Tea for the Tillerman

Całkiem spoko płyta. W sam raz na chill w weekend. Zawiera Father and son znane ze Strażników Galaktyki.

Favorite tracks: Hard Headed Woman Miles from Nowhere

It's a nice album. Much better than I expected. Cat Stevens can sing well, it turns out. "Tea for the Tillerman" reminds me of early Bowie. I hope this week has more incredible albums waiting for me. 4 stars for "Tea for the Tillerman".

Was waiting for this guy to pop up! Not aware of any songs I know but I love this folksy stuff. Good easy listening

Tea for the Tillerman is… fine. Not bad, not great. Just a solid “meh” from start to finish. Cat Stevens has a nice voice and there’s some solid songwriting here, but nothing really grabbed me or made me want to hit repeat. It's one of those albums that’s easy to listen to but even easier to forget Favorite song: "Father and Son"

super wholesome but also tugs at your heart strings here and there

Banger after banger Rating: 4.0

Really good all bangers

Ehhh

Lagane pjesmice, slušljivo ali ništa specijalno. Usraću se od ovih ranih rokera sa akustarom.

Lovely vocals. Hard Headed Woman, Wild World and Miles From Nowhere are good tracks. I like the depth of the drums and bass in the latter. I also like the album sleeve.Tea For The Tillermam is a beautiful way to end the album. Father and Son is an all time beautiful song and a classic. What a charming album!

Not really my thing, but there were a few good songs in here.

Like this…

I like this and have the vinyl, its an easy listen, sad melodies but also uplifting.

Nice easy listening. Great vocal work and instrumentals. 'Wild World' was my fave.

Cat Stevens is alright but 37 minutes of Cat Stevens in a row is too much. Listen to this album all the way through and then play any other song and that other song will sound like the best song you’ve ever heard just because it isn’t a Cat Stevens song.

the actual music was fine, but its a dude singing and im not a big fan of that for whatever reason

So boring

classic album cover

Light four I enjoy Mr. Steven’s classic works but prefer Teaser and the Firecat a bit more

Not super familiar with folk music or folk rock, but I really appreciated this album. It felt very heartfelt, vulnerable, and sincere. Stevens' singing style and the mood of the album didn't feel like it changed much, so songs started to feel really similar to each other, but that's a minor gripe for how good this album is

I used to think Father and Son was twee, but listening to it today, I found it surprisingly moving. It could be the peri-menopause or maybe I just had to hear it in the context of this rather lovely album.

An almost perfect album. The songs are nearly all engaging in the lyricism is beautiful.

Another great album!

First impression.. weird fucking cover, it is very Tolkienesque. Listening to the music I'm noticing that Tenacious D's ballads sound quite a lot like this and I never would have expected that. I didn't expect to, but I am loving this album. The folk-rock mix is pretty good. Then I get to "Father and Son" and that song always makes me fucking cry. I'm sitting it work crying my eyes out and trying to hide it. I didn't realize it was from this album.... goddamnit.

Many ppl like CS but I'm not one of them. I've heard a couple of his songs in the past and nothing about them interested me to explore him further. This style of folk- singer/songwriter does not appeal to me. I'm not into "finding myself" nor contemplating the spiritual. CS is on this journey and I cannot follow. The songs are well done and the album is (for me mercifully) an appropriate length. I give this a 2 and no songs particularly liked because this is just not for me.

God bless Cat Stevens for making this album. It has both great hits like Father and Son and Wild World, while also having some beautiful deep cuts like Sad Lisa and But I Might Die Tonight. Cat has such a warm voice that cradles you through the instrumentals of this peaceful odyssey. I think this is his peak, as the next album, while having some great songs, shows cracks of fatigue, while the previous one shows of artistic insecurity. This one perfectly walks the line of a calm journey through themes of love and life's questions without getting too philosophical. Maybe it's a bit paradoxical too: it's both intimately fragile, yet confident in its stride. I'm glad to have this in my library. I have the greatest hits, but this one has a lot more meat than usually stated when talking about Cat's musical portfolio, which is always great in the musical journey aspect. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

At first glance, "Tea for the Tillerman" may appear to be a simple album. However, it is in fact, a masterclass of storytelling and folk-pop, exploring the intricacies of love, life and the world around us. From the opening track "Where Do the Children Play?" to the final song, the album showcases incredible guitar performances alongside Cat Stevens/Yusuf's moving vocals. This album also stands out for me due to its cohesive yet diverse nature, featuring a range of songs from contemplative ballads to more lively and intense pieces. While "Wild World," arguably his most famous song, along with "Heard Headed Woman" and "Sad Lisa," are exceptional, the pinnacle of this album undoubtedly "Father and Son." Additionally, I appreciate that the questions posed in this album in 1970 remain relevant in 2025, and are worth the time to reflect and consider. Overall, this is a beautiful album.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would but I think musically it's just not going to interest me enough to come back repeatedly

another pleasant album yet a little boring

I would like to shout out the man who made this website for giving us the ability to edit ratings. Can you believe I gave this a 3* on first listen? 3!! I guess I was being fucking stupid. Anyway. 5* What am I, fucking stupid?

Don't remember

Plenty of gold in here

Father and son gives me shivers

Meh. I understand why it’s a classic but I just find it boring.

He's alright I guess. Wild World is a good song, but I'm not crazy about the rest of the album.

36 minutes of utter beauty. No one does it like Cat Stevens and this is one of his best!

I was surprised when "Wild World" came on because I assumed I wouldn't recognize any songs from this. I liked "But I Might Die Tonight," so of course it was the second shortest song. Good album I guess, but not my thing. I've said that for 95% of the albums I've listened to on this list, but I really don't know what else to say.

