Collected (2007)

About this title: The Collected Cat Stevens is a three-disc box set that by no means eclipses the four-disc package released in 2001, bit does give it a good run for its money. Largely chronological, but oddly relegating some of Stevens' earliest hits to the end of the final disc, the box opens and closes with two of his most emotive numbers, the hit "Lady D'Arbanville," and the questioning "Father and Son," first heard in their familiar studio form, and then as live recordings. In between times, a total of 54 tracks bounces through Stevens career, from "Matthew & Son" through to "*"Midday (Avoid City After ... read more

Tracks:

1. Lady d'Arbanville [Stevens]
2. Father and Son [Stevens]
3. Hard Headed Woman [Stevens]
4. Wild World [Stevens]
5. Where Do the Children Play? [Stevens]
6. Miles from Nowhere [Stevens]
7. Sad Lisa [Stevens]
8. On the Road to Find Out [Stevens]
9. Into White [Stevens]
10. Pop Star [Stevens]
11. Trouble [Stevens]
12. Katmandu [Stevens]
13. I Wish, I Wish [Stevens]
14. Maybe You're Right [Stevens]
15. I Think I See the Light [Stevens]
16. Fill My Eyes [Stevens]
17. Rubylove [Stevens]
18. Changes, Pt. 4 [Stevens]
19. Morning Has Broken [Traditional/Mathes]
20. Tuesday's Dead [Stevens]
21. Peace Train [Stevens]
22. Moonshadow [Stevens]
23. The Wind [Stevens]
24. Bitterblue [Stevens]
25. I Want to Live in a Wigwam [Stevens]
26. If You Want to Sing out, Sing Out [Stevens]
27. Sitting [Stevens]
28. Can't Keep It In [Stevens]
29. 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) [Stevens]
30. Silent Sunlight [Stevens]
31. The Hurt [Stevens]
32. Oh Very Young [Stevens]
33. Jzero [Stevens]
34. Land O' Freelove & Goodbye [Stevens]
35. (I Never Wanted) To Be a Star [Stevens]
36. Two Fine People [Stevens]
37. Another Saturday Night [Cooke]
38. Banapple Gas [Stevens]
39. (Remember the Days of The) Old Schoolyard [Stevens]
40. Life [Stevens]
41. Child for a Day [Gordon/Travis]
42. Just Another Night [Stevens]
43. Daytime [Stevens/Davies]
44. Bad Brakes [Stevens/Davies]
45. Father [Stevens]
46. Midday (Avoid City After Dark) [Islam]
47. Matthew & Son [Stevens]
48. I Love My Dog [Stevens]
49. I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun [Stevens]
50. Here Comes My Baby [Stevens]
51. A Bad Night [Stevens]
52. The First Cut Is the Deepest [Stevens]
53. Lady d'Arbanville [Live] [Stevens]
54. Father and Son [Live] [Stevens]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.