and Darryl Neudorf
Prev Title:	Blacklisted
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Next Year:	2006

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.^[1] 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". It marked a return to the alternative country sound which Case had moved away from after her first two solo albums.

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Tigers Have Spoken. nekocase.com. 20 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150609004927/http://nekocase.com/discography/tigers-have-spoken/. 2015-06-09. dead.