Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

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Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Footsteps in the Dark - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Cat Stevens album - cover art).jpg
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMarch 1984
Genre Rock
Length47:58
Label A&M
Producer Paul Samwell-Smith
Cat Stevens chronology
Morning Has Broken
(1981)
Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
(1984)
Classics, Volume 24
(1987)

Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a compilation album released by Cat Stevens in 1984. Its fourteen songs include hits such as "Father and Son" and "Where Do the Children Play?" as well as two previously unreleased tracks from the Hal Ashby and Colin Higgins black comedy Harold and Maude (1971), and the obscure B-side "I Want to Live in a Wigwam" from the Teaser sessions.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Cat Stevens, except where noted.

  1. "The Wind" – 1:42
  2. "(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star" – 3:00
  3. "Katmandu" – 3:20
  4. "I Want to Live in a Wigwam" – 3:23
  5. "Trouble" – 2:45
  6. "On the Road to Find Out" – 5:08
  7. "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" – 2:46
  8. "Where Do the Children Play?" – 3:52
  9. "Daytime" (Cat Stevens, Alun Davies) – 3:55
  10. "Don't Be Shy" – 2:50
  11. "How Can I Tell You" – 4:26
  12. "Father & Son" – 3:40
  13. "The Hurt" – 4:17
  14. "Silent Sunlight" – 2:59

Charts

Chart (1982/84)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [1] 3
United States (Billboard 200)165

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 17

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References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 293. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 434. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.