Cat Stevens discography
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This article lists the discography of British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. It also includes the albums he has released since he converted to Islam and adopted the name Yusuf Islam as well as albums he released since he started being credited as Yusuf / Cat Stevens.
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Studio albums17
Live albums6
Compilation albums13
Singles57
| Cat Stevens discography | |
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Stevens in 1972 | |
| Studio albums | 17 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| Singles | 57 |
| Music videos | 21 |
In June 1974, while in Australia, Cat Stevens was presented with a plaque representing the sale of 40 Gold Records, the largest number ever presented to an artist in Australia.[1]
Albums
As Cat Stevens
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
NOR [7] |
NZ [8] |
SPA [9] |
SWE [10] |
US [11] | ||||||||||||
| Matthew & Son | * Released: 10 March 1967
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7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 173 | ||||||||||
| New Masters |
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| Mona Bone Jakon | * Released: 24 April 1970 | 63 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 164 | ||||||||||
| Tea for the Tillerman |
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20 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 25 | 20 | — | — | 8 | ||||||||||
| Teaser and the Firecat | * Released: October 1971[16]
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2 | 1 | — | 2 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 2 | — | 2 | ||||||||||
| Catch Bull at Four | * Released: 27 September 1972
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2 | 1 | — | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 |
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| Foreigner | * Released: 25 July 1973
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3 | 4 | — | 5 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | ||||||||||
| Buddha and the Chocolate Box | * Released: March 1974
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3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||||||||
| Numbers | * Released: November 1975
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— | 85 | — | 4 | 20 | 14 | — | 12 | 9 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Izitso | * Released: 28 May 1977
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18 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Back to Earth | * Released: 3 December 1978
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— | 89 | — | 31 | 32 | 17 | — | 14 | — | 33 | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications | ||||||
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| US [11] | |||||||||
| 1974 | Saturnight
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| 1995 | Bitterblue
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| 2004 | Majikat
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| 2008 | Tea for the Tillerman: Live
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [19][3] |
AUT [20] |
CAN [5][21] |
GER [6] |
NOR [22] |
NZ [8] |
SPA [9] |
SWE [10] |
US [11] | |||||||||||
| 1972 | Very Young & Early Songs
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | |||||||||
| 1975 | The View from the Top[23][24]
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| 1975 | Greatest Hits | 2 | 41 | — | 1 | — | 14 | — | 19 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1981 | Morning Has Broken
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— | — | 12 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1982 | Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
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— | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 165 | |||||||||
| 1987 | Classics, Volume 24
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| 1989 | The Best of Cat Stevens
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4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1990 | The Very Best of Cat Stevens
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— | 6 | 22 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1999 | Remember Cat Stevens – The Ultimate Collection
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31 | 10 | 12 | — | 20 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | — | |||||||||
| 2000 | The Very Best of Cat Stevens
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6 | 6 | 44 | — | 89 | — | 7 | 19 | 2 | 58 | |||||||||
| 2001 | Cat Stevens (box set)
aka In Search of the Centre of the Universe and On the Road to Find
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| 2005 | Gold
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| 2007 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best of Cat Stevens
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— | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2007 | Harold and Maude Soundtrack by Cat Stevens
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 173 [28] |
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| 2010 | 4 Original Albums
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | |||||||||
| 2013 | Icon
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||||||||
As Yusuf Islam
Studio albums
- 1995: The Life of the Last Prophet
- 1998: I Have No Cannons That Roar
- 1999: Prayers of the Last Prophet
- 2000: A Is for Allah
- 2001: Bismillah
- 2002: In Praise of the Last Prophet
- 2003: I Look I See
- 2003: Peace Train '03 / Angel of War (single)
- 2004: Night of Remembrance
- 2005: Indian Ocean (single)
- 2006: Footsteps in the Light
- 2008: I Look, I See 2
- 2014: The Story of Adam and Creation
Compilation albums
- 2008: Various Artists, Songs for Survival (contributed one track—"Edge of Existence")
As Yusuf
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [19] |
AUT [20] |
GER [6] |
FRA [29] |
NLD [30] |
NOR [22] |
SWE [10] |
SWI [31] |
US [11] | |||||||||||
| 2006 | An Other Cup | 20 | — | 2 | 2 | 81 | 69 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 52 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Roadsinger | 10 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 88 | 71 | — | 41 | 43 | 41 |
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| 2014 | Tell 'Em I'm Gone
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22 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 90 | — | — | — | 39 | 24 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
As Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [35] |
AUT [20] |
GER [6] |
FRA [29] |
SPA [36] |
SWI [31] |
US [11] | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | The Laughing Apple
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23 | 59 | 26 | 4 | 139 | 79 | 33 | 114 | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | Tea for the Tillerman 2
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4 | 50 | — | — | 161 | — | 45 | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | King of a Land
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49 | — | 32 [38] |
