Teaser And The Firecat Songs Ranked

Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio album by Cat Stevens, released in October 1971. English keyboardist Rick Wakeman played piano on “Morning Has Broken” and English musician Linda Lewis also contributed vocals on “How Can I Tell You”. At the Australian 1972 King of Pop Awards the album won Biggest Selling L.P. The album contains 10 songs, including the hits “Morning Has Broken”, “Moonshadow” and “Peace Train”. It is also the title of a children’s book written and illustrated by Stevens. The story features the title characters from the album cover, top-hatted young Teaser and his pet, Firecat, who attempt to put the moon back in its place after it falls from the sky. Published in 1972, the book has been out of print since the mid-1970s. Here are all of Teaser And The Firecat songs ranked.

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10. Peace Train

“The album ends with another of Stevens’ trademark songs, “Peace Train”, which captures the spirit of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Young people during this period, unlike their Second World War parents, had advocated through music, art, literature and demonstrations the need for peace in the world.”

9. How Can I Tell You

“Another song with a similar subject is “How Can I Tell You,” which deals with his inability to tell someone that he loves her. “How Can I Tell You” is an overlooked masterpiece, and a very beautiful song to boot.”

8. Moonshadow

“The song which best captures this duality of external philosophy and internal introspective is “Moonshadow”, my personal favorite. What does “I’m being followed by a Moonshadow” mean, exactly. While there is certainly no definitive interpretation, I’ll offer my best guess. The Moonshadow could represent the ethereal intangible that is a part of life. A moon-shadow is of course ineffable and immaterial and yet it is real. Maybe the moon-shadow represents God, maybe the Spirit, maybe the Universe.”

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7. Changes IV

“Another interesting song that has fast pace and idealistic lyrics is “Changes IV.” The music is good, but the lyrics are a description of Steven’s philosophical view of the world at that time, which are fully of lovely late 60s cultural desires that we are as far from fulfilling today as we were then.”

6. Bitterblue

“The faster pace song “Bitterblue” may deal with yet another aspect of love unfulfilled, this time after providing her with several opportunities that she did not accept. It would appear to a casual observer that Cat Stevens was having problems with his love life at that time.”

5. If I Laugh

“Then we are all heart challenged (if you have one) by: If I Laugh. This can be your reflection of lost love, unrequited love or any kind of love that didn’t work. Changes – then brings us back to movement and moving before we head into…How Can I Tell You.”

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4. Morning Has Broken

“One of the most memorable of the tracks is “Morning Has Broken”, arranged by Stevens with Rick Wakeman of the band Yes on piano. “Morning Has Broken” is a traditional religious hymn first written and performed in the 1930’s.”

3. Rubylove

“Every now and then Cat would offer up some sounds influenced by his Greek-Cypriot heritage on his father’s side. Rubylove is just such a one of these treasures, featuring two each, bouzoukis and guitars for a beautifully layered cake of strings and Grecian verse in an Aegean dance.”

2. Tuesday’s Dead

“Tuesday’s Dead” is probably the most complex and ambiguous of the songs on “Teaser and the Firecat”, referring to the questions we have about life. The lyrics also speak of false preachers and prophets who reveal the supposed coming end of the world, hence the title “Who told tomorrow Tuesday’s Dead”, which could be interpreted to mean, the coming days are numbered or will not come to pass.”

1. The Wind

“The album begins with “The Wind”, a short song not even two minutes long featuring voice and acoustic guitar accompaniment in which “the wind” is associated with the soul of Stevens, describing the inspirations of his music.”