1970. Right around the peak of new music revolution. Protest songs. Environmental songs. Wooden music. Tillerman is an appropriate album to introduce a decade of music that started off caring about everything, but ended with disco. Bummer. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 79 🎧 LPs left to review: 922 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 18 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 20 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 21

“Father and Son” has a whole new meaning now that I have two sons. Great album.

I didn't finish listening to it but I did enjoy it. It's good soft vibes. I will probably listen to this album again. I think it might be good rainy day music. Sometimes music like this makes me gloomy though.

Decent 70s sound

Good album. Recognized a good number of these songs. Very enjoyable.

Great album

At no point this weekend - three days! - was I in the mood for Yusuf's limp acoustic guitar playing, his winsome warbling, and elongated vowels. Lacking the psychedelic whimsy that one gets with Donovan, Islam comes across as precious and sheltered. On Wild World, he is even condescending - she doesn't care what you think, dude, she's living her own life. There's not much to stomp or tap your foot to. Everyone on the record is sitting cross-legged, even the underutilised drummer - I don't think I heard a kick drum until the last minute of Miles from Nowhere. Maybe I missed it in the muddy low end of Wild World. I like Wild World though. I don't know why it's getting a kicking here, beyond the fussiness of the whole record. There are other good songs here, but it's not a good record. The thing that kept me coming back was trying to work out what Into White sounded like. It was My Secret Reason by Lisa Germano from Geek The Girl, although they don't actually sounds that much alike. 2 Here’s a strange album. There are a few songs I really love - Where do the children play?, Wild World and Father and Son - and I can certainly admire the rest. But I don’t think this is a good album. I hate Cat Stevens’ voice for starters. It isn’t easy for me to mark a record down for that because I’m a big Dylan fan and it turns me when people say he can’t sing; Dylan is a great singer - whether the notes are perfectly accurate or not (generally not but much more than people think) he brings a texture and character in his vocals that makes his recordings great. Leonard Cohen is an objectively bad singer -almost a non-singer - but it’s a voice that perfectly inhabits the gloomy, defeated world of many of the songs he writes and, again, makes many of his recordings. Cat Stevens doesn’t have any of this. He has a genuinely crap voice in my opinion; it’s completely uninteresting; slight, shallow with an unpleasant rasp. If God gave him accuracy it was, surely, so that he could demo these absolutely terrific songs effectively for people who were decent singers. The arrangements here are fine - although no musician distinguishes themselves even for a moment. The album cover is not fine - the font is rotten, the colouring hideous, the beige mount is awful, the perspective is wrong and the children look creepy. 2/5

Great singer songwriter album. I enjoyed this one tremendously.

The songwriting is really good, but I do not like the whole hippy-dippy vibe of all of it. I get that was the thing in the 70's, but it's horribly dated.

Can't believe I never got around to listening this one before. A nice folky album with some big early 70's hits on it. There was a lot of Folk Rock going around at the time, but Cat Stevens chart successes makes him one of the more memorable ones. It's a very easy album of folky acoustic classics to get into and to listen to.

Gutes Album aber bin einfach kein Fan. Zu viele musikalisch gute, aber für mich persönlich langweilige, Balladen. Es war jetzt gefühlt ne Woche lang hier nur Classic Rock :D es wird etwas eintönig

It is a very chill album and give it like 2.5 stars. I would need to be in a certain type of mood to listen to this if I wanted to throw it on.

It was a really good album

3.0 - Ok

The world if the only way I can listen to this album on my app wasn't the super deluxe version. 3 hours?? 0 stars. The songs and his voice? 3 stars.

Where Do the Children Play? Wild World Father and Son

👍

Not my thing, but my wife enjoyed it.

Classic album with some of his best songs, find myself singing along to a lot of these.

Calming and sweet

3 1/2 stars

Pretty chill. Am i the kind of guy that would sit around and listen to cat stevens all day?

I’m a bit colder on this one but you can’t deny the sincerity and talent. A few classics on here.

You mean Yusuf- what a wild world.

Awesome

Alright

I don’t mind a good acoustic album but this one wasn’t all that good

Eh baby it's a mild album. Nothing exciting. Then he turned to his Islam because his music didn't even keep him entertained. Mark

No me gustó la voz, pero unas canciones si me gustaron, me sentía dentro de una historia de amor medieval por alguna razón. Creo que una cancion de él la escuche en Skins Un inicio decepcionante con un final super bueno

First thing I noticed is a little nerdy; the production here is fantastic. It sounds as though it could have been recorded today, yet it’s over a half century old. Listen to how those instruments just pop. Real nice. Vocals are fairly iconic and complement the instruments well. It all blends together smoothly to make a very satisfying combination. The songwriting and musical arrangements are beautiful on all songs, even if the lyrical content can stray from perfection. Although, a good number of these songs are downright gorgeous, start to finish. The intro and two massive hits, obviously, but also the intro to “Sad Lisa” is flawless. I don’t know if it’s just the way that instrument sounds or if it’s the way it’s mixed, but it’s absolutely gorgeous. The breakdowns in that song as well as “Miles From Nowhere” are fantastic and energetic, yet still controlled. “Longer Boats”, “Into White”, and “On the Road to Find Out” are where the album can get pretty boring. Not much going on those. Last track is a nice closer. All in all, pretty great stuff. 4/5

boring simple instrumentals quickly become grating. harmonious moments don't make up for stretches void of anything of substance or interest. 4/10

It is boring for me. I just enjoyed "longer boats" while others were mid like "sad lisa", "but i might die tonight" and "tea for the tillerman". The rest of the album was just there, even though most of the melodies were really good i found the lyrics unrelatable so i didn't enjoy the album. 4.5/10

Beautiful, soulful album with some greatet-of-all-time bangers. Definately deserving to be in this top

Really good. Polished songwriting and production. A little slow at times, but thats the folk style. Wild World is an all timer.

Overall nice album, a few really good songs.

