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 560 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,042.
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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).
Matthew & Son rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 58 Music Albums of 1967 | 42/58 | 1 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 36 Music Albums of 1967 | 36/36 | 0 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 98 Music Albums of 1967 | 94/98 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 87 Music Albums of the 1960s | 54/87 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1967 | 15/21 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 29 Music Albums of 1967 | 25/29 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 57 Music Albums of 1967 | 52/57 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 130 | |||
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Matthew & Son ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/14/2026 09:37 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 21:43 |  ExTeaSea | 5,239 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 20:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,615 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 67.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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Repo 07/06/2024 11:28 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 03/31/2021 20:17 in My discoveries per yearMatthew & Son comments
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mdbaxter 10/21/2020 15:04 | #259535 | TOP COMMENT
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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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