Tea for the Tillerman 2

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Tea for the Tillerman 2
File:Tea for the Tillerman 2 Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Released 18 September 2020
Recorded July 2019
Studio Les Studios de la Fabrique, France
Genre Folk rock
Length 39:20
Label
Producer Yusuf / Cat Stevens & Paul Samwell-Smith
Yusuf / Cat Stevens chronology
The Laughing Apple
(2017)		 Tea for the Tillerman 2
(2020)		 King of a Land
(2023)
Singles from Tea for the Tillerman 2
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[4]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[5]
The Times 4/5 stars[6]

Tea for the Tillerman 2 (stylised as Tea for the Tillerman²) is the sixteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Yusuf / Cat Stevens, released on 18 September 2020 by Cat-O-Log Records through Island. It is a re-imagining of his hit 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yusuf / Cat Stevens. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Where Do the Children Play?"   4:09
2. "Hard Headed Woman"   3:32
3. "Wild World"   3:47
4. "Sad Lisa"   3:58
5. "Miles from Nowhere"   4:02
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "But I Might Die Tonight"   3:13
2. "Longer Boats"   2:30
3. "Into White"   3:43
4. "On the Road to Find Out"   5:48
5. "Father and Son"   3:50
6. "Tea for the Tillerman"   1:00

Personnel

  • Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Spanish guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, grand piano, keyboards, harpsichord, lead vocals
  • Alun Davies – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, vocals on "Father and Son"
  • Jim Cregan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Eric Appapoulay – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, backing vocals
  • Bruce Lynch – double bass, electric bass
  • Martin Allcock - bass on (3), piano (3)
  • Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, organ, synth horns, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Andreas Andersson - clarinet on "Wild World"
  • Kwame Yeboah– drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Ashton Thomas – string arrangements on (1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
  • Christopher Nightingale – arrangements
  • Brother Ali – rap on "Longer Boats"
  • Voxaphonic - backing vocals on (1, 3, 10)

Charts

Chart performance for Tea for the Tillerman 2
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 183
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 96
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 161
45
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] 78
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[12] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 4

References

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  5. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  6. ↑ The Times review
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  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Yusuf – Tea For The Tillerman²" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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  12. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Yusuf – Tea For The Tillerman²". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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