ágætt, falleg lög. er ekkert voða spenntur en 3,5.

No complaints here - very much enjoyed the acoustic vibe, some good songs on here

If i had to describe it in one word: colorful. Like a vibrant crayon drawing of the most beautiful country landscape your mind could think of. Right off the bat, great choruses, beautiful guitar work (and don't even get me started on the times they bust out the piano/strings), all accompanied by the voice of the man himself. And he sounds great, he perfectly complements the aesthetic of the record with that warm baritone (i think its baritone?) Although there are a few duds here; tracks like Hard Headed Woman and Longer Boats, while definitely nowhere near bad, don't reach the same heights as the rest of the album imo. Also, I feel like it could've ended with Father and Son (incredible track, btw) instead of the 1 minute title track and have been better album for it. Solid stuff overall, only with a few blemishes that bring it down a bit for me.

70s folk. Nice traditional American folk with a pleasant voice and good production. A lovely listening experience.

3.0

Beautiful

At first I wasn’t sure I was feeling this album, something wasn’t clicking. But I kept listening and heard some parallels to other folk music I enjoy like Simon and Garfunkel and just let myself unwind and try to enjoy the album for what it was. Pleasant surprise to hear Wild World as part of this album. I would give this one another listen.

"Father and Son" is a new favorite for me. This album goes a little bit harder than I expected it to. Some of the production can be jarring in a way I didnt expect from a folk album of this era. Good vibes though.

А little bit borring songs.

Very good!

I vividly remember this album cover while thumbing through my dad's LP's when I was 6-7 yrs old. It appealed to a kid. Classic voice, the man could sing the phonebook. This album includes radio staples you still hear today like "Where Do The Children Play?", "Hard Headed Woman", the huge hit "Wild World" (750M listens!) & "Father And Son". The only song I didn't listen to in full was "Miles From Nowhere", just didn't dig the pocket he was in. Top 1001 fringe for me. I know it has staying power, some hits you still hear on the radio and covers by other artists, and I feel his influence on singer songwriters still. I enjoyed giving it a full listen.

It's a really good album. The highs are high and the other tracks are good, if forgettable.

Pleasant and folksy, lovely guitar playing and songwriting.

It's easy to imagine Cat Stevens here as some wise old hermit figure, bestowing his songs upon us like a minstrel. In reality though, he was still a young man at a mere 22 years old. So my take is this: that bearded fellow on the cover, merrily laughing along with the children yet with an air if spiritual authority, as if he might fade away into a cloud of vapour at any moment, that's who Cat Stevens really wanted to be. I.e., even his musical persona reflects his deep longing for that certain higher *something* - call it enlightenment if you will. And perhaps that's exactly what makes this music resonate so well, that constant sensation of yearning for a higher purpose after having seen only glimpses of it from beneath the crack of the door. But then again, maybe it's just the very good songwriting mixed with that warm and pleasant instrumentation. Who can really tell?

I remember the first time I listened to "Father and Son" when I was 16, and it hit so hard in my soul at the time, it seemed that the song were speaking directly to me. Since then, Cat Stevens been on my waiting list, and finally my chance came, and boy... why dind't I had listen to this before? I wasted so much time. This is wonderful. It's my kind of music you know, it just fills my soul! Of course I knew "Wild World" too, but all of the songs are amazing. 5 stars without a doubt!

Before: This album reminds me of my grandma because she loves Cat Stevens. Wild World is one of my favorite songs of all time. Excited to get more into his discography. Standouts: Wild World Miles From Nowhere Into White (I LOVE the strings) Father And Son (TEARS) Least favorites: Sad Lisa Standout lines: "If you wanna leave, take good care." - Wild World "Lord, my body has been a good friend, but I won't need it when I reach the end." - Miles From Nowhere "I love everything so don't it make you feel sad, cause I'll drink to, my baby" - Miles From Nowhere During/After: Wild World is always a treat! I LOVED Miles From Nowhere - it almost felt like a wall of sound and the lyrics were great. Longer Boats has a really fun reggae (at least I thought it was reggae) inspiration that I was surprised by and interested to hear. I'm very happy I listened to this all the way through! Lots of the songs sounded pretty similar to one another for my taste and I wish the album were more varied, but it was a really fun album overall. I don't love the religious overtones, but I know that comes with the territory. His lyricism isn't amazing but I do appreciate the simplicity. Father and Son made me sad and it stood out but it's painful to listen to and I don't think I can listen to it again anytime soon because it's SO sad lol. He has such an iconic voice and I love the soothing guitar and strings on tracks like Into White. This album feels like a warm hug. 4/5

82% Best: Where Do The Children Play?; Wild World; Miles From Nowhere Must-Hear? Sure

A few ones that stood out to me but otherwise a little bit boring

I actually enjoyed this much more than I thought I would

Father and Son is so heartbreakingly beautiful.

Det en kort, men lidt frelst til tider. 2 lyt,

Faktisk et ret godt album. Der er lige et par sange der er lidt blah på side 2. Men særligt når Cat Stevens og arrangementerne bliver intense får det en fed kant

Old Cat sure can write a deep yet catchy folk/pop song, Wild World is the best example, but Father and Son may be the highlight. Tea for the Tillerman is mainly about rejecting modern society and old Cat certainly would later do that. 7.7/10

Possible better than 3* but not in the mood for it right now.

3.5

This is not my style but this is a great album. It’s folk. It’s great lyrically. It’s straight forward and easy to listen to and enjoyable. The hits are Wild World and Father and Son, but I really enjoyed Hard Headed Woman and hadn’t hear it before listening.

Eh

great

4 - Definitly carried by a few songs but a great album in and of itself

Beautiful album and his voice is uniquely wonderful.

Very sweet and heartfelt, pretty tunes, and I know there will be plenty of people who adore this album. It's a classic in its way. Unfortunately, it's a little soppy for my taste.

