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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio album by Cat Stevens, released in 1971. The album contains 10 songs including the hits "Morning Has Broken", "Moonshadow" and "Peace Train". It is also the title of a children's book written and illustrated by Stevens. The story features the title characters from the album cover, top-hatted young Teaser and his pet, Firecat, who attempt to put the moon back in its place after it falls from the sky. Published in 1972, the book has been out of print since the mid-1970s.

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.

In 1977 an animated version, narrated by Spike Milligan, using the song "Moonshadow", was a segment in Fantastic Animation Festival. In November 2008, a "deluxe edition" was released featuring a second disc of demos and live recordings.

Critical reception




Cat Stevens - Moonshadow (Teaser & The Firecat Animation 1977) -

In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone magazine, music critic Timothy Crouse praised Stevens' distinctive musical style and introspective songs such as "Tuesday's Dead" and "The Wind", but felt that he lacks Van Morrison's evocative quality and James Taylor's refined lyrics: "Cat has become a dependable artist, a good artist, but he appears to be one of those composers who does not develop, who holds no surprises."

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."

Track listing


Teaser And The Firecat | Cat Stevens
Teaser And The Firecat | Cat Stevens. Source : catstevens.com

All tracks written by Cat Stevens except where noted.

Deluxe edition

Disc two

All tracks written by Cat Stevens except where noted.

Personnel


Cat Stevens | Teaser and the Firecat - Vinyl Lover
Cat Stevens | Teaser and the Firecat - Vinyl Lover. Source : vinyl-lover.com

Musicians

Technical

  • Cat Stevens - cover artwork
  • David Bailey - photography

Charts


Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves: Teaser and the Firecat ...
Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves: Teaser and the Firecat .... Source : www.pinterest.com

Album

Single

Certifications


Cat Stevens - Teaser and the firecat | Viva Vinyl Viva Vinyl
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the firecat | Viva Vinyl Viva Vinyl. Source : viva-vinyl.com

Certifications and sales

References


and the firecat paperback book cat stevens vintage 1974 rare free ...
and the firecat paperback book cat stevens vintage 1974 rare free .... Source : tewzc.intriga.me


Teaser and the Firecat | LP Cover Art
Teaser and the Firecat | LP Cover Art. Source : lpcover.wordpress.com

 
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