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{{short description|2020 studio album by Yusuf / Cat Stevens}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = Tea for the Tillerman 2
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf / Cat Stevens]]
| cover        = Tea for the Tillerman 2 Album Cover.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = 18 September 2020
| recorded     = July 2019
| venue        =
| studio       = Les Studios de la Fabrique, France
| genre        = [[Folk rock]]
| length       = 39:20
| label        =
*Cat-O-Log
*[[Island Records|Island]]
| producer     = [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf / Cat Stevens]] & [[Paul Samwell-Smith]]
| prev_title   = [[The Laughing Apple]]
| prev_year    = 2017
| next_title   = [[King of a Land]]
| next_year    = 2023
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = Tea for the Tillerman
| type        = studio
| single1     = Where Do the Children Play?
| single1date = 28 May 2020<ref name="Where Do the Children Play?">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yusuf-cat-stevens-re-records-tea-for-the-tillerman-50th-anniversary-1005987/ |title=Yusuf/Cat Stevens Re-Records 'Tea for the Tillerman' for 50th Anniversary |date=28 May 2020 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date= 28 May 2020}}</ref>
| single2     = On the Road to Find Out
| single2date = 13 August 2020<ref name="On the Road to Find Out">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69yOu8hrQ6Q |title=Yusuf / Cat Stevens – On The Road To Find Out |date=13 August 2020 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date= 13 August 2020}}</ref>
| single3     = [[Father and Son (song)|Father and Son]]
| single3date = 10 September 2020<ref name="Father and Son">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_H5XuIb5WM |title=Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father And Son (by YusufVEVO) |date=10 September 2020 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date= 10 September 2020}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0003381606}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/yusuf-cat-stevens-makes-a-classic-feel-relevant-with-tea-for-the-tillerman%c2%b2-1059386/ Rolling Stone review]</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Times]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/yusuf-cat-stevens-tea-for-the-tillerman-2-reimagined-review-more-prescient-than-ever-0jhfjpk7r The Times review]</ref>
}}
'''''Tea for the Tillerman 2''''' (stylised as '''''Tea for the Tillerman²''''') is the sixteenth studio album by singer-songwriter [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf / Cat Stevens]], released on 18 September 2020 by Cat-O-Log Records through [[Island Records|Island]]. It is a re-imagining of his hit 1970 album ''[[Tea for the Tillerman]]''.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf / Cat Stevens]]
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [[Where Do the Children Play?]] || length1 = 4:09 ||
| title2 = Hard Headed Woman || length2 = 3:32 ||
| title3 = [[Wild World (song)|Wild World]] || length3 = 3:47 ||
| title4 = Sad Lisa || length4 = 3:58 ||
| title5 = Miles from Nowhere || length5 = 4:02 ||
}}{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = But I Might Die Tonight || length1 = 3:13 ||
| title2 = Longer Boats || length2 = 2:30 ||
| title3 = [[Into White]] || length3 = 3:43 ||
| title4 = On the Road to Find Out || length4 = 5:48 ||
| title5 = [[Father and Son (song)|Father and Son]] || length5 = 3:50 ||
| title6 = Tea for the Tillerman || length6 = 1:00 ||
}}
==Personnel==
* Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Spanish guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, grand piano, keyboards, harpsichord, lead vocals
* [[Alun Davies (guitarist)|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 (musician)|Kwame Yeboah]]– drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
* John Ashton Thomas – [[string instrument|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==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''Tea for the Tillerman 2''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=28 September 2020|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref>
| 50
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|183|artist=Yusuf|album=Tea For The Tillerman²|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 October 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|96|artist=Yusuf|album=Tea For The Tillerman²|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 October 2020}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=39?&annee=2020&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 39, 2020)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref>
| 161
|-
{{album chart|Ireland3|45|date=20200925|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 October 2020}}
|-
! scope="row"| Italian Albums ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2020/39|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 39 (dal 18.09.2020 al 24.09.2020)|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=Italian|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref>
| 78
|-
{{album chart|Portugal|19|artist=Yusuf|album=Tea For The Tillerman²|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 October 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|4|date=20200925|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 October 2020}}
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Cat Stevens}}
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[[Category:2020 albums]]
[[Category:Cat Stevens albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Paul Samwell-Smith]]
[[Category:Island Records albums]]
[[Category:A&M Records albums]]