Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens Album)

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Greatest hits
Compilation album by Cat Stevens (now Yusuf)

Publication
(s)

1975

Label (s) Island Records / A&M Records

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Pop - Folk

Title (number)

12

running time

39:16 (LP / CD)

production

Paul Samwell-Smith / Cat Stevens

Studio (s)

Various

chronology
Saturnight
(1974) 		Greatest hits Numbers (A Pythagorean Theory Tale)
(1975)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by singer and songwriter Cat Stevens .

history

Cat Stevens' tenth album was released in June 1975 and was his first compilation album. The title Greatest Hits is incorrect as the single hits that were released on the Deram Records label and Lady D'Arbanville are not included. Furthermore, Hard Headed Woman was not a single and Father & Son was just the B-side of Moonshadow .

As an incentive to buy, there are two tracks on the album that were otherwise only released as singles ( Two Fine People and Another Saturday Night ). The LP was commercially successful (USA: 6th place; UK 2nd place; Germany: 6th place).

The album was re-released in 2000 in a version remastered by Ted Jensen.

Track list

All tracks except Morning Has Broken and Another Saturday Night were written by Cat Stevens.

  1. Wild World - 3:22
  2. Oh Very Young - 2:34
  3. Can't Keep It In - 2:59
  4. Hard Headed Woman - 3:49
  5. Moonshadow - 2:49
  6. Two Fine People - 3:33
  7. Peace Train - 4:13
  8. Ready - 3:16
  9. Father & Son - 3:41
  10. Sitting - 3:13
  11. Morning Has Broken (Farjeon / Stevens) - 3:18
  12. Another Saturday Night (Sam Cooke) - 2:29

reception

In 1992 the album was awarded a double platinum record in Germany for over one million units sold. The compilation is one of the best-selling music albums in Germany since 1975 .

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 1,000,000
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold record icon.svg gold 7,500
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 25,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum 4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 100,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg3 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg7 × platinum
 5,242,000

Main article: Cat Stevens / Music Sales Awards

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