Izitso

05/01/1977 | Polygram Uk 

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All Music Guide Review

Cat Stevens bounced back from the lackluster Numbers with an album of pop/rock songs that brought his usual rhythmic folk-rock into contemporary style with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, a snappy Dave Kershenbaum production, and lots of synthesizers. Most of the songs were unusually lightweight, but the autobiographical "(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star" explored Stevens' ambivalence about being in the music business, an attitude that would find him dropping out and finding religion after one more album. In the meantime, Izitso produced a final Top 40 hit in "(Remember the Days of The) Old Schoolyard" and a singles-chart entry in the instrumental "Was Dog a Doughnut." As a result, Stevens returned to the Top Ten LPs list with a ninth straight gold album, his last. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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Credits

  • Bruce Lynch
  • Synthesizer, Bass, Sequencing, ?, Sequencing Programmer
  • Jean Roussel
  • Organ, Flute, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Synthesizer Strings, Sequencing, String Arrangements, ?, Vibraphone, Piano (Electric), Organ (Hammond), Synthesizer, Piano
  • Jean Rouselle
  • Organ, Vibraphone, Synthesizer Strings, Piano (Grand), String Ensemble, Organ (Hammond)
  • Cat Stevens
  • Guitar (Acoustic), Bouzouki, Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Sequencing Programmer, Polymoog, Electric Harpsichord, Brass Arrangement, Design, String Arrangements, Fender Rhodes, Loops, Arp, Main Performer, Guitar (Classical), Producer, Vocals, Piano (Electric), Harpsichord, Guitar (Electric), Celeste, Piano, Guitar


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