Yusuf-(The Artist Known as Cat Stevens) - Roadsinger [5/5]

Artist:

Yusuf

See Also:

Stevens, Cat

Description:

Personnel: Yusuf (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, piano, organ, bass synthesizer, percussion); Morisa Angell (viola).
Additional personnel: David Davidson, David Angell (violin); Chris Wilkinson (viola); John Catchings, Anthony LaMarchina (cello); Jimmy Bowland (tenor saxophone); Jennifer Kummer (French horn); Chris McDonald (trombone); Gill Long (tuba); Will Simmons (wind chime).
Audio Mixer: Michael Brauer.
Arranger: David Davidson.
ROADSINGER is the second album the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens (and before that, Steven Georgiou) has released in a secular, Western pop style since 1978, well before he embraced Islam, changed his name to Yusuf, and began releasing Islamic-oriented spoken-word and musical material. Like its 2006 predecessor, AN OTHER CUP, ROADSINGER harks back to the Cat Stevens who dominated the charts in the `70s with a warm, accessible folk-pop sound. And while the lyrics here are not without their spiritual content, there`s nothing overt or denominational about it. Probably even less so than what you`d find on any given U2 album, for instance. The pace is mostly slow to moderate here, with a reflective tone prevailing, but then, his classic albums like TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN were never exactly about raving rockers either. Ultimately, ROADSINGER is all about Yusuf/Cat/Steven getting back to what he does best--agreeably earnest, unfailingly melodic, amiably easygoing, acoustic-based tunes whose weight can easily be obscured by their abundance of ear-catching hooks.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Welcome Home
2. Thinking `Bout You
3. Everytime I Dream
4. Rain, The
5. World O` Darkness
6. Be What You Must
7. This Glass World
8. Roadsinger
9. All Kinds of Roses
10. Dream On (Until)
11. Shamsia

Album Information

Release Date:

05/05/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Singer/Songwriter

Label:

Eder Music

Producer:

Yusuf

Catalog Number:

0157

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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