
The album itself charted into the top 10 in the United States, where he had previously had few listeners. With "Wild World" as an advance single, this was the album that brought Stevens world-wide fame.

Stevens, a former art student, created the artwork featured on the record's cover. The track "But I Might Die Tonight" was featured on another 1971 film: Deep End by Jerzy Skolimowski. This album, Stevens' second during 1970, includes many of Stevens' best-known songs including "Where Do the Children Play?", "Hard Headed Woman", "Wild World", "Sad Lisa", "Into White" and "Father and Son".įour of the tracks ("Where Do the Children Play?", "On the Road to Find Out", "Tea for the Tillerman" and "Miles from Nowhere") were featured in the Hal Ashby and Colin Higgins' black comedy film entitled Harold and Maude, in 1971.

Tea for the Tillerman is an album by singer-songwriter Cat Stevens.
