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Jul 3, 2023It's a well-crafted and often moving album that mixes a bit of Cat Stevens' sound with Yusuf's heart and soul, and it honors both with skill and sincerity.
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Jun 21, 2023This is not an overly confessional collection: if you’re looking for self-revelation, you may have to wait for a forthcoming autobiography, but nevertheless there’s much to enjoy.
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MojoJun 16, 2023King Of A Land is an elegant, warmly orchestrated work. [Jul 2023, p.89]
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UncutJun 16, 2023As autobiographies go, it's fairly oblique but no less intriguing for it. [Jul 2023, p.36]
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Jun 16, 2023King of a Land is unlikely to bring in legions of new fans – Yusuf’s Pyramid appearance will hopefully do that. But it’s a lushly beautiful album from one of pop’s master songwriters. Indeed, the medium is perfect – it’s just the message that is a little monothematic.
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Jul 11, 2023Throughout the album, Yusuf, who will turn 75 years old this month, is in wonderful voice. He leaves, however, his most affecting performances for the album’s end.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 28, 2023It bursts with the wide-eyed, childlike wonder that has underpinned so much of his work, interwoven with his uniquely kind, gentle and spiritual voice of wisdom. [Summer 2023, p.79]
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Jun 16, 2023Heartfelt stories such as these show – not tell; King of a Land does so in the last leg, but there’s always a nagging wonder of what the record would’ve been had it done so throughout its entirety.
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Jun 27, 2023While it’s sometimes a bit too unassuming for its own good, King Of A Land does well to remind the world of just what a legendary songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens is.
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Jun 22, 2023Boring lyrics combined with God God God every song. If you want religious music for children, I guess this is passable. Not recommended.
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Jun 21, 2023Loved every moment. Not much else I can say! It was nt. It was mundane but I think that was the point in Yusaf's tale.