Buddha and the Chocolate Box

Buddha and the Chocolate Box is the eighth studio album by Cat Stevens, released in February 1974. The single "Ready" charted on 30 November 1974 and reached number 20 in Canada.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Cat Stevens

Side one

1. "Music" – 4:21
2. "Oh Very Young" – 2:36
3. "Sun / C79" – 4:35
4. "Ghost Town" – 3:10
5. "Jesus" – 2:14

Side two

1. <li value=1> "Ready" – 3:18
2. "King of Trees" – 5:07
3. "A Bad Penny" – 3:21
4. "Home in the Sky" – 3:38

Personnel

• Cat Stevens – vocals, synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, production, design, concept, illustrations
• Alun Davies – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Bruce Lynch – bass guitar
• Jean Roussel – keyboards and string arrangements
• Gerry Conway – drums, vocals, percussion

Additional personnel

• Jimmy Ryan – guitar
• Mark Warner – guitar
• Roland Harker – banjo
• Joanne – vocals, choir
• Judy – vocals, choir
• Sunny – vocals, choir
• Ruby – vocals
• Barry – vocals
• Joy – vocals
• Brigette – vocals, choir
• Suzanne – vocals, solo
• Jacqui – vocals, choir
• Clifford – vocals, choir
• Danny – vocals
• Rick McCollum – vocals
• Jimmy – vocals, choir, chorus
• Larry – vocals
• Del Newman – string arrangements
• Suzanne Cox – vocals

Production

• Paul Samwell-Smith – producer
• John Wood – engineer
• Victor Gamm – engineer, mixing
• Alan Harris – mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Robin Black – mixing
• Roger Quested – mixing
• Beth Stempel – reissue co-ordination
• Bill Levenson – reissue supervisor
• Vartan – art direction
• Roland Young – design, concept
• Mathieu Bitton – package design, reissue package design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References