Reviews (page 12 of 14)
Still holds up after 50+ years.
It was ok, not really my style but I liked a few songs
Good stuff from Cat. No surprises for me on this album, having grown up listening to Wild World, which represents this album well.
Opnieuw luisteren ajb
Listened in the office and on the train. A train took a while. Man leaning on A train. Lots of thoughts and feelings even though simplistic. Ended at 145th street.
simple music, but artful lyrics
Lisaaa
Very folksy and soft, pleasant to listen to
I listened to this one while I was driving from Hays to Travis County this morning. I definitely liked it more than the last Bruce Springsteen one. The album started pretty strong for me and I was nodding along to the first several. The back half of the album took a dive. I didn’t recognize any of the songs but I think either the first song or Wild Woman (I think it was called) was my favorite. Not a terrible album and my favorite so far (out of two lol)
Really liked Longer Boats and Father and Son. The rest were fine I guess
I’m surprised that I knew a few songs in this album even though I had no idea about album and artist. Very good songs !
A light, thoughtful album, didn’t really grab me
"Where Do the Children Play?" was a good opener. Great build up in intensity. "Hard Headed Woman" had a nice section with some dramatic drums. Good song. "Wild World" had some great music. Another good song. "Sad Lisa" was fine. Nice piano. "Miles from Nowhere" had some great contrast between the sections. Great ending to the first side. "But I Might Die Tonight" was a fine shorter song. "Longer Boats" had a good, unexpected intro that I think was better than the rest of the song. There was a great drum fill into the final chorus. "Into White" was decent. "On the Road to Find Out" has some nice backing vocals. Good song. "Father and Son" was a great song. I loved the two different perspectives represented by the two different vocal registers. The title track was a good closer, calling back to the first track and ending with a nice chorus of vocals. Decent album.
Classic album some killer some filler
Not bad. Could hear some similarities to other songs like Jethro Tull.
Decent album. Slower than I want, but still great.
Was okay, I guess. Went by fast. + Wild World + Sad Lisa + Miles From Nowhere + But I Might Die Tonight + Father And Son
Very sweet guitar playing. It feels very warm and personal, and is the perfect album to lift my mood as im getting about my day. Wasn't expecting to like it much- not sure why I was just hesitant to press play, and im glad I did. (Press play, that is.) We all have our limits with acoustic guitar music so I cant believe that anyone has listened to this album in one sitting, but listening to a few songs at a time is making this enjoyable for me. I wrote more about this but forgot to save it so this will have to do.. overall a little bit boring as a whole but sweet all the same.
Where do the children play, Wild World
I'm not sure what I really want to say about this other than it's just really lovely. Lots of nice songs, quite delicate in its approach, and kept nice and short. As the songs are all well crafted and presented there's no bloat at all. 3.5 rounded down
Muzikaal wat ingetogen. Dat geeft Cat de mogelijkheid zijn verhaal te vertellen. Dat kan hij als geen ander. En al zijn het vaak universele onderwerpen, hij lijkt te spreken uit zijn hart. Elke luisteraar zal zijn eigen nummers/onderwerpen eruit pakken, die hem raken. Dat maakt het lastig als album te luisteren.
Begin jaren 70 kwamen er allerlei van die hippies op slippers op (tegenwoordig zijn het boomers geworden die op sandalen lopen), die met hun akoestische gitaar hun zielenroerselen tot uiting probeerden te brengen. We hebben in de 90s nog een kleine revival gehad, en een paar nummers van Cat Stevens ken ik meer van covers uit die tijd, zoals Wild World in de versie van Mr Big. Tegenwoordig zie je dit soort muziek eigenlijk nauwelijks meer. We zien wel singer-songwriters natuurlijk, maar niet met folkmuziek. Ik kan er prima naar luisteren, maar heel enerverend is het verder ook niet.
Well… kind of pleasant easy listening, but lack of nerve
Another one of these "Legends" that I'm not hugely bothered by. I heard he was quite rude as well. And "Father and Son" has been ruined over the years with so many covers... I didn't mind it.
gostosim
Pretty good album for a genre that I’ve yet to really dig it or love it. Same instrumental and a pretty good bocals from Stevens. If I can rate this like a 3.5, I would
Good album
Kept my attention, nice and clean, enjoyed it
Soft and pleasant
Pretty good. Cat Stevens has a helluva voice, so even on songs where overall it wasn't my favorite, his performance always struck me as great.
Nice enough album. Goes a bit harder than I expected w/ the guitar percussion. I enjoyed it fine, but don't really see myself coming back to it. 3/5
Yeah so Cat Stevens is actually pretty cool, or at least some of his tracks are. His voice is a little too nasally for my taste in some tracks, but it’s at least sincere and he’s able to have variety in his melodies which counts for something. I get it. C
Two of the songs were alright. I can't say this is a favorite of mine. But. Yeah. I like this. Singer songwriter simplicity is good.
