Track Listing

1. Kitty
2. I'm So Sleepy
3. Northern Wind
4. The Laughing Apple
5. Smash Your Heart
6. Moonstone
7. The First Cut Is The Deepest
8. I'm Gonna Be King
9. Ceylon City
10. Blackness of The Night
11. Come On Baby (Shift That Log)
12. I Love Them All
13. Here Comes My Wife - Mono single version
14. A Bad Night
15. The Laughing Apple - Mono single version
16. Kitty - Mono single version
17. Blackness of the Night - Mono single version
18. Lovely City (When Do You Laugh?) - Mono single version
19. Image of Hell - Mono single version
20. It's A Supa (Dupa) Life - Mono single
21. Here Comes My Wife - Stereo version
22. Where Are You? - Mono single
23. 23. The View From The Top - Mono single

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18742 in Music
• Released on: 2004-01-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 62 minutes

Customer Reviews

Son of Matthew
Cat Stevens's second album of sub three-minute pop songs is one of his worst. Right through, he has a spring in his step and the backing of colourful orchestral arrangements, but the songs are largely unmemorable. The one famous track is 'The First Cut Is The Deepest,' which has twice been subjected to a hit cover version, and stands out here. 'Lovely City' is very impressive too, as is 'Kitty,' but the rest is generally short on musical inspiration.

The last five songs come from 1968 and 1969, the period after he'd been diagnosed with TB, and these come across with defiance. 'Matthew And Son' has the better songs, but after this Stevens changed tack and became more serious. Slightly nearer two stars than four.

The Great Years
This cd along with Mathew and Son covers the years of his collaboration with Mike Hurst. Vastly underated in comparison to his 70s agonising, which progressively got worse after TFTT, the music on these 2 discs captures the essence of 60s pop better than anything else this side of the Beatles. A real bargain, there's nothing else like this out there.