Kick. Ass. This album came out in the same year as Janis Ian’s Miracle Row. Could this be my favourite year of music?

I was worried about listening to more Cat Stevens because his songs for Harold and Maude were so amazing to me and I don’t hear so many people singing his praises outside that movie, so I was beginning to think maybe those songs were the exception or something. This album, at least, is as good as those songs – I hope I’m not disappointed as I listen to more (I started listening to “Back to Earth” this morning and it’s sounding good).

I picked this one to begin with because of the cover – it just looks immediately like there’s fun inside. Not only was I not let down – I was blown away. Some people might find it a little too synthesized in places, and I could maybe do without the instrumentals Kypros and Was Dog a Doughnut? (good in themselves, but gimme more Cat singing!) but this album contains some of the most lively and romantical songs I’ve ever heard and they’re arranged and produced with the kind of power and confidence only the 70s had.

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