Tag Al Stewart

I’m a huge Al Stewart fan. His 1976 album Year of the Cat is in my personal top five favorite albums of all time and the title song from that album is simply one of the best-written and best-produced tracks of the modern era. No surprise then, that today’s classic song of the day is another one from that album,…

You probably heard Al Stewart’s “Song on the Radio” on the radio a lot back in the day. Released in January of 1979, today’s classic song of the day peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, #27 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #10 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. “Song on the Radio” was the next-to-last track on…

We finish our look at some of my favorite tracks from the mid-70s with “Time Passages” by Al Stewart. This was the first track on side one of the Time Passages album, Mr. Stewart’s follow-up to his career-defining Year of the Cat album. The “Time Passages” single, released in September of 1978, hit #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and…

Today’s classic song of the day is one of my all-time favorite songs, period. It’s “Year of the Cat,” by Al Stewart, and it is superb. In my mind, there is no more perfect song than “Year of the Cat.” It is melodic with a great chord progression, the arrangement and production (by the legendary Alan Parsons) is stellar, and…