Weet niet, maar very much not feeling it.

Not normally a fan of singer-songwriters in this vein but this surprised me with how much I enjoyed it (and how many songs I already knew). The opening track was the highlight though, loved the way it built in intensity and the lyrics were thought provoking and still relevant today. Favourite tracks: Where Do the Children Play?, Father and Son & Tea for the Tillerman. Will probably revisit. 3.5/5

beautiful ,gets a little repetitive which keeps it from the top tier for me not super mundane to give it a lower score

Beautifully done ❤️

I met Cat Stevens backstage at one of the enormous London pro-Palestine rallies in 2024 and he was incredibly kind, despite me losing my shit over sharing a stage with him.

I didn't care for this album. Felt boring and I couldn't connect with it emotionally

Unparalelled songwriting and one of the purest voices to ever grace the world. I always forget how much I love Cat Stevens in between listenings.

This is a hippie litmus test and I still don't pass. I have childhood memories associated with the big hits, of course.

Eh. It's pleasant

I have always considered this an excellent album that deserves the plaudits it has received.

It's better than I expected it to be. I was familiar with Wild World, but didn't know much else about the artist, other than my dad hating him, so I didn't get much exposure in my youth, despite a lot of similar artists of the time being ubiquitous. As for this era, he's a better singer and performer than most of his peers, which is frankly not hard, because folk is filled with great songwriters who are bad singers. I don't know if he's "selling out/going pop," but I honestly like a lot of Bob Dylan covers, and almost no Bob Dylan songs, so I'm not one to judge. The songs are good lyrically and musically. I know the criticisms of Wild World at this point, and, yeah, but I like art from assholes, if the art is an honest perspective of being an asshole. It's an honest expression of being human. It's a guy being a bit of a dick about a breakup that didn't go his way, and that's a relatable feeling. It's not a good feeling, it's the "wrong" feeling, but it's still there, it still matters, and he expresses it in a realistic way. And the whole album feels like that. It's emotionally resonant. It's emotionally true to the artist, and more importantly, true to the art, which is what I really care about.

Great album. Never listened to any of Cat Stevens before and this was really enjoyable

Sorry Cat Stevens. Ich han grad vorane Sister Sledge glosed, da flachsch ächli ab. Father and son isch natürli mega bekannt. Guets Folk- Album. Am beschte findi Tea for the Tillerman: Churz und fulminat

kenn vo ihm nume morning has bröken und wild world aber weiss er jetz hert muslim und so? isch etz genau öppe da woni erwartet han die erste zwei songs. schöne singer-songwriter mitere spezielle stimm woni nonig weiss ob sie mer gfallt. wild world kenni ebe und isch halt chrank iprägsam. ha mega gern wie mer s plättli uf de giti ghört und alles so nöch tönt. coole song moll super. sad lisa hani chli arsch gfunde aber miles from nowhere het chli meh drive und klavier und züg findi geil. mega dynamik. we're gonna need a bigger boat okay spielberg. meh. ich weis nich digga. sehr langwilig i donno. into white okay du stohsch uf wissi lüüt chill. on the rosd to find out isch no nice. momoll.

hmm where do the children play isch okay? no intressant aber nöd meh wild world hani s gfühl, kenni? ja isch easy, no herzig weiss nanig öb ich sini stimm gern han oder nöd sad lisa hani na cool gfunde father and son isch recht schön ja vlt mussi das album nomal lose zum s echli besser chönne erfasse ok also mad kei lust das nomal z lose sorry, es git eifach mal es 3 will ichs zwar gnosse han für das, was es isch aber schlussendlich ischs doch au chli langwilig gsi

I liked it.Don’t know why,but it touched my heart

It's a fun folk album Got a some great hits. Feels very summertime playing with the kids. I heavily enjoyed it.

what an album !!! nothing more to say. my favorite album from Cat. "Father & Son" always makes me cry. what makes it not a 5 star is the final song which is so bad !

Well, certainly better than The Furs, and very good but not perfect.

I enjoy his voice and a few of the songs are standouts (Wild World, Where Do The Children Play). It was a pleasant listen.

Classic and well done, I'm a fan of Cat Stevens. When I first started to listen, I didn't notice I'd selected "Tea for the Tillerman2", which is a modern remake, with a very groovy remake of "Wild World"... also a good album.

Enjoyed it...it's a tweener for me, but I'll be generous and round up.

Some absolutely beautiful songs, but i've never liked his voice. If i could have this album sung by joni mitchell it'd be 5 stars! 2.5

Great album, start to finish. Both the hits and the lesser-known songs are well worth the listen. But it doesn't transcend -- there's nothing brilliant about it.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of this one, it doesn’t suck but just not really my thing

Really good songwriting, I always appreciate when songs have a clear message but are still “musical” if that makes any sense. Giving this a 3.1/5, it was a solid listen but didn’t really do much for me. Fav song: Wild World

Thought it was gonna be good and then it wasn’t. Btw this is Shea idk what happened lol

I've historically disliked Cat Stevens' music, but this didn't grate on my ears like some of his other stuff. 2.2/5

I wanted to hate it but it really grew on me. It makes me feel like I'm in a children's movie

I burned out really hard on folk and folk-rock in high school. Never want to hear the happy-slappy nonsense again (CSN, I’m looking at you). Also, just a dude and a guitar is fine if you’re writing a song, but for recording or performance it’s too simple. I was prepared to hate this…but it turned out to be pretty interesting. The lyrics are dark and sad, in a way that I wasn’t expecting. Definitely wouldn’t consider it major rotation material, but a totally worthwhile listen.

Knew a few songs before, but a few were new to me. In particular, On the Road to Find Out was new to me and stood out as an instant favorite. Definitely will be playing this one more regularly.

First listen, very fun chill album for the most part, very few lows, with some really great moments.

its fine...

