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1967: Matthew & Son, Deram
1967: New Masters, Deram
1970: Tea for the Tillerman, A&M
1970: World of Cat Stevens, Decca
1970: Mona Bone Jakon, A&M
1970: Cat Stevens, Decca
1971: Matthew & Son /New Masters, Deram
1971: Teaser & the Firecat, A&M
1972: Catch Bull at Four, A&M
1972: Very Young & Early Songs, A&M
1973: Foreigner, Deram
1974: Buddha & the Chocolate Box; A&M
1975: Numbers, A&M
1977: Izitso, A&M
1978: Back to Earth, A&M
1978: Cat's Cradle, London
1995: Life of the Last Prophet, Surgent
AMG BIOGRAPHY: Cat Stevens (born Steve Georgiou in London) was the son of a Greek father and a Swedish mother. Stevens became interested in folk and rock & roll in his teens and scored his first U.K. hit, "I Love My Dog," before he turned 20. Stevens reached the singles charts four more times, getting to #2 with "Matthew and Son" and releasing the similarly titled Top Ten album before he contracted tuberculosis in 1968 and was forced to retire from music. He re-emerged with a new, mature style in 1970 with the album Mona Bone Jakon and hit the U.K. Top Ten with "Lady D'Arbanville." But it was his late 1970 follow-up, Tea for the Tillerman, that made him an international success. The album hit the Top Ten and went gold in the U.S., producing the hit "Wild World." Teaser and the Firecat, released in 1971, did even better, including the hits "Peace Train" and "Morning Has Broken."
Stevens became so successful as an albums artist that, even though his next couple of albums did not generate big hit singles, they were still big sellers: Catch Bull at Four (1972) went to #1 and Foreigner (1973) reached #3. Stevens's 1974 album Buddha and the Chocolate Box, which included the #10 hit "Oh Very Young," reached #2. Stevens's records were gradually less successful during the second half of the '70s. In 1979, he became a Muslim, adopted the name Yusef Islam, and retired from music. He was not heard from for another ten years, until he shocked admirers at the end of the '80s by supporting the death sentence ordered by the Ayatollah Khomeini against novelist Salman Rushdie for writing the book The Satanic Verses. Some "classic rock" radio stations discontinued playing him as a result, though his music remains popular. -- William Ruhlmann
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