The Greatest is the seventh studio album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall.

The Memphis Rhythm Band includes Roy Brewer, Teenie Hodges, Steve Potts, Dave Smith, Rick Steff, Doug Easley, Jim Spake, Scott Thompson and Susan Marshall.

It also won the 2006 Shortlist Music Prize, making Marshall the first woman to win the honor.

[14] "The mercurial Chan Marshall returned to her Southern roots and recorded this blissful album in Memphis.

[16] It was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[17] which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.