Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974 quad mix 24/96 lossless 4.0 DVD-A)

Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974 quad mix 24/96 lossless 4.0 DVD-A)



24/96 4.0 lossless MLP (DVD-Audio).

16/48 4.0 AC3 @ 440kbps (DVD-Video) for compatibility with standard DVD players.

Slight noise/crackle filtering applied (Izotope RX 2), no EQ, compression, or rear channel boost.



Converted from quad SQ encoded vinyl using a FOSGATE RESEARCH TATE II 101A hardware decoder.





""Oh Very Young" is a lovely, simple melody, the vaguest song here and one of the most appealing. "Ghost Town" sounds like high-adrenaline Neil Young, and if you nod along to Gerry Conway's drums as feverishly as Cat himself would, you may not even notice lyrics that drop the names of Anne Boleyn, Houdini, Bill Bailey, Buster Keaton and King Tut. All of the album is beautifully performed, but parts of it are overproduced. Cat needs a dozen good songs a lot more than he needs a dozen background singers right now." ***1/2

- Janet Maslin, Rolling Stone



"In "Music," for example, Cat tells us there wouldn't be any "wars in the world/If everybody joined in the band." This kind of lie is called a tautology; it's like saying there wouldn't be any hunger if everyone became an ice cream man. And makes you wonder why a guy who loves trees so much (reference: "King of Trees") designed a double-fold cover with cardboard inner sleeve for this unlovable single LP." C-

- Robert Christgau, Village Voice