The one hundred ninety-eighth album: Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
Some folk rock works better than others for me and Cat Stevens' Tea For The Tillerman fails to hit the right notes for me. It's not one man and a guitar, which can hit the right notes for me, but while there's some big production, there's not always the energy that needs. It sounds musically good, but the sentiments and emotions it's meant to reach don't hit for me. What doesn't help is that the covers of his songs that I'm aware of - Father and Son and Wild World stand out - have that punch and hit the emotional beats more than I feel here. I guess I don't manage to connect with Cat Stevens in the way the music requires, and that hurts the quality of the album for me.