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Teaser and the Firecat

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The album was a commercial success, surpassing the heights achieved by Stevens' previous album, Tea for the Tillerman, reaching both the UK and US top 3 and also spending fifteen weeks at the top of the Australian charts, becoming the biggest-selling album of the country in 1972. The album was a commercial success, surpassing the heights achieved by Stevens' previous album, Tea for the Tillerman, reaching both the UK and US Top 3 and also spending fifteen weeks at the top of the Australian charts, becoming the biggest-selling album of the country in 1972. Days after Yusuf/ Cat Stevens released a global version of “ Peace Train,” the singer-songwriter has announced a new box set in honor of the 50th anniversary of Teaser and the Firecat.

Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rded.). Virgin Books. p.185. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6. Where Do the Children Play? (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)

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Cat Stevens achieved phenomenal success with his early work, but it was his third LP with Island Records ‘ Teaser and the Firecat’, that carved out his place in the singer-songwriter decade. The album spawned some of his most unforgettable hits including “ Moonshadow”, “ Peace Train”, “ Morning Has Broken”; songs by a youthful spiritual seeker, wise beyond his years that would lay the pretext for a poignant new wave of soulful troubadours and poets. Later ‘The Wind’ would see ‘Teaser and the Firecat’ celebrated anew, rising to prominence following the song’s use in the Oscar-winning Cameron Crowe film, ‘Almost Famous’. The ‘slimmed down’ super deluxe has exactly the same content on the optical discs (CDs, blu-ray) but as stated above includes no vinyl and has a softcover (not hardcover book). The two-CD deluxe has a bonus CD with 13 of the demos and alternate versions (the super deluxe CD has 17). American album certifications – Cat Stevens – Teaser". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 11 June 2019. Les Certifications depuis 1973: Albums". Infodisc.fr . Retrieved 11 June 2019. (select "Cat Stevens" from drop-down list)

In a retrospective five-star review, AllMusic's William Ruhlmann found the album more simplistic lyrically and musically entertaining than Tea for the Tillerman (1970): " Teaser and the Firecat was the Cat Stevens album that gave more surface pleasures to more people, which in pop music is the name of the game." [5] Where Do The Children Play? (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, September 7, 1971) Hogan, Ed. "Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens: Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 July 2012. Additionally there is a two-CD edition, a standard vinyl LP and a single CD option. Interestingly, there is no stereo remix of the album this time, but the scale of the offering on the super deluxe edition(s) is quite stunning.

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Athas, Peter Adrastos (17 September 2014). "Album Cover Art Wednesday: Teaser and the Firecat". First Draft. Where Do The Children Play? (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)

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