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An Other Cup (CD - 2006)UPC: 00075679455024As low as $17.78 from CD Universe Artist: Yusuf Islam Label: Atlantic (USA) Genre: Rock & Pop - Singer/Songwriter Album Description: Personnel: Yusuf (acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass instrument, triangle).After 28 years away from the secular music world, Yusuf, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, returned with this strong folk-pop album in 2006. Echoes of his older work aboun... read more Personnel: Yusuf (acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass instrument, triangle). After 28 years away from the secular music world, Yusuf, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, returned with this strong folk-pop album in 2006. Echoes of his older work abound here--the spiritual lyrics, the rich, resonant vocals, the lovely descending guitar-picking patterns, and the emotional choruses that thrust themselves like starbursts out of elegant, chamber-pop verses. And while songs like "Maybe There's a World" and a remake of his classic "I Think I See the Light" will comfort old admirers, Yusuf also takes some chances with unusual material. "Whispers from a Spiritual Garden" is a sparse instrumental featuring a vaguely Middle Eastern melody and a bowed, droning bass, with a brief passage of Rumi poetry. A cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" shows a newly flinty, if melodramatic, side to the artist. The album-opener, "Midday," percolates gently with a laid-back vocal flowing sweetly over a calypso rhythm. This thoughtful, well-made record may not attract legions of new fans, but it is a welcome addition to the Cat Stevens canon. minimize
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