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WALKMEN - Pussy Cats
| Entertainment Weekly | You can smell the booze on Harry Nilsson's 1974 LP Pussy Cats, produced by pal John Lennon during his dissolute ''lost weekend'' period. The messy set of covers and originals is generally dismissed as a footnote. Yet sentimental New York indie rockers the Walkmen re-create it in all its hoarse, wasted, over-arranged glory. Worth the effort? Sure, bartender — hic! — why not? Nilsson's songs are wickedly wry, and the vibe is intoxicating. Still, like the first version, you sense the party was more fun to attend than ''Pussy Cats'' Starring The Walkmen is to hear.
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| | Kevchino | Taking a breather from Yoko for a few months back in 1974 was good for John Lennon (at least musically), and it was even better for Harry Nilsson, who became his go-to music bud. The two started paling around, doing what footloose and fancy free music men will do – i.e. raise some hell and record some eclectic tunes. In between their trips to various bars, the two headed into the studio with other famous friends (Ringo Starr and Keith Moon among others) to create an eclectic mix of covers and originals. The result, produced by Lennon, was called Pussy Cats and over the years, it has morphed into a sort of lost classic.
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| | RollingStone | Fresh from releasing their third album, A Hundred Miles Off, in May, the Walkmen are showing no signs of fatigue. Their latest features them cutting loose and covering the classic 1974 collaboration between songwriter Harry Nilsson and John Lennon in its entirety. While the covers of Nilsson's originals ("Don't Forget Me," "Black Sails") are still mostly sad-eyed, plodding downers, the covers of the covers take off. Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" drips with soul; the whimsical children's tune "Loop de Loop" sounds like a raucous, booze-soaked party and should be added to the jukebox of every dive bar across the country pronto.
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