Tea for the Tillerman 2

Tea for the Tillerman 2 (stylised as Tea for the Tillerman²) is the sixteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Yusuf / Cat Stevens, released on 18 September 2020 by Cat-O-Log Records through Island. It is a re-imagining of his hit 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman.

Tea for the Tillerman 2
Studio album by Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Released	18 September 2020
Recorded	July 2019
Studio	Les Studios de la Fabrique, France
Genre	Folk rock
Length	39:20
Label	Cat-O-Log Island
Producer	Yusuf / Cat Stevens & Paul Samwell-Smith
Yusuf / Cat Stevens chronology
The Laughing Apple (2017) Tea for the Tillerman 2 (2020) King of a Land (2023)
Singles from Tea for the Tillerman
"Where Do the Children Play?" Released: 28 May 2020[1] "On the Road to Find Out" Released: 13 August 2020[2] "Father and Son" Released: 10 September 2020[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
The Times	[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yusuf / Cat Stevens.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Where Do the Children Play?"	4:09
2.	"Hard Headed Woman"	3:32
3.	"Wild World"	3:47
4.	"Sad Lisa"	3:58
5.	"Miles from Nowhere"	4:02

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"But I Might Die Tonight"	3:13
2.	"Longer Boats"	2:30
3.	"Into White"	3:43
4.	"On the Road to Find Out"	5:48
5.	"Father and Son"	3:50
6.	"Tea for the Tillerman"	1:00

Personnel

• Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Spanish guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, grand piano, keyboards, harpsichord, lead vocals
• Alun Davies – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, vocals on "Father and Son"
• Jim Cregan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
• Eric Appapoulay – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, backing vocals
• Bruce Lynch – double bass, electric bass
• Martin Allcock - bass on (3), piano (3)
• Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, organ, synth horns, backing vocals, string arrangements
• Andreas Andersson - clarinet on "Wild World"
• Kwame Yeboah– drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
• John Ashton Thomas – string arrangements on (1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
• Christopher Nightingale – arrangements
• Brother Ali – rap on "Longer Boats"
• Voxaphonic - backing vocals on (1, 3, 10)

Charts

Chart performance for Tea for the Tillerman 2

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	183
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	96
French Albums (SNEP)[10]	161
Irish Albums (OCC)[11]	45
Italian Albums (FIMI)[12]	78
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[13]	19
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	4