This is a discography of Cat Power, including nine studio albums, singles and live releases.
Notes
A ^ The Covers Record did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked on the Top Heatseekers chart at number forty-four.
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)
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)
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)
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).
"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)
"Cherokee" (2012, Chan Marshall)
"Manhattan" (2013, Greg Hunt & Chan Marshall)
Austin City Limits, December 30, 2006
"Morning Surprise", De Beers commercial, 2006 Christmas
Rescue Me 5x13
Unforgettable
"Maybe Not"
"Naked, If I Want To" (Jerry A. Miller Jr.)
"Metal Heart"
"Rockets"
"I Found a Reason" (Lou Reed)
"Sea of Love" (John Phillip Baptiste & George Khoury)
"In This Hole"
"Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan)
"Cross Bones Style"
"Nude as the News"
"Troubled Waters" (Sam Coslow & Arthur Johnston)
"The Greatest"
"Living Proof"
"Werewolf"
"I Found a Reason"
Unknown which song(s)