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Buddah and the Chocolate Box


Album Rating: (3 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: Bought the Buddah CD to add to my Cat Stevens collection. Good Music for nostalgia and general upbeat listening.
Buddha And The Chocolate Box



Album Rating: (4 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: Thank you - Buddha And The Chocolate Box safely received in good condition. Lovely to hear it again.
Michael Haley's notes on "Buddha and the Chocolate Box"




Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: It is hard to believe that one would not think this is Cat Stevens' best album. It is his finest. (tea for the tillerman is close) Inspirationally it is Stevens at his apex. Mr. Stevens understood here that brevity and succinctness was or is the better part of valor in recording. Nine luscious and ravishing songs to lift the spirit. I think Mr. Stevens also understood that a discerning combination of upbeat tunes (especially "Ready" and "C/79") along with his more calm characteristic melodic ones can be vital to an album's power. Listen to this album for the first time and you will not be able to let it rest for a long while. It is that affecting. Stevens' album teaser and the firecat, for example, has more "hits": Ironically, that is exactly why it does not stand the test of time as well as "Buddha" does. It is incomprehensible how underrated this album is. If one believes in a more cooperative human purpose; if ones loves pop music's art at its highest exhilarating level; and if one wishes to dance even, "Buddha and the Chocolate Box" is irresistible.
----------Michael Haley
Another good Cat album..



Album Rating: (4 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: So Cat Stevens was never quite the same after Foreigner, but this was an attempt to return to the old-school styles that he started with. It is still good as are all of his albums, but not the greatest.
I recommend this to Cat (Yusef) fans, but also if you just like some easy-listening folk music.
Easy Listening to Cat Stevens



Album Rating: (4 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: The CD was very good from a 70's song writer that has been away too long. It brought back good memories of the time. This icon in the music industry had such an impression on the years prior to now.