Apparently when I was an infant, I wouldn't go to sleep unless my parents put Cat Stevens on. Whether that's a mark for or against his music is debatable, but I enjoyed this album well enough. "Hard Headed Woman" and especially "Wild World" are classics, and while the rest of the album didn't wow me, it was enjoyable to have on in the background.
Миленько, 6/10
A sincere album with strong lyrics. Favorite songs: Wild World, Father And Son
Tea For The Tillerman was a pleasant listen, and while I half-expected Puff the Magic Dragon to make an appearance by the end, I’ll give Cat Stevens a pass. “Wild World” is a classic, and listening to it deeply now I realize it sounds like both an escape down a spiral staircase and a reluctant jig on a giant piano. Either way, it seems like she wants to leave, so she better take good care. Hopefully she makes a lot of nice friends out there. One line in particular from “Father and Son” will always be relevant, and points to the Achilles heel of Gen Z: We may still be here tomorrow, but our dreams may not be. Stevens establishes himself well beyond his years, and it is a nice tune, but I do wonder how he would have thought to sing this stuff when he himself hardly had hair on his nuts. Tea For The Tillerman reminds me of a stroll through the Microsoft Windows background. You know the one I’m talking about. It’s a wonderful album, but just like I wouldn’t go out of my way to skip through a meadow, I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to this record.
Lullaby kids music. "Wild World" and "Father and Son" I had heard before. Likely on some movie soundtracks
Acoustic folk, nice and calming
"Wild World" is such a bop. The verse chord progression is amazing- if I'm hearing correctly it's mostly grounded in a minor tonality but has a great V7 chord that concludes the progression and smoothly brings it back into the first chord. That's really neat to do with a chorus that is much more major tonally and overall brighter. "Miles From Nowhere" is a cool track and sounds like a raucous folk rock Neil Young song which is always something I dig. I love how hard hitting the piano performance is. Break those keys! "Father And Son" is beautiful. Lyrics are sad and heartfelt and it's a really lovely track. Solid 3/5 for me. The other tracks outside of "Wild World" and "Father And Son" don't really do enough for me to think it's anything higher than a 3.
nice, but not my cup of tea
Nice songs to listen to while working.
This was good. I don't know if I will listen to it again, however.
A lot of sleepy songs, but the second half of the album really picks up; Father and Son is an obvious standout.
OK
jaggu
Definitely not a fan of the voice. It isn't that big issue in more dynamic songs, but ballads with guitar and vocals only are hard to listen to.
Yeah, this album has one or two more recognizable songs. And what? Is that all?
Nice. Didn’t really speak to me, but I’m hardly the target audience!
nem bom e nem ruim
This album really evokes my childhood in the 70s - it's deeply embedded. It has been a long time since I listened to it, and I enjoyed it. There is some substance here.
We're certainly in Dad Rock Heaven now! I'm conflicted about whether to give this a 3 or a 4. On the one hand, it has three genuinely brilliant songs, and his melodies are great throughout the album. But on the other hand, several of the songs have terrible lyrics and made me physically cringe (particularly Long Boats). I don't see myself returning to this anytime soon, but I won't be too upset if it comes on the radio. I'm feeling rebellious so I'm going to go with a 3. 6/10
Almost unbearably twee and naive — takes a child to know a child as in “Wild World.” But the nursery rhyme quality sticks with you, infiltrating your mind, until one day you’re doing the dishes and unknowingly humming the title track to yourself.
Good vocals and good melodies. "Wild World" is always awesome.
Don't know why but not really feeling it. Not bad of course, but doesn't really do anything for me either. Also heard "Wild World" too many times, so it has lost its magic.
Not my taste, but definitely chill music I can get behind so yeah it's ok
It was ok
Las letras carrean el disco, las melodias a veces se sienten fuera de contexto, demasiado agresivas o esperanzadoras, no esta esa sensacion como si sucede con algunos de sus contemporaneos como lo es joni mitchel por ej. igualmente es un gran disco que resalta por lo anteriormente dicho y por su clasico wild world. Los silencions estan bien trabajados tmb y suenan interesantes y abarcativos casi 7/10.
It's decent, especially compared to a lot of the other circa 1970 nonsense that's on this list.
Yusuf/Cat Stevens is here to steal your folk girl.
I truly enjoyed this record, although starting off amazing it lost some of that throughout. Father and son came at the right time but overall simple experience nothing special or bad. best song: wild world worst song: longer boats overrated song: none underrated song: sad lisa
Feel-good music
I thought this was just ok. Not horrible by any means, but if felt like a lot of the songs were similar enough to play all at one almost in perfect harmony. I think this would be a solid album if I were into this type of music
Musicianship on point. Wild World and Father and Son are very good. Nice sounding stuff but boring at times.
