Teaser and the Firecat
Occupation
- Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard Cat Stevens
- Guitar: Alun Davies
- Bass, Congas: Larry Steele
- Drums: Gerry Conway
- Drums: Hervey Burns
- Piano: Rick Wakeman
- Bouzouki: Andreas Toumazis
- Bouzouki: Angelos Hatzipavli
- String arrangement: Del Newman
Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio album of the singer -songwriter Cat Stevens and was published in 1971.
History
Following the successful comeback with very philosophical texts of his songs on the albums Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman in 1970, Cat Stevens became even more popular, as Hal Ashby used his title for the film Harold and Maude.
On his published in the September 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat Stevens pieces were still melodic, what his music could reach an even wider audience. The album peaked in the U.S. in second place in the album charts in the UK and # 3 in Germany No. 23 The biggest hit of the album was the catchy Morning Has Broken. In Germany, the album as well as the successful single of Morning Has Broken was not in the top ten of the charts.
On the cover of the album a boy can be seen with a blue hat and a fire- red cat. The drawings are by Cat Stevens. In 1972 he published a children's book with histories of these two as the main characters. The book has not been reprinted since the mid- 1970s.
The album was re-released in 2000 in a remastered by Ted Jensen Version. Another re-release as a double CD (Deluxe Edition) took place in 2008 with written comments on the album of Yusuf, Alun Davies and Paul Samwell - Smith. The CD was remastered again and the bonus CD contains demo and live versions under the stage name Cat Stevens and Yusuf.
Track list
All the songs, with the exception of Morning Has Broken, were written by Cat Stevens.
LP / CD version
Deluxe Edition (2008)
Second CD: