Cat Stevens discography explained

Artist:Cat Stevens
Studio:17
Live:6
Compilation:13
Singles:57

This article lists the discography of British-Emirati singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. It also includes the albums he has released since he converted to Islam and adopted the name Yusuf Islam, as well as albums he released since he started being credited as Yusuf / Cat Stevens.

In June 1974, while in Australia, Cat Stevens was presented with a plaque representing the sale of forty Gold Records, the largest number ever presented to an artist in Australia.[1]

Albums

As Cat Stevens

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
NOR
[7]
NZ
[8]
SPA
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
Matthew & Son
  • Released: 10 March 1967
  • Label: Deram
7173
New Masters
  • Released: December 1967
  • Label: Deram
Mona Bone Jakon
  • Released: 24 April 1970
  • Label: Island/A&M
6325164
Tea for the Tillerman
  • Released: 23 November 1970
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
20213112225208
  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
Teaser and the Firecat
  • Released: October 1971[13]
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
2122322522
  • BPI: Gold[14]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
Catch Bull at Four
  • Released: 27 September 1972
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
21117321
  • RIAA: Platinum
Foreigner
  • Released: 25 July 1973
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
34518113
  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
Buddha and the Chocolate Box
  • Released: March 1974
  • Label: Island/A&M
353334522
  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: Platinum
Numbers
  • Released: November 1975
  • Label: Island/A&M
854201412913
Izitso
  • Released: 28 May 1977
  • Label: Island/A&M
18391227133910157
  • BPI: Silver
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
Back to Earth
  • Released: 3 December 1978
  • Label: Island/A&M
893132171433
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
US
1974Saturnight
  • Released: 8 November 1974
  • Label: A&M (Japan)
1995Bitterblue
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: ITM Media
2004Majikat
  • Released: 21 September 2004
  • Label: Eagle
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[16]
2008Tea for the Tillerman: Live
  • Released: 2 September 2008
  • Label: Wienerworld UK
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
[17]
AUT
[18]
CAN
GER
NOR
[19]
NZ
SPA
SWE
US
1972Very Young & Early Songs
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Deram
94
1975The View from the Top[20] [21]
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Deram
1975Greatest Hits
  • Released: 20 June 1975
  • Label: Island/A&M
2411141956
  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
1981Morning Has Broken
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Island
125
1982
  • Released: March 1982
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
3165
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Platinum[22]
1987Classics, Volume 24
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: A&M</small>
  • RIAA: Gold
1989The Best of Cat Stevens
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
4
1990The Very Best of Cat Stevens
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
6228
1999Remember Cat Stevens – The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
31101220551311
  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: 7× Platinum[24]
2000The Very Best of Cat Stevens
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
664489719258
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • MC: Platinum[25]
  • RIAA: Gold
2001Cat Stevens (box set)aka In Search of the Centre of the Universe and On the Road to Find
  • Released: 2001, repackaging 2008
  • Label: A&M</small>
2005Gold
  • Released: 15 November 2003
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
200720th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best of Cat Stevens
  • Released: 1 May 2007
2007Harold and Maude Soundtrack by Cat Stevens
  • Released: 28 December 2007
  • Label: Vinyl Films
173
[26]
20104 Original Albums
  • Released: 20 December 2010
  • Label: Island/A&M</small>
60
2013Icon
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As Yusuf Islam

Studio albums

Compilation albums

As Yusuf

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
GER
FRA
[27]
NLD
[28]
NOR
SWE
SWI
[29]
US
2006An Other Cup 2022816917161452
2009Roadsinger 10351098871414341
  • BPI: Gold
2014Tell 'Em I'm Gone 22241526903924
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsCertification
2007Yusuf's Cafe Session
  • Released: March 2007
  • Label: Hip-O
2010Roadsinger Live in Australia (Blu-ray)
  • Released: 7 December 2010
  • Label: Ais

As Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
AUS
[33]
AUT
GER
FRA
SPA
[34]
SWI
US
2017The Laughing Apple
  • Released: 15 September 2017
  • Label: Cat-O-Log/Decca
23592641397933114
2020Tea for the Tillerman 2
  • Released: 18 September 2020[35]
  • Label: Cat-O-Log/Decca
4501614585
2023King of a Land 4932
[36]
1032
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

As Cat Stevens

YearSingle / B-sidePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
AUS
CAN
CAN AC
GER
NLD
NZ
[37]
SPA
US
[38]
US AC
[39]
1966"I Love My Dog" / "Portobello Road"284721Matthew and Son
1967"Matthew and Son" / "Granny"2118425120
"I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun"6544
"A Bad Night"20873015New Masters
"Kitty"476
1968"Lovely City (When Do You Laugh?)"100Non-album singles
"Here Comes My Wife" / "It's a Super (Dupa) Life"12
1969"Where Are You" / "View from the Top"
1970"Lady D'Arbanville" / "I Wish, I Wish"820692321611Mona Bone Jakon
"Father and Son"521828Tea for the Tillerman
1971"Wild World"14321121
"Moonshadow"2226203010Teaser and the Firecat
"Peace Train" / "Tuesday's Dead"33227271
1972"Morning Has Broken"9441137531361
"Sitting" / "Crab Dance"34143841617Catch Bull at Four
1973"Can't Keep It In"138236
"The Hurt" / "Silent Sunlight"302527173138Foreigner
1974"Oh Very Young" / "100 I Dream"19964710102Buddha and the Chocolate Box
"Another Saturday Night" / "Home in the Sky"1915116372710612Non-album single <-- Not a single release from the album 'Greatest Hits', which was released one year later -->
1975"Ready"2026Buddha and the Chocolate Box
"Two Fine People" / "A Bad Penny"7634233339Greatest Hits
1976"Banapple Gas" / "Ghost Town"596537741Numbers
1977"(Remember the Days of the) Old School Yard"441827143328Izitso
"Sweet Jamaica"9835
1978"Was Dog a Doughnut?"7970
"Child for a Day" / "Kypros"
1979"New York Times" / "Nascimento"22Back to Earth
"Bad Brakes"83
1980"Last Love Song"
2001"If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out"On the Road to Find Out
2019"Toy Heart"Back to Earth (Super Deluxe Box Set)
2020"Butterfly"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As Yusuf / Cat Stevens

