Tea for the Tillerman

A perfect little package of 3-minute acoustic guitar pop gems. Great song writing, beautifully recorded, sequenced and presented. Has Father and Son on it - objectively an all-time great song.

Mona Bone Jakon only began Cat Stevens' comeback. Seven months later, he returned with Tea for the Tillerman, an album in the same chamber-group style, employing the same musicians and producer, but with a far more confident tone. Mona Bone Jakon had been full of references to death, but Tea for the Tillerman was not about dying; it was about living in the modern world while rejecting it in favor of spiritual fulfillment. It began with a statement of purpose, "Where Do the Children Play?," in which Stevens questioned the value of technology and progress. "Wild World" found the singer being dumped by a girl, but making the novel suggestion that she should stay with him because she was incapable of handling things without him. "Sad Lisa" might have been about the same girl after she tried and failed to make her way; now, she seemed depressed to the point of psychosis. The rest of the album veered between two themes: the conflict between the young and the old, and religion as an answer to life's questions. Tea for the Tillerman was the story of a young man's search for spiritual meaning in a soulless class society he found abhorrent. He hadn't yet reached his destination, but he was confident he was going in the right direction, traveling at his own, unhurried pace. The album's rejection of contemporary life and its yearning for something more struck a chord with listeners in an era in which traditional verities had been shaken. It didn't hurt, of course, that Stevens had lost none of his ability to craft a catchy pop melody; the album may have been full of angst, but it wasn't hard to sing along to. As a result, Tea for the Tillerman became a big seller and, for the second time in four years, its creator became a pop star.

A few good songs here and there, but otherwise utterly boring.

A masterpiece by a musical genius. Cat Stevens is a master storyteller. Wish we could have more music by him, but his personal and religious choices are his own. Songs of my youth all abound here (it's before my time, but Cat Stevens was a mainstay in my house growing up). Wild World and Father and Son are some of the best songs ever to grace my ears and I get tears listening to them to this day. Some weaker songs make this a 4.5/5, but I just can't give this album, that meant so much to me growing up, anything other than a 5/5.

I don't know how you can listen to this and not have a smile on your face. Just a joy. Best track: Father and Son

Great fan of this album- was all set to give it 4* (purely for preferring Teaser and the Firecat) but then listened again and was hit by the emotional depth, the wonderful melodies, the great simplicity of the songwriting and arrangements across the record. Bookends don't come much better than "Where do the Children Play" and "Father and Son" (plus the brilliant title track).

I've never really been a Cat Stevens fan, TBH. He's a little too chill for my taste. That said, the songwriting is pretty damn solid. This album was apparently his big "here I am world" moment and it shows with songs like "Wild World" that have stood the test of time and been covered a thousand times. Mostly, this album is kind of ho-hum for me. It's not offensive or exciting. It just... is.

Il est arrivé dans ce générateur avec un statut de favori, et force est de constater qu'il n'a pas déçu. Après une entame tonitruante, Cat Stevens ayant déjà creusé l'écart avec ses principaux concurrents (Gene Clark qui ?) au bout de quatre chansons décide de poser le jeu et faire courir ses adversaires. Une dernière action de classe en fin d'album avec Father And Son permet à Yusuf de terminer la partie sur une bonne note sans avoir été mis en difficulté une seule seconde.

It’s full of heart and soul. Incredible guitar work and earnest vocals. Father and Son made me tear up.

Started this record on the way to drop the kid off at daycare, toying with a joke around Cat Stevens singing “where do the children play”; ended it half a day later driving back with the kid listening to “Father and Son” wondering what portion of my eyes’ moistness I could ascribe to hayfever. One of our group’s silent members loves Cat Stevens and will shake his head for my finding the man’s records too earnest for my taste, taking me back to misty recollections of weird, late 70’s children’s’ tv optimism, but the sheer commitment, the smart production, and the ear worms put him up there regardless of my never-trust-a-hippy reflexes.

Listened to Cat Stevens multiple times before, but haven't heard any tunes in a while, so this is a quite pleasing listening experience.

This is an absolutely amazing start to this project! This is my first time ever listening to Cat Stevens. Such clean guitar acoustics and soulful lyrics.

In my opinion, Tea for the Tillerman (and his followup Teaser and the Firecat) are the two best folk albums of the 1970’s. Just great from start to finish. “Wild World” is an obvious standout and gives the album it’s needed pop hit, but “Father and Son” is one of the best songs - in any genre - ever written.