10 | — | — | 32 | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
Singles
As Cat Stevens
| Year | Single / B-side | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
CAN [5] |
CAN AC [5] |
GER [6] |
NLD [30] |
NZ [39] |
SPA [9] |
US [40] |
US AC [41] | |||||
| 1966 | "I Love My Dog" / "Portobello Road" | 28 | — | 47 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 118 | — | Matthew and Son | ||
| "Matthew and Son" / "Granny" | 2 | 11 | 84 | — | 25 | — | 1 | 20 | 115 | — | ||||
| 1967 | "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" | 6 | 54 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "A Bad Night" | 20 | 87 | — | — | — | 30 | 15 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Kitty"[A] | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | New Masters | |||
| 1968 | "Lovely City (When Do You Laugh?)" | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Here Comes My Wife" / "It's a Super (Dupa) Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1969 | "Where Are You" / "View from the Top" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1970 | "Lady D'Arbanville" / "I Wish, I Wish" | 8 | 20 | 69 | — | 23 | 2 | 16 | 11 | — | — | Mona Bone Jakon | ||
| "Father and Son" | 52[B] | 18 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | Tea for the Tillerman | |||
| 1971 | "Wild World" | 52[C] | — | 14 | 32 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 21 | |||
| "Moonshadow" | 22 | — | 26 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 10 | Teaser and the Firecat | |||
| "Peace Train" / "Tuesday's Dead" | — | 3 | 3 | 22 | — | 7 | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 1972 | "Morning Has Broken" | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | |||
| "Sitting" / "Crab Dance" | — | 34 | 14 | 38 | — | — | 4 | — | 16 | 17 | Catch Bull at Four | |||
| 1973 | "Can't Keep It In" | 13 | 82 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Hurt" / "Silent Sunlight" | — | 30 | 25 | 27 | — | — | — | 17 | 31 | 38 | Foreigner | |||
| 1974 | "Oh Very Young" / "100 I Dream" | — | 19 | 9 | 6 | 47 | — | 10 | — | 10 | 2 | Buddha and the Chocolate Box | ||
| "Another Saturday Night" / "Home in the Sky" | 19 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 37 | 27 | 10 | — | 6 | 12 | Non-album single | |||
| 1975 | "Ready" | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | Buddha and the Chocolate Box | ||
| "Two Fine People" / "A Bad Penny" | — | 76 | 34 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 39 | Greatest Hits | |||
| 1976 | "Banapple Gas" / "Ghost Town" | — | 59 | 65 | — | 37 | 7 | — | — | 41 | — | Numbers | ||
| 1977 | "(Remember the Days of the) Old School Yard" | 44 | 18 | 27 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 28 | Izitso | ||
| "Sweet Jamaica" | — | — | 98 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | "Was Dog a Doughnut?" | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | |||
| "Child for a Day" / "Kypros" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | "New York Times" / "Nascimento" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | Back to Earth | ||
| "Bad Brakes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | ||||
| 1980 | "Last Love Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 | "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | On the Road to Find Out | ||
| 2019 | "Toy Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back to Earth (Super Deluxe Box Set) | ||
| 2020 | "Butterfly" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
As Yusuf / Cat Stevens
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUT [20] |
GER [6] |
IRE [43] |
NLD [30] |
SWE [10] |
SWI [31] | |||||
| 2003 | "Peace Train" / "Angel of War" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single | ||
| 2004 | "Father and Son" (with Ronan Keating) |
2 | 41 | 27 | 16 | 84 | 37 | 41 | Ronan Keating's album 10 Years of Hits | ||
| 2005 | "Indian Ocean" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gold | ||
| 2006 | "Heaven" / "Where True Love Goes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | An Other Cup | ||
| "Midday (Avoid City After Dark)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | "Maybe There's a World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "Boots and Sand" (featuring Paul McCartney and Dolly Parton) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Roadsinger | ||
| "Thinking 'Bout You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Roadsinger (To Warm You Through the Night)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Day the World Gets 'Round" (with Klaus Voormann) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Sideman's Journey | |||
| 2011 | "My People" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 2014 | "Dying to Live" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tell 'Em I'm Gone | ||
| 2016 | "I Love My Dog" / "Matthew and Son" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 2016 | "He Was Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | "See What Love Did to Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Laughing Apple | ||
| "Blackness of the Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Northern Wind (Death of Billy the Kid)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "You Can Do (Whatever)!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Mary and the Little Lamb" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | "Where Do the Children Play?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tea for the Tillerman² | ||
| 2023 | "Take The World Apart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | King of a Land | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||
Music videos
As Cat Stevens
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Lady D'Arbanville" | Mona Bone Jakon |
| "Father and Son" | Tea for the Tillerman | |
| 1972 | "Moonshadow" (animated short film) | Teaser and the Firecat |
| 1977 | "(Remember the Days of the) Old School Yard" | Izitso |
| 1984 | "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" | Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
As Yusuf / Cat Stevens
| ear | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "Midday (Avoid City After Dark)" | An Other Cup |
| 2009 | "Roadsinger (To Warm You Through the Night)" | Roadsinger |
| "Thinking 'Bout You" | ||
| "Boots and Sand" (with only the voices of Paul McCartney and Dolly Parton) | ||
| 2011 | "My People" | non-album |
| 2014 | "You Are My Sunshine" | Tell 'Em I'm Gone |
| "Gold Digger" | ||
| 2017 | "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (animated) | The Laughing Apple |
| 2020 | "Where Do the Children Play?" (re-recorded) (animated) | Tea for the Tillerman² |
| "Wild World" (re-recorded) | ||
| "On the Road to Find Out" (re-recorded) | ||
| "Tea for the Tillerman" (re-recorded) (animated) | ||
| 2023 | "Take the World Apart" (lyric video) | King of a Land |
| "King of a Land" (animated) | ||
| "All Nights, All Days" (animated) | ||
| "Another Night in the Rain" (animated) |
Notes
- Kitty did not enter the RPM Top 100, but peaked at number 26 on the CHUM Chart, 4 March 1968[42]
- Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
- Chart entry in 2007.