The Greatest is the seventh studio album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. All tracks on the album were written by Marshall, making it her first album not to include any cover songs.
The title of the album is likely to have been inspired by the boxing legend, Muhammad Ali who was the nicknamed “The Greatest”. It is worthy to note that the cover art for the album has two boxing gloves as a necklace.