Some great songs on this album.
The good songs are good, the less interesting songs are a little dull.
The first few songs had me worried, but it picked up pretty fast. Not much of note here for me, but an enjoyable, relaxed listen. My favourite song was Wild World.
It’s just fine. I would say most of the songs don’t do much for me, but a few were quite good and memorable. 5/10
He wrote some popular pop songs. Here's an album. He seemed pretty bitter about his lady leaving him, that sort of thing. Not terrible overall, but I wasn't really feeling it.
Reconozco el mérito, pero no es mi estilo.
Nothing bad, but nothing special. Too folky for me in general
kitaran rämpsytttelyä...laulun lorinaa... kynäveikko...veikka...veke...osaa esseitä tehä.. varmana lautkaunta...lautakunt.a..tuomaristo...lautamiehet.... tykkäisi father and son
-First track is fun( WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PE-LAYYYY ) - Otherwise not memorable
Genres: Folk Rock Formed: London in 1966 Run time: 11 songs, 36 min 48 sec I haven’t listened to the whole album, but the first half was very chilled and relaxing.
Bit one paced but pleasant enough
Pleasant but not super interesting very much a product of its time.
I had expected better from Cat Stevens, but then after a few tracks I remember that even his most famous songs are quite whiney. I also didn't like the sudden loud bits for literally no reason. Felt like I had to change the volume a few times. I guess 2 stars but I'll give it 3 for the few better songs.
Kinda nice, kinda boring, kinda mean-spirited sometimes.
I've started liking folk more due to this challenge and I like some songs off of this but it kind of becomes samey after listening to the whole thing Saved tracks: Wild World, Longer Boats, Into White
I only initially recognized "Wild World" from the tracklist. Enjoyed this one far more than I expected (and quite enjoyed it, at that!). This a beautiful collection of acoustic songs that offers impassioned performances about spiritual discovery. It may not be ambitious for envelope-pushing, but this kind of sincere songwriting is more than enough to leave a lasting impression.
Some of it is perfect and classic. Some is meh. 3/5
Great lyrics but a bit boring? Ask me again in 30 years xx
Some intensely important tracks of the rock'n'roll vernacular reside in this album, like 'Wild World' and 'Father and Son' - but maybe because in my childhood some of these songs were hijacked by 'cool guitar Catholic Mass' that I kind of balk at listening to them. It's not the album's fault - the music is great - the songs are tremendous, but I can't digest due to their association.
Easy to listen to, although Yusuf took himself so seriously that at times he sounded like Jack Black.
Lekker lief
Pleasant I guess
Cat Stevens makes such whelming music but it is pretty good. This album doesn’t have peace train which I think is his best song but wild world is also great and hard headed woman is solid. His songs are quick catchy and fun. Overall this album has some replay value. 7.4/10
overall not my favorite style but Father and Son is an all time banger so that adds a star.
Скучно по большей части. Лучшая песня — Wild World, мотив которой позже частично повторили Pet Shop Boys с It's A Sin. Но в целом не запоминающаяся пластина, 3 звезды в данном случае — это 5/10, а не 6.
Mér þótti Cat Stevens mjög skemmtilegur í grunnskóla, en svo fékk ég einhvern veginn nóg og missti áhugann. Og hann hefur ekki komið aftur. Wild World og Father and son eru hvort tveggja mjög góð, hitt rennur ljúflega í gegn en gerir lítið fyrir mig.
Wakes you up at the end
Decent
Beautiful folky sound. Lyrics that flow like poetry
had some bangers that i remember from my childhood the rest of the album kind of mulls together
I really like Cat Stevens, but was surprised on how much this album didn't captivate me. I felt like a lot of the songs were just average filler. 3.5/5
Siendo su cuarto álbum de estudio, y a muy temprana edad, Cat Stevens llevó a cabo este proyecto que rápidamente obtuvo un gran reconocimiento y dejando un álbum puramente folk que quedaría para la posteridad. Teniendo hits instantáneos, como Wild World, se pueden apreciar letras magníficas y profundas de principio a fin. Lo que caracteriza al cantautor es una visión del mundo muy madura, y sumada a la energía necesaria que caracteriza a los jóvenes para dar a conocer su mensaje, hacen de este álbum un rejunte de letras muy potentes. Tiene una instrumentación típica del folk, con arreglos que por momentos dejan de lado esa simpleza musical que puede caracterizar al género. Esa profundidad e intimidad que genera la voz junto a una guitarra, generan un ambiente de fogata que solo se pierde en los momentos en donde la instrumentación crece. Aunque se logra conectar con la importancia de este trabajo y se le da un valor, por momentos suele hacerse extenso y resulta algo aburrido en las primeras escuchas.
It’s a pretty album
ok, nothing to write home about
I enjoyed this, like I do most of Cat Stevens music. It's nothing earth shattering, but the songwriting is great and the composition works well.
