Album
Buddha And The Chocolate Box
1974 · Rock
32 collectors on Gatefold own this
Buddha And The Chocolate Box is a Rock album by Cat Stevens, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 118 pressings tracked, owned by 32 collectors.
About
After self-producing himself for his previous studio album, <i>Foreigner</i>, Cat Stevens re-teamed with producer Paul Samwell-Smith and guitarist Alun Davies for the more conventional <i>Buddha and the Chocolate Box</i>. The album employs several of the orchestral and backing choir strategies from <i>Foreigner</i>, along with prominent use of piano. But songs such as “Oh Very Young” (his first Top 10 hit in two years), “Sun/C79,” and “A Bad Penny” brought together the warmth of Stevens’ older works. “Jesus” is overt, but most of his religious interests here are interwoven into the material (as opposed to the true struggles revealed on <i>Catch Bull at Four</i>, where it sounded as if Stevens would leave popular music within the year). Obviously, Stevens did eventually walk away, but here songs such as “Ghost Town,” “Ready,” and the vocally intensive “Home in the Sky” showed him achieving states of joy within the music.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Music4:19
- A2Oh Very Young2:33
- A3Sun / C794:34
- A4Ghost Town3:08
- A5Jesus2:11
Side B
- B1Ready3:14
- B2King Of Trees5:08
- B3Bad Penny3:21
- B4Home In The Sky3:36
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- warm
- bittersweet
- poetic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alun DaviesACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS
- BarryVOCALS
- Barry St. JohnVOCALS
- Brigette Du DoitVOCALS
- Bruce LynchBASS BASS GUITAR
- Cat StevensGUITAR GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS
- CliffordVOCALS
- DannyVOCALS
- Del NewmanARRANGED BY
- Gerry ConwayDRUMS DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS DRUMS, VOCALS
- Jackie SullivanVOCALS
- Jean RousselARRANGED BY KEYBOARDS
- Jim RyanGUITAR
- JimmyVOCALS
- Jimmy HelmsVOCALS
- Jimmy RyanGUITAR
- Joanne WilliamsVOCALS
- Joy YatesVOCALS
32 collectors on Gatefold own this · 118 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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