Classic Albums - Tea For The Tillerman.
‘Tea for the Tillerman’ is one of the best albums of the seventies. Cat Stevens recorded some wonderful songs and it is actually difficult to pick out only one of his albums as a ‘classic’. ‘Mona Bone Jakon’, ‘Teaser and the Firecat’ and ‘Catch Bull at Four’ were all fantastic records; however, ‘Tea for the Tillerman’ is probably the most universally accessible.
Anyone who likes the Folk/Hippy music of the sixties and seventies will have heard many of Cat Stevens’ songs and ‘Tea for the Tillerman’ is a showcase for a lot of his most famous ones. ‘Hard Headed Woman’, ‘Wild World’, ‘Father and Son’, ‘Into White’ and ‘Sad Lisa’ are all tracks that you may well have heard, even if you didn’t realise it.
Cat Stevens has always written beautiful songs and many of them are about searching for an answer. This gives them a magical quality and along with amazing production, an emotionally expressive voice and the back-up of the brilliant Alun Davies. With components like these you are guaranteed to be onto a winner. Cat Stevens’ lyrics are pure poetry and his voice is warm and distinctive. When he sings about finding meaning you get the strong impression that he is an old friend who will take your hand and help you in your search.
The music of Cat Stevens is unique; there is no-one else in the same category. This is because Cat Stevens invented his own category. Even today there is no-one else like Cat Stevens; the only songs that can give you any of the same feelings are the ones he now writes, under the name of Yusuf Islam.
‘Tea for the Tillerman’ is a record that everyone should hear. It is a collection of hauntingly beautiful songs that will reach right inside of you and touch your heart.
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