Cat Stevens. Very unique voice, catchy melodies, solid lyrics. Nothing that stands out about him necessarily, but these combined make him quite the folk/pop singer. Solid album.
3/5. Some bangers but several songs that fall really flat. Even Wild World is not great despite it being a popular one.
Very chill album.
I like cat stevens
Father and son is ridiculously good. Everything else is pretty good, a few songs are a bit too hokey for me. Last song is a huge anti climax
Kinda nice acoustic folkish album. Drags out a hit for me. Great stuff in it
Folk, Soft, Acoustic, Peaceful, Poetic, Calming, Tranquil, Subtle
Really good but I prefer Teaser and the Firecat.
Eh
This was a perfectly fine album that I don't have much to say about. Father and son is my favorite and the rest were listenable
Only ever really familiar with the hits from Yusuf Islam, so kind of cool to listen to a full record, though "Father and Son" certainly looms large over this. Pretty chill record to listen to.
Great album, but not my favorite type of music
Boring child like songs, that doesn't include the catchiness of children's songs
Ytterligare en platta med många klassiker.
5/10 Highlights: Jacqueline Michael Come on home
Where do the children play?, Hard Headed Woman, Wild World
Miles from Nowhere is immediately going into the Playlist. Didn't resonate too strongly with me otherwise but that's purely opinion. Decent album.
Pleasant, a little dull. Has most of the Cat's hits on it though, that's nice.
Pretty good! Love his voice! Best songs are:Where do the Children Play, Wild World, and Father and Son
First track is alright. Reminiscent of a Beatles song. Second track was more my style, especially around the 2 minute mark. Sad lisa was pretty consistently my favorite throught the song. most tracks on this album hooked me on the intro but failed to deliver in the remaining duration of the song. Overall 3 stars. Not exactly my style but it was objectively good
A nice and relaxing album.
Le propos est pertinent, mais le band est pas bon. Je ne suis pas un grand fan de folk, mais je vois qu’il y a beaucoup de bon dans cet album.
Cet album a définitivement sa place dans cette liste. C'est l'album de Cat Stevens à connaître vu la présence des deux plus grands hits de l'artiste. Le style folk n'est pas toujours facile pour moi, mais ici, ça coule bien. La durée de l'album est parfaite. Je m'attendais à ce que l'écoute soit plus difficile, mais je l'ai finalement remis une deuxième fois.
Not exactly my usual listening, but quite enjoyable. Will probably listen again every now and then, and will check out his other stuff
A fine Cat Stevens album. He was in his prime, here.
Haven't listened to too much folk but I can handle it. 6/1001
good relisten value but frankly i think it's just ok
6/10 - Best Songs: Where Do The Children Play, Wild World, Father and Son, Tea for the Tillerman
Lovely, peaceful, beautiful folk music. 7 of 10.
Decent lyrics. All ok.
Me falta contexto para disfrutar más el disco, al igual que me pasa con Bob Dylan y tal. No me llamo especialmente la atención, probablemente porque no presté atención a las letras
Firstly, no one can argue that Cat Stevens has a truly outstanding voice. It’s powerfully vulnerable and elevates him above the rabble of bland folk singer-songwriters of the era. This album just didn’t really do it for me overall, however. The great tracks speak for themselves but it didn’t really grab my attention for the whole run time. Will definitely give it a second listen.
It's a nice album. That's it. 3/5
Cat Stevens will always remind me of Auntie Susan even though I don't know if I ever heard her listening to it but we did at her funeral. This album however, had songs that reminded me of other things! Sad Lisa is a sort of joke song my wife, Lisa, told me about and Father and Son is from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. There are other cat stevens albums I've enjoyed more than this one but it was still a nice little something just as the album cover indicates. It felt very spritely and like it was recorded while he was walking in the woods. I really like that album cover.
Soothing heartfelt songs. Makes me have nostalgia for a life I never lived
Not a huge fan of his voice, but definitely some great songs on here 👍
Nope
It's a... It's a... It's a sin! Prefs: Where Do The Children Play?, Wild World, Miles From Nowhere, Longer Boats, Father And Son Moins pref: Tea For The Tillerman
8/10
Fantastic
Nice melody and guitar. Enjoyable to listen to. Cat’s voice and vibrato are not my favorite. Similar to Bob Dylan.
some good songs, others ok. stand out: father's and sons
Miles From Nowhere saved this for me. Phil Collins during the uptempo parts.
Slow and folky? Some decent melodies. Wild World is notable and known. Sad Lisa was pretty good. Father and Son was a pleasure. Album grew on me as it played.
This is that classic folk rock album that everyone knows the two singles to: “Father and Son” and “Wild World”. Two songs that jerk tears from sentimentalists everywhere, despite how trite the lyrics can be in spots. Ah fuck it. Just sing along! La la la la la la laaa la.
