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Following in the tradition of his previous effort, with a similar cover design and feel, Cat continued his painful journey through life. Even then, there was a sadness linked to his happy songs such as "Moonshadow," "How Can I Tell You" and "Tuesday's Dead." Our favourite school hymn was also given the treatment - how did he manage to make such a happy verse sound so sad? The answer, as we have all seen, was in himself; he was a rare songwriter but he was mostly a very troubled soul, something he seems to have resolved through his conversion to the Muslim faith. He won, we lost him.
ValleyRolling Stone (12/9/71, p.54) - "..there is "Moonshadow", a simple, unadorned song whose beauty lies in its mystery...He has an unmistakable style, a unique ability to combine sophisticated, commercial melodies with personal, almost primitive lyrics..."
CMJ (7/24/00, p.24) - "...Classic folk-pop....brilliant...gorgeously remastered...breathing new life into tunes...while remaining faithful to the albums' original majesty..."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.96) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Stevens' work had become ever more complex since he left his 60s pop persona behind and TEASER represented the perfect fusion of his earnest delivery and songs, which increasingly reflected his thoughts on life's deeper meaning." Teaser And The Firecat Music Cat Stevens Teaser And The Firecat Songs Teaser And The Firecat Music Teaser And The Firecat Music Review Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)   Gr8 Stuff!
My early recollection of this album: I bought it because I loved "Moonshadow" (still do). But further than that, I was thrilled when I learned to play it on my guitar. He fullfilled himself, as I've read in other reviews, and thats good- for him. But I fullfilled myself by learning a fine tune! Thanks Cat!!
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 A masterpiece
This album contains many classics and two forgotten gem. :They are: If I Laugh, the most heartbreakingly beautiful song about unrequited love ever. Just listen as Cat's voice breaks slightly. It's an amazing recording. Also "How Can I Tell Her", a song that will remind you of every impossible love you had in your life. This is a true gem that shows Cat Stevens at his creative peak.
Submitted by Jose (San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA)
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Great Followup
This and "Tea For The Tillerman" actually should of been a 2 CD/LP set. "Teaser & The Firecat" sounds just like a continuation of "Tea For The Tillerman". Needless to say, a sheer masterpiece for Cat. I highly recommend this CD. I rest my case.
Submitted by Johnny (I live in a van down by the river)
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Have all of Cat's music. Have original LP, two cassettes, and CD of Teaser; will continue to replace my worn Cat Steven's music til there is no more...
Submitted by Ginger (Harrisburg, PA)
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I first bought this album when it was first released.After going 'tru numerous lp and cassette copies I still find pride of place for it in my cd collection.
This album followed 'Tea For The Tillerman' and is similar in style but I think superior in content.Containing the wonderful 'Moonshadow', it ends with 'Peacetrain', one of Cats best compositions.Strung 'tru the rest of the album are largely unknown musical gems.An ideal place to start your collection of Cat Stevens music...but don't stop here!
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Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen (December 1999, Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
Between 1970 and 1972, Cat Stevens recorded four albums in the same manner, using the same producer and many of the same musicians, painting the album covers, and assigning the records ponderous titles. Things changed with his next album, Foreigner. The recording itself had been produced by Stevens, and while a couple of Stevens' usual backup musicians had been retained, New York session musicians appeared, and second guitarist ...
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Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen (December 1999, Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
While Foreigner was Cat Stevens' fifth consecutive gold album and his fourth straight Top Ten hit, it actually marked a small drop commercially and encountered critical resistance for the lengthy suite that took up all of side one. Eight months later, Buddha and the Chocolate Box found Stevens back in England and back with producer Paul Samwell-Smith and second guitarist Alun Davies. It also marked a return to the simpler style of earlier albums. No song ran much over five minutes, ...
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Twisted Roots put out barely anything while they were together -- just a three-song 7" and a cut on a compilation. All four of those tracks are on this compilation, which is fattened out to album length with the addition of five songs from a cassette of tracks recorded for Unicorn Records and three unreleased cuts done on four-track. Considering they had an ex-Germs/future Nirvana guitarist and a future Black Flag bassist, Twisted Roots' music was rather more lighthearted than you might expect, and usually (but ...
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Few one-hit wonders have ever been as thoroughly misleading as Stories and their cover of Hot Chocolate's "Brother Louie." Stories turned Hot Chocolate's tale of interracial love into an early-'70s AM pop classic, a number one hit in 1973 and a staple of '70s oldies radio and compilations from that point after, but its very omnipresence hurt the band, suggesting they were another faceless studio-created outfit, maybe even a bubblegum group, when they were nothing of the sort. Stories was the brainchild of former Left Banke pianist/songwriter Michael Brown, who wrote the baroque classics "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina" for the group, and bassist/singer Ian Lloyd. The two were paired after Brown signed to Kama Sutra in 1971, with Lloyd bringing in associates drummer Bryan Madey and guitarist Steve Love, thus completing Stories. Brown and Lloyd collaborated on two albums but Brown did not stick around to finish the second, 1973's About Us, due to his dissatisfaction with the direction Lloyd and producer Eddie Kramer were taking the band.
That second album brought the band closer to a polished commercialism, but Raven's 2007's two-fer Stories/About Us -- the best-produced collection of the band's two major albums ever produced, supplemented by the 1974 single "Another Love," which was released after the group's third album Traveling Underground, was billed to Ian Lloyd & Stories upon its release -- shows that Stories was always an odd creature, bearing echoes of Brown's delicate work with Left Banke, a more mainstream McCartney-esque pop also reminiscent of a sweeter Raspberries and, thanks to Lloyd's light rasp, hints of Rod Stewart. That hoarse soulfulness served Lloyd well on "Brother Louie," but he was never a true blue-eyed soul vocalist, and not just because Stories didn't often delve into blues-rock: his touch was too light, his voice too high and thin to dig deep into R&B. He was stuck between two ...
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