Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
Phil Sutcliffe, Los Angeles Times, May 1999
By the summer of 1975 Cat Stevens had it all. In the previous four years he had scored six American Top 10 albums in a row, all international smashes too, plus a host of hit singles 'Wild World', 'Moon Shadow', 'Morning Has Broken' and won respect for his intelligent songwriting.
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