Tea for the Tillerman 2
2020 studio album by Yusuf / Cat Stevens
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Tea for the Tillerman 2 (stylised as Tea for the Tillerman²) is the sixteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Yusuf / Cat Stevens, released on 18 September 2020 by Cat-O-Log Records through Island. It is a re-imagining of his hit 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman.
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| Released | 18 September 2020 | |||
| Recorded | July 2019 | |||
| Studio | Les Studios de la Fabrique, France | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 39:20 | |||
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| Producer | Yusuf / Cat Stevens & Paul Samwell-Smith | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Yusuf / Cat Stevens.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Where Do the Children Play?" | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Hard Headed Woman" | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Wild World" | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Sad Lisa" | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Miles from Nowhere" | 4:02 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "But I Might Die Tonight" | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Longer Boats" | 2:30 |
| 3. | "Into White" | 3:43 |
| 4. | "On the Road to Find Out" | 5:48 |
| 5. | "Father and Son" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Tea for the Tillerman" | 1:00 |
Personnel
- Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Spanish guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, grand piano, keyboards, harpsichord, lead vocals
- Alun Davies – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, vocals on "Father and Son"
- Jim Cregan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
- Eric Appapoulay – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, backing vocals
- Bruce Lynch – double bass, electric bass
- Martin Allcock - bass on (3), piano (3)
- Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, organ, synth horns, backing vocals, string arrangements
- Andreas Andersson - clarinet on "Wild World"
- Kwame Yeboah– drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
- John Ashton Thomas – string arrangements on (1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
- Christopher Nightingale – arrangements
- Brother Ali – rap on "Longer Boats"
- Voxaphonic - backing vocals on (1, 3, 10)
Charts
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 50 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 183 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] | 96 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[10] | 161 |
| Irish Albums (OCC)[11] | 45 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] | 78 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[13] | 19 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[14] | 4 |