Dark End of the Street (EP)

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
EP by Cat Power
Released	December 9, 2008
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Matador
Producer	Stuart Sikes
Cat Power chronology
Jukebox (2008) Dark End of the Street (2008) Sun (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	62/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B[2]
Drowned in Sound	[3]
musicOMH	[4]
NME	[5]
Now	[6]
Pitchfork Media	(3.8/10)[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	[10]
Uncut	[11]

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 Among the six, four were previously unpublished tracks.^[12]

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

References

1. "Dark End Of The Street [EP] by Cat Power". Metacritic. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
2. "Cat Power: Dark End Of The Street". The A.V. Club. December 17, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
3. "Ep Review: Cat Power – Dark End Of The Street". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
4. "musicOMH review". Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
5. NME.COM (December 4, 2008). "Cat Power - NME.COM". NME. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
6. "Cat Power". January 7, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
7. "Pitchfork Media review". Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
8. "Cat Power: Dark End of the Street EP". Retrieved October 3, 2016.
9. "Dark End of the Street". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
10. "Cat Power, 'Dark End Of The Street' (Matador) – SPIN". December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
11. "Dark End Of The Street [EP] by Cat Power". Retrieved October 3, 2016 – via www.metacritic.com.
12. "Cat Power Covers Creedence, Pogues, Redding on EP". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2008.