Cat Stevens - Cat Stevens Collected (2007) lossless

The Collected Cat Stevens is a three-disc box set that by no means eclipses the four-disc package released in 2001, bit does give it a good run for its money. Largely chronological, but oddly relegating some of Stevens' earliest hits to the end of the final disc, the box opens and closes with two of his most emotive numbers, the hit "Lady D'Arbanville," and the questioning "Father and Son," first heard in their familiar studio form, and then as live recordings. In between times, a total of 54 tracks bounces through Stevens career, from "Matthew & Son" through to "*"Midday (Avoid City After Dark)," credited to the singer's latter-day Yusuf Islam identity, and it's difficult to pick fault with any of the inclusions -- even those which, like "Moonshadow," "Morning Has Broken" and, indeed, "Father and Son," are so tweely saccharin that it seems incredible anybody ever took them seriously. They did, though, and Stevens remains one of the few early-'70s singer/songwriters whose ouvre continues to attract new listeners with every passing generation. This smartly projected box will only add to their numbers.

TRACKLIST:

01. Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (3:44)
02. Cat Stevens - Father And Son (3:43)
03. Cat Stevens - Hard Headed Woman (3:49)
04. Cat Stevens - Wild World (3:22)
05. Cat Stevens - Where Do The Children Play? (3:54)
06. Cat Stevens - Miles From Nowhere (3:37)
07. Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (3:45)
08. Cat Stevens - On The Road To Find Out (5:10)
09. Cat Stevens - Into White (3:27)
10. Cat Stevens - Pop Star (4:15)
11. Cat Stevens - Trouble (2:47)
12. Cat Stevens - Katmandu (3:22)
13. Cat Stevens - I Wish, I Wish (3:49)
14. Cat Stevens - Maybe You're Right (3:24)
15. Cat Stevens - I Think I See The Light (3:58)
16. Cat Stevens - Fill My Eyes (3:00)
17. Cat Stevens - Rubylove (2:38)
18. Cat Stevens - Changes IV (3:32)

01. Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken (3:20)
02. Cat Stevens - Tuesday's Dead (3:37)
03. Cat Stevens - Peace Train (4:07)
04. Cat Stevens - Moonshadow (2:52)
05. Cat Stevens - The Wind (1:43)
06. Cat Stevens - Bitterblue (3:12)
07. Cat Stevens - I Want To Live In A Wigwam (3:25)
08. Cat Stevens - If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (2:47)
09. Cat Stevens - Sitting (3:14)
10. Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In (3:01)
11. Cat Stevens - 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) (4:19)
12. Cat Stevens - Silent Sunlight (3:02)
13. Cat Stevens - The Hurt (4:20)
14. Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young (2:38)
15. Cat Stevens - Jzero (3:48)
16. Cat Stevens - Land O' Freelove & Goodbye (2:51)
17. Cat Stevens - (I Never Wanted) To Be A Star (3:03)
18. Cat Stevens - Two Fine People (3:32)

01. Cat Stevens - Another Saturday Night (2:31)
02. Cat Stevens - Banapple Gas (3:11)
03. Cat Stevens - (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard (2:45)
04. Cat Stevens - Life (4:55)
05. Cat Stevens - Child For A Day (4:24)
06. Cat Stevens - Just Another Night (3:49)
07. Cat Stevens - Daytime (3:58)
08. Cat Stevens - Bad Brakes (3:29)
09. Cat Stevens - Father (4:08)
10. Yusuf - Midday (Avoid City After Dark) (4:25)
11. Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son (2:45)
12. Cat Stevens - I Love My Dog (2:20)
13. Cat Stevens - I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun (2:14)
14. Cat Stevens - Here Comes My Baby (2:56)
15. Cat Stevens - A Bad Night (3:13)
16. Cat Stevens - The First Cut Is The Deepest (3:03)
17. Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (Live) (3:53)
18. Cat Stevens - Father And Son (Live) (3:37)