1970, британский бард. Четвертый альбом, баллады. Всемирно известная Wild World отсюда.
Preachy and too similar but respect to the songwriting
it was okay, i wasn't blown away or anything. It's a good album but I don't think I will listen to it again. only about one song that I added to my playlist so yeah. I was kind of disappointed in this. It felt like it was lacking something. Maybe the lyrics are the main point in this album and I am missing out because I didn't take the time to listen more carefully but the repetition kind of got annoying after a while. Maybe this is a good album to listen to while coloring or something like that.
Good relaxed tunes
Not.my type of music. But a few songs were enjoyable. Didn't save anything and the "hot" songs were not the ones I would have chose.
You are young. That's your fault.
ask not for whom the tea tills, it tills for thee
I smell eight track cassettes owned by my Dad.
Hittibiisit oli rautaa ja muutenkin ihan tunnelmallinen pläjäys ja sopi aurinkoisen konttoripäivän tunnelmaan.
Yusuf on jääny tosi vähälle kuunnellu aina, mut nyt sai enemmän tarttumapintaa ja on sillä kyllä toimiva lauluääni, varsinki ku alkaa revittelee, mut biisit ainakin tällä levyllä jäi puhuttelematta sielua
Really enjoyable. I was familiar with Wild World but nothing else. This one was inoffensive, but not enthralling enough for me to add to library. Songs added to Playlist: Wild World
Cat Stevens seems like a hippie, but his politics don't negatively impact this record too much. I love the singer-songwriter tone that is present throughout, but some songs are a little too repetitive and the melodies are a little annoying. My opinion might change in the future, but right now I really like Father and Son. I also like Where do the Children Play and Tea for the TIllerman, although the second one is more of a short closer.
big singer and piano tunes, late in the game for getting into this though
Solid album. Really good storytelling.
ok
Nett!
Genre: Folk Pop 3/5 One of my mom's favorite artists, and her favorite album from him, Cat Stevens' (Yusuf Islam's) Tea for the Tillerman is absolutely adorable and a real sweet treat. Meant to be enjoyed in moderation, as too much over a short period of time may have adverse effects, including hugging every stranger you see on the street and/or happily whistling during each of your daily tasks. While being a total sweetheart, and an album with some big time hits on it (Wild World and Father & Son are two of the biggest tracks in the genre, not just Cat Stevens' career), it didn't quite go beyond moderate enjoyment levels for me. Totally accessible, and one of Cat Stevens' biggest triumphs overall, this is an album for the casual listener, as well as the uber folk fan, but it isn't going to blow anyone away. Decent.
A good album with a few real standouts but with some weaker spots here and there. Still, it's easy to see why it's considered a classic.
Very nice standard folk album. Nothing enough to break everything in one's path, but very enjoyable.
It's alright. Unfortunately I just hear Take That on Father and Son
S'écoute bien, Cat Stevens a une belle voix et un style reposant, mais un peu monotone.
not bad
Nice album
reconheço o valor, mas não é meu estilo
The slow 70s. Stevens get this album done in under 40 mins. Some folks say it's his best, but I'm not that big of a fan.
esse tipo de música folk não é muito minha praia, acho tudo muito épico, tira muito da natureza intimista que me faz gostar tanto do gênero, mas tenho que admitir a qualidade de algumas composições, e a atmosfera geral consegue me deixar um tanto imerso no álbum. mas é isso, tudo muito agradável, muito gostoso, não me instiga a pensar mais coisas, uma boa experiência.
Cat Stevens - under-rated. Retired far too soon.
6.5/10 - Wild World is a top song
Non male, 'Wild world' e 'Longer Boats' sono conosciute e molto belle. In generale è un ascolto piacevole, ma niente di particolare, un 3 scarso.
-"Miles From Nowhere" gets moderately heavy -"But I Might Due Tonight" is a cool tune. The "you say so" part is cool -"Longer Boats" is nice enough -I like the intense-ish drum bits and the semi-yells in "On The Road To Find Out" -I want to say 4, but it is pretty darn slow and I don't really care to listen again...
Elvis
Wild world is a classic but I’m not much into cat Stevens
Good tunes
couple of bangers, the rest is a bit folk noncey. pleasant but nowhere near as fun as fat pete and his chubby happy little face. the cheeky scamp.
Yusuf innit. I can play Wild World on guitar, so there you go.
I do like cats. On a sliding scale of cats, from Lee Cattermole at the bottom to Thundercats at the top, this is somewhere in the middle. I enjoyed it more than I had expected to. I probably wouldn't rush to listen to it again but it was less bland than I had anticipated.
3/5. listenable
For intensely hippy stuff that was radio-played to death in its heyday, this still stands up pretty well.
