In the summer of 2007, Scarlett Johansson spent about a month in Maurice, Louisiana recording an album at Dockside Studio, a rural 12-acre (49,000 m2) complex. Scarlett Johansson's first album, consists of one original song and ten cover versions of Tom Waits songs. This Scarlett Johansson's first album was produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and features David Bowie, members from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Celebration.
The record Scarlett Johansson's first album, entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head was released on May 20, 2008, through Atco/Rhino Records, amid a negative "critical consensus, stretching from comments on Gawker.com to the pages of The New York Times."