Cat Stevens discography

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Cat Stevens discography
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Stevens in 1972
Studio albums17
Live albums6
Compilation albums13
Singles57

This article lists the discography of British-Emirati 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.

Contents

In June 1974, while in Australia, Cat Stevens was presented with a plaque representing the sale of forty Gold Records, the largest number ever presented to an artist in Australia. [1]

Albums

As Cat Stevens

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak 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 19677173
New Masters
  • Released: December 1967
  • Label: Deram
Mona Bone Jakon * Released: 24 April 19706325164
Tea for the Tillerman
  • Released: 23 November 1970
  • Label: Island/A&M
20213112225208
Teaser and the Firecat * Released: October 1971 [15]
  • Label: Island/A&M
2122322522
Catch Bull at Four * Released: 27 September 1972
  • Label: Island/A&M
21117321
  • RIAA: Platinum [12]
Foreigner * Released: 25 July 1973
  • Label: Island/A&M
34518113
Buddha and the Chocolate Box * Released: March 1974
  • Label: Island/A&M
353334522
Numbers * Released: November 1975
  • Label: Island/A&M
854201412913
Izitso * Released: 28 May 1977
  • Label: Island/A&M
18391227133910157
Back to Earth * Released: 3 December 1978
  • Label: Island/A&M
893132171433
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
US
[11]
1974 Saturnight
  • Released: 8 November 1974
  • Label: A&M (Japan)
1995Bitterblue
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: ITM Media
2004 Majikat
  • Released: 21 September 2004
  • Label: Eagle
2008Tea for the Tillerman: Live
  • Released: 2 September 2008
  • Label: Wienerworld UK
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[18] [3]
AUT
[19]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
NOR
[20]
NZ
[8]
SPA
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
1972Very Young & Early Songs
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Deram
94
1975The View from the Top [21] [22]
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Deram
1975 Greatest Hits 2411141956
1981Morning Has Broken
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Island
125
1982 Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
  • Released: March 1982
  • Label: Island/A&M
3165
1987Classics, Volume 24
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: A&M
1989The Best of Cat Stevens
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Island/A&M
4
1990The Very Best of Cat Stevens
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Island/A&M
6228
1999Remember Cat Stevens – The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Island/A&M
31101220551311
2000 The Very Best of Cat Stevens
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Island/A&M
664489719258
2001 Cat Stevens (box set)

aka In Search of the Centre of the Universe and On the Road to Find

  • Released: 2001, repackaging 2008
  • Label: A&M
2005 Gold
  • Released: 15 November 2003
  • Label: Island/A&M
200720th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best of Cat Stevens
  • Released: 1 May 2007
2007 Harold and Maude Soundtrack by Cat Stevens
  • Released: 28 December 2007
  • Label: Vinyl Films
173
[26]
20104 Original Albums
  • Released: 20 December 2010
  • Label: Island/A&M
60
2013Icon
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As Yusuf Islam

Studio albums

Compilation albums

As Yusuf

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[18]
AUT
[19]
GER
[6]
FRA
[27]
NLD
[28]
NOR
[20]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[29]
US
[11]
2006 An Other Cup 2022816917161452
2009 Roadsinger 10351098871414341
2014 Tell 'Em I'm Gone 22241526903924
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsCertification
2007Yusuf's Cafe Session
  • Released: March 2007
  • Label: Hip-O
2010Roadsinger Live in Australia (Blu-ray)
  • Released: 7 December 2010
  • Label: Ais

As Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[2]
AUS
[33]
AUT
[19]
GER
[6]
FRA
[27]
SPA
[34]
SWI
[29]
US
[11]
2017 The Laughing Apple
  • Released: 15 September 2017
  • Label: Cat-O-Log/Decca
23592641397933114
2020 Tea for the Tillerman 2
  • Released: 18 September 2020 [35]
  • Label: Cat-O-Log/Decca
4501614585
2023 King of a Land 4932
[36]
1032
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

As Cat Stevens

YearSingle / B-sidePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[5]
CAN AC
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[28]
NZ
[37]
SPA
[9]
US
[38]
US AC
[39]
1966"I Love My Dog" / "Portobello Road"284721Matthew and Son
1967"Matthew and Son" / "Granny"2118425120
"I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun"6544
"A Bad Night"20873015New Masters
"Kitty" [A] 476
1968"Lovely City (When Do You Laugh?)"100Non-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"820692321611Mona Bone Jakon
"Father and Son"52 [B] 1828Tea for the Tillerman
1971"Wild World"52 [C] 14321121
"Moonshadow"2226203010Teaser and the Firecat
"Peace Train" / "Tuesday's Dead"33227271
1972"Morning Has Broken"9441137531361
"Sitting" / "Crab Dance"34143841617Catch Bull at Four
1973"Can't Keep It In"138236
"The Hurt" / "Silent Sunlight"302527173138Foreigner
1974"Oh Very Young" / "100 I Dream"19964710102Buddha and the Chocolate Box
"Another Saturday Night" / "Home in the Sky"1915116372710612Non-album single
1975"Ready"2026Buddha and the Chocolate Box
"Two Fine People" / "A Bad Penny"7634233339Greatest Hits
1976"Banapple Gas" / "Ghost Town"596537741Numbers
1977"(Remember the Days of the) Old School Yard"441827143328Izitso
"Sweet Jamaica"9835
1978"Was Dog a Doughnut?"7970
"Child for a Day" / "Kypros"
1979"New York Times" / "Nascimento"22Back 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

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[2]
AUT
[19]
GER
[6]
IRE
[41]
NLD
[28]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[29]
2003"Peace Train" / "Angel of War"Single
2004"Father and Son"
(with Ronan Keating)
2412716843741Ronan 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

Notes

  1. Kitty did not enter the RPM Top 100, but peaked at number 26 on the CHUM Chart, 4 March 1968 [40]
  2. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
  3. Chart entry in 2007.

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