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Post by crobarbie on Oct 21, 2014 17:45:08 GMT -5
Here is the first, but very short critique in Rolling Stone: 3 stars  www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/yusuf-tell-em-im-gone-20141021BY Jon Dolan | October 21, 2014 The former Cat Stevens recently released a memoir, and his first album in five years often feels like it should've been included with copies of the book: "I was born in the West End/In the summer of '48," he sings on "Editing Floor Blues," in which he describes his conversion experiences with rock & roll and, later in life, Islam. With Rick Rubin co-producing, there's a bluesy toughness to the anti-capitalist jeremiads "Big Boss Man" and "Gold Digger," while "Cat & the Dog Trap" recalls the simple folky prettiness and direct, easeful messages that made him a Seventies icon. "God made everything just right," he sings on the laid-back highlight "Doors." |
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 21, 2014 18:02:49 GMT -5
And how many stars am I giving to each song?  Track listing 1. I Was Raised In Babylon >> ***** 2. Big Boss Man >> *** 1/2 3. Dying To Live >> **** 4. You Are My Sunshine >> **** 1/2 5. Editing Floor Blues >> *** 1/2 6. Cat And The Dog Trap >> **** 7. Gold Digger >> **** 8. The Devil Came From Kansas >> **** 9. Tell 'Em I'm Gone >> *** 10. Doors >> *** Total score: 38,5 / 10 = 3,85 ... that means **** So, I have corrected myself a little bit, first impression was **** 1/2 for the whole album, but it was a fever called "album is out" (on stream |
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Post by blossom on Oct 22, 2014 2:10:40 GMT -5
Am not a musician nor critic...BUT my heart loves Cat and the Dog Trap the most... . |
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Post by peritura on Oct 22, 2014 15:28:12 GMT -5
It is my favourite,too. It is in his tradition of laying himself open and being vulnerable- the quality that attracted me to his music in the first place.
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 24, 2014 6:46:38 GMT -5
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Post by aurarisma on Oct 24, 2014 20:27:47 GMT -5
And how many stars am I giving to each song? Track listing 1. I Was Raised In Babylon >> ***** 2. Big Boss Man >> *** 1/2 3. Dying To Live >> **** 4. You Are My Sunshine >> **** 1/2 5. Editing Floor Blues >> *** 1/2 6. Cat And The Dog Trap >> **** 7. Gold Digger >> **** 8. The Devil Came From Kansas >> **** 9. Tell 'Em I'm Gone >> *** 10. Doors >> *** Total score: 38,5 / 10 = 3,85 ... that means **** So, I have corrected myself a little bit, first impression was **** 1/2 for the whole album, but it was a fever called "album is out" (on stream What type of work do you do during the day Crobarbie .. I'm curious!!! whatever it is, don't lose your day job ....  heheeheeee just kidding wink winkk ... but not really xoxoxoxoxo |
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 25, 2014 10:03:58 GMT -5
What type of work do you do during the day Crobarbie .. I'm curious!!! whatever it is, don't lose your day job .... heheeheeee just kidding wink winkk ... but not really xoxoxoxoxo Well, something connected to Internet (online book magazine owner & editor), I am online continuously, and googleing is some kind of relaxation for me, so I won't loose my job And here is one more review ... "4 stars" www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-yusufcat-stevens-tell-em-im-gone |
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 25, 2014 10:12:51 GMT -5
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 25, 2014 10:35:25 GMT -5
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Post by catchem on Oct 25, 2014 13:50:02 GMT -5
Got a mail this morning and it had Yusuf's new album which I had pre-ordered from Amazon. I thought it was going to be released next week, but I am not complaining that I got it a few days early. I love it. My favourite song on it has to be 'I was raised in Babylon', such a great song with powerful words and great backing by the great Richard Thompson. Incidentally, beginning of this year I wrote to Richard Thompson on his website's monthly Q&As (Yusuf and Richard are my idols in Music and I follow them keenly) and asked about possibly collaborating with Yusuf to which he replied that he would love to work with, but nothing was planned at the time. Clearly, he thought why not and I am glad that they have collaborated and in the end its a smashing album. Wish Richard was travelling with Yusuf on the tours, but never mind I just can't wait for Yusuf's visit to Hamburg. Any goers?