This is my favorite album of all time, must listen!

Cat Stevens sucks

Far be it from me to come barging back in here and start throwing my weight around but this is so good. I've always thought Cat Stevens has some good tracks but existed all on one level, a sort of airy fairy very light folk sound. I've had him all wrong, this album is really really good. When Wide World came on I was pleased to hear this was a Cat song, but Sad Lisa really got me listening. From then on there are regular gut punches and tear jerks. It's got a rich, full sound and his voice has a wonderful quality that can jump from lightness to great depth at the spin of a wheel.

Instant 5 stars for me. This is one of my all time favorites, and one I revisit frequently. Another one I have a hard time even putting into words. What can be said about Father and Son? or But I Might Die Tonight? Spent the day listening to various mixes of this album. Tea for the Tillerman 2 is wild. Love the addition of strings.

My mom wore through 2 Lps of this one. I really enjoy it too.

4.5/5, some of my favorite Cat Stevens songs on this one

Absolutely love this album. Spoke to many moments and thoughts currently experiencing. 11/11/2020

I mean, it's Cat Stevens

The over-amped mic capturing the plectrum scraping the strings on "Wild World" is, in my opinion, the single worse recording decision in the history of popular music. Otherwise a great album

fucking hell I hate Cat Stevens

I hate Wild World and it's the best song on the album so that tells you everything you need to know. TRITE/MONOTONOUS/OLD DUDES YAPPING/BORING/ONE-DIMENSIONAL

I have recently bought a turntable to play my handful of high school and university vinyls. It's a bluetooth turntable so that I can listen to surviving 7 record albums on my speakers. Somewhere along the way, I suppose it was "on the road to find out", this much played & beloved album disappeared. Cat Stevens music is unique in both sound and lyrics.

How happy I was to listen to this today. I wish I had better words to talk about it. It's beautiful. It's both nostalgic and timeless. A few limited observations among many: The lyrics of "Into White" intrigued me. I love the build-up in "Miles from Nowhere" as his search progresses. And as the father of a teenage son, "Father and Son" caught me by surprise and took the wind out of me.

Beautiful songwriting and great lyrics, but the dynamics are really what got me. Stevens is equally powerful whether he be a whispering breeze or a howling gale. In a genre that can often find itself with the dynamics of a snack pack of vanilla pudding, this was quite refreshing.

Flawless.

Really enjoyed way more than I thought I would!

In my collection already

Love this album

Beautiful. Truly.

5 stars!

Cat Stevens or Yusuf, his now adapted stage name, had already a couple of projects released when this dropped but this hit like a bomb. Especially 'Wild World' was and still is a huge success. The album is full of peacefull and soft Folk Pop tunes that are all really cute and interesting. 'Where Do the Children Play?' opens the album with soft guitar notes and slowly builds up into more and more but not anxious tension that releases into a final vocal climax. A beautiful song with a great structure and sound that keeps you interested throughout. This is an incredible song with many great moments both lyrically and instrumentally. The following 'Hard Headed Woman' is a much softer approach with the strings that at one point take most of the attention before the vocals explode out of nothing and completley contradict the start. It is a lovely song but I feel that at times it is a little streched rather than needed especially near the end. The already mentioned 'Wild World' follows and I do think that it's the best song on the album. The chorus is super catchy and the structure is a great mix between conventional and special. The same can be said about the tension that it creates and releases perfectly for the chorus to start again. A perfect song with perfect execution. This is how a Folk Pop song should be done. The more sentimental 'Sad Lisa' switches the guitar with a piano and creates a very sad sounding and emotionally dense track that is amplified even more with the mourning strings that let the song flow through the bridge. 'Miles From Nowhere' closes the albums first half with another great song that really shows the more fast-paced side of the album. It is a really great blend between the Folk Pop of before with more Rock influence. The only thing that I criticise about this song is that the verse can feel a little bland compared to chorus and bridge. The short but sweet 'But I Might Die Tonight' starts the second side with another really good song that again has a little bit of Rock sprinkled in. The "ah-ah-ah" part is really good and for being so short, the song has quite the moments. 'Longer Boats' starts by sounding a lot like a Beach Boys inspired song and that typical vocal harmony style is kept throughout even if it is much less present than what is standard with the Beach Boys. But overall the song is much more average and isn't all that interesting compared to most this project offers. The much more classic Folk inspired 'Into White' is a similar case of being not bad but much more average than most other songs. It's really cute and all but a very peaceful guitar and vocal sound but I'm just not widely interested with what is going on. The by far longest song is 'On the Road to Find Out' is again a rather uninteresting song with the few moments that are being pretty overshadowed. But the length doesn't really matter here which is a pretty good sign because it doesn't get super tiring. Just before the album finishes we get another classic. This time 'Father and Son' is a really simple but hypnotising song that shows the lyrical and songwriting abillity Cat Stevens has in the fullest potential. It's a really lovely song that really sticks out in this second half. This is a really emotional and deeply connecting song. The one minute long title track 'Tea for the Tillerman' closes the album as a kind of outro that mainly plays with piano to create a song that sounds like a final symphonic end to this album. favourites: Wild World, Where Do the Children Play?, Father and Son least favourites: On the Road to Find Out, Into White Rating: decent 8 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

