FlashBack! - Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (1976) (album stream)

Year of the Cat is the seventh album by Al Stewart, released in 1976 and engineered by Alan Parsons; it is considered his masterpiece, its sales helped by the hit single "Year of the Cat," "one of those 'mysterious woman' songs," co-written by Peter Wood. The cover design by Colin Elgie of Hipgnosis depicts a woman who has an apparent obsession with cats. She can be seen in the mirror dressing up as a cat for a costume party, and all of the items on her dresser have feline motifs. The othe...

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