Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son (Exp)
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Artist: Cat StevensEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-01-26
Music Label: Universal UK
Soundtracks:
- Matthew And Son
- I Love My Dog
- Here Comes My Baby
- Bring Another Bottle Baby
- Portobello Road
- Ive Found A Love
- I See A Road
- Baby Get Your Head Screwed On
- Granny
- When I Speak To The Flowers
- The Tramp
- Come On And Dance
- Hummingbird
- Lady
- Im Gonna Get Me A Gun (Stereo Version) 15-22 Bonus Tracks
- School Is Out (Stereo Version)
- I Love My Dog (Mono Single Version)
- Portobello Road (Mono Single Version)
- Matthew & Son (Mono Single Version)
- Granny (Mono Single Version)
- School Is Out (Mono Single Version)
- Im Gonna Get Me A Gun (Mono Single Version)
Music reviews of Matthew & Son (Exp)
Music Review: Not A Whole Lot Of Depth Here - Just Good, Fun Pop Music!
Rating: 4 Stars
You CANNOT go into this album expecting the artistry, maturity, spirituality, or excellence of Cat Stevens' later work (starting with "Mona Bone Jakon" and going on from there). If you do, you will most likely be turned off, as I initially was, and write off this and his next album NEW MASTERS as being shallow, amateurish and over-produced, as I initially did.
Well, I honestly can't refute those rather negative descriptions; compared to such beautiful songs as "Trouble," "Morning Has Broken," and "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out," the songs on MATTHEW & SON really are shallow, amateurish and over-produced. But when taking this album on its own terms, its own merits, then there's plenty of fun to be had. You have to realize that Stevens was only in his late teens when he wrote most of these songs, and had not yet found the spirituality that would be the driving force of his best-known work. So what we get instead are fun, bouncy pop tunes that, while sometimes sounding rather dated (thanks to both the Mike Hurst production and Stevens' rather contrived lyrics), make for good, clean fun. Don't misunderstand me and think that I'm saying it's "so bad it's good." I'm simply saying that you can't really take any of it too seriously. Songs like "Matthew & Son" and "I've Found A Love" may not have a whole lot of depth to them, but they're still very good songs. And "Here Comes My Baby" is an unjustly underappreciated CLASSIC!!!
If you haven't yet heard MATTHEW & SON, just be sure to go into it with the right mindset and you'll enjoy it. If you have heard it and were turned off by it, give it another chance. If anything, it's essential listening for all Cat Stevens fans in order to fully appreciate his growth as an artist throughout the years.
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Description of Matthew & Son (Exp)
2003 reissue of the folk singer/songwriter's 1967 debut album features 22 tracks including 8 bonus tracks previously unreleased on CD, 'I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun' (Stereo Version), 'School Is Out' (Stereo Version), 'I Love My Dog' (Mono Single Version), 'Portobello Road' (Mono Single Version), 'Matthew & Son' (Mono Single Version), 'Granny' (Mono Single Version), 'School Is Out' (Mono Single Version), & 'I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun' (Mono Single Version). Deram/Universal.Classic Rock CDs
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