The Tigers Have Spoken

The Tigers Have Spoken
Live album by Neko Case
Released	November 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)
Recorded	March–April 2004
Genre	Alternative country
Length	34:15
Label	Anti-
Producer	Neko Case and Darryl Neudorf
Neko Case chronology
Blacklisted (2002) The Tigers Have Spoken (2004) Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Blender	link
Entertainment Weekly	A link
Mojo	link
Pitchfork Media	7.6/10 link
PopMatters	link
Rolling Stone	link
Stylus Magazine	B+ link
Uncut	link
Under the Radar	link

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. 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".

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)