Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
1970 Ratings: #68 / 161
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Based on 371 ratings
1970 Rank: #62
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
AllMusic

The album may have been full of angst, but it wasn't hard to sing along to. 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.

ibrokemylefttoe
100

So there are now 100 of you creatures that have decided to follow this thing. I'd like to let you know that all of you are very hot and sexy and cool and that you will get bitches of all genders coming your way. Good on all of you, you definitely have some form of a lifestyle ahead of you.

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When I was 9, I was involved in a calamitous mishap regarding 3 cats, a lawnmower and a coloured piece of paper, that I like to call the "dear god why are you what you ... read more

biglasagnayeet
75

"Tea for the Tillerman", the breakout album from Cat Stevens (or Yusuf), is quite an interesting release, to say the least. Sonically, it's a quaint collection of folk-rock tracks, welcoming, comforting and endearing in all of its soft and tranquil melodies. However, if you dig deeper into the record, there's a fair bit of angst lying beneath the surface, a juxtaposition that Cat nicely controls in his sound. The tranquillity of this record, it's almost a release for Cat, an escape ... read more

Enneti
80

Beautiful folk music with pleasant vocals and calming melodies.

MUSICDUMP
71

a record that take's a simple, quaint approach and manages to maintain a very charming and comforting feel throughout the record. not too many high or low points other than the big hit, just very consistently heartwarming.

EnglishNarwhal
80

father & son hard carries

93

22/50 Road to 1000 Albums

Absolute classic of an album. What can I say that hasn't been said already... This was the peak of Cat Stevens and was one of the biggest record of it's time, Cat Stevens soft voice filled with very thoughtful lyrics over amazing musical company.

You may find as well some of the big classics like Wild World and Father and Son.

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Added on: July 1, 2013