Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Back to the good old times
2. I love my dog
3. Portobello Road
4. Here comes my wife
5. Matthew and son
6. Tramp
7. I'm gonna get me a gun
8. School is out
9. Bad night
10. Laughing apple
11. Kitty
12. Blackness of the night
13. First cut is the deepest
14. Northern wind
15. Moonstone
16. Come on baby (shift that log)
17. Lovely city (when do you laugh)
18. Here comes my wife
19. View from the top
20. Where are you
21. If only my mother could see me now
22. Honey man
23. Joke

Disc 2:

1. Time/Fill my eyes (demo version)
2. Lady D'Arbanville
3. Trouble
4. Popstar
5. Katmandu
6. Lillywhite
7. I 've got a thing about seeing my grandson grow old (outtake)
8. Where do the children play
9. Wild world
10. Sad Lisa
11. On the road to find out
12. Father and son
13. Love lives in the sky
14. Don't be shy
15. If you want to sing sing out
16. Day they make me Tsar (demo version)
17. Wind
18. Moonshadow
19. Morning has broken
20. How can I tell you
21. Peace train
22. I want to live in a wigwam

Disc 3:

1. Crab dance
2. Sitting
3. Silent sunlight
4. Angelsea
5. Can't keep it in
6. 18th Avenue (Kansas City nightmare)
7. Hurt
8. Foreigner suite
9. Oh very young
10. Music
11. Sun/C79
12. King of trees
13. Bad penny (live in Tokyo)
14. Lady D'Arbanville (live in Tokyo)
15. Another Saturday night

Disc 4:

1. Whistlestar
2. Novim's nightmare
3. Majik of majiks
4. Banapple gas
5. Blue Monday
6. Doves
7. Hard headed woman (live)
8. Tuesday's dead (live)
9. Ruins (live)
10. Remember the days of the old school yard
11. Life
12. I never wanted to be a star
13. Child for a day
14. Just another night
15. Daytime
16. Last love song
17. Never
18. Father and son (live at the Year Of The Child concert 1979)
19. God is light

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #150668 in Music
• Released on: 2003-09-15
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered

CD Description
Cat Stevens was a cultural force in the 1970s, and anybody growing up around that time was fed a steady diet of Stevenshits. This box set--Stevens's first--aspires to be the definitive Cat Stevens collection, and for the most part it is, covering his career highlights ("Peace Train", "Moonshadow","Wild World", and "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out", among many others) over four discs.
While Stevens's simplistic imagery, tailor made for sing-alongs around a camp fire, may not have aged particularly well, his knack for a catchy melody and indelible lyrical conceit are hard to deny. There is a restless longing and pained soul-searching at the heartof even his most popular work, and the collection's sequencing and the titles of each disc-- "The Search", "The Hurt"--reflect this intensity, as does his Stevens's eventual conversion to Islam.
Note: The one glaring oversight here is the omission of "Trouble", one of the Cat man's best songs and the aural centerpiece of his stellar soundtrack for the 1972 movie HAROLD AND MAUDE. It's an essential tune for Stevens fans both old and new.

Customer Reviews

history of best songs from early to present albums,must buy.
this is cat stevens in a nutshell a selection of his best songs from his earlier albums to classics like teaser and buddah.a whole history of his works, a must have collection for people who never really new cat stevens but now want to hear his complete unique singing and songwriting talents.a talent sorely missed

Cattastic
A great overview of Cat Stevens career. 5 discs and a nice book. For all fans and even those who want to find out was Yousaf used to do.

Simply Excellent!
This box set is an easy way to get of Yusuf's earlier work and enjoy it. The book is a nice bonus too - with lyrics, photographs and Yusuf's journey in life. The book is part of the packaging and cannot be separated. The sound quality is excellent.