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Less spaced-out than Donnovan, less insincere than James Taylor, Stevens is undeniably melodic, consistently rhythmic and surprisingly not annoying; everything I'd expected he wouldn't be. Given how insanely catchy the closer/title track is, I'm shocked it's only lasts a minute. But given his virility as a folk-pop peddler, leaving them wanting more is exactly the right thing to do.

Fatwa results in immediate disqualification.

Given how many artists have far too many albums in this collection (here's looking at you, PJ Harvey, Morrissey et al, and even Nick Cave, David Bowie, etc.) it's a bit shocking that there's only one Cat Stevens album, and that it would come in at #952, but I'm very glad we got at least one of his classic albums. I doubt I've ever listened to an entire Cat Stevens album, aside from a greatest-hits compilation, so it was fun to listen to more than half of this album for the first time. Aside from the from the timeless classics that I've heard a zillion times (willingly), I also enjoyed the new-to-me tracks "Hard headed woman", "Sad Lisa" and "Into white". I know it's a pretty sentimental response to him, but I feel like his voice and guitar work alone can make almost any song sound great; what a fantastic album.

this is tea for the tillerman, the fourth album release by british musician yusuf/cat stevens. a soft folk poppy rocky song collection, this album is a bit humble and not too long, but this album definitely seemed to make it big both in the united states and the united kingdom. plenty of tracks from this record were used in TV shows and movies. in a few words, this album seems to focus a lot on personal progress, life, and discovery. wow, what a voice! it's quite remarkable to me, this guy was in his early 20s when recording all this and yet it sounds like he's lived through decades. it's soft rock for sure, but ol' cat stevens plays and sings with such passion and gusto. he's quite the dreamer; as the album goes on i end up just sitting in an ambitious but melancholy way, thinking about what i want to do with my life and seeing everyone else live theirs. the world is an oyster, but who knows what possibilities even exist? who knows what could happen? life is funny like that. that's the energy this record has. it's lovely.

One of the greatest albums by one of the greatest singer songwriters.

A thing of beauty.

You found me in a good mood Cat, take the first five stars I've given out

Holy shit. This is why I chose to participate in this endeavor. I did not know this album at all. Cat Stevens was just a name to me. So glad I was assigned this album. It’s amazing.

The wisdom in Cat Steven's words is often contrasted by his religious self-righteousness in this album. It was a sign of things to come. Still, if you can get past that, there's a record's worth of earnest reflections to the sound of blissful folk.

I need to apologize: I totally thought Cat Stevens was the guy behind Cats In The Cradle. I guess him being named Cat and the song having Cat’s in the title confused me for years. Totally different dude. This guy sings a lot like Peter Gabriel. I could listen to this style of early 70’s singer-songwriter music all day. Toss it in the Jim Croce/Todd Rundgren/Carole King/Labi Siffre collection. Just a bunch of really well written and performed songs. I listened to this four times before writing a review not because I was unsure of my rating or thoughts, just because I enjoyed it that much.

What a beauty. One of The Ones. One of the special albums. Stunning songs, great instrumentation and powerful vocals. Musical balm.

A real banger, from start to finish.

Yes

Solid album with a few hits (Wild World, Hard-Headed Woman, Father and Son) and no real duds.

