Politicians lie, only the prospect of paradise gives hope, let’s pray for it. On the great simplicity of Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ new album.
Cat Stevens is one of the few pop stars to have recorded two criminally horrid songs while also writing one of the most beautiful songs of all time. For his cover versions of “Morning Has Broken” and “Father And Son” he has been sentenced to life imprisonment on bread and water for decades because they are brain-busting kitschy catchy tunes that even the worst street musicians don’t dignify.