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Post by aurarisma on Oct 25, 2014 15:30:20 GMT -5
Got a mail this morning and it had Yusuf's new album which I had pre-ordered from Amazon. I thought it was going to be released next week, but I am not complaining that I got it a few days early. I love it. My favourite song on it has to be 'I was raised in Babylon', such a great song with powerful words and great backing by the great Richard Thompson. Incidentally, beginning of this year I wrote to Richard Thompson on his website's monthly Q&As (Yusuf and Richard are my idols in Music and I follow them keenly) and asked about possibly collaborating with Yusuf to which he replied that he would love to work with, but nothing was planned at the time. Clearly, he thought why not and I am glad that they have collaborated and in the end its a smashing album. Wish Richard was travelling with Yusuf on the tours, but never mind I just can't wait for Yusuf's visit to Hamburg. Any goers? Peace, Catchem
Nice to hear from you ... I"m going to Hamburg concert!!!
Hey can you post a rating on Amazon about the album its always a good thing to get reviews so others will be encouraged to buy it as well.!!!
Thanks.. hit me up on private message maybe we can meet
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 25, 2014 16:07:56 GMT -5
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Post by catchem on Oct 25, 2014 16:41:10 GMT -5
Got a mail this morning and it had Yusuf's new album which I had pre-ordered from Amazon. I thought it was going to be released next week, but I am not complaining that I got it a few days early. I love it. My favourite song on it has to be 'I was raised in Babylon', such a great song with powerful words and great backing by the great Richard Thompson. Incidentally, beginning of this year I wrote to Richard Thompson on his website's monthly Q&As (Yusuf and Richard are my idols in Music and I follow them keenly) and asked about possibly collaborating with Yusuf to which he replied that he would love to work with, but nothing was planned at the time. Clearly, he thought why not and I am glad that they have collaborated and in the end its a smashing album. Wish Richard was travelling with Yusuf on the tours, but never mind I just can't wait for Yusuf's visit to Hamburg. Any goers? Peace, Catchem
Nice to hear from you ... I"m going to Hamburg concert!!!
Hey can you post a rating on Amazon about the album its always a good thing to get reviews so others will be encouraged to buy it as well.!!!
Thanks.. hit me up on private message maybe we can meet
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Aurarisma Hi Aurarisma, When do you arrive in Hamburg? Have you made arrangements for staying etc. If you need help with anything regarding your visit to Hamburg, don't hesitate to give me a shout. It's a good idea, I will write a review and will post a link to it on here. Thanks for the suggestion.The album is just so delightful. I keep replaying it. Sound quality is superb, Yusuf sounds so 'wise' if you know what I mean. He is more than just singing, you can tell. My rating for it is 5 stars. I love every song in it. Have a peaceful Sunday. Catchem |
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Post by aurarisma on Oct 25, 2014 19:42:34 GMT -5
Hi Catchem!!!!
Nice to hear from you ... I"m going to Hamburg concert!!!
Hey can you post a rating on Amazon about the album its always a good thing to get reviews so others will be encouraged to buy it as well.!!!
