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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: A&M
Salesrank: 13479
Released: July 25, 2000 |
| Our Price: $5.22 |
| Used Price: $4.98 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Catch Bull at Four Track Listing:
1. Sitting
2. The Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head
3. Angelsea
4. Silent Sunlight
5. Can't Keep It In
6. 18th Avenue
7. Freezing Steel
8. O Caritas
9. Sweet Scarlet
10. Ruins
Editorial Review:
Celebrated and adored for his sanguine lyrics and irresistible hooks, Cat Stevens was one of the rare singer-songwriters capable of composing genuinely optimistic songs that didn't leave a sappy residue in listeners' ears. However, even a cursory listen to 1972's Catch Bull at Four proves that the Cat had seen darkness, too, and that those darker elements had become more pronounced than they'd been in the past. His vocal style shifts from the cool croon that made Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat top sellers to a harsher, almost growling delivery. The album's standouts--the wistful reverie "Sitting" and the delightfully infectious "Can't Keep It In"--are resolute in lyric and melody. Rambling, mystical odes such as "The Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head," "Angelsea," and "Sweet Scarlet" offer quaintly romantic imagery and lavishly undulating melodies. But it's the mercurial dynamics and driving melody of "18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare)" and the bitter conviction of "Ruins" that give the album a backbone and a sense of balance. --Sally Weinbach
Catch Bull at Four Reviews:
Classic Cat 
2009-12-21 - These are lesser known songs by Cat Stevens. But they should all be hits. Some are power songs and some are poetic little ballads. All are great. This and Mona Bone Jakon are my favorite of Cat's. If youare a big fan they are both must haves.
Great CD
2009-11-09 - Wow, forgot how much I had liked so many of these songs. Great CD.
dick45
2009-07-01 - I like Cat Stevens and the price was excellent. Wish amazon would make their susper saver shipping a little faster.
One of the best.
2008-06-09 - This is not my favorite Cat album, but one of his best by far. Cat's lyrical quality and great folk music ability shine brilliantly on this album almost better than any other.
Check it out if you are a new Cat Stevens or Yusef fan, and if you are an old school fan, then you must own this album.
Mark Welsh; Angelsea - way off base with the lyrics-
2008-06-03 - Mark Welsh:[ Supposedly the voices repeatedly chant "Oh, Carly Simon says, oh, Carly, why?]
WRONG.
The lyrics are "Angelsea, Angelsea..Angelsea" (pronounced ahnG - lay-sa(w)
