Buddha & The Box

Cat Stevens has announced a new remastered edition of his 1974 album "Buddha & The Chocolate Box". It arrives September 4th, 2026, and comes in a variety of formats, including digital, CD, and 2 vinyl colorways.

“'Buddha & The Chocolate Box' reopened the doors of my familiar melodious soft delivery and sentiments”, Yusuf wrote in his 2025 memoir, "Cat On The Road To Findout. “Although still experimental in compositional terms, it was what most of my fans desperately wanted to hear next. Following on from 'Foreigner', the 'Buddha' album proved, especially to those who had no faith, that the missing Cat had simply wandered away from home for a while. My principle of independence was asserted as with most cats, don’t ever dare think you own them! As far as the critics were concerned, album wise, it marked my heralded return to ‘Cat Stevens’ form”.

The album went platinum stateside, and was internationally popular, reaching # 2 in the US and # 3 in the UK. In particular, “Oh Very Young” cracked the American top 10 on release and resurfacing commercially last year after being used in the closing scene of Netflix’s 'The Thursday Murder Club', which sent the decades old track back onto UK sales charts.

The new pressing of "Buddha & The Chocolate Box" compiles 9 tracks, including “Music”, “Sun C79”, “Ghost Town”, and “Home In The Sky”, and follows a recent run of archival projects from the singer, including a live recording from Tokyo and a hits compilation. The latter, also titled "On The Road To Findout : Greatest Hits", came out last September and pulled selections from across nearly 6 decades, stretching from his 1967 debut up through 2023’s "King Of A Land".