Thanks.. hit me up on private message maybe we can meet
peace,
Aurarisma Hi Aurarisma, When do you arrive in Hamburg? Have you made arrangements for staying etc. If you need help with anything regarding your visit to Hamburg, don't hesitate to give me a shout. It's a good idea, I will write a review and will post a link to it on here. Thanks for the suggestion.The album is just so delightful. I keep replaying it. Sound quality is superb, Yusuf sounds so 'wise' if you know what I mean. He is more than just singing, you can tell. My rating for it is 5 stars. I love every song in it. Have a peaceful Sunday. Catchem Yes I think that the germans got the launch or something because it is available for download on Amazon.de from yesterday!! do leave a rating there .. looking forward to see what you put!! I arrive in Hamburg early the 22nd of November and leave on the 25 for Dusselfdorf! what is the best museum to see..what do you recommend?? I will private message you my email addy and if you like we can correspond from there and perhaps meet. I'm off to London in a few days .. I keep weighing my suitcase for it not to be too heavy hahaha!! oxoxox God bless you Christina |
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 26, 2014 6:58:43 GMT -5
A nice one [http://www.theaudiophileman.com/#!YusufCat-Stevens/c1rfl/762C29EC-2BA6-4F8D-B753-FAB204849EB9] ** copy the entire link in the [ ] |
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 26, 2014 13:40:45 GMT -5
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A nice one [http://www.theaudiophileman.com/#!YusufCat-Stevens/c1rfl/762C29EC-2BA6-4F8D-B753-FAB204849EB9] ** copy the entire link in the [ ] What to make of this?: "The Sony Music connection, incidentally, will produce a host of releases so fans of the man should expect a deluge of new recording projects, reissued catalogue titles, previously unreleased live material and more from Yusuf’s own archives." I'd like to see the Decca demos and 9-Lives released. |
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Post by peritura on Oct 26, 2014 18:40:08 GMT -5
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 27, 2014 5:32:50 GMT -5
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 27, 2014 8:49:00 GMT -5
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 27, 2014 8:56:59 GMT -5
4!!! stars in France focus.levif.be/culture/musique/l-album-de-la-semaine-yusuf-cat-stevens-tell-em-i-m-gone/article-review-322533.htmlOur friend Jean-Louis Murat, always ready to tell a good one ("I had dinner with John Lee Hooker in Clermont-Ferrand when I was fifteen" ...), let go in the Focus of October 10, this sentence elastic: "You should never go more than two steps from the house of blues." aphorism cut for the new album by Yusuf / Cat Stevens (should it decide ... (1)), bathing widely juice in Mississippi. Bio of the troubled British singer, son of Cypriot restaurateur and a Swedish mother are known: a fabulous career as a pop star stopped late 70's for a gap of 27 years, concluded by the release of the album An Other Cup (!) in 2006. With controversies related to his conversion to Islam and ambiguous positions on the Salman Rushdie fatwa. Everything seems far on this disc co-produced by Rick Rubin, known for his art of counting. Blues and R & B vehicle is not a surprise given the CV of the applicant, Stevens from his youth in Soho, lulled by the Beatles as well as by Muddy Waters and Leadbelly. He returns so after almost five decades pop-folk, which immediately gives the songs from a vitamin. Traditional sticky Not that Cat Stevens transforms the genre-despite his mystique- luggage, but it retains all the raw sensuality and a form of lightweight, impervious to the whims of fashion features. To return to the matrix and load electricity Stevens invites musicians who have these natural qualities to be a little out of time, while embodying a descent to the tradition. His contemporary and brilliant guitarist Richard Thompson, coconut Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney, already called by Rubin for album of Neil Diamond redemption. Unsurprisingly, it is Tinariwen Tuareg who knit the most of their presence in a handful of readily identifiable by their titles Sahelian spleen. This is the case of You Are My Sunshine, old thing before the Second World War, and the title track, sticky rearrangement of a traditional illuminated by the aforementioned stabbing guitars nomads. Superb. If the album takes an injection of Americana, talent Stevens builds bridges that capillarisent its own DNA; thus, the recovery of a rather obscure 1971 title bluesman Edgar Winter is a madeleine to Jackson Browne. The British rockers who made his triumph will not be completely obliterated: the seventies nostalgia permeates Doors and more Cat & The Dog Trap that, knowing that I Love My Dog was the first tube Cat in 1966, sounds like a replay his own life, cohabitation he seems conflicted dog and cat. *** via Google translate |
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 27, 2014 9:00:18 GMT -5