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
AUT
GER
IRE
[40]
NLD
SWE
SWI
2003"Peace Train" / "Angel of War"Single
2004"Father and Son"
(with Ronan Keating)
2412716843741Ronan Keating's album
10 Years of Hits
2005"Indian Ocean"Gold
2006"Heaven" / "Where True Love Goes"An Other Cup
"Midday (Avoid City After Dark)"
2007"Maybe There's a World"
2009"Boots and Sand"
(featuring Paul McCartney and Dolly Parton)
Roadsinger
"Thinking 'Bout You"
"Roadsinger (To Warm You Through the Night)"
"The Day the World Gets 'Round"
(with Klaus Voormann)
A Sideman's Journey
2011"My People"Non-album single
2014"Dying to Live"Tell 'Em I'm Gone
2016"I Love My Dog" / "Matthew and Son"Non-album singles
2016"He Was Alone"
2017"See What Love Did to Me"The Laughing Apple
"Blackness of the Night"
"Northern Wind (Death of Billy the Kid)"
"You Can Do (Whatever)"
"Mary and the Little Lamb"
2020"Where Do the Children Play?"Tea for the Tillerman²
2023"Take The World Apart"King of a Land
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes and References

  1. Cash Box Magazine. Cashbox. World Radio History. 48. 22 June 1974. 15 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Cat Stevens full Official Chart History . . 11 July 2020.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 293.

  4. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. austriancharts.at.
  5. Web site: Search for "Cat Stevens" . . 17 July 2013 . . 11 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2022-02-16. offiziellecharts.de.
  7. Web site: norwegiancharts.com – Norwegian charts portal. norwegiancharts.com.
  8. Web site: Discography Cat Stevens and Yusuf . charts.nz . 11 July 2020.
  9. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos 1959–2012. 2015. Fundación Autor-SGAE. 978-84-8048-866-2. 1st. Spain.
  10. Web site: Discography Cat Stevens and Yusuf . swedishcharts.com . 11 July 2020.
  11. Cat Stevens Chart History: Billboard 200 . Billboard . 11 July 2020.
  12. Web site: Gold & Platinum. Recording Industry Association of America.
  13. Book: Bogdanov, Vladimir . etal. All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul. 2002. Hal Leonard Corporation. 0-87930-653-X. 1076–7.
  14. "United Kingdom. Cat Stevens. 21 November 2021.
  15. "Certified Awards Search ". Music Canada. Retrieved on 16 October 2011. Note: User needs to enter "Cat Stevens" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  16. Australia. Cat Stevens. video. 2008. 16 December 2021.
  17. Web site: Discography Cat Stevens and Yusuf . australian-charts.com . 11 July 2020.
  18. Web site: Discographie Cat Stevens and Yusuf . austriancharts.at . 11 July 2020.
  19. Web site: Discography Cat Stevens and Yusuf . norwegiancharts.com . 11 July 2020.
  20. Web site: CAT STEVENS: THE VIEW FROM THE TOP – UK DERAM pressing, gate-fold compilation DLP. Bid or Buy (South Africa). 13 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141219103016/http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/153358584/CAT_STEVENS_THE_VIEW_FROM_THE_TOP_UK_DERAM_pressing_gate_fold_compilation_DLP.html. 19 December 2014.
  21. Web site: Cat Stevens: The View from the Top. Discogs. 13 December 2014.
  22. Web site: Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued). Imgur.com. 26 December 2022.
  23. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 267.
  24. Australia. Cat Stevens. album. 2013. 28 December 2021.
  25. Web site: Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results . 2010-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090412081617/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php . 12 April 2009 .
  26. billboardcharts. 1419658192011812868. Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (4/4).... 25 July 2021. 26 July 2021.
  27. Web site: Discography Cat Stevens and Yusuf . Lescharts.com . 11 July 2020.
  28. Web site: Discografie Cat Stevens and Yusuf . Dutchcharts.nl . 11 July 2020.
  29. Web site: Discography Cat Stevens and Yusuf. 11 July 2020. hitparade.ch.
  30. United Kingdom . Yusuf . An Other Cup . album . 2006 . 11 July 2020. 492-2819-2.
  31. Germany . Yusuf . An Other Cup . album . 2006 . 11 July 2020.
  32. Australia. Yusuf Islam. video. 2010. 16 December 2021.
  33. Web site: spanishcharts.com – Spanish charts portal. 2022-02-17. spanishcharts.com.
  34. Web site: Out Now: Tea for the Tillerman². Catstevens.com. 21 October 2021.
  35. Web site: Longplay Charts Woche 25 / 2023. Ö3 Austria Top 40. 27 June 2023.
  36. Web site: flavour of new zealand – search listener. 2022-02-17. flavourofnz.co.nz. 9 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230409204818/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=623#n_view_location. dead.
  37. Cat Stevens Chart History: Hot 100 . Billboard . 11 July 2020.
  38. Cat Stevens Chart History: Adult Contemporary . Billboard . 11 July 2020.
  39. Web site: Discography Cat Stevens and Yusuf . Irish-charts.com . 11 July 2020.