I've always been a fan of Cat Stevens. I have this one on vinyl and have heard it many times, but I also have Teaser and the Firecat, which is the better outting, and his Greatest Hits is a 6/5 any day of the week. Hard Headed Woman and Wild World are the obvious hits, and I have never been able to listen to Father and Son without tearing up (and it's SOOO much worse now that I am one/have one.) That said, there are some downtimes and misses that keep this one out of my top tier, and prevent me from rounding this 4.5/5 up to a five..

Was unsure at first however true music and it is very fun yet cute

Beautiful album - such a delicate tenderness to it.

Peaceful and sweet. Put me at ease.

This is pretty much the gold standard for singer songwriters of the 1970s, both for it's quality and for its themes of reflection and search for meaning. Beautiful, melodic songs, with balanced, elegant arrangements. There's something in Stevens' delivery that makes him seem like he was beamed in from another time, long ago - a pop star Thoreau come to tell us, "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" He's still on the journey himself at this point, of course. But it's delightful to ride along with him for a while. Listen in a sunny window, cup of tea at hand. Fave Songs: Wild World, Sad Lisa, Father and Son, Hard Headed Woman

Classic Cat right here. In my adolescence I used to think this guy was corny as fuck, but in my adulthood his earnest charm has been slowly eroding my defenses and, at 40, I reckon I could say I'm a fan. I'm a guitar teacher and have taught his tunes for years, but it was more from wanting to share the wider repertoire of guitar with students than from being a fan. Well... rock on... no, that's not right.. folk on, Mr. Cat!

Cat Stevens reflects on the world in front of him as he sees it, asking fundamental questions and offering humble advice. He tends to come at you slowly and then all at once with a jolt of emotion as if his patience has run out. It’s during these 0-60 moments with this sense that he’s betrayed or surprised himself with outburst that he carries a unique sincerity. Where do the children play. Miles from nowhere. On the road to find out.

Yusuf/Cat Stevens has a great voice and great lyrics. Not a single instrument is out of place on this album.

Cat Stevens is exhausting. The album is good enough I guess, but look around the time and age and he simply isn't enough of anything. John Denver was alive. Neil Young. The Grateful Dead were touring. Paul Simon was writing songs that were dropping panties. This guy just didn't move the needle enough, and the worst part: His best songs all were assassinated by superior covers, including the most well known song on here.

Sentimental attachment. I'm not a fan but a loved one is, and during a terrible time when he was in a coma for about a week after a horrible car wreck, I would play this and another Cat Stevens cassette for him while I held his hand. I'll never forget the thrill when he finally squeezed my hand back at one point. Listening to this puts me right back into that hospital room. Beyond even the circumstance, this music has a wholesome, healing sound. If you don't listen too closely. Without that memory, however, most of this record would irritate the shit out of me, so that's how you get to three stars.

(3/5) This is teetering on the verge of a '4' for me. My father must have exposed me to this when I was younger, because I recognized way more songs than I thought I would. I don't explicitly recall it, but you know that feeling like you've heard it before but can't remember when or where? That was half this album, and Cat has a distinct voice and style. "Father and Son" is amazing and a tear-jerker of a song.. in a good way. I'm not crying.. I've been cutting onions I swear..

This one grew on as the day went. I was familiar with a few of the tracks, the singles “Wild World” and “Father and Son.” The remainder of the album did not disappoint, it lived up to the promise of those known tracks. At first I didn’t have much to say on this album, but it eventually revealed itself to be a solid entry of guitar strumming and singing. I know this is from 1970 but I imagine moppy haired dudes with acoustic guitars tried their hand at these tracks at many a coffee shop open mics well into the 1990s. Probably near a college campus they may or may not have been attending. The songwriting is high quality, Cat Stevens delivery is a reliable guide through it all too. The vocals are in service to the themes, which, dear lord. It amazes me that one could write “Father and Son” at age 22, but damn if Cat Stevens didn’t do just that. Yeah, this was an album that resonated with me on the folk elements. Again, I can be sucker for an acoustic guitar used effectively like this. “Into White” was a great example of that. 3.5/5

A unique voice that draws you in.

Quite nice! Cat Stevens has such a pleasant voice.

Every day we get a singer songwriter my hatred for Dylan and Cohen grows

i like cat stevens as a songwriter, i dislike cat stevens as a performer adore this album cover, why is there a guy conjuring lightning way in the back

Cat Stevens was also a regular on the potty training playlist, but my interest didn't make it past childhood even in a Greatest Hits style. Listening to this, I am reminded of why - songs are pretty but simple, with my overall impression on the nursery rhyme side of things. Still, "Father And Son" offers good mystical advice, "Miles From Nowhere" would make a neat cremation epitaph, and the title track is odd and majestic.

