Teaser And The Firecat
by Cat Stevens

Teaser And The Firecat by Cat Stevens
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-10-01
Overall rank: 1,451st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 352 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (283rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,451st)

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Cat Stevens bestography

Teaser And The Firecat is ranked 2nd 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 3,020.

Cat Stevens album bestography « Higher ranked (565th)
Tea For The Tillerman
This album (1,451st)
Teaser And The Firecat
Lower ranked (4,915th) »
Mona Bone Jakon

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Teaser And The Firecat track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Teaser And The Firecat rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,451st | 1970s rank: 283rd | 1971 rank: 38th

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 352 votes)
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75/100
 
04/25/2026 23:40 Robert Anton Wil  Ratings distribution  1,14184/100
 
65/100
 
03/07/2026 20:02 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,76751/100
 
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01/31/2026 08:43 Juneof44  Ratings distribution  2,59969/100
 
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01/03/2026 19:57 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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12/27/2025 04:01 bonnequestion  Ratings distribution  1,64070/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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90/100
From 07/06/2025 18:29 | #309935
Such a good album! Half these songs are some of his most top tier tracks!
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95/100
From 02/17/2023 13:49 | #294143
My favourite Cat Stevens disc. There are some wonderful songs on here, from his arrangement of 'Morning Has Broken', to 'Rubylove', 'Moonshadow', 'How can I Tell You' and 'Tuesday's Dead'. Singer/Songwriting at its Best.
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80/100
From 09/06/2022 15:54 | #289329
Cant go too wrong with cat stevens
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From 12/26/2021 11:39 | #277988
Este álbum contiene, en mi opinión, la más hermosa colección de canciones (no la mejor, para eso está el Abbey Road de los Beatles) que se haya publicado en un disco no recopilatorio.
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75/100
From 08/27/2021 22:34 | #272961
A fantastic album that is definitely up there with Tillerman for his best work. Every song is short and sweet and packs a punch considering the small amount of time we are listening to them. The vocal delivery is outstanding and his voice is very unique. The lyrics are also very smart as well such as on tracks like Peace Train. Some songs do dip in quality though and the instrumentation can be repetitive and similar. On the whole, it is short but brilliant.
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From 09/10/2016 01:09 | #174646
5 years ago it was 737th place... 6 months ago it was 1108 - it had steadily been getting moved back... and now all of a sudden it's back where it was 5 years ago. strange.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 06/01/2016 04:18 | #167479
Mi favorito de Cat Stevens, simplemente asombroso
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From 05/11/2016 03:01 | #165710
Cat's best album. Half of the LP is still played on the radio daily almost 50 years later. Peace Train, Morning Has Broken and Moonshadow are iconic songs of the 70s still known in most households today, and for Cat fans songs like How Can I Tell You (one of the greatest love songs goin round) and The Wind are common favorites. The Wind has become more appreciated since appearing in movies such as Almost Famous and Wes Anderson's Rushmore, both in powerful moments. Tuesday's Dead has profound but mysterious lyrics that fans are still unpacking and analyzing today. Definitely a defining moment for Cat, and for the 70s in general.
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80/100
From 08/29/2014 12:31 | #120679
Difficult to say which is better: Teaser or Tillerman. Both are amazing albums
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85/100
From 07/31/2013 12:04 | #82804
Great album. While it is no Tea... Stevens' voice and songwriting are still incredible. "Peace Train" is my favorite track.
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