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Buddha and the Chocolate Box

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Buddha and the Chocolate Box

| type = Album

| artist = Cat Stevens

| cover = Buddha and the Chocolate Box (Front Cover).jpg

| alt =

| released = 21 March 1974{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Cat+Stevens&ti=the+Chocolate+Box&format=Album&type=#search_section|title=RIAA|website=Recording Industry Association of America }}

| recorded = February 1974

| studio = Sound Techniques Studios, London, England. Mixed at Sound Techniques, AIR Studios, and Morgan Studios, London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cat-Stevens-Buddha-And-The-Chocolate-Box/release/3378313|title = Cat Stevens – Buddha and the Chocolate Box (2009, CD)| website=Discogs }}

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock, folk rock

| length = 32:16

| label = Island (UK/Europe)
A&M (US/Canada)

| producer = Cat Stevens
Paul Samwell-Smith

| prev_title = Foreigner

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Saturnight

| next_year = 1974

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Buddha and the Chocolate Box

| type = studio

| single1 = Oh Very Young

| single1date = March 1974{{cite web|title=Oh Very Young |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/oh-very-young-mt0033049345 |website=allmusic.com |access-date=6 August 2024}}

| single2 = Ready

| single2date = November 1974{{cite web |url= https://www.45cat.com/record/1645s |title=Ready |date= August 2024 |website= 45cat.com |accessdate= 7 August 2024}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}Ruhlmann, William. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/buddha-and-the-chocolate-box-mw0000191885 Buddha and the Chocolate Box] at Allmusic. Retrieved 3 March 2013.

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = C−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|accessdate=13 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

|rev3 = Rolling Stone

|rev3score = (mixed){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/buddha-and-the-chocolate-box-19740523|title = Buddha and the Chocolate Box| magazine=Rolling Stone |date = 23 May 1974}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3918a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles – February 8, 1975}}

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

  2. "Ready" – 3:18
  3. "King of Trees" – 5:07
  4. "A Bad Penny" – 3:21
  5. "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

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=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

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=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

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+Weekly chart performance for Buddha and the Chocolate Box

!Chart (1974)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{Cite book |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7--JAAAACAAJ |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, NSW |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |accessdate=26 June 2013 |postscript=. See also: Kent Music Report.}}

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{{albumchart|Canada|3|chartid=5027|rowheader=true|access-date=16 June 2022}}
scope="row"|Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=221|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Cat STEVENS|page=246|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=15 June 2022}}

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scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |title=InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste : Cat Stevens |publisher=infodisc.fr |accessdate=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506001015/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |archivedate=6 May 2013 }} Note: user must select 'Cat STEVENS' from drop-down

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scope="row"| Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi){{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it|access-date=16 June 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Buddah & the chocolate box".

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=Year-end charts=

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|+Year-end chart performance for Buddha and the Chocolate Box

!Chart (1974)

!Position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)

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scope="row"|Canadian Albums (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3891&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1974|magazine=RPM|accessdate=3 October 2011}}

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scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1974.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1972 par InfoDisc |language=French |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |accessdate=11 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027131238/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1974.php |archivedate=27 October 2012 }}

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scope="row"|US Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855864?imw=Y|title=Top Pop Albums of 1974|publisher=billboard.biz|accessdate=24 February 2012}}

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=Certifications=

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References

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Category:1974 albums

Category:Cat Stevens albums

Category:Albums produced by Paul Samwell-Smith

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Category:Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios

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