Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Na farko da aka saki daga Mona Bone Jakon shine "Lady D'Arbanville", wanda Stevens ya rubuta game da budurwarsa ta Amurka Patti D'Arbanville. Rikodin, tare da sautin madrigal ba kamar yawancin kiɗan da ake bugawa a rediyon pop ba, tare da sautunan djembes da bass ban da guitar Stevens da Davies, sun kai lamba 8 a Burtaniya. Shi ne na farko daga cikin hits don samun real airplay a Amurka. An sayar da kwafi sama da miliyan 1, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta zinare a shekarar 1971. Sauran waƙoƙin da aka rubuta don D'Arbanville sun haɗa da "Wataƙila Kuna da Gaskiya", da kuma "Just Another Night". Bugu da kari, waƙar "Pop Star", game da kwarewarsa a matsayin tauraron matasa, da kuma "Katmandu", wanda ya nuna jagoran Genesis Peter Gabriel yana wasa da sarewa, an nuna su. Mona Bone Jakon misali ne na farko na tsarin kundin waƙoƙin mawaƙa-waƙoƙin waƙoƙi wanda ya zama sananne ga sauran masu fasaha. Mujallar Rolling Stone ta kwatanta shahararsa da na Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection, tana mai cewa an buga shi "a duk faɗin, a duk hanyoyin rediyo".Mona Bone Jakon shine farkon farkon fitowar kundin Stevens na duniya, Tea for the Tillerman, wanda ya zama Top 10 Billboard hit. A cikin watanni shida na fitowar ta, an sayar da kwafi sama da 500,000, wanda ya sami matsayin rikodin zinare a Burtaniya da Amurka. Haɗin sabon salon dutsen dutsen Stevens da kalmomin da ke da sauƙi waɗanda suka yi magana game da al'amuran yau da kullun da matsaloli, haɗe da farkon tambayoyin ruhaniya game da rayuwa, za su kasance a cikin kiɗan sa daga wannan lokacin. Kundin yana dauke da Top 20 guda "Wild World"; waƙar ban kwana bayan D'Arbanville ya ci gaba. "Wild World" an lasafta shi a matsayin waƙar da ta ba Tea ga Tillerman'isasshen harbi'don kunna shi a rediyon FM; kuma an ambaci shugaban Island Records, Chris Blackwell, a matsayin mai kiran shi "mafi kyawun kundin da muka taɓa fitarwa". Sauran waƙoƙin kundin sun haɗa da "Mace mai wuya", da "Uba da Son", waƙar da aka rera duka a cikin baritone da tenor, game da gwagwarmaya tsakanin uba da 'ya'yansu maza waɗanda ke fuskantar zaɓin kansu a rayuwa. A cikin...  Tambaya: Wanene ɗaya daga cikin mutanen farko da suka samar da kundin waƙoƙin mawaƙa-waƙoƙi?
Mona Kashi Jakon