Mona Bone Jakon - Thank you - Mona Bone Jakon safely received and in good condition. Couldn t afford to buy first time round - thank goodness for re-mastering.
Purchase of two CDs - Through Amazon, bought two CDs, namely Mona Bona Jakon and Foreigner(Cat Stevens). Neither article has to date been received-almost one month later. A book purchased however arrived within two weeks.
Classic Cat Stevens - Cat Stevens has a distinctive voice, and it really comes out on this CD. I don t love every song, and none of the songs made it to pop hit status as I recall, but who cares if you love his voice, you ll love this CD.
Essential Cat - I view this album as the first third to the amazing three part masterpiece that is MBJ/TFTT/TATF. I was already very familiar with Teaser and the Firecat from when I was young and partially familiar with Tea for the Tillerman from best of collections I ve heard but it wasn t until a few months ago that I actually got the Mona Bone Jakon album. There s a lot of good stuff on here and I would say it s on par with the other two albums. It s really hard for me to pick a favorite out of the three. The only song I find kind of mediocre is Lady D Arbanville. Not sure why but it just doesn t do anything for me. So the album for me starts with Maybe You re Right, which might be my favorite of the album. I can t explain what about the song I like so much, I just think it has a great tune. Next comes the catchy Pop Star, which is kinda repetitive but I still like it. I Think I See the Light just plain rocks, I love the piano in it. Trouble is the only song I d heard before buying the album. It s a classic with a very nice, slow and easy tune. Mona Bone Jakon is almost there with Lady D Arbanville as a throw-away track for me but it s pretty short and there s something kinda interesting about it so I usually don t skip it. I Wish, I Wish is a catchy song with an interesting beat that seems to keep building up, I really like it. Katmandu has a nice flow and descriptive lyrics that really reminds me of camping. Peter Gabriel plays the flute in this song. Time is a really short song which really is just the intro to Fill My Eyes, which is a very pretty song--one of my favorites. And the album ends with Lilywhite, a nice slow song that has some beautiful violin playing in it. Also, I noticed at the 2:10 mark of this song he starts strumming the chords to Don t Be Shy, a song he did for the movie Harold & Maude. Anyway, that s my opinion of this album: one of his best and seemingly most overlooked.
Well Done - This cd s got a couple of songs from the movie Harold and Maude, which I understand can be found on no other album.