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Izitso
Rock · 1977 · 9 tracks

Izitso

Cat Stevens

A surprising pivot where percussive folk meets pioneering synthesizers. Playful, experimental, and rhythmically driven by early drum machines.

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It's the Cat Stevens album where he suddenly discovers synthesizers and accidentally invents electro-funk.

A restless and experimental blend of technological curiosity and celebrity fatigue.

Izitso · vs · Cat Stevens
Playful+4.0σ

Playful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
02
Life
4:56
03
Killin’ Time
3:31
04
Kypros
3:10
05
Bonfire
4:08
06
(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star
3:03
07
Crazy
3:33
08
Sweet Jamaica
3:30
09
Was Dog a Doughnut?
4:17
10
Child for a Day
4:21
Moments Worth Waiting For
The unexpected, robotic funk of the all-electronic instrumental Was Dog a Doughnut? which predates hip-hop electro
The biting irony in the lyrics of (I Never Wanted) To Be a Star set against a bouncy, almost vaudevillian synth arrangement
The transition from the synthetic pulse of the album back to the earnest, childhood-focused storytelling of Child for a Day
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