Folk music framed as a children's book: whimsical, playful, and a bit intense at times. Stevens is particularly good at building songs with this intensity, giving it a sort of build and fall. To that extent, I think Stevens is an excellent songwriter. That being said, it doesn't resonate with me very much. No fault of the music, it just doesn't stick with me.

Nee echt niet mn ding. Wild World was een grappige verrassing, had geen idee van wie dat was, maar verandert mn mening niet. Enige lol die ik had tijdens het luisteren was dat ik geregeld mn lach moest inhouden van hoe lullig het allemaal klonk.

This is maybe one of the most just not for me albums out there. This is like Raffi for adults.

🐐

One the best albums of all time. Maybe THE best.

Sometimes I rate things on here based mostly on the mood I'm in on that particularly day, which makes me inconsistent but I don't care. For some reason this was exactly what I needed to listen to today.

5 stars, don't even need to listen to it. Cat Stevens was a household name for us back when I was a kid, many holidays were spent listening to his CDs in the car. I hadn't listened to these songs for a while but I still know all the words 🥺

Love this album!

Absolutely LOVED this album. Brilliant.

I have many fond memories of listening to this album as a child since it was one of my mom's favorites. It's so good.

Very unique album

Like hidden rooms in an old house, filled with stories waiting to be discovered. This album is a journey, a comfort, and a wisdom I found comfort in. Spins: 3 Playlist Additions - Where Do the Children Play? - Hard Headed Woman - Wild World - Sad Lisa - Father and Son

I am so happy that I am doing this challenge today, this is one example of a classic artist and album that I should have known before but never paid too much attention, and it ends up that I know most of songs (from covers and from Cat Stevens himself). . This album is gorgeous, the intrumentation the lyrics the voice deliveries...the piano! It is full song songwriter that I appreciate: good storytelling and gorgeous music. I can tell how this influenced modern musicians as well- I discovered Moonshadow on Mandy Moore's album Coverage and Wild World has been widely covered-I could sing it in Portuguese as it was covered in Brazil. I heard this album twice and it grew so much... I need to dig into his discography now, this is a classic to me and a well deserved spot in this list. 5/5

Yusuf Islam, better known as Cat Stevens, probably doesn't need much introduction, as one of the most prolific singer-songwriters out there. I heard the big singles "Wild World" and "Father and Son" in numerous places, and those tracks have a certain sentimentality to me. I also recognize how cathartic the release of Tea for the Tillerman must have been for Yusuf. He went through a spiritual awakening and a subsequent fruitful writing period while hospitalized for tuberculosis. He switched record labels to pursue his desire to be a folk-rock artist who isn't overshadowed by outlandish orchestration. Plus, the first release from this stripped-down direction, Mona Bone Jakon, was only a modest success. Thus, I am glad to say that Tea for the Tillerman was his commercial breakthrough, and for good reason. I think this record resonated with me because of the genuine earnestness in Yusuf's weathered life lessons, personal struggles, desires, and spiritual journey. The loss of innocence expressed through the ecological toll taken as society progresses on "Where Do the Children Play?", the yearning for a practical and uncompromising partner on "Hard Headed Woman", the retrospection on his return to music after being hospitalized for so long on "Wild World", his bouts with depression on "Sad Lisa", his hunger for spiritual balance on "Miles from Nowhere", the harsh observations on expectations imposed at a young age on "But I Might Die Tonight", the plea for unity in the face of external threats on "Longer Boats", and the search for spiritual freedom and bliss on "Into White" and "On the Road to Find Out" are all presented well, with such commandment of quiet and loud dynamics from Yusuf's own voice as the backing vocals and instrumentation match. It all culminates in the penultimate track "Father to Son", as Yusuf switches between his tenor and baritone ranges to present the father and son characters in the narrative, both providing their measured perspectives as the son heads out to start his life anew. It's a beautiful song that speaks universally to growth and generational differences, and it always tugged at my heartstrings the most from this record. Sure, the closing title track was a rather short ending, but that's the only nitpick I have, and even then it's upbeat and anthemic. At this point, I feel certain in my adoration for Tea for the Tillerman, as it is a beautiful record. Of course, Yusuf would achieve further success, starting with the very next record and its big single, "Peace Train". He also found his spiritual bliss with his conversion to Islam, which I am happy for him.

