Yusuf An Other Cup
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Repeat Offender Johnny Rapid. Marc Marot () Recorded in London, Los Angeles, Istanbul and Johannesburg All songs published by Ya Music/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Except Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, Warner/Chappel Music and I Think I See The Light, Salafa/EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Tracks 2, 3 and 12 from the Musical, Moonshadow Ya Records/Polydor Records ℗ 2006 Ya Records. © 2006 Ya Records. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Ya Records and is licenced exclusively to Polydor Limited, a Universal Music Company.
From the button on front cover: 'As Cat Stevens he defined a generation with Tea For The Tillerman After 30 years he returns with An Other serving. Special edition CD album with a 44 page hard bound illustrated book' Made in the EU.
's last recording as, released in 1978, was, a record full of lost and disillusioned emotions and the desire to be whole and to find something more. Now 28 years later, gives listeners, a recording that reveals the benefits and the gifts that his conversion to the religion of Islam gave him.
With co-producer, old mates like guitarist,, and bassist, and new ones like, returns to the folk-pop idiom of, the aforementioned album, and moments of. While the production on this record is full, it feels more stripped down than most of his work. And what's so interesting is that while he may have left behind the minutely detailed searching scenarios his songs related for more spiritual and general sense impressions, it's about the only thing that's changed. His voice is warm, rich, and inviting, his melodies are as irresistible as ever, and his way of relating his experience is direct. It's true there are a lot more holistic themes on this set, deeply spiritual tomes that offer advice, but they also enthusiastically relate the benefits of what he's found.
Is it preachy? Yep, a bit, but so was 's. That's not to equate this record in terms of its profundity, but more to say that anyone who appreciates what did in a previous life can rejoice in the subjective truths related here. Songs like 'Maybe There's a World,' 'In the End,' the horn-drenched opener 'Midday (Avoid the City After Dark),' and 'Greenfields, Golden Sands' are memorable and delightful for their simplicity and directness. There is also a curious cover on this set: a string-drenched arrangement of 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' that's about as far from ' version as one can get. It's a bit over the top, and it's more in your face than anything else here and therefore doesn't work.
Double Heart Wedding Program Templates. It's downright sappy. Otherwise, this record is a minor but pleasantly unexpected surprise. It also lends a more human face to the man's often distorted life as a devout pilgrim on his way to seeking God. Doing that in a pop setting is a tightrope walk, but obviously doesn't really care, and he keeps his record free from the trappings of trying too hard. If you missed, meet.
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