It would be the singer's last album for 28 years, until An Other Cup was released in 2006.Р”В«ack to Earth features a return to the acoustic guitar sound of Stevens' early 1970s albums like Tea for the Tillerman. The UK single release, ' Last Love Song'/'Nascimento', released on Island in February 1979, similarly failed to chart. 33 on the Billboard charts, and its singles ' Bad Brakes'/'Nascimento', and ' Randy'/'Nascimento' made a poor showing in the charts. As he was unwilling to promote the album Back to Earth with a tour, it peaked at only No. The same day the album was released, Yusuf's father Stavros Georgiou died. On 3 December 1978, the album Back to Earth was released. Recorded in several places including Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Longview Farms in Massachusetts, Advision in London, and CBS in New York City, the album was completed at Le Studio in Quebec.Р”Р„t this point, Yusuf was praying five times daily and the sessions took on a melancholy edge, as it was implicitly understood that they were to be the last. The old team had now come back together to complete the final record.

Yusuf recorded this album in November 1978, re-uniting with his producer from the early 1970s, Paul Samwell-Smith, and arranger Del Newman, which includes his guitarist, Alun Davies, also his drummer Gerry Conway, neither of whom had appeared on Stevens' previous 1977 album ' Izitso'.

Although he wanted to retire from popular music after his religious conversion, Islam owed his record company Island/ A&M one more 'Cat Stevens' album under his recording contract. On 4 July 1978, Steven Georgiou changed his name to Yusuf Islam. On 23 December 1977 Stevens entered the Regent's Park Mosque in London and formally embraced Islam. On 8 December 1977 Stevens was awarded the 'Sun Peace Award' by the Symphony for the United Nations in New York City.

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