Al Stewart (born Alastair Ian Stewart on September 5, 1945, Glasgow, Scotland), is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single "Year of the Cat" and its 1978 follow-up "Time Passages" (the latter of which was produced by Alan Parsons). is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation) George Square and Glasgows City Chambers Glasgow is Scotlands largest city, located on the River Clyde in West Central Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... , Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... “Glaswegian” redirects here. ... This article is about the country. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Year of the Cat is a song by British singer-songwriter Al Stewart. ... Time Passages is a 1978 album by Al Stewart. ... Alan Parsons (b. ...

Stewart grew up in the coastal resort town of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. He moved to the United States in 1977 and recorded/produced most of his work in Los Angeles during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... , Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

While studio albums are now few and far between, he still tours extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Recordings of concerts are often made available through his fan clubs. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Stewart's career in music has spanned over 40 years. Stewart revealed during a 2007 concert tour that, in his early salad days living and working in London, he played backup guitar in Yoko Ono's band, "simple, modal stuff." She convinced him to invest 100 English pounds in her notorious film No. 4, which consists of images of human buttocks. Stewart got a producer credit on the film, but was shortly replaced in Ono's band by John Lennon. Struggling financially at the time, Stewart wrote Ono asking for his investment back. Eventually he received a check from the Beatles' Apple Records signed by Lennon. He considered holding onto the check, assuming it would one day be valuable, but needed grocery money, so he cashed it. ^[1] Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ...

Recording career

Stewart's first record was the single "The Elf", which was released in 1966 on Decca Records, and included a pre-Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page (the first of many leading guitarists Stewart worked with, including Richard Thompson and Peter White). Stewart then signed to Columbia Records (then using the name CBS Records in the UK), with whom he released six albums. The first four of these attracted relatively minor interest within the British music scene, although they contain some of Stewart's most incisive songwriting, and he became popular on the university circuit. Stewart's debut album Bed-Sitter Images was released on LP in 1967; a revised version appeared in 1970 as The First Album (Bed-Sitter Images) with a few tracks changed. Its dramatic string orchestrations by Alexander Faris arguably stifled the songs somewhat (Stewart premiered the album with a full orchestra at a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London). The album was reissued on CD in 2007 by Collectors' Choice Music with all the songs from both versions. Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Decca Music Group be merged into this article or section. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ... For other persons named Richard Thompson, see Richard Thompson (disambiguation). ... Peter White (born 1954) is a smooth jazz/jazz fusion guitarist. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Bed-Sitter Images is the debut album of folk rock artist Al Stewart, released in 1967, and again in a revised edition with a new cover picture in 1970. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...

Love Chronicles (1969) was notable for the 18-minute title track, an anguished autobiographical tale of sexual encounters which was the first mainstream release ever to include the word "fucking". It was voted "Folk Album of the Year" by the UK music weekly Melody Maker. Orange (1972) was very much a transitional album, combining songs in Stewart's confessional style with early examples of the historical songwriting that he would increasingly come to adopt. Love Chronicles is the second album of folk rock artist Al Stewart, released in 1969. ... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ...

The fifth release, Past, Present and Future aired out the historical storytelling style and contained the song "Nostradamus," a long (9:43) track in which Stewart tied into the re-discovery of the claimed seer's writings by referring to selected possible predictions about twentieth century people and events. While too long for major-market radio airplay at that time, the song became a hit on many US college/university radio stations, which had formats that allowed for such songs. Past, Present and Future is Al Stewarts 5th album written in 1974. ... Nostradamus: original portrait by his son Cesar Michel de Nostredame (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), usually Latinized to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous world-wide. ... Airplay is a technical term used in the radio industry to state how frequently a song is being played on a radio station. ...

Stewart followed Past, Present and Future with Modern Times, whose songs were lighter on the historical references and more of a return to the theme of short stories set to music. Modern Times is Al Stewarts sixth album, released in 1975. ...

Stewart's contract with CBS expired at this point and he signed to RCA Records in the UK and went to Janus Records in the US (later Arista when Janus folded in 1977). His first two albums for RCA, Year of the Cat (released on Janus in the US) and Time Passages (released in the US on Arista), set the style for his later work, which many feel is less incisive than his early 1970s work with CBS. Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... Year of the Cat is a 1976 album by Al Stewart. ... Time Passages is a 1978 album by Al Stewart. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...

Stewart himself claims to have never really cared for "Time Passages". In an interview with Acoustic Storm, he stated: Acoustic Storm, is a nationally syndicated U.S. radio show featuring acoustic rock. ...

