Cat Stevens - Harold and Maude (1971)

great soundtrack filled completely with Cat Stevens pop hits & the like. theres several songs Cat does here that didn't appear anywhere else.

About the movie:

Harold and Maude is a cult classic movie directed by Hal Ashby in 1971. The film, featuring slapstick, dark humour, and existentialist drama, revolves around the exploits of a morbid young man – Harold – who drifts away from the life that his detached mother prescribes for him, as he develops a relationship with septuagenarian Maude.

The film is number 45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Funniest Movies of all time, and number 42 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies. In 1997, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The film was a commercial failure when it was released, and the critical reception was extremely mixed. It now has a large cult following.

The screenplay upon which the film was based was written by Colin Higgins, and published as a novel in 1971. The movie was shot in the San Francisco Bay Area. Harold and Maude was also a play on Broadway for some time. The last time was on 2005, with Eric Millegan as Harold and the oscar winner Estelle Parsons as Maude

The movie has given rise to two new words: "Harolding" (hanging around cemeteries), described by Douglas Coupland in "Harolding in West Vancouver" (1996); and "Maudism" or "Maudianism", the philosophy of living each day to the fullest. This may also have a link to the phonetically-similar philosophy of Mod-ism.

Almost the entire soundtrack for the movie is by Cat Stevens.






Track List:
Side 1
Don't Be Shy
On The Road To Find Out
I Wish, I Wish
Miles From Nowhere
Tea For The Tillerman
I Think I See The Light
Side 2
Where Do The Children Play?
If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Banjo Instrumental)
Trouble
Don't Be Shy (Alternate Version)
If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out ( Instrumental Version)
7 Inch
Don't Be Shy (Demo Version - Bonus 7" Track)
If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Alternate Version - Bonus 7" Track)