Tea For The Tillerman
by Cat Stevens
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Cat Stevens bestography
The best album by Yusuf Islam is Tea For The Tillerman which is ranked number 560 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,036.
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Tea For The Tillerman track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Tea For The Tillerman rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BoxFL | Top 52 Music Albums of the 1970s | 39/52 | 5 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 19 Music Albums of 1970 | 16/19 | 1 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 47 Music Albums of 1970 | 17/47 | 3 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 100 Albums of the 20th Century | 33/100 | - |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1970 | 21/33 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 20/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: Cat Stevens | 1/6 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 27/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 546 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,036 | |||
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Tea For The Tillerman ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 15:48 | ecocruzr | 192 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2026 19:34 | adbrack1988 | 1,129 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2026 17:50 |  DommeDamian | 7,750 | 48/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
neilgee 08/31/2026 18:13 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 08/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5411): By Juneof44Tea For The Tillerman comments
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HoldenM 06/08/2026 00:35 | #314833
I'm unlikely to visit this again anytime soon, but I can imagine it growing on me. (Edited)
A classic album. A few of his better known songs on this. Even what I didn't know is good as there's more to it than just a legendary listen for the muslin shirt brigade. (Edited)
Just wanted to say to teague that you're not the only one, I definitely hear the Ian Anderson similarity too!
I think this is a very British album, and his voice is a big reason why. But I mean pastoral British, not London British. I don't know how to explain it better than that, I think it sounds very British, the same way Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant or Genesis do. This is not prog though, but there is something close to it. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is, but I like it.
Great album. (Edited)
Pleasant enough, the last two tracks are wonderful. Especially Father and Son
A great record to enjoy as it is simple and effective and so easy to sing a long with. The playing on here is so soft and delicate which makes the music sound so beautiful. This creates a lot of emotion for us through the performances of the instrumentation as well as through the vocal. His vocal is just brilliant on this release as it guides us along this album with a graceful but powerful feel to it. The songs are brilliantly written as well with Father And Son being one of the greatest songs ever recorded. Overall, it is such an enjoyable experience to stick on this record and just get lost in the music and the performances. (Edited)
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