Line #46 Music/CatStevens


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world..."'']]
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4	Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens (born July 21, 1948 as Steven Demetre Georgiou) is a British-born SingerSongwriter, known for performing in many genres including folk, rock, pop and [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Islamic music]].
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6	Cat Stevens was a highly successful artist through the early seventies, although his popularity faded by the end of the seventies around his 1978 album ''Back to Earth'', his first record after his 1977 Islam conversion. He eventually changed his name to Yusuf Islam and left the music world for 20 years; he returned in 1998 to do a series of Muslim-themed albums, then re-entered the pop field with ''An Other Cup'' in 2006. He still performs today.
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8	!!Studio discography:
9	!!!Secular albums as Cat Stevens
10	* ''Matthew & Son'' (1967)
11	* ''New Masters'' (1967)
12	* ''Mona Bone Jakon'' (1970)
13	* ''Tea for the Tillerman'' (1970)
14	* ''Teaser and the Firecat'' (1971)
15	* ''Catch Bull at Four'' (1972)
16	* ''Foreigner'' (1973)
17	* ''Buddha and the Chocolate Box'' (1974)
18	* ''Numbers (A Pythagorean Theory Tale)'' (1975)
19	* ''Izitso'' (1977)
20	* ''Back to Earth'' (1978)
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22	!!!Secular albums as Yusuf
23	* ''An Other Cup'' (2006)
24	* ''Roadsinger'' (2009)
25	* ''Tell 'Em I'm Gone'' (2014)
26	* ''The Laughing Apple'' (credited to Yusuf/Cat Stevens; 2017)
27	* ''Tea for the Tillerman 2'' (as above; 2020)
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29	!!!Religious albums, both solo and collaborations, all released under the name Yusuf Islam
30	* ''Prayers of the Last Prophet'' (1998)
31	* ''A Is for Allah'' (2000)
32	* ''30th Juz Of The Holy Qur'An'' (with Sheikh Muhammad Al-Minyauoi; 2000)
33	* ''Bismillah'' (credited to Yusuf Islam & Friends; 2001)
34	* ''In Praise of the Prophet'', aka ''Son Peygamber'e Övgüler'' (credited to Yusuf Islam & Arkadaşları; 2002)
35	* ''I Look, I See'' (credited to Yusuf Islam, Friends & Children; 2003)
36	* ''I Look, I See 2'' (as above; 2008)
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38	!!"Glide on the trope train":
39	* AlbumTitleDrop: The title of ''Izitso'' appears in "I Never Wanted To Be A Star".
40	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''W'''ild '''W'''orld".
41	* BigRottenApple: "New York Times" paints a very bleak picture of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, [[LyricalDissonance in contrast to the bouncy synths]].
42	* CallBack: "I Never Wanted To Be A Star" name drops some of his older songs, including "Matthew And Son", "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun", "A Bad Night" and "I Think I See The Light".
43	* CloudCuckooLander: Has a couple moments in Majikat, like claiming that "Peace Train" was inspired by the chin of Creator/AlfredHitchcock and that loving Hitchcock could lead to a better world. Earlier in the show, he interrupts his own rambling to assure the audience that he isn't stoned, but is high on oxygen because it gives him "zonk".
44	* ConceptAlbum: ''Numbers (A Pythagorean Theory Tale)'', not to mention his religious albums.
45	* ConcertFilm: ''Majikat'', which features him performing on his Earth Tour 1976. However, he left the music business a year and a half later, [[DevelopmentHell leaving the footage unedited and unreleased for 38 years]].
46	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Cat's/Yusuf's first two albums are [[BaroquePop heavily orchestrated Pop]] albums with a very whimsical tone, compared to the more intimate FolkMusic he is known for. Even his appearance was drastically different, as seen in [[https://youtu.be/2wXJ_7Fs2ww this promotional video]] for "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun".
47	* IHaveManyNames: "Cat Stevens", "Yusuf Islam", "Steve Adams", "Yusuf"; his most recent albums have credited him as "Yusuf/Cat Stevens", at least on the cover stickers.
48	* LyricalDissonance: "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun" has upbeat, almost whimsical orchestration as the the narrator sings about getting revenge on those who wronged him.
49	* MeaningfulRename: Changed his name to Yusuf Islam after converting. "Cat Stevens" itself was a stage name for Steven Demetre Georgiou, whose girlfriend told him he had eyes like a cat.
50	* NewSoundAlbum:
51	** ''Matthew and Son'' and ''New Masters'' are basically BaroquePop, popular at the time.
52	** ''Mona Bone Jakon'' and ''Tea for the Tillerman'' are complete and definite folk-rock.
53	** ''Teaser and the Firecat'' has a little more pop.
54	** ''Catch Bull at Four'' is basically a mixed bag with the use of electric guitars (on "Sitting" and "Freezing Steel") and organ (on "Can't Keep It In") becoming quite dominant -- not that his acoustic moments were gone.
55	** ''Foreigner'' has a lot of keyboards and sounds like classic rock.
56	** ''Buddha and the Chocolate Box'' is a combination of the folk- and pop-rock (respectively of ''Tea for the Tillerman'' and ''Catch Bull at Four'') with the keyboards of ''Foreigner'' and some spiritual lyrics.
57	** ''Numbers'', ''Izitso'' and ''Back to Earth'' are SynthPop.
58	** Several albums he recorded as Yusuf Islam (labelled as "Spiritual Albums" on Website/{{Wikipedia}} but still actual studio albums in all but name and format) are basically spiritual messages on Islam.
59	** ''An Other Cup'' and ''Roadsinger'' are folk-rock all over again.
60	** ''Tell 'Em I'm Gone'' is folk-rock with some blues-rock in the mix.
61	* OldManConversationSong: "Father and Son" is about a father passing down some life advice to his son, who is about to move away.
62	* PleaseWakeUp: ''Lady D'Arbanville'' is sung from the POV of the Lady's husband, who wonders why she is so still and quiet tonight. And cold... The final verse reveals that she died and is being buried.
63	* PopStarComposer: Contributed music from his ''Mona Bone Jakon'' and ''Tea for the Tillerman'' albums to ''Film/HaroldAndMaude'', as well as two original songs "Don't Be Shy" and "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out".
64	* ProductPlacement: Coca-Cola is mentioned in "Bad Brakes".
65	* RefugeInAudacity: Writing a Pop song called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun"]] in 1967, the "Summer Of Love", surely counts as this.
66	* TrainSong: "Peace Train"
67	* AWorldHalfFull: "Moonshadow"
68	-->I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry,\
69	Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Oh if... I won't have to cry no more.

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