Cat Stevens bounced back from the lackluster Numbers with an album of pop/rock songs that brought his usual rhythmic folk-rock into contemporary style with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, a snappy Dave Kershenbaum production, and lots of synthesizers. Most of the songs were unusually lightweight, but the autobiographical "(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star" explored Stevens' ambivalence about being in the music business, an attitude that would find him dropping out and finding religion after one more album. In the meantime, Izitso produced a final Top 40 hit in "(Remember the Days of The) Old Schoolyard" and a singles-chart entry in the instrumental "Was Dog a Doughnut." As a result, Stevens returned to the Top Ten LPs list with a ninth straight gold album, his last.
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AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | 2:44 | Spotify | |||||
| 2 | 4:56 | Spotify | |||||
| 3 | 3:30 | Spotify | |||||
| 4 | 3:10 | Spotify | |||||
| 5 | 4:10 | Spotify | |||||
| 6 | 3:03 | Spotify | |||||
| 7 | 3:33 | Spotify | |||||
| 8 | 3:31 | Spotify | |||||
| 9 | 4:15 | Spotify | |||||
| 10 | 4:23 | Spotify |
