Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon

Mona Bone Jakon

Thank you - Mona Bone Jakon safely received and in good condition. Couldn't afford to buy first time round - thank goodness for re-mastering. October 29, 2008

Purchase of two CDs

Through Amazon, bought two CDs, namely Mona Bona Jakon and Foreigner(Cat Stevens). Neither article has to date been received-almost one month later. A book purchased however arrived within two weeks. October 17, 2008

Classic Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens has a distinctive voice, and it really comes out on this CD. I don't love every song, and none of the songs made it to pop hit status as I recall, but who cares if you love his voice, you'll love this CD. August 28, 2007

Essential Cat

I view this album as the first third to the amazing three part masterpiece that is MBJ/TFTT/TATF. I was already very familiar with Teaser and the Firecat from when I was young and partially familiar with Tea for the Tillerman from "best of" collections I've heard but it wasn't until a few months ago that I actually got the Mona Bone Jakon album. There's a lot of good stuff on here and I would say it's on par with the other two albums. It's really hard for me to pick a favorite out of the three. The only song I find kind of mediocre is Lady D'Arbanville. Not sure why but it just doesn't do anything for me. So the album for me starts with Maybe You're Right, which might be my favorite of the album. I can't explain what about the song I like so much; I just think it has a great tune. Next comes the catchy Pop Star, which is kinda repetitive but I still like it. I Think I See the Light just plain rocks; I love the piano in it. Trouble is the only song I'd heard before buying the album. It's a classic with a very nice, slow and easy tune. Mona Bone Jakon is almost there with Lady D'Arbanville as a throw-away track for me but it's pretty short and there's something kinda interesting about it so I usually don't skip it. I Wish, I Wish is a catchy song with an interesting beat that seems to keep building up; I really like it. Katmandu has a nice flow and descriptive lyrics that really reminds me of camping. Peter Gabriel plays the flute in this song. Time is a really short song which really is just the intro to Fill My Eyes, which is a very pretty song--one of my favorites. And the album ends with Lilywhite, a nice slow song that has some beautiful violin playing in it. Also, I noticed at the 2:10 mark of this song he starts strumming the chords to Don't Be Shy, a song he did for the movie Harold & Maude. Anyway, that's my opinion of this album: one of his best and seemingly most overlooked. July 19, 2007

Well Done

This cd's got a couple of songs from the movie "Harold and Maude", which I understand can be found on no other album. April 15, 2007

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