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Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

Primary Artist
Cat Stevens
Album Title
Tea for the Tillerman
Release Date
November, 1970 
Time
36:40 
Review by William Ruhlmann
Mona Bone Jakon only began Cat Stevens' comeback. Seven months later, he returned with Tea For The Tillerman, an album in the same chamber-group style, employing the same musicians and producer, but with a far more confident tone. Mona Bone Jakon had been full of references to death, but Tea For The Tillerman was not about dying; it was about living in the modern world while rejecting it in favor of spiritual fulfillment. It began with a statement of purpose, "Where Do the Children PlayNULL," in which Stevens questioned the value of technology and progress. Read More
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