I've only heard a few Cat Stevens songs before, but I didn't know they were Cat Stevens songs until listening to this record. I enjoyed moments of this album, but as a whole it's quite a snore-fest. Nothing against Cat Stevens' talent, as he's a wonderful songwriter; It's just not for me.
Good Sunday morning music
ok, bit too folky for my tastes hard heraded woman and longer boats are best 2 songs
Sounds like a 70th's album. Two classic songs including One I didnt know the wrote
fucking beautiful some of the songs are shit
Wel weer een bekende naam waar ik nooit iets van gedraaid heb. Leuk om eens te horen maar geen blijvertje.
Best aangenaam.
Ik vond dit wel mooi eigenlijk. Father and Son is een prachtig nummer maar de rest van dit album is ook helemaal niet verkeerd.
Yusuf heeft er mooie nummers tussen zitten maar heel opzwepend is het allemaal niet.
The album is just catchy enough to keep you listening and just deep enough to keep you thinking. I personally think "Miles From Nowhere" is the standout track, but I complete understand why the stand-out hits ('Where Do The Children Play?', 'Hard Headed Woman;, 'Wild World' and 'Father An Son') are what they are as well. I honestly have no idea how the Flaming Lips could claim that 'Fight Test' was not directly *ehm* "influenced" *ehm* by 'Father And Son'. Uncanny similarities aside, the album was a good listen on it's own two feet.
Folky goodness - some Jethro Tull style vocal embellishments made me smile. I’m also reminded of the busker who played Wild World non stop for years outside my old office.
6/10
This is the best album of Cat Stevens. Despite the very ugly album cover it contains some pretty songs like the classics "Father and Son" and "Wild World". Also nice is "Where Do the Children Play?". The rest of the tracks are rather unremarkable.
Enjoyable folky fare.
Chai tea flavored mornings
Very pleasant
This sounds way more modern than it is. Sufjan Stevens vibes.
He is aiming for some big songs here This is serious songwriting stuff, he means it Father and Son is huge This is the kind of stuff people really care about
Used to love this album after watching Harold and Maude. Doesn't really hold up years later, every song sounds too much like a Bank commercial (this ain't the fault of Yusuf, its just that his unique pop poet style has been appropriated for commercial gain)
- songs on here would be great for the spring - very chill - not really a get up a busy a move album - if i knew the lyrics i would be singing them on full max
Ok - not really for me but harmless.
there are a couple of really good songs but the album as a whole is kinda boring
2 песни культовые популярные. Фолкрок 70-тых 6,5/10
Jedan divan album.
September 10, 2021 "Wild World" is obviously a classic. The rest of this album is pretty good, with one or two standouts ("Sad Lisa", "Father and Son")
Fine, pretty mellow entry. Wild World certainly stands higher than the rest. The rest is very listenable, but a bit forgettable.
Instrumentation was okay but the melodies overall were fantastic.
Very beautiful folk album.
Not really my thing but I liked it. Weird inflection on words sounded like trolling and I appreciate that. I'm a big fan of mispronounced names.
Cat Stevens is great and I'm glad I got to listen, but a bit slow.
Cat Stevens is always good to listen to. 3/5
Жизненный альбом с простыми ритмами и гитарой. Душевный и эмоциональный альбом который в основном тащит вокалом, это самая запоминающаяся часть. Ночью может бы и послушал спокойненько. Знал трек Father And Son.
'70 blassic Pretty chill
Loved it! Fun to listen the whole album for some good oldies feels. I knew the song Wild World but the rest were new to me.
Chill album, a little folk-y at times for me but still some all-time classics on here from Mr. Cat Stevens. 3 stars.
Actually amazing album that falls flat from filler
Really enjoyed it, will revisit
Short and lovely.
I had to downvote this to three stars as I woke this morning and couldn’t remember more than a handful of tracks but it’s still lovely stuff
Not really for me. It was fine though.
A chilled listen and some classics in there.
3/5 there were some kind of interesting song, but ultimately not something to push it over the edge
Can't be mad at this. Good listen.
- very calming, lets SIP A TEA TOGETHER - ooh baby its a wild world...du udu du dudun
Classic 70s folk. BT: Where Do the Children Play?, Wild World, Tea for the Tillerman
The title track is an obvious tune (mainly because of Extras...) but I did enjoy the whole album. V easy to listen to.
J’aime son style, mais j’attendais la toune qui rock et qui roll chaque fois qu’une toune finissait. Ça m’a déçu.
Not bad
"I know a lot of fancy dancers People who can glide you on a floor They move so smooth but have no answers When you ask, "Why'd you come here for?"" (Hard headed woman) "Well I found myself alone Hoping someone would miss me Thinking about my home and the last woman to kiss me" (On the road to find out) Todo en este disco me resulta más familiar de lo que pensaba que iba a ser. Buena escucha, la verdad.