Didn't expect this to hit the way it did

Gorgeous

Fun, relaxing music

Some pretty songs but a little forgettable in the end

Solid album. 4/5

Just beautiful songwriting. Sad lisa isch en fave woni vorher kennt gha ha. Wild World isch en früehe song woni demit singe gern ha glernt ha. Und er git liebi vibes ab. Instrumentation isch mer amal chli minimalistisch, zwenig perkussion für min taste. Isch aber au stimmigsabhängig.

sad lisa isch mega schön, wild world gfallt mer au, isch halt es cover. de rest findi langwiilig.

Pleasant enough.

Possibly the worst album cover that we have had on the list! Songs are ok though.

I’ve never listened to the Cat before, other than a weird recollection of primary school assemblies. The hits for me are so wrapped in awful overplayed 80s/90s covers (FU Boyzone) that I can’t now tell if they are good songs or not. But other songs like Hard Headed Woman and Sad Lisa had quite unique sounding arrangements and guitar and piano parts. Shout out also to the weirdest and unexpected end to an album ever, yeah let’s just chuck in a random gospel crescendo. No standout track, but strong songwriting that creates a good album as a whole.

Idk, I didn't really get it. Something about it was off-putting to me. The lyrics also seemed nonsensical haha. It was like weirdly preachy on how I should live my life. Like he is old so we trust his insight and knowledge but the insight and knowledge seemed tired. All the choral singing threw me off! It was weirdly positive. Maybe I am in a weird head space right now while listening to this but idk it's like a tad weirdly religious? Like life is good and light triumphs! Don't ya know, kids?! He's like weird, peppy Bob Ross. Actually, after the album ended Spotify just started playing similar music and queued up "Monday, Monday" by The Mamas & The Papas and I was like "Oh man this album is turning around!" and I went to look and it wasn't Cat Stevens. Hahahahahah.

Too old and not of interrest to me. I get bored of hearing it!!!

tearing up listening to “Father and Son”

not for me

I have quite complicated feelings with Stevens’ music in general — regarding a friend who passed away a few years ago who would always play a couple of Cat Stevens songs whenever I saw him play live — so I always worry I’m putting too much of my own emotions into his music and inflating it’s standing in my mind. But no, on listening to it again this album is genuinely brilliant. There’s the big singles everyone knows (Father And Son might just be one of the all time great songs), but every other song on this album is no slouch either. Coming in at just a squeak over 30 minutes there’s not an ounce of fat on this thing, and to end with such a flash of excellence as the title track shows real skill and dedication to Stevens’ artistic vision. I’m not a big fan of the reimagined album he released in 2020, but we were all going through some things then weren’t we.

Feels like I should like this, but to be honest I just found it super boring. Nae much going on at all.

There are some incredible songs on this album, mixed in with some okay ones. 'Wild World', 'Where do the children play', 'Into White' and 'Father and Son' being my faves. The album cover hurts my eyes. Wtf is that font?!

Surprised by how many of this I already knew passively? For me - the album feels like a book of nursery rhymes, sung in primary schools nationwide at assembly time. The album cover is fitting for this. It's warm, wholesome and childlike. I quite liked it. Highlights for me were "Wild World" (an earworm for me that I've found belting randomly without ever knowing who sung it), "Father and Song" (another one) and "Sad Lisa". My rating system feels a bit out of whack as in hindsight I'd drop Monday's a star and this would sit happily at a 3. Enjoyable, some repeat listens, just ok.

This is just a very nice and pleasant listen, despite it's horrendous album artwork. The Extras theme tune turning up at the end was a bit of a shock.

4.5. excellent

Classic folk album

Father and Son and Wild World are undeniable classics. Cat Stevens is a style, not my personal favorite, but not bad by any stretch

An album chock full of acoustic beauties. Love Cat’s voice. Not much here to make me want to do a return visit but I enjoyed my stay.

I grew up listening to this record, but not until adulthood did I realize how angry it is. Hard to hear when it’s all set against such mellow beautiful music. I find some of these songs a little cloying, but most of them hold up well even after many listens.

Favorite Track: Wild World

Much like Bill Clinton, Cat Stevens’ appeal comes in the form of his ‘folksy charm’. Stevens is direct and simplistic in his lyrical approach. Don’t expect him to even raise his voice very often. A lot of these songs seem to be about finding oneself and contemplating ones place in the modern society or universe at large. “Miles From Nowhere” holds a message about the idea of self being something beyond just the physical body. It makes me wonder if Cat Stevens was a nice comedown artists for the hippies that were coming down from some heavier trips in the 60’s. “Longer Boats” might be my sleeper pick on the album for its infectious harmonized chorus - it’s a fantastic hook that knows its power, which is why it gets repeated plenty of times over the course of 3ish minutes. “On The Road To Find Out” is probably the only noticeable moment where Stevens ramps up the intensity a bit. Then there’s the very famous “Father And Son”, which is just so arresting in the best way possible. All of these wonderful moments out of the way, I am left wishing for more “Father and Son”, and less of everything else. A bit more commitment to a song or idea, and a bit less meandering. But meandering is a big focal point of this record. Cat Stevens has a very recognizable style and voice, which is also worth a lot in the pop world. Soft 3/5 for me.

Pleasant, charming, easy. Nice experience to listen to. Wild World and Father & Son are, obviously, timeless classics.

Love this stuff

This was fine. 2.9

I don't know why but I have never cared for this musician.

I'm not the biggest fan of Cat Stevens, but some songs are just plan good. I think others do the folk singer songwriter better, but he is a darn good lyricist. Best Songs: Wild World, Into White, Father And Son Worst Songs: Where Do The Children Play?, Longer Boats

OOOO BABY BABY IT’S A WILD WORLD Listened to this one twice through and could honestly do a third.

