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.
| Cat Stevens discography | |
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.png) Stevens in 1972 | |
| Studio albums | 17 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| Singles | 57 |
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
editAs Cat Stevens
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 1967
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7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 173 | ||||||||||
| New Masters |
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| Mona Bone Jakon | * Released: 24 April 1970 | 63 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 164 | ||||||||||
| Tea for the Tillerman |
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20 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 25 | 20 | — | — | 8 | ||||||||||
| Teaser and the Firecat | * Released: October 1971[15]
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2 | 1 | — | 2 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 2 | — | 2 | ||||||||||
| Catch Bull at Four | * Released: 27 September 1972
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2 | 1 | — | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 |
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| Foreigner | * Released: 25 July 1973
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3 | 4 | — | 5 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | ||||||||||
| Buddha and the Chocolate Box | * Released: March 1974
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3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||||||||
| Numbers | * Released: November 1975
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— | 85 | — | 4 | 20 | 14 | — | 12 | 9 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Izitso | * Released: 28 May 1977
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18 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Back to Earth | * Released: 3 December 1978
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— | 89 | — | 31 | 32 | 17 | — | 14 | — | 33 | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications | ||||||
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| US [11] | |||||||||
| 1974 | Saturnight
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| 1995 | Bitterblue
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| 2004 | Majikat
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| 2008 | Tea for the Tillerman: Live
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Compilation albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [18][3] |
AUT [19] |
CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
NOR [20] |
NZ [8] |
SPA [9] |
SWE [10] |
US [11] | |||||||||||
| 1972 | Very Young & Early Songs
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | |||||||||
| 1975 | The View from the Top[21][22]
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| 1975 | Greatest Hits | 2 | 41 | — | 1 | — | 14 | — | 19 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1981 | Morning Has Broken
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— | — | 12 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1982 | Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
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— | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 165 | |||||||||
| 1987 | Classics, Volume 24
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| 1989 | The Best of Cat Stevens
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4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1990 | The Very Best of Cat Stevens
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— | 6 | 22 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1999 | Remember Cat Stevens – The Ultimate Collection
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31 | 10 | 12 | — | 20 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | — | |||||||||
| 2000 | The Very Best of Cat Stevens
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6 | 6 | 44 | — | 89 | — | 7 | 19 | 2 | 58 | |||||||||
| 2001 | Cat Stevens (box set)
aka In Search of the Centre of the Universe and On the Road to Find
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| 2005 | Gold
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| 2007 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best of Cat Stevens
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| 2007 | Harold and Maude Soundtrack by Cat Stevens
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| 2010 | 4 Original Albums
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| 2013 | Icon
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As Yusuf Islam
editStudio albums
edit- 1995: The Life of the Last Prophet
- 1998: I Have No Cannons That Roar
- 1999: Prayers of the Last Prophet
- 2000: A Is for Allah
- 2001: Bismillah
- 2002: In Praise of the Last Prophet
- 2003: I Look I See
- 2003: Peace Train '03 / Angel of War (single)
- 2004: Night of Remembrance
- 2005: Indian Ocean (single)
- 2006: Footsteps in the Light
- 2008: I Look, I See 2
- 2014: The Story of Adam and Creation
Compilation albums
edit- 2008: Various Artists, Songs for Survival (contributed one track—"Edge of Existence")
As Yusuf
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak 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 | 20 | — | 2 | 2 | 81 | 69 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 52 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Roadsinger | 10 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 88 | 71 | — | 41 | 43 | 41 |
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| 2014 | Tell 'Em I'm Gone
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22 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 90 | — | — | — | 39 | 24 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
edit| Year | Album details | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Yusuf's Cafe Session
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| 2010 | Roadsinger Live in Australia (Blu-ray)
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As Yusuf / Cat Stevens
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||||
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| UK [2] |
AUS [33] |
AUT [19] |
GER [6] |
FRA [27] |
SPA [34] |
SWI [29] |
US [11] | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | The Laughing Apple
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23 | 59 | 26 | 4 | 139 | 79 | 33 | 114 | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | Tea for the Tillerman 2
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4 | 50 | — | — | 161 | — | 45 | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | King of a Land
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49 | — | 32 [36] |
10 | — | — | 32 | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singles
editAs Cat Stevens
edit| Year | Single / B-side | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | 28 | — | 47 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | Matthew and Son | ||
| 1967 | "Matthew and Son" / "Granny" | 2 | 11 | 84 | — | 25 | — | 1 | 20 | — | — | |||
| "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" | 6 | 54 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | ||||
| "A Bad Night" | 20 | 87 | — | — | — | 30 | 15 | — | — | — | New Masters | |||
| "Kitty"[A] | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1968 | "Lovely City (When Do You Laugh?)" | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-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" | 8 | 20 | 69 | — | 23 | 2 | 16 | 11 | — | — | Mona Bone Jakon | ||
| "Father and Son" | 52[B] | 18 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | Tea for the Tillerman | |||
| 1971 | "Wild World" | 52[C] | — | 14 | 32 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 21 | |||
| "Moonshadow" | 22 | — | 26 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 10 | Teaser and the Firecat | |||
| "Peace Train" / "Tuesday's Dead" | — | 3 | 3 | 22 | — | 7 | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 1972 | "Morning Has Broken" | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | |||
| "Sitting" / "Crab Dance" | — | 34 | 14 | 38 | — | — | 4 | — | 16 | 17 | Catch Bull at Four | |||
| 1973 | "Can't Keep It In" | 13 | 82 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Hurt" / "Silent Sunlight" | — | 30 | 25 | 27 | — | — | — | 17 | 31 | 38 | Foreigner | |||
| 1974 | "Oh Very Young" / "100 I Dream" | — | 19 | 9 | 6 | 47 | — | 10 | — | 10 | 2 | Buddha and the Chocolate Box | ||
| "Another Saturday Night" / "Home in the Sky" | 19 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 37 | 27 | 10 | — | 6 | 12 | Non-album single | |||
| 1975 | "Ready" | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | Buddha and the Chocolate Box | ||
| "Two Fine People" / "A Bad Penny" | — | 76 | 34 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 39 | Greatest Hits | |||
| 1976 | "Banapple Gas" / "Ghost Town" | — | 59 | 65 | — | 37 | 7 | — | — | 41 | — | Numbers | ||
| 1977 | "(Remember the Days of the) Old School Yard" | 44 | 18 | 27 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 28 | Izitso | ||
| "Sweet Jamaica" | — | — | 98 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | "Was Dog a Doughnut?" | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | |||
| "Child for a Day" / "Kypros" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | "New York Times" / "Nascimento" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | Back 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
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
2 | 41 | 27 | 16 | 84 | 37 | 41 | Ronan 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) |
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| "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
edit- ^ Kitty did not enter the RPM Top 100, but peaked at number 26 on the CHUM Chart, 4 March 1968[40]
- ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
- ^ Chart entry in 2007.
References
edit- ^ "Cash Box Magazine" (PDF). Cashbox. 22 June 1974. p. 48. Retrieved 15 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
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- ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at.
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- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; et al. (2002). All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 1076–7. ISBN 0-87930-653-X.
- ^ a b "Certified Awards Search Archived 17 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine". Music Canada. Retrieved on 16 October 2011. Note: User needs to enter "Cat Stevens" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
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- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ * The Laughing Apple: "ARIA Chart Watch #439". auspOp. 23 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
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