Better than expected
Album très écoutable mais rien d’innonvateur! Une voix B+ et une guitare, mais des bonnes mélodies Je l’évite rien Je lévite rien
I was pleasantly surprised by this. Folk with a hint of prog with some fine arrangements
🤔🤔🤔 7/10
"Wild Word" by far the best and most popular song. Rest of the album is alright - nothing crazy. 6/10.
Folk. Melódico y tranquilo, aunque aburridito.
De la très belle guitare, agréable à l'écoute. Mon hit: Wild world, classique
Alright
meh
Never listened to this album. Know Cat Stevens for several famous track... Top track: Sad Lisa
Nice and mellow. I used to hate this, but I think it is growing on me.
Better than I was expecting, but I've never really been able to get into Cat Stevens
Wild world. Sweet folk
Wild World and Father And Son are the two hit songs.
El disco tiene música muy agradable. Alguna canción me recordó “Blackbird”, y creo que este disco quedaría buen como música de fondo para una comida o un tecito, pero ninguna canción se me hizo espectacular.
Fav Song: Hard Headed Woman
Solid
Cat Stevens' voice reminds me a lot of Eddie Vedder's. It's a measured tone to the songs, but holds a lot of meaning and emotion in the words
Some good tunes
This was lame but also cool? Just little ditties on the acoustic and clean singing. Really wussy and a bit sickly sweet, but can't give it less than 3/5.
More less.
It was below average according to me.. , some song i really liked it ..father and son and sad lisa, wild world
#457 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ Storytelling with a splash of music behind it. There were several songs that I thought I had heard a better version of, which turned out to be different songs or covers of Cat Stevens' tracks. This, once again, trails back to the storytelling side of Americana and US country music, which I find utterly boring and deeply uninteresting. As a sidenote, I found a track named "Hard Headed Woman" by Wanda Jackson from the 50's, which I was deligted to hear, but which wasn't a cover either way. But also noticed I'd rather listen to 70+ year old rockabilly than anything folk/country adjacent. One point for not being Bob Dylan -type dross 2/5, but it's teetering on 1/5.
民謠搖滾的感覺？ 但感覺對我來說比Robbie Williams更容易入耳。 我目前能比較的只有Robbie，可能Robbie比較Pop吧 整張聽完覺得是順耳的民謠搖滾，但是沒有特別抓我的點（有的話也只有一兩首）覺得就是順順聽過去，但整體感覺比Robbie Williams好啦，沒那麼Pop，但感覺也不會回來重複聽或是往下挖。
Correct ya juste une bonne toune
not much of my thing, is like a less spicy George Harrison music
2.5
Унылая, однообразная акустика, все скип кроме хитяры Wild World
To quote Blackadder: "as wet as a fish's wet bits". It was tuneful enough, but I need something with a bit more energy to get my attention. This washed right over me. Second UK sitcom reference: it was a pleasant surprise to hear the title track and realise it was used over the end credits of Extras.
Pretty boring, except Father and Son.
really boring.
This album steps away from my recent usual music territory of rap/hip hop. Not a complete 180 purely cause of the story telling lol but My lack of genre competence with folk rock makes it difficult to decide if this album is good or bad. Considering I don't have a mental map to connect this style to my rating for it is purely from artistic appreciation rather than personal preference.
mid af Would I listen again: nope. Deserves to be on this list: nope. 2.4
Nice
This is whatever, some kinda iconic stuff but also I've never really liked those songs that much
at first I was like lolwut but, I like the guitar and the dudes voice. its all chill but kinda impactful. Sad lisa is sad =( as we go on, I grow tired of the sound.
i like his voice but i don’t really like his songs
What strikes me about Tea for the Tillerman is that almost everything around the songs works, the new arrangements are warm, the playing is confident, and there's something genuinely moving about Yusuf revisiting these tracks fifty years later. But the one piece that didn't shift enough for me is his voice itself. It's not that it's worse, just that it doesn't pull me in the way the rest of the album does, and that mismatch is enough to keep this from being something I'd actually put on. I don't dislike it, I just keep wishing someone else were singing it.
don't like it
The album cover is fun. MKAYYYY I didn't know Wild World was original from him! Update: not really memorable. I don't think I'd listen to it again lol
Wild World and Father and Son are nice. That's really about all I can say... Just a "nice" album. That did virtually nothing for me and at times honestly kind of grated, that gentle sing-song vocal on Into White and Sad Lisa just wasn't for me.
Blah. Not for me.
Having lost my biological father in 2013. My step father (AD, alternate dad as he call himself. I hate the term step) & my father-in-law both in their twilight years. Myself a year away from 50 and my own son will lose me sooner than later. GOSH DAMN “Father and Son” fucking destroys me, but I love it.
Mehhh...just okay. 2.75 rounded down to 2.
뭘까…?
Good music, but too long and different music. Didn't understand it fully.
