Mona Bone Jakon (studio album)
by Cat Stevens
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Mona Bone Jakon is ranked 3rd best out of 31 albums by Yusuf Islam on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Yusuf Islam is Tea For The Tillerman which is ranked number 565 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,065.
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Mona Bone Jakon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/13/2025 19:14 | LittleM1971 | 5,821 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2025 22:01 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2025 18:28 | Jdelacruz67 | 48 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2025 06:46 | lanadeleswift | 3,523 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2025 21:04 |  DommeDamian | 7,296 | 49/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Primer álbum de una tetralogía impresionante. Lady D'Arbanville, Trouble, Maybe You're Right, Katmandu... ¡Vaya colección de canciones!
its ok, not his best. a song about your penis!!! lol
luigybetis 06/21/2020 22:23 | #254077
I find the second half of the album much better than the first one.
nitomano 12/20/2016 04:46 | #180574
Favoritas: Lady D'Arbanville, Trouble, Maybe You're Right, Katmandu, Fill My Eyes
Cat's best album, IMO. The raw production most of the songs makes it hold up well almost 50 years later, I guess the acoustic nature of folk music is generally rather timeless in style. Funny piece of trivia: the name of the album was Cat's name for a certain, uh, masculine part of his body - which the tongue-in-cheek 6th track with the same name is also about. That song, and Popstar are the only real breaks in the otherwise dark tone of the album. Popstar is a funny but satirical reflection on the music industry after his experience with his former record label. Favorite songs (they're all good though!): Maybe You're Right, Trouble and Lady D'Arbanville.
This collection of songs is one of the 70s best kept secrets, despite its gold certification. The greatest album from Cat Stevens, and also his darkest and most melancholy. It was written from a hospital bed as Cat suffered from TB and was confined to bed for 2 years. Although not as dark/melancholy as Nick Drake's "Pink Moon", it perhaps covers a broader range of sounds and sentiments. Best tracks are Trouble, Lilywhite, Katmandu and Fill My Eyes. Although there isn't a single filler song on the album. Nick Drake fans (like myself) especially should check out this album, but anyone who enjoys folk is sure to appreciate it.
NickVolos 10/08/2013 22:48 | #87954
A good album by a compatriot. "Lady D'Arbanville" is just a beautiful song.
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