That was pretty good - although, ironically, it's not my cup of tea

4/10 Mi spiace, ma non è roba per me Fra il folk e un chill rock che ho fatto un po' fatica a terminare Probabilmente non ho nemmeno l'età, né la cultura per apprezzare

Zajebista rzecz. Mega ładne utwory, jednocześnie melancholijne i w dziwny sposób podnoszące na duchu. Trochę na zasadzie "Jest dosyć smutno i ciężko, ale to w porządku, damy radę". Nie wiedziałem w sumie do tej pory, kto napisał "Wild World", teraz już wiem. Classified banger. Przez chwilę myślałem o 5, ale to przez zobaczenie recenzji Mikosa tuż przed napisaniem swojej. Wciąż zdecydowane 4,5.

This album is good. There are few songs so good it would bump up the rating but I like how well they are spread aparat giving you a chance to enjoy whole album.

Parę mega bangerów, jak można nie lubić Cata Stevensa. Moje licealne jamy przez cringeową teenage dramę Skins. Favki to Wild World, On the Road to Find Out, Longer Boats. Słabe 4

I came to hear this album later in life and I've always liked it. I think Father/Son will always be the standout track to me, I'd heard it here and there over the years, enjoying it enough, but a few years ago I was driving cross country on the highway by myself, coming home after my dad's funeral. For whatever reason it hit me like a ton of bricks. Since then its always been a difficult but good listen. The rest of the album was fantastic as well and I'm glad I got to experience it.

I’ve loved this album for years! Yusuf has such a unique voice. Sounds weak but has a lot of power. Beautiful lyrics and catchy songs. Seriously every song on here is fantastic! “Miles From Nowhere” was the standout track on this listen. Just a great song about the journey of life

Väldigt bra album, int en tråkigt stund.

A bit too boring

Tolerable at best for me

I liked this a lot more than most music from its era. It aged well.

Я КОНЧИЛ. 5/5

I guess I like cat Steven's. It's a wild word. 3 stars.

Very enjoyable. Good album to chill to.

Mighty fine

There are so many songs I know on this album. Although Stevens's music is not usually my favorite, it is something special. Stevens is the ultimate model of a singer-songwriter.

It's good. But not really my style.

This is one cool Cat. Lyrical beauty

I am a cat Stevens enjoyer

Listened a while ago and wasn’t particularly moved

1. The entire time the album was on I was waiting for the cats in the cradle song (what I expected Father & Son to be) and boy was I confused when it was not that and, because I was mid-flight, I couldn’t look this up. A later Google validates that I’m not the only one to make this mistake. 2. I can appreciate that this album gave us Wild World, making the really random musical ending of Skins season one possible

Biased but I love cat Stevens. Nice album that we listened to waking up with Lottie

Good music. Nostalgia is acting on me here, which may warp my perspective. When I saw what I’d be listening to today, I thought maybe 5 stars, but when I listened I thought 4 stars, so I expect I’ll rate it 4 stars.

This is a weird one. There are some things I liked. And specific things that bug me. The biggest is whoever produced this made the layered vocals the uhh double vocals are so unbelievably distracting. Idk what it is but none of those sections with aggressive layered vocals are done in a way like how everyone else does it. It sounds just bad alot of the times. The songwriting is nice and wild world is a banger but not too into it but not 100% against it

I enjoyed this album, I expected it to be even more low key than it actually was. Several singles and solid songs overall!

Cat Stevens is one of those artists I’ve always overlooked due to some bad memory associations, but after giving this album a listen, I have to say it was a decent folk rock record. It had a few well known hits and recognizable tracks, along with a couple of songs that didn’t do much for me, but overall, it flowed well from beginning to end.

Decent, but not that interesting to me.

Just never really grabbed my attention

Lovely album. Very gentle and intimate but a bit inconsistent. Favorites: Wild World, Sad Lisa, Father and Son Least Favorites: Hard Headed Woman

Classic

A classic. Every song is so precise and aware of what it’s trying to do. Stevens has a voice like no other - first time I heard Father and Son I cried. I cried every other time, but I cried then, too.

Love it - great album - brings back childhood memories.

As bland and inoffensive as it can get *yawn*

Nope

Artiste connu de nom uniquement. En fait non, j'avais déjà entendu 'Wild Word'. Mais je l'avais complètement oublié ... Et je pense que je vais oublier assez vite cet album. A part peut être 'Sad Lisa', son chorus de violon (+1) et son instrumentation un peu différente, je n'ai rien trouvé de remarquable dans cet album. =>2/5

A beautiful record, really warm and cozy

Now this is an album that absolutely deserves a place on any listen before you die lists.

god tier

AN UNREAL ALBUM. All of my youth in 11 songs

I'm not a fan of folk music or Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam so I expected this to be a slog to get through, but it was not. I'll even say it was not bad. For those who are folk fans, I imagine this album has everything you would look for in a hippyish-folk album from 1970, even the cover. Enjoy

I like short albums

3/5

Un buen disco de boomer-core.

It's alright. Decent album, but not for me

Beautiful album. Contains the hits "Wild World" and "Father and Son".

Nice

Nice and mellow - great for background!

4.5, has some all-timers on it

His voice lends itself to this kind of soulful music. While not the kind of music I typically seek out, I'm never mad when I hear it.

Full Disclosure: I listened through "Wild World" and just skimmed the rest. Not my jam, but I can understand how some would enjoy this.

Cat Stevens is head and shoulders above the other singer/songwriters of the era.

What a classic. Didn't know Sad Lisa - SO good. Miles from Nowhere and But I Might Die Tonight were also new - not bad. Great ones all round.

Jaunty little white man. Pretty 70’s standard, but a staple nonetheless. Folk-psychedelic-pop fusion ting. Album is short as all hell, where’s the rest Cat? 7/10

I wanted to like it more, especially given how much I came in loving the last 2 tracks. But the rest of the album was only okay for me.

