Matthew & Son
by Cat Stevens
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Cat Stevens bestography
Matthew & Son is ranked 5th 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 563 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,057.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Matthew & Son track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 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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| 01/14/2026 20:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,702 | 70/100 | |
| 05/29/2025 06:41 | lanadeleswift | 3,562 | 86/100 | |
| 04/23/2025 23:55 |  DommeDamian | 7,328 | 49/100 | |
| 11/15/2024 18:12 | davidleewrong | 2,323 | 81/100 | |
| 09/14/2024 08:23 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,345 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.5/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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mdbaxter 10/21/2020 15:04 | #259535
The singles off this albums are some of the best sounding recordings that you can find from the period. They're very well written and benefit from the wide array of sessions musicians employed, especially John Paul Jones. Stevens' voice lends itself much better to softer songs like "Portobello Road" than more challenging ones like "I See A Road". Overall: really good songwriting but a vocalist that is a bit misplaced.
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