Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (US), MFCD 803
Style: Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Soft Rock
Country: Greenock, Scotland (5 September 1945)
Time: 39:01
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 253 Mb
Charts: US #5, AUS 10, UK #38. US: Platinum; UK: Gold.
Year
of the Cat is the seventh studio album by Al Stewart, released in 1976.
It was produced and engineered by Alan Parsons. Its sales helped by the
hit single "Year of the Cat", co-written by Peter Wood and described by
AllMusic as "one of those 'mysterious woman' songs", the album was a
top five hit in the United States. The other single from the album was
"On the Border". Stewart wrote "Lord Grenville" about the Elizabethan
sailor and explorer Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591).
Stewart had
all of the music and orchestration written and completely recorded
before he even had a title for any of the songs. In a Canadian radio
interview he stated that he has done this for six of his albums, and he
often writes four different sets of lyrics for each song. The title
track derives from a song Stewart wrote in 1966 called "Foot of the
Stage" with prescient lyrics about Tony Hancock, one of Britain's
favourite comedians who died by suicide two years later. When Stewart
discovered that Hancock was not well known in the United States, he went
back to his original title "Year of the Cat".
The cover design, by
Hipgnosis and illustrator Colin Elgie, depicts a woman who has an
apparent obsession with cats. She can be seen in the mirror dressing up
as a cat for a costume party, and all of the items on her dresser have
feline motifs. Stewart used the same concept for the cover of his 2004
Greatest Hits album, but with most of the cat items replaced with
references to his other singles.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Cat_(album))
01. Lord Grenville (05:07)
02. On The Border (03:23)
03. Midas Shadow (03:12)
04. Sand In Your Shoes (03:05)
05. If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It (04:31)
06. Flying Sorcery (04:22)
07. Broadway Hotel (03:59)
08. One Stage Before (04:41)
09. Year Of The Cat (06:37)
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