O álbum Tea for the Tillerman foi lançado há 54 anos

Tea for the Tillerman is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, released in 23 November 1970. 

 

Overview

Stevens' second album released during the year 1970, Tea for the Tillerman includes many of his best-known songs such as "Where Do the Children Play?", "Hard Headed Woman", "Wild World", "Sad Lisa", "Into White", and "Father and Son".

Stevens, a former art student, created the artwork featured on the record's cover.

With "Wild World" as an advance single, this was the album that brought Stevens worldwide fame. The album itself charted into the top 10 in the United States.

In November 2008, a "Deluxe Edition" was released featuring a second disc of demos and live recordings. In January 2012, a hi-res 24/192 kHz version was remastered using an Ampex ATR100 and a MSB Technology Studio ADC and released on HDtracks.com.

Fifty years after the original album's release, in September 2020, Stevens remade the album as Tea for the Tillerman², including new lyrics and new instrumentation, and he sings along with his 22-year-old self in "Father and Son". That same year, Tea for the Tillerman was re-released as a 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. Along with five discs, the Super Deluxe Edition also includes a Blu-ray containing music videos, live videos, and audio of the 2020 mixes of the original album, as well as a 12" vinyl record of live recordings by Stevens in 1970 at the Troubadour, Los Angeles.

 

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Música para terminar um dia...

Cat Stevens nasceu há 71 anos

 

Anteriormente conhecido pelo nome artístico de Cat Stevens (Londres, 21 de julho de 1948) é um cantor e compositor britânico.

O seu nome de nascimento é Stephen Demetre Georgiou. O pai é de origem greco-cipriota e a sua mãe de origem sueca. Vendeu 40 milhões de álbuns, principalmente entre as décadas de 60 e 70. Em 1971, escreveu uma música para o filme Harold and Maude. Entre as suas canções mais populares estão "Morning Has Broken", "Peace Train", "Moonshadow", "Wild World", "Father and Son" e "Oh Very Young".

Stevens converteu-se ao Islão e abandonou a música em 1978. Desde então passou a se dedicar a atividades beneficentes e educacionais em prol da religião. Toma muito cuidado quanto ao uso das suas músicas. Muitas delas dissertam a respeito de temas de sua vida anterior à conversão, e Stevens não quer mais ser associado a eles. Não surpreende que nunca tenha permitido que qualquer de suas canções fosse usada em comerciais de televisão. Apesar de estar há quase 30 anos afastado da indústria musical, os trabalhos anteriores como Cat Stevens continuam vendendo uma média de 1,5 milhão de discos por ano.

  

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Música para o Dia do Pai...

Para o meu Pai

E quem é que faz anos hoje...? Neste dia de São João (de quem o meu pai recebeu o segundo nome - e que a minhã mana velha, eu e o meu filhote herdámos também como segundo nome...) uma canção para o meu papá!

Father and Son - Cat Stevens

Its not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
Youre still young, thats your fault,
Theres so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but Im happy.

I was once like you are now, and I know that its not easy,
To be calm when youve found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything youve got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
Its always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now theres a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Its not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
Youre still young, thats your fault,
Theres so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
Its hard, but its harder to ignore it.
If they were right, Id agree, but its them you know not me.
Now theres a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.


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