Singer: Cat Stevens
Title: Back To Earth
Label: A&M Records ‎– SP-4735
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Date of released: Dec 1978
Category: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1422 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1545 mb
Rating: 4.5✭
Format: MP3 VQF XM MP4 DXD AUD MP3 MIDI FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Just Another Night Steel Guitar – Brian Cole*	3:47
A2	Daytime Choir [Vocal Choir] – Cat Stevens, Paul Samwell-SmithGuitar [Spanish] – Cat StevensHarp – John MarsonOrchestrated By – Derek Wadsworth	3:54
A3	Bad Breaks Acoustic Guitar – Alun DaviesElectric Guitar – Eric Johnson Harmonica – Graham Smith	3:27
A4	Randy Arranged By [Strings] – Derek Wadsworth	3:08
A5	The Artist Arranged By [Strings] – Del Newman	2:27
B1	Last Love Song Arranged By [Strings] – Del NewmanChoir [Vocal Choir] – Cat Stevens, Paul Samwell-Smith	3:27
B2	Nascimento Congas – Gerry ConwaySaxophone – Don Weller	3:14
B3	Father Arranged By [Strings] – Richard Niles	4:07
B4	New York Times Arranged By [Strings] – Cat Stevens, Jean RousselBass – Will LeeDrums – Steve JordanVocals – Luther Vandross, The McCrarys	3:25
B5	Never	2:59

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Published By – Ashtar Music B.V.
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Bass – Bruce Lynch (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5), Cat Stevens (tracks: A3)
• Design – Bloomfield/Travis
• Drums – Dave Mattacks (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B3), Gerry Conway (tracks: A1, B2, B5)
• Electric Guitar – Cat Stevens (tracks: B2, B3)
• Electric Piano – Jean Roussel (tracks: B1, B2)
• Engineer – Declan O'Doherty, Don Gehman, Freddy Hansson, Jeff Titmus, Jesse Henderson , Mike Stavrou, Nick Blagona, Stig Kreutzfeldt
• Guitar – Cat Stevens (tracks: A1, A4 to B1, B5)
• Keyboards – Cat Stevens (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B3), Jean Roussel (tracks: A3, B5)
• Mastered By – Lee Hulko
• Organ [Hammond] – Jean Roussel (tracks: B4)
• Photography By – Ed Cooper
• Piano – Jean Roussel (tracks: A1)
• Producer – Paul Samwell-Smith
• Synthesizer – Cat Stevens (tracks: B4)
• Typography [Lettering] – Cooke Key
• Vocals, Producer – Cat Stevens
• Words By, Music By – Alun Davies (tracks: A2, A3), Cat Stevens

Notes

"Daytime" was written for the UNICEF 'Year of the Child'

This album was mixed using the Aphex Aural Exciter.

Published by Ashtar Music B.V. All Administrative Rights for the World Controlled by Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP)

℗ 1978 A&M Records, Inc. © 1978 A&M Records, Inc.

Issued with a printed inner lyrics-sleeve.

Parts of the cover are embossed.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): SP 5207
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): SP 5208
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Variant 1): SP 5207 M4 ∆ 23816
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Variant 1): SP 5208 M5 ∆ 23816-X
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Variant 2): SP 5207 M7 ∆ 23816
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Variant 2): SP 5208 M1 ∆ 23816-X
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
14C 064-61696	Cat Stevens	Back To Earth ‎(LP, Album, TP)	Island Records	14C 064-61696	Greece	1978
L 36756	Cat Stevens	Back To Earth ‎(LP, Album)	Island	L 36756	Australia	1978
58219 DT	Cat Stevens	Back To Earth ‎(Cass, Album)	Island Records	58219 DT	Netherlands	1978
SP-4735, SP 4735	Cat Stevens	Back To Earth ‎(LP, Album, Pit)	A&M Records, A&M Records	SP-4735, SP 4735	US	1978
ILP 39	Cat Stevens	Back To Earth ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records Ltd.	ILP 39	Central America	1978

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