Cat Stevens, 1970.
Where Do the Children Play, Hard Headed Woman, Wild World, Sad Lisa, Longer Boats, Father and Son...
Get the idea?
(6 of the 11 songs featured on this album - and the other 5 are good, just not hits!)
This was not just a solid, reliable follow-up to Cat's debut as singer-songwriter-call-all-shots, Mona Bone Jakon...this was THE album that established Cat as king-of-the-bedsit...his gentle, observant, heartfelt protest-romance-relationship songs spoke for and to the younger generation of his time, sneaking into our hearts via the melody, lyrics and that delicious burred vocal timbre (still evident today with Yusuf).
With Teaser and the Firecat to follow, an even more "mega-album" than Tillerman, 1970 must have seemed like a pretty good year for Cat Stevens!
10/10
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