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Lovely slice of folk rock. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I’m a little higher than a 5. It’s just a really well done album about wanting to appreciate things. Cat / Yusuf is the figurehead centering these tracks as someone who’s appreciating those that don’t appreciate him, searching for appreciation in the abstract spiritual level, or is trying to be appreciated. It’s done with a level of care; this album largely doesn’t feel judgmental despite a concept that might garner a larger ego. Instead, he just feels like someone with all the experience in the world stewarding these stories so people don’t have to feel alone in the contemplations this album tackles with grace. Despite all of our technological achievements, are we doing things to better the world for the children who will grow up in it? Is a hard-headed woman who’ll both challenge & appreciate you truly the key to happiness? Is it worth it to trade in your vivacity & spice of life for a financially stable dead-end job? Even if you break up with someone, it’s only fair to warn them about the lesser men out there, right? If someone is clearly suffering & hurting, is it selfish to want to be the one to help them, even if they don’t need it? If your dad isn’t listening, no matter how right he might be, is it time to go? Is the devoted journey to get to Heaven, or some other form of spiritually enlightened bliss, truly worth enduring? How much guidance do you need in that spiritual search anyway? If you know you’ll find yourself someday, how fast should you pace yourself on that road? It’s an album that follows those contemplations, & while it never directly answers them, it approaches them down a generally grounded path, and one that appreciates the life experience it takes to get to those questions to begin with. It never insults the intelligence of the listener, and these are all written in a way that just feels like a gentle nudge in a good direction. Combine that with great vocals & really nice soundscapes, and you get an album that feels like an adult picture book. These are vivid, but not overwhelmingly painted. You can see the pictures, but you can likely plug in your own face to almost all of these tracks. There’s an unspoken intimacy to it, and by the end, it just feels like an appreciation of life despite the softer hardships present in it. Hence, a little higher than a 5. Not quite a 10, as I do think some tracks get a touch repetitive or a little too abstract, but it’s still a very strong album regardless. I appreciate it. I think it’s the type of calming album I’ve needed in light of a stressful week, and I’m glad it’s on the list. I really am stuck with a soft smile right now. Thanks, Yusuf.

A beautiful album with four Harold and Maude entries. This one is an absolute gem.

Cat Stevens is amazing and this is probably his best album. Just a great collection of songs played so well, with his incredible voice. Most of these made up the soundtrack to Harold and Maude too, which is an amazing film. Just genius. The first 5 or 6 tracks are brilliant, then it drops off to just absolutely great... And to (essentially) end on father and son, which is incredible!

I expected that this would be a 3 star album. Not my thing but probably wouldn't be too onurous to listen to. But this man has stories to tell, interesting arrangements, lovely songwriting, great vocals, really nicely recorded acoustic guitar and subtle backing vocals and musicians. A real gem. Hard not to recognise and greatly respect a good decent man and album in this record. One of two albums so far that I immediately started listening to again. 5/5

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I knew I liked this song going into this, but really its just a fantastic album. Its got a simple production, but by the end of certain songs, that song feels so big. I'll be humming to these songs for the rest of the day. 5 out of 5.

🥞 Harold, eat your beets!

A wonderful Singer/Songwriter-Album with some progressive aspects.

Now THIS is how Folk is done right... F Bob Dylan.

This rules!

classic album that is must listen for any audiophile. He has a certain passion and unique voice that separates him from many other singer songwriters.

You can tell why Noah Kahan loves Cat Stevens to the degree that he does. Every song seems so personal, and they're so well written. Father and Son is one of my favorite songs ever made, and everything else matched my expectations for this. What a listen!

LINDOOOOOO

a classic. already knew i was a fan of yusuf/cat stevens but first time listening to this album all the way through.

It's a masterpiece.

Skor 100% sem, da sm že poslušala ta album (how could I not? Je right in my wheelhouse.) "Where Do the Children Play?" je super. Isto "Hard Headed Woman". "Wild World" sm nažalost iz Skins generacije, tko da sam vidim finale prve sezone k slišim ta komad. (Fak, those were the times.) "Father And Son" je kr ikoničen komad. Ta album je ful zame.

I really enjoyed this! So many songs I recognised that I didn’t know were Cat Steven’s!?

This really is a lovely little album. Cat Stevens tells beautiful stories. It's a laid back, heart and soul kind of album.