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Tea for the Tillerman
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731454688420
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: A&M
Manufacturer: A&M
MPN: 546884
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: A&M
Release Date: May 23, 2000
Studio: A&M
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Editorial Review:
Cat Stevens tends to be lumped in with the early-'70s singer-songwriter school led by James Taylor and Carole King, but he actually fits in rather neatly with such wistful English contemporaries as Nick Drake, Syd Barrett, and Donovan. Tea for the Tillerman's "Wild World," "Into White," and "Longer Boats" indicate that he may have been a more gifted tunesmith than the lot of them. As with the best of the Brit folk-rockers, Stevens mixed melancholy with whimsy. Yes, he was prone to airy platitudes, but when he harnessed his eccentricities, as he did throughout this 1970 masterwork, you had something truly distinctive. A natural cult artist, à la Tim Buckley and Leonard Cohen, Stevens connected with record-buyers to the tune of 25 million units sold before he changed his name to Yusuf Islam, established an Islamic school, and raised a ruckus by supporting Ayatollah Khomeini's death decree against author Salman Rushdie. This remastered 2000 version of the 1970 recording, which was overseen by the artist, is a vast improvement over the earlier CD reissue. --Steve Stolder
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - RFID ruins album art
The music is Cat Stevens. It's as always great.
The RFID tag that is stuck to the album art will ruin it when removed.
Bad Move whomever had the idea of putting RFID tags on album artwork.
Rating: - Tea for the Tillerman- trip down memory lane
I have been searching for this particular Cat Stevens album for years. The CD is vibrant and memory filled. I love the relaxing music. Takes me back to my youth.
Rating: - Classic Cat Stevens
For lots of people listening to popular music several decades ago, one of the most enchanting albums of all was Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman." The eponymous song closed out a musical treasure of reflective, thoughtful, and insightful songs. Song after song lures the listener in, trying to make out the lyrics as the stories spin out.
The CD starts off with the wonderful "Where Do All the Children Play." Key lines that typify this song:
"I know we've come a long way, ... Read More
Rating:  - CAT STEVENS' TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN IS A FINE ALBUM, BUT A LITTLE SAD, TOO (sad because spiritual enthusiasm is out of style)
Cat Stevens' Tea For The Tillerman (1970) is Cat's best album, and it's also an album that I like quite a bit. I didn't care much for Cat's music when this, and his other most popular albums, came out. I was into other types of rock music at the time. But since then, I've checked out some Cat Stevens music here and there, and I can relate now and then. I like to listen to Tea For The Tillerman when I'm the mood for his mature, spiritual, and somewhat somber sound. Most of the songs are built around Cat's ... Read More
Rating: - Amazingly Classic
I will admit that my interest was sparked by hearing the song Tea for the Tillerman at the end of Extras episodes. I also always loved hearing Wild World on the radio when I was young. So I decided to buy the CD now less than a month later I have every song memorized and think the whole CD is an absolute masterpiece. Highly recommended.
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