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Free Music Review: Cat Is Gold
Hit: 5 Stars
Has the best from all his albums, if you love the "Cat" you'll love thisFree Music Review: + 1/2 stars...A Comprehensive Overview of a Magical Artist
Hit: 4 Stars
Cat Stevens' GOLD fills the gap nicely for those fans who felt that 2000's THE VERY BEST OF was too brief, but didn't want to spring for 2001's exhaustive 79-track box set ON THE ROAD TO FIND OUT. However, before you rush out and purchase GOLD, here are some things to consider.
BOOS:
Four of Cat Stevens' early UK hits are not here, including his 1966 debut "I Love My Dog" (#28). Also missing is his final Top 50 U.S. hit "Banapple Gas" (#41, 1976). [All five of these tracks are on the box set.] In fact, Stevens' first three albums are represented by only five tracks.
Also missing are Stevens' final Top 40 hits, "Ready" and "Two Fine People." [Inexplicably, they are also missing from THE VERY BEST OF as well as the box set.]
Bottom line, this two-disc set could have been more complete, considering disc 1 runs 54:32 and disc 2 runs 71:05. There was easily room for another 30 minutes of music.
BRAVOS:
Nearly half of the tracks (15 altogether) are taken from his three best albums: TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN, TEASER AND THE FIRECAT and CATCH BULL AT FOUR. [On a personal note, I regret the omission of "The Boy With the Moon And Star on His Head."]
In addition, GOLD includes two wonderful tracks from the HAROLD AND MAUDE SOUNDTRACK: "Don't Be Shy" and "If You Want To Sing Out Sing Out."
While THE VERY BEST OF included only an edit of "Foreigner Suite," GOLD includes the entire 18-minute original.
Finally, the inclusion of "Indian Ocean" alone makes this a required purchase. This song was recorded earlier this year with royalties going to Yusuf Islam's charity "Small Kindness" to benefit victims of last December's devastating tsunami. Without being preachy, the song juxtaposes Western opulence with Third World poverty. [Favorite lyric: "But just look at those eyes/She must be Paradise."] More than twenty-five years after his last commercial album, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens shows he is still an artist to be reckoned with. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Free Music Review: Cat Stevens and The Incomplete "Best Of" compilations
Hit: 4 Stars
Cat Stevens is a wonderful person and a sublime songwriter. Neverthless, none of the several compilations released since 1975 onwards stand out as definitive or ultimate. Even the 4 CD-Box Set released a few years ago missed some essential tunes!.
Why on earth it seems to be impossible for the record companies releasing a brilliant retrospective?. It's not that hard at all!. Let's see:
Disc 1
1. Matthew & Son
2. I Love My Dog
3. First Cut Is The Deepest, The
4. Lady D'Arbanville
5. Katmandu
6. I Think I See The Light
7. Fill My Eyes
8. Where Do The Children Play?
9. Hard Headed Woman
10. Wild World
11. Sad Lisa
12. Into White
13. Father & Son
14. Don't Be Shy
15. If You Wanna Sing Out Sing Out
16. The Wind
17. Moonshadow
18. Morning Has Broken
19. Rubylove
20. Tuesday's Dead
21. How Can I Tell You
Disc 2
1. Peace Train
2. Sitting
3. Silent Sunlight
4. Ruins
5. Can't Keep It In
6. 18th Avenue
7. The Hurt
8. Foreigner Suite
9. Oh Very Young
10. King Of Trees
11. Another Saturday Night
12. Banapple Gas
13. Two Fine People
14. Old Schoolyard, (Remember The Days Of The)
15. To Be A Star, (I Never Wanted To Be)
16. Just Another Night
I really hope next time this will be the compilation.
Please just release it!!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Free Music Review: (Most Of) The Best Of Cat
Hit: 4 Stars
The main thing that strikes me about Cat Stevens (or Yusuf Islam as he calls himself now) is that, during his Cat Stevens phase from 1966 to 1978, he made really, really *nice* music. The melodies, the words, and of course, the man's distinctive voice and guitar-picking....just really good, spiritual, uplifting songs. He is an incredibly talented troubadour, and this 2-CD set,"Gold," collects a healthy dose of classic Cat Stevens music. Although, as other reviewers have pointed out, "Gold" is a bit incomplete, most of the big hit songs are here, such as "Matthew And Son," "Morning Has Broken," "Wild World," "Moonshadow," etc., but "Gold" also features tracks from Stevens' later albums that aren't as well known. These songs are just as wonderful as the hits, including "Angelsea," "Last Love Song," and the very impressive, 18-minute "Foreigner Suite." And, for the grand finale, "Gold" features the brand-new song, "Indian Ocean," which Stevens/Islam recorded for charity. It is a *beautiful* song, and worth the price of admission alone. There are several Cat Stevens compilations already on the market, but "Gold" is an excellent one, and a great introduction to the magical music of Cat Stevens.Free Music Review: Real Solid Overview of Unfairly Maligned Artist
Hit: 4 Stars
The double CD set covers every era of his career. For the price you could not do any better. Every CD is represented fairly. The sound is crisp and clear. The emphasis on Tea for the Tillerman, Teaser and Catch Bull at Four is fair. The inclusion of the 18 minute Foreigner Suite is a nice touch. The singles from the Harold and Maude soundtrack as well as one of his most recent songs make this as complete as you could wish.
The man is unfairly maligned for his sincere religious beliefs. To condemn Yusuf Islam (his chosen name), for what he has found in life is ignorant. (See the remarks of Scott Kupitz below.)Cat Stevens is no more brainwashed that a sports fan that thinks his home team is better than another city's professional assemblage. Stevens/Islam walked away from money, adoration, women and luxury for his God. So did Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and dozens of others in Rock.
This is a great assortment at a great price and A & M is to be commended for putting over 100 minutes of great music on the market for an almost reasonable price. (All CDs are over priced, but the Gold series is a comparative bargain).