The song, however, was used on an episode of the TV show "The Sopranos". The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase and originally broadcast on the HBO network. ...

The overwhelming success of the songs "Year Of The Cat" and "Time Passages" — both of which still receive substantial radio airplay on classic-rock/pop format stations — overshadows the depth and range of Stewart's greater body of songwriting work. Stewart managed to take the old folk-song tradition of singing about real events, and produce very contemporary songs in that style.

Stewart's historical work includes songs such as:

• "Fields of France", from the album Last Days of the Century, about World War I pilots
• "Old Admirals", from Past, Present, and Future, inspired by Admiral Sir John Fisher of the World War I Royal Navy
• "Roads To Moscow", from Past, Present, and Future, about the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II
• "In Red Square", from Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, about the Soviet Union
• "Sirens of Titan", from Modern Times, a musical precis of Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same title
• "Lord Grenville", from Year of the Cat, about Sir Richard Grenville
• "The Palace of Versailles", from Time Passages, about the French Revolution
• "Charlotte Corday", from Famous Last Words, about the assassin of Jean-Paul Marat.

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On occasions Stewart has set poems to music, as was the case of "My Enemies Have Sweet Voices" (lyrics by the poet Pete Morgan) on the 1970 album Zero She Flies. During his 1999 UK tour, Stewart invited Morgan to read the lyrics as he performed this song in the City Varieties Theatre show in Leeds on 7 November 1999. Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Pete Morgan (Born 1939 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a British poet, lyricist and TV documentary author and presenter. ... The Leeds City Varieties is a Grade II* listed Music Hall in Leeds, U.K. It was built in 1865 as an adjunct to the White Swan Inn in Swan Street and the interior is largely unaltered. ... , Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. ... is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Discography

• Bed-Sitter Images (1967)
• Love Chronicles (1969)
• Zero She Flies (1970)
• Orange (1972)
• Past, Present and Future (1973) #133 US
• Modern Times (1975) #30 US
• Year of the Cat (1976) #5 US
• Time Passages (1978) #10 US
• 24 Carrots (1980) (with Shot In The Dark) #37 US
• Live/Indian Summer (1981) (with Shot In The Dark) #110 US
• Russians and Americans (1984)
• Last Days of the Century (1988)
• Rhymes in Rooms (1992)
• Famous Last Words (1993)
• Between the Wars (1995) (with Laurence Juber)
• Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1996)
• Down in the Cellar (2000)
• A Beach Full of Shells (2005)

Several compilations of Stewart's songs have also been issued on CD. Bed-Sitter Images is the debut album of folk rock artist Al Stewart, released in 1967, and again in a revised edition with a new cover picture in 1970. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Love Chronicles is the second album of folk rock artist Al Stewart, released in 1969. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Zero She Flies is the third album by folk rock artist Al Stewart, released in 1970. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Orange is Al Stewarts 4th album originally released in 1972 and re-released in 1996 on CD. You Dont Even Know Me – 4:00 Amsterdam – 2:56 Songs Out of Clay – 4:16 The News from Spain – 6:34 I Dont Believe You (She Acts Like We... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Past, Present and Future is Al Stewarts 5th album written in 1974. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Modern Times is Al Stewarts sixth album, released in 1975. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year of the Cat is a 1976 album by Al Stewart. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time Passages is a 1978 album by Al Stewart. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... 24 P/Carrots is a 1980 album by Al Stewart. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Live/Indian Summer is a double album released in 1981 by Al Stewart. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Russians & Americans is a 1984 album by folk rock artist Al Stewart. ... This article is about the year. ... Last Days of the Century is a 1988 album by the folk rock artist Al Stewart. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Rhymes in Rooms, recorded live in 1992, features most of Al Stewarts greatest hits. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Famous Last Words is a studio album by Al Stewart, released in 1993. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Between the Wars is by Al Stewart with Laurence Juber. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Laurence Juber is a British guitarist, and is perhaps most famous for playing lead guitar in Wings from 1978 to 1981, when the band disbanded. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Down in the Cellar is a 2000 album by the folk rock artist Al Stewart. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... A Beach Full of Shells is a 2005 album by Al Stewart. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

External links

• Official Page
• German Fan Page
• German Fan Page (alternative link)
• Comprehensive discography
• Allmusic.com page
• Al Stewart Friends
• Blogcritics.org Al Stewart Collection: Interviews, Discography, more
• Al Stewart Merchandise website
• Al Stewart and Awaken evenings
• Al Stewart at the Woodstock Opera House and with Replay Retro Rock at the Stage Left Cafe