And 3,5 stars in Italy www.rockol.it/recensione-5849/cat-stevens-yusuf-islam-tell-em-i-m-goneAlfredo Martian Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam and have peace, they have reunited and resemble more and more the same person. It 'a process started, surprisingly, in 2006 with the album "Pop" "An Other Cup," reinvigorated three years later with the hard folk "Roadsinger" and brought to full fruition with "Tell'em I'm gone" The new chapter inspired by the blues and where - sixty-six years old - the man with the long white beard and the mystical / priestly today finds the curly-haired singer hopeful that in the mid sixties hung around the jazz and folk clubs Soho, London, enthusing as all the peers for the revival of R & B and old records of Leadbelly and Muddy Waters. That forgotten (and unknown to the general public) love for the music of the Delta emerges in this new album assembled with the help of an experienced helmsman like Rick Rubin and a protagonist vintage doc's credentials as the former Yardbirds Paul Samwell- Smith (committed to mixes); a collection of songs that smells of old but with an ironic, tender and sharp at the past: the best of the "trilogy of return", probably, but thanks to an intriguing selection of covers that cover exactly half of the ten pieces ladder. Some famous, from the title track: a "Prison Song", a song of railway work grounded in white and African-American culture, as in the bluegrass repertoire of Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt. The version of Yusuf is not superfluous, because it is not didactic: it begins as a march Celtic carved from a bass and electric guitar of Richard Thompson before landing in West Africa thanks to the hypnotic inlays of Tinariwen . The bluesmen nomads of Mali give a flavor exotic and mysterious even to "You are my sunshine", the standard thirties brought to success by Bing Crosby, Ray Charles and the late Johnny Cash who also sing in English-speaking countries children to school may choices seem cheesy and obvious and they are not, because behind the thick lenses of his glasses, his memory and his life experience Yusuf read them in so intimate, personal and not really respectful of the canon. And if "The devil came from Kansas," rocking, electric and angry, is an explicit homage to Procol Harum 's classic album "A salty dog" (with the help, the voice of Will Oldham ), another classic twelve jokes - "Big Boss Man" by Jimmy Reed - Yusuf serves to reflect on the economic and social inequalities that still plague the world, traveling light and sent between an electric piano, harmonica, drums a little 'latin and a guitar that recalls the "God" Clapton and JJ Cale. A direct line to the league "Gold Digger," a swinging blues and a little 'evanescent works as another parable moralizing against human greed, and "Editing Floor Blues" where the harmonica is still roaring of the venerable Charles Musselwhite to color a bell'impianto sound and text explicitly autobiographical ("I was born in the West End in the summer of 1948 ..."). The classic style of Cat Stevens, singer-songwriter sensitive and gentle that in the seventies brought into the mainstream folk shadowy and thoughtful of Island Records, emerges only in bursts: the crystalline piano ballad "Dying to Live" (another cover, this time signed Edgar Winter), of which Yusuf appropriates without apparent effort, or "Cat & the Dog Trap", resembling one of those delicate nursery rhymes that have made the fortune. But even on that front wind blows pretty cool, and the titles that open and close the album are among the best: the excellent "I was raised in Babylon," a dialogue with acoustic guitar Thompson, could be an artifact unearthed in the cellars of Les Cousins folk club or some other London of the Sixties, it was not for the awareness of living in an empire inevitably on the decline; and "Doors", introduced by piano and organ, is a ballad by solar unusual and intense accents gospel soul (despite a keypad sounding annoying). New shades, old certainties: reckoning with his past and recomposing the gap between his two lives Yusuf was revitalized and has begun to speak a universal language. *** via Google translate |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 13:44:49 GMT -5
You know it is difficult to get an accurate language translation especially via the internet, but you can usually grasp the intent of meaning.
I found this particularly profound in the above review:
"New shades, old certainties: reckoning with his past and recomposing the gap between his two lives Yusuf was revitalized and has begun to speak a universal language."
Thanks for posting, crobarbie.
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 27, 2014 14:25:32 GMT -5
Of course, all translations are via Google translate |
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 27, 2014 14:31:35 GMT -5
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Post by crobarbie on Oct 27, 2014 14:55:52 GMT -5
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heheeheeee just kidding wink winkk ... but not really 