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Cat Stevens
Teaser And The Firecat (1971)
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Even as a serious-minded singer/songwriter, Cat Stevens never stopped being a pop singer at heart, and with Teaser and the Firecat he reconciled his philosophical interests with his pop instincts. Basically, Teaser's songs came in two modes: gentle ballads that usually found Stevens and second guitarist Alun Davies playing delicate lines over sensitive love lyrics, and up-tempo numbers on which the guitarists strummed away and thundering drums played in stop-start rhythms. There were also more exotic styles, such as the Greek-styled "Rubylove," with its twin bouzoukis and a verse sung in Greek, and "Tuesday's Dead," with its Caribbean feel. Stevens seemed to have worked out some of his big questions, to the point of wanting to proselytize on songs like "Changes IV" and "Peace Train," both stirring tunes in which he urged social and spiritual improvement. Meanwhile, his love songs had become simpler and more plaintive. And while there had always been a charming, childlike quality to some of his lyrics, there were songs here that worked as nursery rhymes, and these were among the album's most memorable tracks and its biggest hits: "Moonshadow" and "Morning Has Broken," the latter adapted from a hymn with words by English author Eleanor Farjeon. The overall result was an album that was musically more interesting than ever, but lyrically dumbed-down. Stevens continued to look for satisfaction in romance, despite its disappointment, but he found more fulfillment in a still-unspecified religious pursuit that he was ready to tout to others. And they were at least nominally ready to listen: the album produced three hit singles and just missed topping the charts. Tea for the Tillerman may have been the more impressive effort, but Teaser and the Firecat was the Cat Stevens album that gave more surface pleasures to more people, which in pop music is the name of the game.


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Analyzed: Cat Stevens / Teaser And The Firecat
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -3.32 dB -19.08 dB 1:42 01-The Wind
DR12 -2.03 dB -18.04 dB 2:37 02-Ruby Love
DR15 -5.13 dB -23.41 dB 3:21 03-If I Laugh
DR15 -0.70 dB -18.16 dB 3:33 04-Changes IV
DR14 -4.11 dB -22.46 dB 4:28 05-How Can I Tell You
DR14 -2.37 dB -18.31 dB 3:37 06-Tuesday's Dead
DR13 -3.84 dB -20.79 dB 3:20 07-Morning Has Broken
DR14 -0.70 dB -17.35 dB 3:12 08-Bitterblue
DR13 -2.51 dB -20.99 dB 2:52 09-Moonshadow
DR15 -0.84 dB -19.90 dB 4:15 10-Peace Train

Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2605 kbps
Codec: FLAC