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{{Infobox album
| Namename = The Laughing Apple
| Typetype = Studio
| Artistartist = [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf / Cat Stevens]]
| Covercover = Cat Stevens The Laughing Apple.jpg
| Releasedalt = 15 September 2017 =
| Recordedreleased = 15 September 2017
| Genre recorded = <!-- Please sourceICP genresStudios, -->Belgium
| Lengthvenue =
| Labelstudio = Cat-O-Log Records/[[Decca Records]]
| Producergenre = [[Paul Samwell-Smith]] & = [[CatFolk Stevensmusic|YusufFolk]]
| length = 33:26
| Last album = ''[[Tell 'Em I'm Gone]]''<br />(as [[Yusuf]])<br />(2014)
| label = Cat-O-Log, [[Decca Records|Decca]], [[Verve Records|Verve]] (US)
| This album = '''''The Laughing Apple''''' <br>(as [[Yusuf]]) <br>(2017)
| producer = [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf / Cat Stevens]] & [[Paul Samwell-Smith]]
| Next album =
| Miscprev_title = [[Tell 'Em I'm =Gone]]
| prev_year = 2014
{{Singles
| next_title = [[Tea for the Tillerman 2]]
| Name = The Laughing Apple▼
| Type next_year = studio2020
| misc | single 1 = See What Love Did to Me (3:44){{Singles
▲ | Name name = The Laughing Apple
| single 1 date = 21 July 2017<ref name="See What Love Did to Me">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGDJsEszZJ8 |title=Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Yusuf / Cat Stevens - See What Love Did To Me (Official Audio) (3.44) (by YusufVEVO) |date=21 July 2017 |website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate= 16 September 2017}}</ref>▼
| type = studio
}}▼
| single1 = See What Love Did to Me (3:44)
▲ | single 1 datesingle1date = 21 July 2017<ref name="See What Love Did to Me">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGDJsEszZJ8 |title=Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Yusuf / Cat Stevens - See What Love Did To Me (Official Audio) (3.44) (by YusufVEVO) |date=21 July 2017 |website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate= 16 September 2017}}</ref>
}}
▲ }}
'''''The Laughing Apple''''' is the fifteenth studio album by Yusuf (formerly known as[[Cat Stevens|Yusuf Islam/ and as [[Cat Stevens]]). The album was, released on 15 September 2017 by Cat-O-Log Records. It is Yusuf's fourth mainstream release since his return to music and his first one since 2014's acclaimed ''[[Tell 'Em I'm Gone]]''. The album was produced by Yusuf / Cat Stevens & [[Paul Samwell-Smith]] and [[Yusuf]].<ref name="folkradio.co.uk Yusuf The Laughing Apple">{{cite web |url=http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2017/07/yusuf-cat-stevens-laughing-apple/ |title= Yusuf / Cat Stevens Announces New Album: The Laughing Apple (by Alex Gallacher) |date= 21 July 2017 |website=folkradio.co.uk |accessdate= 16 September 2017}}</ref> Its title is a reference to one of Cat Stevens' earlier hits, "The Laughing Apple" that was included in his 1967 album ''[[New Masters]]''. It would be the first album with his former name (Cat Stevens) included on an album since his ''[[Back to Earth (Cat Stevens album)|Back to Earth]]'' album, released in 1978. It was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Folk Album]].
==Background==
On 21 July 2017, Yusuf / [[Cat Stevens]] announced the forthcoming release on 15 September 2017 of his new studio album ''The Laughing Apple''.<ref name="folkradio.co.uk Yusuf The Laughing Apple"/>
==Track listing==
Source:<ref name="folkradio.co.uk Yusuf The Laughing Apple"/>
{{Track listing
| title1 = Blackness of the Night
| note1 = Previously released on "New Masters", 1967
| note1 =
| length1 = 3:02
| title2 = See What Love Did to Me
| note2 =
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = The Laughing Apple
| note3 = Previously released on "New Masters", 1967
| note3 =
| length3 = 3:04
| title4 = Olive Hill
| note4 =
| length4 = 2:46
| title5 = Grandsons
| note5 = Previously released on "The Very Best of Cat Stevens", 2000, with new lyrics
| note5 =
| length5 = 3:03
| title6 = Mighty Peace
| note6 =
| length6 = 2:20
| title7 = Mary and the Little Lamb
| note7 =
| length7 = 3:35
| title8 = You Can Do (Whatever)
| note8 =
| length8 = 3:10
| title9 = Northern Wind (Death of Billy the Kid)
| note9 = Previously released on "New Masters", 1967
| note9 =
| length9 = 2:41
| title10 = Don’t Blame Them
| note10 =
| length10 = 3:38
| title11 = I'm So Sleepy
| note11 = Previously released on "New Masters", 1967
| length11 = 2:23
}}
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! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2017/09/aria-chart-watch-439/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #439|publisher=auspOp|date=23 September 2017|accessdate=23 September 2017}}</ref>
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{{album chart|Austria|26|artist=Yusuf|album=The Laughing Apple|rowheader=true|accessdate=27 September 2017}}
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{{album chart|Flanders|65|artist=Yusuf|album=The Laughing Apple|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 September 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|98|artist=Yusuf|album=The Laughing Apple|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 September 2017}}
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{{album chart|France|74|artist=Yusuf|album=The Laughing Apple|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 September 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|4|id=340201|artist=Yusuf|album=The Laughing Apple|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 September 2017}}
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! scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=43994434|title=NZ HeatseekersTop 40 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=2518 SeptemberDecember 2017|accessdate=2215 SeptemberDecember 2017}}</ref>
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{{album chart|Scotland|18|date=2017-09-22|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 September 2017}}
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3514-%C3%81lbumes-semana-38-2017|title=Top 100 Albumes — Semana 38: del 15.09.2017 al 21.09.2017|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=Spanish|accessdate=27 September 2017}}</ref>
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{{album chart|Switzerland|33|artist=Yusuf|album=The Laughing Apple|rowheader=true|accessdate=27 September 2017}}
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{{album chart|UK2|23|date=20170922|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 September 2017}}
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{{album chart|Billboard200|114|artist=Yusuf|rowheader=true|accessdate=26 September 2017}}
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