Back to Earth

by Cat Stevens

Back to Earth cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 December 1978
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 34:11
  • Community rating: 2.7/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking his final contemporary music release before his conversion to Islam and subsequent multi-decade hiatus from the pop industry. 'Back to Earth' returns to the stripped-back, acoustic-driven singer-songwriter style of his early 1970s classics, serving as a poignant, sentimental farewell to his initial career.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk

Tracklist

  1. Just Another Night (3:49)
  2. Daytime (3:55)
  3. Bad Brakes (3:27)
  4. Randy (3:07)
  5. The Artist (2:34)
  6. Last Love Song (3:26)
  7. Nascimento (3:15)
  8. Father (4:07)
  9. New York Times (3:24)
  10. Never (3:02)

Credits

  • Bruce Lynch - bass
  • Dave Mattacks - drums
  • Gerry Conway - drums, congas
  • Jean Roussel - electric piano, keyboards, organ [hammond], arranged by [strings]
  • Cooke Key - typography [lettering]
  • Alun Davies - words by, music by, acoustic guitar
  • BJ Cole - steel guitar
  • John Marson - harp

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