Numbers (Cat Stevens album)

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Numbers A Pythagorean Theory Tale
Studio album by Cat Stevens
Released	November 1975
Genre	Rock
Length	33:38
Label	A&M
Producer	Cat Stevens
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Cat Stevens chronology
Saturnight (1974) Numbers (1975) Izitso (1977)

Numbers is concept album by singer/songwriter Cat Stevens. Subtitled "A Pythagorean Theory Tale", it is a concept album based on a fictional planet called Polygor in a far-off galaxy, and the "Polygons" who inhabited its palace. The album includes a booklet with excerpts from the book of the same name, written by Chris Bryant and Allan Scott, and contains pen-and-ink illustrations by Stevens.

The album was released along with the albums Izitso and Back to Earth in a box set called "Three" from the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab label. It is now out of print.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Video

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Cat Stevens.

Side 0

1. "Whistlestar" – 3:47
2. "Novim's Nightmare" – 3:52
3. "Majik of Majiks" – 4:31
4. "Drywood" – 4:56

Side 1

1. "Banapple Gas" – 3:09
2. "Land o' Free Love & Goodbye" – 2:48
3. "Jzero" – 3:47
4. "Home" – 4:13
5. "Monad's Anthem" – 2:16

[edit] Personnel

• Cat Stevens – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Jean Roussel – keyboards, vocals, vibraphone
• Alun Davies – guitar, vocals
• Gerry Conway – drums, vocals
• Bruce Lynch – bass

[edit] Additional personnel

• Simon Nicol – guitar
• Chico Batera – percussion
• Gordie Fleming – accordion
• David Sanborn – saxophone
• Magic Children of Ottawa – vocals
• Barbara Massey – vocals
• Carl Hall – vocals
• Tasha Thomas – vocals
• Art Garfunkel – vocals
• Lewis Furey – vocals
• Melba Joyce – vocals
• Carmen Twillie – vocals
• Brenda Russell – vocals
• Vennette Gloud – vocals
• Suzanne Lynch – vocals
• Anna Peacock – vocals
• Vincent Beck – vocals

[edit] Video

Banapple Gas, 1975 filmstrip with Dutch subtitles

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