That 70’s cat
Cat Stevens “Teaser and the Firecat” A&M Records (1971) “Peace Train” “Morning Has Broken.” “The Wind,” “Moonshadow,” “If I Laugh,” “Rubylove,” “How Can I Tell You,” “Bitterblue,” “Changes IV” and “Tuesday’s Dead” It is also the title of a children’s book written and illustrated by Cat Stevens. The story features the title characters from the album cover, top-hatted young Teaser and his pet Firecat, who attempt to put the moon back in its place after it falls from the sky.
(61 votes, average: 3.49 out of 5)
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March 28th, 2011 at 10:43 am
A classic album. I’m fortunate to have it on pre-recorded open-reel.
March 28th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Y’know it is a strong recording, musically (I personally prefer ‘Tea For The Tillerman’. With that said, I really dislike the lame-ass cover art on ‘Teaser’. The phony-folk art literal translation of the title combined with the crunchy granola type-face and wide open white space, make me want to hurl the cover onto the floor and stomp on it with muddy boots.
March 29th, 2011 at 8:16 am
“The Wind” and “If I Laugh” are two of the all-time greats. Dig that Cat!
April 16th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
That’s funny. There isn’t anything I actually DISLIKE about this album or its packaging. LOL.
And, come on….”Bitterblue”??? Pure awesome.
August 20th, 2011 at 8:51 am
and there was also an animated cartoon of the story-might be on youtube i may have it somewhere but i don’t like the fact that his advocacy for the murder of that author is now brushed under the carpet