Buddha And The Chocolate Box Songs Ranked

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. 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. The album leans towards the spiritual path, and is an indication of the direction his life would follow. Here are all of Buddha And The Chocolate Box songs ranked.

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9. Home in the Sky

“Throughout the album, Steven’s voice and guitar work are still as hardy and resilient as ever and the lyrics are up to his usual standard. I guess what Buddha and the Chocolate Box lacks is great tunes, something to hook you and keep dragging you back to it. “

8. King of Trees

“His songs don’t need to “transcend” their creator in order to be great; there’s no need to run down Yusuf in order to elevate Cat. And since they _were_ written during his “seeker” stage, they’re suitable for everybody — future Muslims or not.”

7. Jesus

“How can anyone still favor the music from someone whose own recent public pronouncements belie the dreamy humanism and tolerance of the lyrics in these songs? Still, after thirty years of listening to this particular album as well as the other classic efforts by this timeless artist, it still puzzles me that anyone capable of creating such beautiful lyrics, enchanting melodies, and memorable arrangements could now be so rigid and intolerant of others. “

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6. Sun/C79

“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.”

5. Music

“.I particularly like Music, which the idea behind the lyrics caused Robert Christgau to incorrectly label as a “tautology” (always wanted to write him a letter about this…go look it up in a dictionary), featuring quasi-oriental keyboard and string textures (a recurring theme throughout, unsurprisingly)”

4. Oh Very Young

“The songs are basically in the 4 mins zone and are very acoustic guitar based and are kept to the bare minimum. The song “oh very young” actually once again brought a top 10 hit to Cat Stevens and to this day is regarded as one of his better albums.”

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3. Ghost Town

“”Ghost Town” also shows some influence of country rock as well,not surprising considering the old west metaphores in the lyrics. This would be on of the last hurrahs of Cat Stevens big hit 70’s albums as his sense of musical expirmentation and constant shifting of lyrical priorities would (largely) keep him from the charts during that time.”

2. Ready

“Ready”, another in a series of similar unforgettable Cat Steven’s catchy musical confections. There is simply no getting around how uniquely talented he was. Like all the Cat Stevens albums before it, this terrific album is a reminder that sometimes art rises above the level of its all too human creator. Enjoy!”

1. A Bad Penny

“Cat Stevens’ eighth studio album. As the artist himself indicates in the title, this album is very spiritual in terms of texts, but musically…. Well, for many albums Stevens has shown that his music is quite predictable, although not necessarily on the last one where soul dominated, but on “Buddha and Chocolate Box” folk mixed with elements of baroque music dominates, which is what the musician has been doing for years.”