... Oh Very Young
8. Matthew and Son
9. Sitting
10. Hard Headed Woman
11. I Love My Dog
12. Ruby Love
13. Don't Be Shy
14. Can't Keep It In
15. Here Comes My Baby
16. Into White
17. (Remember the Days of The) Old School Yard
18. Where Do the Children Play?
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his early-'70s peak to his more eclectic late-1970s experiments. Following the progression makes for an interesting endeavor as Stevens learns to harness his ambit...
Lady D'Arbanville Oh Very Young Matthew & Son Sitting Hard Headed Woman I Love My Dog Ruby Love Don't Be shy Can't Keep It In Here Comes My Baby Into White (Reme...
Deepest Oh Very Young Ruby Love Morning Has Broken Moonshadow Matthew And Son Father And Son Can't Keep It In Hard Headed Woman Remember The Days Of The Old Schooly...
A review by Fiver29 on Very Best Of Cat Stevens, The - Cat Stevens July 27th, 2009
Author's product rating:
Originality
Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics
Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks
Flawless
How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Outstanding
Value for Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Catchy Songs
Disadvantages:
.
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
You know you’re getting old when you start to listen to music that your mum and dad used to listen to. Despite the thought of getting old when I saw the advert for this album on the TV I decided to download it because secretly as a youngster I like quite few of the songs. I’m not sure why it was suddenly being advertised as it’s quite an old album now (first released in 2006 according to Amazon.co.uk, and 2000 according to Amazon.com).
After listening to the first run though I was actually surprised by the amount of songs I did know, there were the obvious ones (that I’d heard on the TV advert); Moon Shadow, Father and Son, Morning has Broken, but there were a lot of other ones that when I read the names I didn’t recognise, but when I heard them the memories came flooding back, ones like Lady D’arbanville, Old School Yard, I love my Dog and Sad Lisa to name a few.
I can’t say there’s any particular songs on the album that I don’t like, the only one I don’t play is Morning has Broken, but that’s only because it was played at my mum’s funeral, and at the moment it still just brings tears to my eyes when I hear it.
Whilst I don’t dislike any of the songs, the only problem I find with an artist like Cat Stevens is that his voice is so distinctive that it makes all his songs sound very similar, even though some of the songs are very folksie and others are quite popish.
I’m led to believe that some of the tracks have been digitally remastered to improve the quality, but since I only listen to music through the crummy speakers on my laptop, so I can’t really speak about the quality of the tracks in this respect.
For anyone who likes Cat Stevens and who doesn’t mind admitting they are getting on a bit, then this has to be the ultimate Cat Stevens album
The full track listing for the UK 2006 version is
1. Moonshadow 2. Father and Son 3. Morning Has Broken 4. Wild World 5. The First Cut Is the Deepest 6. Lady D'Arbanville 7. Oh Very Young 8. Matthew and Son 9. Sitting 10. Hard Headed Woman 11. I Love My Dog 12. Ruby Love 13. Don't Be Shy 14. Can't Keep It In 15. Here Comes My Baby 16. Into White 17. (Remember the Days of The) Old School Yard 18. Where Do the Children Play? 19. How Can I Tell You 20. Another Saturday Night 21. Sad Lisa 22. Just Another Night 23. Peace Train 24. If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
So with 24 track for just over £6, you can’t say you’re not getting value for money.
Advantages: Relaxing, some great songs, 'pure' music with clear lyrics Disadvantages: Samey in places, kids find it dull, makes me feel old
...assembly days, a room which seemed vast compared to my size, with edges that never seemed to be dusted?
Wild World is another song where I knew the cover version better than the original, but both versions are really good. Cat?s version is slightly slower than I expect, with more gentleness and tenderness, less oomph. Let?s face it, your Gran?s not going to be shocked by hearing this album! Compared to chart albums by today?s singers, The VeryBest Of CatStevens seems rather tame. No swearing, no sexual moaning (I just bought Kelis? album!!), just laid-back love, peace and nature. Sounds good to me.
The First Cut Is The Deepest is another song that has found renewed fame when released by other artists. Cat?s version is my favourite. There is just so much emotion in his voice, whereas these days, artists tend to rely a lot on vocoders...
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Advantages: a great range of uplifting music Disadvantages: some weak links
...is CatStevens?? **
CatStevens was one the 1970's most popular musical artists. With a string of hit records and sold-out concerts he rocketed to superstardom. His album "Tea For The Tillerman" is considered to be one of the best of its genre and his name is still a household word. So what happened to him?
On Dec 23, 1977 Steven Georgiou a.k.a. CatStevens reverted to the Islamic faith and adopted the name Yusuf Islam. Since his retirement from the music business in 1978, he has been busy raising a family. He has also opened and operates the Islamia School System in London. He works with a variety of Muslim Charities and also operating the Mountain of Light production for Islamic Resources.
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1: Moon shadow (2:50)
This is the first ever song I heard from CatStevens. It has an amazing good...
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