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↑ ( page no longer available, search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective.Buddha and the Chocolate Box at Allmusic (English).The album was re-released in 2000 in a version remastered by Ted Jensen. As singles were Oh Very Young and Ready decoupled. 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. And other albums from Cat Stevens are available on sale at Recordsale.Nachdem Stevens 1968. The partnership with Alun Davies and his producer Paul Samwell-Smith was renewed. Buddha and the Chocolate Box from Cat Stevens (1974) (Vinyl, MC). Musically, the titles are a departure from the soulful previous album Foreigner towards Catch Bull at Four and even earlier works. Yandex 4shared mega mediafire zalivalka cloudmailru uplea ge.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. Cat Stevens - Buddha And The Chocolate Box (1974) Written by bluelover Tuesday, 01 June 2010 10:20 - Last Updated Friday, 12 August 2016 14:53 the lyrics did not take off into discursive ruminations about the state of the universe. The eighth studio album written and released by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), the title of this album came to him during an airplane flight. The album's tone, however, suggested that Stevens was once again wearying of being a pop star, even as he delivered a record that maintained that status. "Oh Very Young" became his first Top Ten hit in two years, and the album was held out of number one only by The Sting. Stevens' fans responded warmly to Buddha and the Chocolate Box's stylistic return to form. But that was not to say that he had abandoned the spiritual nature of his creative quest, and the songs were, as usual, littered with religious imagery. 'Oh Very Young' became his first Top Ten hit in two years, and the album was held out of number one only by The Sting. Having begun the album with an ode to "Music" and its potential for reforming the world, he ended with "Home in the Sky," in which he sang, "Music is a lady that I still love." Such statements of renewed commitment added to the sense that the album was consciously crafted as an attempted second wind for the singer, who had been recording and performing at a torrid pace since returning to the music business full-time four years before. Stevens' fans responded warmly to Buddha and the Chocolate Box's stylistic return to form. It was very much as if Stevens was deliberately trying to make an album like Teaser and the Firecat, his commercial and artistic apex. No song ran much over five minutes, the arrangements were sparer and featured more acoustic guitar, and the lyrics did not take off into discursive ruminations about the state of the universe. 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. It also marked a return to the simpler style of earlier albums. After self-producing himself for his previous studio album, Foreigner, Cat Stevens re-teamed with producer Paul Samwell-Smith and. Buddha and the Chocolate Box is the eighth studio 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. Eight months later, Buddha and the Chocolate Box found Stevens back in England and back with producer Paul Samwell-Smith and second guitarist Alun Davies. While Foreigner was Cat Stevens' fifth consecutive gold album and his fourth straight Top Ten hit, it actually marked a small drop commercially and encountered critical resistance for the lengthy suite that took up all of side one. Jean Roussel - strings, arranger, keyboards, string arrangements Del Newman - strings, arranger, string arrangements Rick McCollum, Ruby, Sunny - vocals, singer, chorus Barry, Brigette, Clifford, Danny, Jacqui, Suzanne Cox, Jimmy, Joanne, Joy, Judy, Larry, Cat Stevens - vocals, synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, producer, design, concept, illustrations Cat Stevens - Buddha And The Chocolate Box (1974) Cat Stevens, Cat Stevens, Sunny, Bruce Lynch, Brigette, Clifford, Suzanne Cox, Jean Rouselle, Jean Roussel, Jacqui, Jimmy, Jim Ryan, Joanne, Joy, Danny, Judy, Rick.