Catch Bull At Four (Ltd. Edition Digi-Pak)

Catch Bull At Four (Ltd. Edition Digi-Pak) Artist: Cat Stevens
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 606949072322
EAN: 0606949072322
ASIN: B00004VW0T


Release Date: 2000-07-25

Catch Bull At Four (Ltd. Edition Digi-Pak)


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Tracks:

  1. Sitting
  2. The Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head
  3. Angelsea
  4. Silent Sunlight
  5. Can't Keep It In
  6. 18th Avenue
  7. Freezing Steel
  8. O Caritas
  9. Sweet Scarlet
  10. Ruins

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Amazon.com

Celebrated and adored for his sanguine lyrics and irresistible hooks, Cat Stevens was one of the rare singer-songwriters capable of composing genuinely optimistic songs that didn't leave a sappy residue in listeners' ears. However, even a cursory listen to 1972's <I>Catch Bull at Four</I> proves that the Cat had seen darkness, too, and that those darker elements had become more pronounced than they'd been in the past. His vocal style shifts from the cool croon that made <I>Tea for the Tillerman</I> and <I>Teaser and the Firecat</I> top sellers to a harsher, almost growling delivery. The album's standouts--the wistful reverie "Sitting" and the delightfully infectious "Can't Keep It In"--are resolute in lyric and melody. Rambling, mystical odes such as "The Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head," "Angelsea," and "Sweet Scarlet" offer quaintly romantic imagery and lavishly undulating melodies. But it's the mercurial dynamics and driving melody of "18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare)" and the bitter conviction of "Ruins" that give the album a backbone and a sense of balance. <I>--Sally Weinbach</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Another great one.......2000-10-17

Don't know if this is truly his last great album as is said below as I haven't listened to all the subsequent albums, but it's much better than Foreigner which came before and Buddha and the Chocolate Box which came after. I was at first slightly put off by his more scratchy voice on some tracks, but he sings them with such passion and intensity that I've grown to love them. The sound is a bit different from his two acknowledged classics, but this album is just as enjoyable. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars The last truly great Stevens album........2000-10-08

Before his carear tailed off, Cat produced this one last masterpiece. Based more around keyboards than the acoustic guitar, Catch Bull catches fire. From the sanguine opener,Sitting to the Latin cadences of,O Caritas this album is a collection of wonderfull songs. There is one acoustic jewel included; the sublime,Boy with the Moon and Stars. A worthy sucessor to Tillerman and Teaser.

5 out of 5 stars The Best.......2000-10-04

This is the first album I ever purchased in 1973 at the age of 10. It has always remained in my thoughts but haven't listened in quite a while. Based on the VH1 Behind the Music airing I picked it up again and was moved to tears listening to the incredible tracks. Maybe not as light as other recordings, but heart felt, real lyrics you just don't get anymore.

5 out of 5 stars Catch Bull @ Four Catches Stars.......2000-09-25

Although many fans are familiar with Cat Stevens' two blockbuster albums, Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat, CAt Stevens continued his evolutionary musical evolvement and wonderful uniqueness in "Catch Bull at 4". Totally different from his previous albums, but yet distinctively unique & creatively imaginative and musically reverbarative as his previous albums, it is an album that all true previously-enamored Cat Stevens fans, who are not familiar with this one, should run out & get. The melodies/tunes from this album/cd resonate just as memorably as the previous ones ... and, some of the absolutely most memorable (as from all of his albums) are on this package. My favorites are & were (30 years ago almost!!!!) "SiTTING" "ANGELSEA", "RUINS" "CANT KEEP IT IN"

5 out of 5 stars

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