His 1974 album 'Buddha and the Chocolate Box' did better, both commercially and critically. It sold well, but that was mostly due to inertia from his previous albums. It was a significant departure from his earlier folky style, and it only had five songs on it, since the 'Foreigner Suite' took up half of the album. His 1973 album 'Foreigner' was a particular disappointment. He still wrote lots of excellent songs, but the albums were hit and miss. Stevens had his greatest success in the early 1970s, with four killer albums in a row: 'Mona Bone Jakon,' 'Tea for the Tillerman,' 'Teaser and the Firecat,' and 'Catch Bull at Four.' In my opinion, the quality of his albums took a big hit after that. Sometimes, an album is pretty good, but if you remove a few songs and add in some others, it becomes much better. I've made a lot of alternate versions of albums, though I haven't posted many on my blog. While I was looking at my Stevens albums, I decided, what the heck, I'll post this one too. I just posted a Cat Stevens concert yesterday.
