Extremely RARE and Very Beautiful!   CAT STEVENS 4th studio album TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN. UK 1st Pressing Released on Island - ILPS 9135 from 1970 in a Gatefold Sleeve, no barcode.
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Tea for the Tillerman

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Tea for the Tillerman Studio album by Cat Stevens Released 23 November 1970 Recorded May–July 1970 Studio Morgan Studios
Island Studios
Olympic Studios, London, Genre Folk rock Length 36:49 Label Island (UK/Europe)
A&M (US/Canada) Producer Paul Samwell-Smith Cat Stevens chronology Mona Bone Jakon
(1970) Tea for the Tillerman
(1970) Teaser and the Firecat
(1971) Singles from Tea for the Tillerman

1. "Father and Son"
   Released: 1970
2. "Wild World"
   Released: September 1970

Tea for the Tillerman is the fourth studio album by the singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. This album, Stevens' second during 1970, includes many of Stevens' best-known songs including "Where Do the Children Play?", "Hard Headed Woman", "Wild World", "Sad Lisa", "Into White", and "Father and Son". Four of the tracks ("Where Do the Children Play?", "On the Road to Find Out", "Tea for the Tillerman", and "Miles from Nowhere") were featured in the Hal Ashby and Colin Higgins's black comedy film Harold and Maude, in 1971. The track "But I Might Die Tonight" was featured in the film Deep End directed by Jerzy Skolimowski in 1970. Stevens, a former art student, created the artwork featured on the record's cover. "Tea for the Tillerman" was also used over the end credits for the BBC TV show Extras. "Miles From Nowhere" also appeared in the A-Team episode, "Alive at Five" while Templeton Peck is running away.

With "Wild World" as an advance single, this was the album that brought Stevens worldwide fame.[citation needed] The album itself charted into the top 10 in the United States, where he had previously had few listeners.[citation needed]

Critical reception[edit]

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "B–" and found the music monotonous and lacking the "dry delicacy" Stevens exhibited on Mona Bone Jakon (1970).[2] Rolling Stone magazine's Ben Gerson said that Stevens' songs effortlessly resonate beyond their artfully simple lyrics and hooks, despite his occasional overuse of dynamics "for dramatic effect."[3]

In a retrospective five-star review, AllMusic's William Ruhlmann praised Stevens' themes of spirituality and transcendence, and felt that he had continued to show his ability as a pop melodicist: "As a result, Tea for the Tillerman became a big seller and, for the second time in four years, its creator became a pop star."[4] On 18 November 2003, Rolling Stone included this album in its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list at number 206.[5] In 2006, the album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[6] In 2007, the album was included in the list of "The Definitive 200 Albums of All Time", released by The National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[7]

All songs written by Cat Stevens.

Original release[edit]

Side one No. Title Length 1. "Where Do the Children Play?" (Recorded July 1970 at Morgan Studios) 3:52 2. "Hard Headed Woman" (Recorded July 1970 at Morgan) 3:47 3. "Wild World" (Recorded July 1970 at Morgan) 3:20 4. "Sad Lisa" (Recorded July 1970 at Morgan) 3:45 5. "Miles from Nowhere" (Recorded June 1970 at Olympic Studios) 3:37 Side two No. Title Length 6. "But I Might Die Tonight" (Recorded May 1970 at Island Studios) 1:53 7. "Longer Boats" (Recorded June 1970 at Olympic) 3:12 8. "Into White" (Recorded June 1970 at Olympic) 3:24 9. "On the Road to Find Out" (Recorded May 1970 at Island) 5:08 10. "Father and Son" (Recorded July 1970 at Morgan) 3:41 11. "Tea for the Tillerman" (Recorded May 1970 at Island) 1:01

Personnel[edit]

• Cat Stevens – classical guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, lead vocals
• Alun Davies – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Harvey Burns – drums, congas, tambourine
• John Ryan – double bass
• Del Newman – string arrangements
• Jack Rothstein – violin