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.
It was also the last album of contemporary Western music that he recorded until An Other Cup, 28 years later. It is the only album he recorded using the name Cat Stevens after his conversion to Islam until the release in September 2017 of The Laughing Apple, his fifteenth studio album (credited to 'Yusuf / Cat Stevens'). Back to Earth is the eleventh studio album released by the British-Emirati singer/songwriter Cat Stevens.
