Buddha and the Chocolate Box

Buddha and the Chocolate Box
Studio album by Cat Stevens (now Yusuf)
Publication (s)	1974
Label (s)	Island Records / A&M Records
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	9
running time	32:16 (LP / CD)
occupation	Cat Stevens - synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, vocals Alun Davies - acoustic guitar, vocals Roland Harker - Banjo Gerry Conway - drums, backing vocals Bruce Lynch - bass Jean Roussel - strings, keyboards, string arrangements Jim Ryan - guitar Mark Warner - guitar Del Newman - strings, string arrangements Choir - Suzanne Cox, Rick McCollum, Barry, Brigette, Clifford, Sunny, Danny, Jacqui, Jimmy, Joanne, Joy, Judy, Larry, Ruby
production	Paul Samwell-Smith / Cat Stevens
Studio (s)	Sound Techniques Studios, London
chronology Foreigner (1973) Buddha and the Chocolate Box Saturnight (1974)

Buddha and the Chocolate Box is the eighth studio album by singer and songwriter Cat Stevens (now Yusuf). It was published in March 1974.

history

Cat Stevens had a Buddha figure and a box of chocolates in his hands on a flight to a concert and thought that if he died now he would be caught between something spiritual and something material; this is how the album title came about.

Musically, the titles are a departure from the soulful previous album Foreigner towards Catch Bull at Four and even earlier works. The partnership with Alun Davies and his producer Paul Samwell-Smith was renewed. Buddha and the Chocolate Box reached number 2 in the USA, number 3 in Great Britain and number 34 in the Federal Republic of Germany. As singles were Oh Very Young and Ready decoupled.

The album was re-released in 2000 in a version remastered by Ted Jensen.

Track list

All songs were written by Cat Stevens.

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

Web links

• Buddha and the Chocolate Box at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.yusufislam.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)