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{{Infobox album

| Namename = The Laughing Apple

| Typetype = Studio

| Artistartist = Yusuf/[[Cat Stevens|Yusuf / Cat Stevens]]

| Covercover = Cat Stevens The Laughing Apple.jpg

| Releasedalt = 15 September 2017 =

| Recordedreleased = ICP15 Studios,September Belgium2017

| Genre recorded = <!-- Please sourceICP genresStudios, -->Belgium

| Lengthvenue = 33:16

| Labelstudio = Cat-O-Log Records/[[Decca Records]]

| Producergenre = Yusuf/[[Cat Stevens]] & = [[PaulFolk Samwell-Smithmusic|Folk]]

| 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/Cat Stevens) <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>

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'''''The Laughing Apple''''' is the fifteenth studio album by Yusuf/[[Cat Stevens]].|Yusuf The/ albumCat wasStevens]], 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]].<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 hit 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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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