How Can I Tell You is the fifth song on the album \"Teaser and the Firecat\", published in 1972
Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio album by Cat Stevens, released in 1971. The album contains 10 songs including the hits \"Morning Has Broken\", \"Moonshadow\" and \"Peace Train\". It is also the title of a children's book written and illustrated by Stevens. The story features the title characters from the album cover, top-hatted young Teaser and his pet, Firecat, who attempt to put the moon back in its place after it falls from the sky.
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.
Musicians:
Cat Stevens – acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals
Alun Davies – acoustic guitar, possible backing vocals
Larry Steele – bass guitar, congas
Gerry Conway – drums, percussion
Harvey Burns – drums, percussion
Jean Roussel – Hammond organ on \"Peace Train\"
Linda Lewis – backing vocals
No. Title Length
1. \"The Wind\" (Recorded: March 1971 at Morgan Studios, Willesden, London, England) 1:42
2. \"Rubylove\" (Recorded: 15 February 1971 at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles) 2:37
3. \"If I Laugh\" 3:20
4. \"Changes IV\" 3:32
5. \"How Can I Tell You\" 4:24
6. \"Tuesday's Dead\" 3:36
7. \"Morning Has Broken\" (Traditional, arranged and adapted Cat Stevens with words by Eleanor Farjeon: Recorded: March 1971 at Morgan Studios, Willesden, London, England) 3:20
8. \"Bitterblue\" (Recorded: March 1971 at Morgan Studios, Willesden, London, England) 3:12
9. \"Moonshadow\" (Recorded: July 1970 at Morgan Studios, Willesden, London, England) 2:52
10. \"Peace Train\" (Recorded: March 1971 at Morgan Studios, Willesden, London, England)
