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Old 05-01-2022, 07:28 PM   #218 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rubber soul View Post
I still say Year of The Cat is better
Agreed.
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Originally Posted by SGR View Post
Damn, that song is brilliant. Guess I know which Stewart album to listen to next. And no actually, I have not heard that before. Granted, I'm also only 27 from northern New England.
Wow, how I envy you, hearing this for the first time. Yeah it's a fantastic classic, and yet was never a hit. Go figure as you guys say.
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan View Post
One of the very first albums I owned was Year of the Cat. I was just a kid so I mostly played the title song -- as far as I remember. Another great song by Al Stewart is Sirens of Titan inspired by the Kurt Vonnegut story of the same name.

Sirens of Titan
Like I said I think in my review, Al Stewart is the greatest songwriter you've never heard of. Kind of think Jackson Browne but more obscure.
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