Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens album)
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Cat Stevens
, released in 1975. Though made up mostly of tracks from his five previous studio albums, Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits did contain one new song, "Two Fine People", which was also released as a single in 1975, and the previous non-album single, "Another Saturday Night".
Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....
, released in 1975. Though made up mostly of tracks from his five previous studio albums, Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits did contain one new song, "Two Fine People", which was also released as a single in 1975, and the previous non-album single, "Another Saturday Night".
Track listing
All tracks by Cat Stevens, per liner notes, unless otherwise noted:- "Wild WorldWild World"Wild World" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. It first appeared on his fourth album, Tea for the Tillerman, recorded and released in 1970 and, continuing the change in Stevens' sound, after leaving Deram Records and signing with Island Records...
" – 3:22 - "Oh Very YoungOh Very Young"Oh Very Young" is a song by Cat Stevens. It was released on his 1974 album Buddha and the Chocolate Box. The song, which expresses an older person's wistful appreciation of the idealism of youth and the inevitable disillusionment of maturity, reached number 10 in the U.S. charts....
" – 2:34 - "Can't Keep It In" – 2:59
- "Hard Headed Woman" – 3:49
- "MoonshadowMoonshadow (song)"Moonshadow" is a song from the album Teaser and the Firecat, released by Cat Stevens in 1971. It is also the title of his upcoming musical. Stevens, who is now known as Yusuf Islam, considers this his favourite of his old songs. It's one of the songs that convinced him to release a Greatest Hits...
" – 2:49 - "Two Fine People" – 3:33
- "Peace TrainPeace Train"Peace Train" is the title of a 1971 hit song by Cat Stevens, taken from his album Teaser and the Firecat. The song climbed to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the week of October 9, 1971, becoming Stevens' first US Top 10 hit. The song also spent three weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary...
" – 4:13 - "Ready" – 3:16
- "Father and Son" – 3:41
- "Sitting" – 3:13
- "Morning Has BrokenMorning Has Broken"Morning Has Broken" is a popular and well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and is set to a traditional Gaelic tune known as "Bunessan" . It is often sung in children's services...
" (Eleanor FarjeonEleanor FarjeonEleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published...
) – 3:18 - "Another Saturday NightAnother Saturday Night"Another Saturday Night" is the title of a 1963 hit single by Sam Cooke from the album Ain't That Good News. It reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and was number one on the R&B chart for a single week...
" (Sam Cooke)– 2:29