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Sep 18, 2020Hearing it reimagined 50 years later, the album’s themes — transcendence, renewal, breaking free of materialism — resonate even more than they did all those years ago.
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UncutSep 17, 2020Strikingly, Stevens' craggy baritone is virtually identical 50 years later; but whereas in 1970 he sounded prematurely aged, hearing him now we can't help but envision that innocent, introspective 22-year-old. [Oct 2020, p.39]
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Nov 2, 2020These songs are classics. A traditional covers album could see the songs being royally sullied, but to have the artist himself sully his own classics with subpar reimaginings would be sacrilege. For the most part, Stevens walks the tightrope with the deftness of an artist who has only gotten better with age.
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Sep 18, 2020Overall, it can be said that Tea for the Tillerman² is a strong throwback that boomerangs and turns in on itself ; it’s not the perfect path to Yusuf / Cat Stevens music for new listeners, but it undeniably succeeds in touching nostalgic hearts.
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Classic Rock MagazineSep 25, 2020Plants such enduring standards as Wild World and Father And Son firmly in the now. [Oct 2020, p.87]
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Oct 1, 2021
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Sep 27, 2020Once in a lifetime opportunity to reimagine a classic album 50 years later. Cat doesn't disappoint
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Sep 22, 2020