The end result was a classic album with the iconic and perennial favourite song, “Year Of The Cat.” Parsons was able to capture everything great about Stewart and augment it with smooth production and incredible arrangements. While there are trademark Stewart traits to the album, especially the historic stories told through songs, this album was much smoother and fell into the category of easy listening rock rather than folk. However, Stewart was not content to be pigeonholed as a ‘folk artist,’ and beginning with his debut album ( Bedsitter Images, 1967), Stewart experimented with his sound and over the course of six albums, grew to the point of enlisting Alan Parsons to produce his seventh studio album, Year Of The Cat. Originally part of the British folk scene, Stewart was included with artists such as Nick Drake, Bert Janesh, and John Renbourn. By the time Al Stewart broke through commercially and had his first top ten album, he had been making records for ten years.
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