Mona Bone Jakon might be best remembered today as the album right before Cat's breakthrough Tea for the Tillerman. Joe offers his thoughts on Mona Bone Jakon, followed by Sam's commentary on Tea for the Tillerman. Fifty years on, these two albums have been revisited by Yusuf through his aptly titled Cat-O-Log Records imprint, in coordination with UMe. Here, Stevens' songs are stripped-down as he looks inward and embraces a soulful sound. Gone are the production excesses of his late-'60s pop recordings. 1970 was a defining year for pop music, and few stars ascended to quite the same heights as Cat Stevens, whose Mona Bone Jakon and Tea For the Tillerman re-introduced the songwriter and singer to audiences.
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