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Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou in London, England on 21st July 1948, and now named Yusuf Islam) is best known for his work as a popular British singer-songwriter, although born and raised by a Cypriot father and a Swedish mother. At the outset of his musical career, Georgiou adopted the stage name “Cat Stevens”, under which name he sold forty million albums, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s.

Stevens became a convert to Islam in 1978 after a near-death experience. He adopted the name Yusuf Islam and became an outspoken advocate for the religion. Following his conversion, Yusuf abandoned his previous career as a pop star, with which he had always been uncomfortable. Song and the use of musical instruments is an area of debate in Islamic jurisprudence (law) and is the primary factor Cat Stevens retreated from the pop spotlight. At one point he wrote to the record companies asking that his music no longer be distributed, but his request was denied.

He released a series of low-profile spoken word albums throughout the next few decades, but only truly returned to the pop arena in 2005 with the new song “Indian Ocean”, as well as a number of notable benefit performances. In November 2006, he released his first pop album in 28 years, entitled “An Other Cup”, filled with music quite reminscent of his 1970s sounds, though with a more obvious spirituality.

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teafor1 wrote:
Tuesday evening

On dark days i turn to cat's music, it always helps!

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tareksobh wrote:
Monday afternoon

♥

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StanLeChinois wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Greetings from Paris /France http://www.myspace.com/stanlechinois

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erikjan22 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Portobello Road is amazing! One of my favorite songs :)

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Glazuka wrote:
Sunday morning

hairy cute

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sinimportancia wrote:
7 days ago

Uno de los grandes maestros de la musica universal

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Majors10 wrote:
8 days ago

check this out --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE

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tippnick wrote:
12 days ago

ABSOLUTE LEGEND OF MUSIC

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mandise40 wrote:
19 days ago

Amazing voice. father and son is incredible! (2)

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v00d00cHiLe wrote:
27 days ago

he has an amazing voice. father and son is incredible

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Mota01 wrote:
29 days ago

\/ sahusahusahuashu D:

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Mota01 wrote:
29 days ago

eu não voou ficaar,tão perto de perdeer você,assim sem me mexer (8)

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Otacons_Nachos wrote:
November 2009

I'MMMMMM LOOKING FOR A HARD HEADED WOMAN

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ohh1972 wrote:
November 2009

The old stuff is best. <3

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FalcoNoMore wrote:
November 2009

Fuck Mike Bailey.

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Ken_Engineer wrote:
November 2009

Cat stevens does have a wonderful voice no doubt

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takusamadotcom wrote:
November 2009

The year of the cat is sooooo sweet and charm!

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mattshoes wrote:
November 2009

Umm... Numbers is amazing! Have another listen cos Novim's Nightmare, Majik Of Majiks, Drywood, and Jzero are among Cat's best! Yeah a few songs are not quite there... but even a miss from Cat is worth the listen! I still don't know what the hell Banapple Gas was though...LOL! Though it must be healthy....

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isukkinen wrote:
November 2009

Numbers is underrated. Contains many good songs, only a couple mediocre ones.

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glassbottle wrote:
November 2009

All his 70's albums besides Numbers and Izitso are flawless. I don't think Matthew & Son and New Masters are even close to as good as his other stuff.

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