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MojoSongs that any liberal-minded Cat Stevens fan will adore. [Dec 2006, p.120]
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Yusuf hasn't missed a beat, as this is still the same sound he made famous on 70s staple "Tea for the Tillerman" and later perfected on "Teaser and the Firecat", and while it's certainly not as impactful, I'm comfortable saying that "An Other Cup" comes pretty close.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe folky arrangements, melancholic singing, and romantic worldview of his early work are intact. [17 Nov 2006, p.127]
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Can the dedicated Muslim now known as Yusuf Islam, for that matter, recapture the welcoming seeker's voice he plied so well in nonsectarian hymns such as "Morning Has Broken"? The answer gently conveyed here is yes, despite a few zealous missteps.
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Forty-four minutes of welcome surprise.
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Sounds astoundingly like an album from his '70s heyday.
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The bullying production threatens to obliterate what’s good here: A half-dozen gentle seeker’s songs with meditative acoustic textures and lyrics advocating reasonableness among humankind, which was always Cat Stevens’s domain.
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These new tunes are lovely, thoughtful and gentle, though they don't quite match his best songs.
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SpinYusuf's supple folk tunes predictably take a more spiritual route, yet largely avoid cosmic corn. [Dec 2006, p.104]
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BillboardIt doesn't all hit home, but at its best ("Heaven/ Where True Love Goes," "In the End," "Green Fields, Golden Sands"), this record is uplifting enough to satisfy even a 30-year thirst. [18 Nov 2006]
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The Cat is back, albeit more of a moonshadow of his former self and lacking some purr and bite.
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A minor but pleasantly unexpected surprise.
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Q MagazineA remarkable balancing act. [Jan 2007, p.150]
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Skipping over a few songs, such as "When Butterflies Leave" and "Whispers From A Spiritual Garden" — because who wants to hear spiritual babbling when Islam can sing so diatonically correct — the album flourishes into a masterpiece of sincerity to its core.
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Sufferable for sure, but hard to recommend.
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The New York TimesThe old Cat Stevens, who pondered earthly loves and sorrows and spiritual yearning, has been replaced by a songwriter who finds all his answers in faith. [13 Nov 2006]
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Though the songs are all praises to the Creator (or His prophet), there is little sense of joy.
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Full of spirituality and hope, these new songs lack a thrust.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 41 out of 49
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Mixed: 1 out of 49
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Negative: 7 out of 49
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Apr 20, 2011
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swatijrJul 9, 2007
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catsfanJul 5, 2007