Not really for me

Had some decent songs here. 6/10

I hadn’t listened to this in more than 50 years, surprised at how good it is.

Tea for Stealerman by Cat Stevens is an exceptional acoustic driven album that stands out from start to finish. Though I am not usually a fan of purely acoustic records, this one is something else, beautifully recorded, with high quality compositions that feel both refined and effortless. There is a certain aura to it, an intangible vibe that keeps you engaged throughout. While I do not always focus on lyrics because of language barriers, the music alone carries a strong emotional weight. It is hard to put into words, but this album has a presence, a soul. A truly immersive listen, and an absolute banger.

the sound of a nonthreatening environment comfy music with a couple big standouts

This is a great example of some mellow folk music gems. No matter if the songs are energetic or slow, there is a calm vibe throughout the entire album. Cat shows some incredible songwriting and know how to make some catchy beats. Wild World and Father and Son in particular are bonafide classics. If I had to knock a star, some of the middle gets a little hazy. But it’s still a nice piece of east listening at the end of the day. It’s hard not to feel as least some emotion when it ends. Favorite track: Wild World Other hits: Father and Son, Where Do The Children Play, But I Might Die Tonight, Longer Boats, Into White

Tears 😭

Not bad

I really liked this one. I might already have heard this one before, but it's just really solid songwriting.

Beautiful album.

Punto bonus per la copertina

Harold and Maude fans unite.

Nice classic rock tunes, reminds me of airplane over the sea a little bit. Not something I would listen to really carefully but nice album to play on the background

Not my thing.

This is a great album

3.4 Pleasant. Not my normal kind of thing, but decent to have on in the background. Few songs I recognised (did Fleetwood Mac totally rip him off towards the end?!) Not sure how this can reach 'best ever album' status that some people appear to give it, something I'd love to know.

On second thought, it might just be Paul Simon and Bob Dylan I'm not a fan of, because this album is pretty sweet. Yusuf has a wonderful voice that's perfectly accompanied by the folk staples. Favorite song: Sad Lisa

Yusuf's one of the best singer/songwriters to ever do it. I also listened to the re-recordings of this album and they're also still great. His voice has aged like a fine wine.

Im not a native english speaker and often in english music i dont really get what they are saying without reading the lyrics. At this Album i didnt need or want to read the lyrics. I Just feel what he is saying without actually understanding it. Its wonderful and somehow Sad. Also "wild world" was featured in a very sad szene of skins uk so i got like a emotional Connection to it.

Typical slow background music. Not my jam, but it's pleasant.

One of the best album's I've ever heard in terms of pure song-writing. Faves are Father & Son, and Wild World, because I'm basic as fuck :)

Great listen.

I wish we could all be this reflective, calm and introspective. Cat Stevens questions life but not in a judging angry way, but in a way that welcomes us to ask the same questions if we want and not pass judgement if we don't. He wants to be questioned and learn from the good and the bad.

I was into Cat Stevens for a hot minute at one point in my life. Great instrumentation and recording quality. Love the poetry of the lyrics. Old favorites: Where Do the Children Play?, Wild World, On the Road to Find Out. New favorites: Miles from Nowhere, Father & Son

These songs mostly follow the formula of starting off lightly acoustic then erupting into an infectious sing along chorus. This children’s music style is lovely, but I just don’t care for Cat’s voice. Had that been different, I’d be in love with this album. Wild World has always been on my list of most annoying songs ever. On the other hand, Father and Son is lyrically and acoustically perfect. Overall, the songwriting is fantastic. The added strings totally make these songs soar. Repeat listens prove solid growth.

I really love Cat/Yusuf and his exploration of life and love and meaning and death. He has a very calming effect on me, and I admire the emotion and wisdom he sings with. The instrumentation really adds more layers to the feelings he evokes too. Especially love the piano and violin in Sad Lisa and the violin again in Into White. Wild World is a classic and a great song, and my fave 'new to me' songs were Miles from Nowhere and Father and Son. This was really beautiful from start to finish. While his life is certainly not free of controversy, and I'm mildly confused at where his spiritual journey led him, he somehow makes it feel like it will be perfectly ok to float away someday after this journey is done.

Something about Cat Stevens voice that makes every song sound like a memory from a time or a place that may not even be my own. It's like a soundtrack to an old familiar movie. Uplifting, energizing, but also sad and somber.

Makes me think of mom. I appreciate Cat Stevens for being a great singer-songwriter. I think I'll have to listen to this one again to get a better feel for what he's saying in some of the songs I've never heard before.

Uwielbiam! Łagodny głos, delikatne melodie, teksty, które trafiają do samego środeczka. Bardzo kojąca płyta. 9/10

Actually listened to this yesterday. Up to a few years ago cat was 1 of those guys from the 70s that I had heard the odd hit replayed on tv or radio, or someone covered his song. Then when the rerelease campaign came up a website gave it a listen on streaming and have been listening regularly since. Great sounding recording, playing and vocal, wonderfully written pop folk rock songs, emotional resonance, 5 star.

Yeah, a solid folksy album 3.5

Годно и стильно, прикольный мужик

Nothin like wild world

gentle, thoughtful, art

My relationship with Cat Stevens' music has mostly been through film and TV. The soundtrack to Hal Ashby's 1971 classic, Harold and Maude. A cameo on The Simpsons. The theme to Extras. Tea for the Tillerman is a gentle album. It evokes a late afternoon. It's a very pleasant listen.

Simple but deep. The musical epitome of finding light in dark moments. Glad to have revisited this album during such a bleak new year.

