In 1977 an animated version, narrated by comedian Spike Milligan, using the song "Moonshadow", was a segment in Fantastic Animation Festival. In November 2008, a "deluxe edition" was released featuring a second disc of demos and live recordings. Hogan, Ed. "Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens: Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 July 2012. While the blu-ray doesn’t have a surround mix (he’s clearly not interested!) there is the hi-res stereo but more importantly an enormous amount of video material; 23 separate performances including two promo videos (including a a restored version of the 1977 animated video for ‘Moonshadow’). Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1972. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015 . Retrieved 2 April 2022. Additionally there is a two-CD edition, a standard vinyl LP and a single CD option. Interestingly, there is no stereo remix of the album this time, but the scale of the offering on the super deluxe edition(s) is quite stunning.

Crouse, Tim (9 December 1971). "Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat> Review". Rolling Stone. No.97. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007 . Retrieved 30 May 2008. In a retrospective five-star review, AllMusic's William Ruhlmann found the album more simplistic lyrically and musically entertaining than Tea for the Tillerman (1970): " Teaser and the Firecat was the Cat Stevens album that gave more surface pleasures to more people, which in pop music is the name of the game." [5] Athas, Peter Adrastos (17 September 2014). "Album Cover Art Wednesday: Teaser and the Firecat". First Draft.

Les Certifications depuis 1973: Albums". Infodisc.fr . Retrieved 11 June 2019. (select "Cat Stevens" from drop-down list) The album was a commercial success, surpassing the heights achieved by Stevens' previous album, Tea for the Tillerman, reaching both the UK and US Top 3 and also spending fifteen weeks at the top of the Australian charts, becoming the biggest-selling album of the country in 1972. Days after Yusuf/ Cat Stevens released a global version of “ Peace Train,” the singer-songwriter has announced a new box set in honor of the 50th anniversary of Teaser and the Firecat. Where Do The Children Play? (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, September 7, 1971) Before he converted to Islam, auctioned off all his guitars for charity, and left the secular music business for nearly three decades, London-born Steven Demetre Georgiou, better known as Cat Stevens (now Yusuf), was an extraordinarily gifted singer-songwriter whose fourth album, 1970's Tea for the Tillerman, which contained the hit singles "Where Do the Children Play?" and "Wild World," broke him into the international music scene. As beloved as that record immediately became, Stevens then surpassed it a year later with his masterpiece, Teaser and the Firecat, one of the most hallowed and iconic albums of the 1970s.

Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. Cat Stevens achieved phenomenal success with his early work, but it was his third LP with Island Records ‘ Teaser and the Firecat’, that carved out his place in the singer-songwriter decade. The album spawned some of his most unforgettable hits including “ Moonshadow”, “ Peace Train”, “ Morning Has Broken”; songs by a youthful spiritual seeker, wise beyond his years that would lay the pretext for a poignant new wave of soulful troubadours and poets. Later ‘The Wind’ would see ‘Teaser and the Firecat’ celebrated anew, rising to prominence following the song’s use in the Oscar-winning Cameron Crowe film, ‘Almost Famous’. Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Cat Stevens; 'Teaser and the Firecat ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 11 June 2019.

Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rded.). Virgin Books. p.185. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6. The album was a commercial success, surpassing the heights achieved by Stevens' previous album, Tea for the Tillerman, reaching both the UK and US top 3 and also spending fifteen weeks at the top of the Australian charts, becoming the biggest-selling album of the country in 1972. Where Do The Children Play? (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971) British album certifications – Cat Stevens – Teaser and the Firecat". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 11 June 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Teaser and the Firecat in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

Cat Stevens’ 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat will be reissued in November across five physical formats, including TWO super deluxe editions. The ‘slimmed down’ super deluxe has exactly the same content on the optical discs (CDs, blu-ray) but as stated above includes no vinyl and has a softcover (not hardcover book). The two-CD deluxe has a bonus CD with 13 of the demos and alternate versions (the super deluxe CD has 17).The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Cat Stevens; 'Teaser ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien . Retrieved 11 June 2019.

Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.293. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. American album certifications – Cat Stevens – Teaser". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 11 June 2019. Where Do the Children Play? (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)