1. catsfan

   10

   I am too youbg to be a cat steven fan. but after listening to the album few times and making sense of it. i will say that the mass media didnt give cats his due. this album is terrific. the message in it is amazing. its very simple and universal. the man is muslim so its natural for him to refer to his faith. i recommend this album for all… Expand

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2. NurJ.

   10

   Superb. Yusuf's songwriting has aged, like fine wine. Peaceful, sure, and deeply contemplative. He must be a Sufi!

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3. CraigB

   8

   Wonderful surprise. I told my wife as I was about to pop it into my CD player that I could take a little mideast twang but hoped to hear some Cat as well. I heard both and the message of acceptance of fellow man and living together is more than needed in music today and much welcomed.… Expand

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4. ToddW

   7

   While this offering doesn't rank with the best of his pre-Islamic conversion tour-de-force's "Teaser and the Firecat" or "Tea for the Tillerman," it's still heartening to hear one of popular music's most distinctive voices from the distant past give it another go at a time when it is desperately welcome. Allah knows we could use more clarity and less garbage on our cultural airwaves. Yusuf has lost nothing vocally and he still sings songs with an underlying spiritual message, as he did back in the 1970's as Cat Stevens. Of course, for that reason it won't sell a cup full of beans, because it has nothing immediate and gratifying to offer the brainwashed sheep. That and the fact that he, horrors!, now records under an Islamic name. The no-minds will probably think his royalties are going to terrorists.… Expand

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