I admire Yusef’s dedication to his beliefs — and for his willingness to leave his music career behind to staunchly uphold that dedication — but I’ve always struggled with his music. Cat Stevens was not an artist I grew up on whatsoever. I was introduced to his music through digging in the crates in my early 20s, and at one point I owned the quartet of albums he released at the height of his creativity, from 1970-1973. The artistry of his songwriting and singing is self-evident. His dynamic arrangements and vocal performances oscillate between quiet and raucous, expertly creating and releasing tension to accentuate the emotional core of his storytelling. And the recordings are pleasantly crisp and dry, engineered to sound as natural as possible. I also agree with the dominant themes woven into his music and activism. But after re-visiting Tea for The Tillerman uninterrupted a handful of times, I was reminded of why I never latched on to his art despite its positive qualities: the music is dainty, full of corny tenderness and didactic narratives, and as is the case with many folksy singer-songwriters, the tracks lack stylistic distinction and all start sounding the same when heard in succession. His quiet-to-loud song structure becomes annoyingly predictable, and when his voice reaches those higher registers of emotion I find the growly, strained quality grating. With all that said, the power of his mega hits is not lost on me, nearly all of which are from this record and the release that followed it the year after, Teaser and The Firecat. I can appreciate their greatness, but only from a distance. No matter how many times I hear them they never seem to penetrate my taste on a deeper level.

Very good album, really cool folk stuff, catchy melodies, nice sweet guitaring. All around very very enjoyable album

Tea For The Tillerman ist ein zeitloses Album, das mit jeder Hörsitzung wächst. Es fängt die Gefühlswelt der 1970er Jahre ein und bleibt dennoch universell nachvollziehbar. Ob für Fans des Folk-Rock oder für Neulinge – dieses Werk ist ein Muss. Locker gesagt: Ein Album wie eine gute Tasse Tee – wärmt die Seele und regt zum Nachdenken an!

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+Hard Headed Woman

One of the greatest in seventies

Love cat Stevens - one of the best of all times

⭐⭐ 4/10 Nice listen, but not my kind of music as it is too calm for my likings. I do understand why people would like this, as it is very peaceful music. Wild World is definitely the best song of the album. The others are really forgettable. The album does remind me of Graceland by Paul Simon.

si señor

Qué real tipazo Yusuf

Very good

Pretty chill vibe. Wild World was catchy and Father and Son was sad

Not my cup of tea.

Great.

I’ve always loved this album. So clear and so soulful. And baby it is a wild world. When he belts out “lord my body has been a good friend, but I won’t need it when I reach the end” it stirs my soul. It’s so on the nose, yet so lovely.

Even if this album was just Father and Son I'd give it a high mark

A bit slow. has some classic heartstring pulling songs

He has a nice voice (perhaps _too_ nice for my taste) and there are some decent songs here but this doesn't quite do it for me.

Weirdly into it, 4.5. Like a young Phil Collins

I like Cat Stevens so I had high hopes for this but was left a little underwhelmed by most of the tracks. Father and Son is a really great song though.

- Already listened

Amazing so many good songs on this album and has really stood the test of time.

Full disclosure, I love the movie Harold and Maude and this album is like it's unofficial sountrack. The song the album is named after is a low key all time favorite of mine I awlays want more than the 1 minute it gives us. Nice albumb to listen to in the car when you need a change of pace from something heavy.

Listened to this while on a plane and had to stop myself from singing out loud. Tender and timeless.

Right from the first song I felt a bit unsure on the vocals... While he has a very strong and projective voice, I did feel there was a certain whiney-ness to it. The songwriting didn't blow me away and felt very of its time (not that that is a bad thing.) However something that did stick out were the melodies and instrumentation on a lot of songs. Those two conventions managed to make up for any times I wasn't enjoying his vocals. There were some very upbeat tracks (such as "Miles From Nowhere") and some very slow and calm songs (such as "Into White" and many others.) So overall this was not a bad album, but - and this surprises me as a big Nick Drake fan - it was just a neutral listen for me. (5/10)

Ett par bra sanger. OK.

Very laid back and chill album, with nice lyrical themes.

One of the best singer song writers ever. This album is all killer no filler.

This is an album that matures as I listen through the years. More relevant as I aged on. Becoming Yusuf gives this album another layer.

It’s funny, Cat Stevens is one of these places whose name I obviously know, and I know a lot of people appreciate, but honestly I couldn’t name a single song by them. This would be interesting. OK I obviously know some of this stuff. From now on if I’ll try to name a Cat Stevens song I can go for Wild World. Oh, Father and Son, that also. I have to say of all things this reminds me of Peter Gabriel era Genesis. Probably a poppier version but still. It’s not just the singing which is very much reminiscent of Gabriel, it’s also the general composition and production. After some Googling it turns out I was right, but in the wrong direction. It was actually Peter Gabriel who was a huge fan of Cat Stevens and actually tried to imitate his singing style. This started good and got even better. Really grew on me. Not sure if this is something I’ll listen to again of my own accord, since I usually like my singer songwriters to be a bit grittier, but it’s really all top tier. I just put it on for another listen. This makes me want to listen to the rest of the catalog. This is easily four stars. Sad Lisa is my favorite song on here.

Already one of my favourites

good

i’ve been meaning to listen to this full album for a while now. before i listened, i already really enjoyed “hard headed woman” and “wild world”. great album

Musicas muito bonitas e marcantes, destaque para WIld WOrld, cantada por Pepê e neném. Father and son é bem bonita

Nice album for a foggy drive to work

This album is very special to me. If there's one album that reminds me of my mom and dad it's this one. I remember riding in the back of my mom's volvo in the 90's listening to this on the way to the beach. Sining every word of father and son with my dad at my grandpa's house. When times got tough this album was a saving grace. I will always love Tea for the Tillerman. An all time favorite.

You just can't help but smile. A neat, cute presentation of 11 sweet little stories in the forms of songs.

Solid

Great album, one of my dad's favorites

good almost great

Pretty solid album with a couple of absolute classics. Mid 3s