#205 Cat Stevens, 'Tea for the Tillerman' (1970)

Cat Stevens is an artist whose voice I’ve never really loved. I don’t quite hate it but there’s just something about the timbre of it that puts me off. I guess kinda like how some people inexplicably hate coriander. Voice aside, he really has a knack for melodies and lyrics, and that’s the key to this album. The album features one of the most beautiful songs ever written in ‘Father and Son.’ Originally intended to be part of a musical project about the Russian Revolution, that project faded away when Stevens contracted tuberculosis.