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Cat Stevens: Buddha and the Chocolate Box

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Label: Island Records
Released: 1974.03.14
Time:
 32:16
Category: Folk Rock
Producer(s): Cat Stevens, Paul Samwell-Smith
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.yusufislam.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Music (C.Stevens) - 4:21
[2] Oh Very Young (C.Stevens) - 2:36
[3] Sun/C79 (C.Stevens) - 4:35
[4] Ghost Town (C.Stevens) - 3:10
[5] Jesus (C.Stevens) - 2:14
[6] Ready (C.Stevens) - 3:18
[7] King of Trees (C.Stevens) - 5:07
[8] A Bad Penny (C.Stevens) - 3:21
[9] Home in the Sky (C.Stevens) - 3:38

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Cat Stevens - Synthesizer, Guitar, Keyboards, Design, Concept, Illustrations, Producer

Jim Ryan - Guitar
Mark Warner - Guitar
Alun Davies - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Roland Harker - Banjo
Bruce Lynch - Bass
Gerry Conway - Drums, Vocals

Barry - Vocals, Singer
Suzanne Cox - Vocals, Singer
Danny - Vocals, Singer
Joy - Vocals, Singer
Larry - Vocals, Singer
Ruby - Vocals, Singer
Rick McCollum - Vocals, Singer
Jacqui - Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Singer
Jimmy - Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Singer
Joanne - Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Singer
Judy - Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Singer
Brigette - Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Singer
Clifford - Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Singer
Sunny - Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Singer

Jean Roussel - Strings, Arranger, Keyboards, String Arrangements
Del Newman - Strings, Arranger, String Arrangements

Paul Samwell-Smith - Producer
Victor Gamm - Engineer, Mixing
John Wood - Engineer
Robin Black - Mixing
Alan Harris - Mixing
Roger Quested - Mixing
Ted Jensen - Mastering
Bill Levenson - Reissue Supervisor
Beth Stempel - Reissue Coordination
Vartan - Art Direction
Roland Young - Design, Concept
Mathieu Bitton - Package Design, Reissue Package Design

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Recorded in February 1974, Sound Techniques Studios, London, England



Buddha and the Chocolate Box is a 1974 album by Cat Stevens. The title came to Stevens when he was travelling to a gig on a plane with a Buddha in one hand and a box of chocolates in the other. He pondered that if he were to die in the plane these would be the last objects with him, and he would be caught between the spiritual and the material. The album leans towards the spiritual path, and is an indication of the direction his life would follow.

If veteran Cat Stevens fans were nervous in the wake of the previous album's (Foreigner) sometimes sketchy experimentalism, they must surely have been gratified by the singer-songwriter's return to form here. Reuniting with producer Paul Samwell-Smith, this 1974 collection kicks off with the bracing "Music" and never looks back, managing to be both more adventurous and focused than its predecessor. Though perhaps belied by the preciousness of the hit "Oh, Very Young," there's a muscular determination to songs like "Sun/C79" and "Ready" that serves Stevens well. Lyrically, tracks like "Jesus," "King of Trees," and "Home in the Sky" give early hints of Stevens's spiritual quest, though delivered through Samwell-Smith's eclectic, if still pop-focused production. Even to jaded ears, the album still sounds fresh in post-2000 and may well sound like Cat Stevens's best work.

Jerry McCulley - All Music Guide
 

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