Miles from Nowhere was a highlight. This album feels like it should be right up my alley, but sometimes I feel he becomes preachy/holier-than-thou (ironic coming from a Bob Dylan fan).
Nota: 3,5/10 musicas notaveis: HARD HEADED WOMAN, WILD WORLD, SAD LISA, WHERE THE CHILDREN PLAY
316/1089 3 songs in and it’s not quite gripping me, idk it’s a bit too twee or something for me, i’m not quite hooked yet Sad Lisa might me hooking me though?? i like this more melancholic piano-led sound from him, i like the drama and it would fit in a game like Death Stranding/Horizon Forbidden West with some dramatic landscapes after that there’s more twee ish music that isn’t super interesting to me. THEN Father and Son comes on and this is a song i knew beforehand likely from Guardians of the Galaxy (but not by name or artist) and it’s just really beautiful i also know the title track and it’s crazy short?! it’s a really sweet moment faves: sad lisa, father and son 28/100
그냥 평범했다. 근데 엘범 재킷이 내 스타일인 듯 It was just ordinary. But I think the album jacket is my style.
There's a very twee, saccharine sheen to this record and an early mention of a 'cosmic train' seemed to set the tone for the rest of the album. There was a cover of Wild World in the 80s by Maxi Priest - had that version never existed, I might have been able to tolerate this album more than I did. I like a good singer/songwriter record, but not this one. It's not all bad, but it's mostly bad.
I know he’s talented, but I don’t like this. It makes me feel stupid. It’s not my type of music. It doesn’t represent the time I live in.
The songwriting is there, but i’m not sure the vocals work for me and that drags the whole thing down
In theory I should love this. But Mr. Yusuf's voice doesn't do much for me. Espescially with that reverb effect. 🤮 these songs are floating right past me. a stranger on an innertube humming to themselves. do like "into white" and "father and son" wish there was more vocal harmonies
most other people's thoughts on this album, apparently: "i remember this album from my childhood, it's great!" "this is the best song ever!" "Cat Stevens is one of the greatest musicians ever!" me: "this sounds like a Peter Gabriel song" "this sounds like a Genesis song" "this is trying a little too hard to sound like a Genesis song" "i could be listening to Genesis right now" 4/10 FAVOURITE SONGS: UH... LONGER BOATS AND /MAYBE/ I MIGHT DIE TONIGHT... I GUESS LEAST FAVOURITE SONGS: WILD WORLD BUT ONLY LIKE, A LITTLE BIT
Hard to get past all the baggage and listen to this one. I was trying to remember the source of my vague dislike of Cat Stevens, and then I heard Wild World.
The best part of this album is the cover. How is this guy a classic singer songwriter he can’t write for shit. I enjoyed Miles From Nowhere musically more than the other songs but was “I can make my own rules” not already a cliche in the seventies, and is there really a need to clarify that extremely trite lyric by immediately following it with “the ones I choose?” You think we didn’t understand what you meant by “make my own rules?” Do you think I’m stupid? Look at me. Do you think I’m fucking stupid? Not every line of a singer songwriter album has to be trying for something new but this is how almost every line feels, across the entire album. Nothing individually sounds interesting and nothing works together to sound interesting. “I don’t want to work away, doing what they all say.” Come up with one original or interesting lyric you are a singer songwriter that is your job. The instrumentals are nice but not good enough to make up for any of this. What’s with Sad Lisa using the most generic imagery ever to describe a sad woman and then coming in with violins to re-emphasize the core and only idea of the song which is that Lisa is, in case you forgot, sad. I guess Longer Boats is alright, Into White is fine too. This album feels like a random Guy who had never written a song was locked in a room and forced to write it. This album feels like it was written from a 101 Songwriting Prompts listicle you get by googling “songwriting prompts.”“Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy / and all the times I’ve cried keeping things inside.” KEEPING THINGS INSIDE HUH. “THINGS.” CRIED/INSIDE. REALLY. WOW FASCINATING INSIGHTS YUSUF/CAT STEVENS. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING THESE NEW IDEAS TO THE WORLD. I liked Peace Train.
some classics but not my groove
no.
nostalgia, peace, kitty cat, free spirited, Town Troubadour,
Fraco. Wild World deu um ponto a mais sozinha. Quem dá uma pontuação maior só faz isso por nostalgia.
country vibes, aint the best
132. ok
Not doing too much for me. Inoffensive but nothing special.
I don't like it. He's only ever read Dylan Thomas, and chicks in the late 60s still thought Dylan Thomas was some sexy-ass poetry, so he goes all-in on overwrought metaphors and pseudoprofundities for half an hour or so without a shred of irony or humor. Maybe he gets better when he converts to Islam?
Not really my thing not a fan of the vocals and sappy ness
ehh it sounds ok
Cross-country trainride. Sunshine and fields.
Ok