Cat Stevens – Remember: The Ultimate Collection CD

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Cat Stevens – Remember: The Ultimate CollectionRemember: The Ultimate Collection is the definitive 24-track compilation from Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), drawing on his complete catalogue for Island Records from his debut single I Love My Dog (1966) through to his final recordings before his conversion to Islam in 1977. Stevens — the son of a Greek Cypriot father and Swedish mother, raised in London — was one of the most gifted and commercially successful singer-songwriters of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and his run of albums from Tea for the Tillerman (1970) through Catch Bull at Four (1972) represents one of the most sustained periods of creative excellence in British folk rock. He converted to Islam in 1977, took the name Yusuf Islam, and withdrew entirely from the music industry for over two decades before returning as Yusuf/Cat Stevens in the 2000s. The compilation includes The First Cut Is the Deepest — written by Stevens and later covered by Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow — and If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out, written for Hal Ashby's cult film Harold and Maude (1971).Highlights Father and Son — Stevens's most celebrated and emotionally resonant song; a dialogue between a father urging caution and a son determined to find his own path, delivered with two distinct vocal registers that give the song a dramatic and emotional complexity entirely its own. One of the great British folk rock recordings and a song that has lost none of its power in over fifty years. Wild World — One of the most melodically perfect songs in Stevens's catalogue and one of the most covered songs of the early 1970s; a warm, bittersweet farewell with a lyric of gentle wisdom and a melody of complete, unhurried beauty that has made it one of the most enduring recordings in British pop history. Morning Has Broken — A setting of the 1931 hymn by Eleanor Farjeon, with piano played by Rick Wakeman; Stevens's reading gives the traditional text a warmth and intimacy that transformed it from a church hymn into one of the most beloved recordings of the early 1970s and a UK and US Top 10 hit. Peace Train — One of Stevens's most joyful and melodically generous songs and his most explicit statement of spiritual optimism; a driving, rhythmically propulsive folk-rock track with a chorus of irresistible uplift that gave him a US Top 10 hit and remains one of the most immediately recognisable songs in his catalogue. The First Cut Is the Deepest — Written by Stevens and one of the most covered songs in British pop history; Rod Stewart's 1977 version and Sheryl Crow's 2003 version both reached No. 1 in the UK, making it one of the rare songs to top the UK chart in two different decades by two different artists. Stevens's own recording is the original and, for many, the definitive version. CD Details Title: Remember: The Ultimate Collection Artist: Cat Stevens Label: Island Records / Universal Music Format: CD Compilation (24 tracks) Barcode: 731452460820 ConditionCondition: VG+/VG+ — see our Condition Grading Guide.Browse our full 1990s CD collection. You might also enjoy our Blu-ray titles or our Vinyl Records. Show more