Catch Bull at Four

by Cat Stevens

Catch Bull at Four cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 September 1972
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:22
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Driven by his escalating commercial success, the British songwriter delivered an ambitious set that frequently utilized broader orchestral arrangements and synthesizers over his standard acoustic core. Exploring themes of spiritual unrest and the pressures of sudden fame, the lyrical content is noticeably darker and more complex than his previous breakthroughs. The album dominated the Billboard charts, cementing his status as a premier global pop-folk icon.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, storytelling, piano, confessional, male-vocals, melodic, spirituality

Tracklist

  1. Sitting (3:12)
  2. The Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head (5:56)
  3. Angelsea (4:28)
  4. Silent Sunlight (3:00)
  5. Can't Keep It In (3:00)
  6. 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) (4:18)
  7. Freezing Steel (3:39)
  8. O' Caritas (3:41)
  9. Sweet Scarlet (3:46)
  10. Ruins (4:19)

Credits

  • Cat Stevens - primary artist, guitar, vocals, keyboards, written-by
  • Larry Steele - bass, congas
  • Andreas Toumazis - bouzouki
  • Angelos Hatzipavli - bouzouki
  • Gerry Conway - drums
  • Harvey Burns - drums
  • Alun Davies - guitar
  • Lee Hulko - lacquer cut by

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