Al Stewart

Images (His First Three Albums)

Bedsitter Images (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

The Carmichaels (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Scandinavian Girl (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Pretty Golden Hair (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Denise at 16 (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Samuel Oh How You've Changed! (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Cleave to Me (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

A Long Way Down From Stephanie (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Ivich (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Beleeka Doodle Day (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Lover Man (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Clifton in the Rain (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Go Your Way (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

My Contemporaries (2007 Remastered Version) (2007 - Remaster)

In Brooklyn (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Old Compton Street Blues (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Ballad of Mary Foster (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Life and Life Only (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

You Should Have Listened to Al (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Love Chronicles (2007 Remaster) (Explicit) (2007 - Remaster)

Jackdaw (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

She Follows Her Own Rules (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Fantasy (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

My Enemies Have Sweet Voices (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Small Fruit Song (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Gethsemane, Again (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Burbling (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Electric Los Angeles Sunset (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Manuscript (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Black Hill (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Anna (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Room of Roots (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Zero She Flies (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

Lyke Wake Dirge (2007 Remaster) (2007 - Remaster)

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Al Stewart had found his voice on Past, Present & Future and found his sound on Modern Times. He then perfected it all on 1976's Year of the Cat, arguably his masterpiece. There is no overarching theme here, as there was on its two immediate predecessors, but the impossible lushness of Alan Parsons' production and Stewart's evocative Continental narratives give the record a welcome feeling of cohesion that keeps the record enchanting as it moves from "Lord Grenville" to "Midas Shadow" to "Broadway Hotel," before it ends with the haunting title track. Along the way, Stewart doesn't dwell too deeply in any area, preferring to trace out mysteries with his evocative lyrical imagery and a spinning array of self-consciously sophisticated music, songs that evoke American and European folk and pop with a deliberate grace. This could be unbearably precious if it didn't work so well. Stewart is detached from his music, but only in the sense that he gives this album a stylish elegance, and Parsons is his perfect foil, giving the music a rich, panoramic sweep that mimics Stewart's globe-trotting songs. The result is a tremendous example of how good self-conscious progressive pop can be, given the right producer and songwriter -- and if you're a fan of either prog or pop and haven't given Al Stewart much thought, prepare to be enchanted.

Images (His First Three Albums)

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