Back to Earth - Cat Stevens

Album by Cat Stevens

Released 21 November 1978

Alun Davies
acoustic guitar [3]
Brian Cole
steel guitar [1]
Bruce Lynch
bass [1, 4-8, 10]
Cat Stevens
bass [3], choir vocals [2, 6], classical guitar [2], electric guitar [7-8], guitar [1, 4-6, 10], keyboard [1-2, 4-6, 8], producer, strings [9], synthesizer [9]
Dave Mattacks
drums (drum set) [2-4, 6, 8]
Del Newman
strings [5-6]
Derek Wadsworth
orchestrator [2], strings [4]
Don Weller
saxophone [7]
Eric Johnson
electric guitar [3]
Gerry Conway
congas [7], drums (drum set) [1, 7, 10]
Graham Smith
harmonica [3]
Jean‐Alain Roussel
Hammond organ [9], electric piano [6-7], keyboard [3, 10], piano [1], strings [9]
John Marson
harp [2]
Luther Vandross
vocal [9]
Paul Samwell-Smith
choir vocals [2, 6], producer
Richard Niles
strings [8]
Steve Jordan
drums (drum set) [9]
The McCrarys
vocal [9]
Will Lee
bass [9]
Yusuf Islam
phonographic copyright [1-2]