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Title: Cloud Nine
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on March 16, 2011, 05:16:00 PM
Absolutely love this record by George, especially the title track and Devil's Radio  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUU4Brp0nfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBGPMWFvJ-U
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: 7 of 13 on March 16, 2011, 06:46:52 PM
yeah i definitely love that album, devils radio, fish on the sand, breath away from heaven, got my mind set on you, all excellent tracks.
 ;yes
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: tkitna on March 16, 2011, 07:32:35 PM
I agree. Great record. I havent busted it out in awhile. Might just have to do that.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: HeyJude18 on March 16, 2011, 07:39:48 PM
It really is a great album!  I was just listening to this album this morning :)
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Gary910 on March 16, 2011, 11:00:31 PM
We had to wait five years for this album... back in the day, and we had to wait another 15 for his posthumous album, not counting The Trembling Wilbury's.  ;)

I have loved this album since I heard it the first heard it back in '87. 1987 was a good Beatles year. George had a new album, and number one hit as well. Paul had a new Hits Collection, and a new UK single that I got in the US. The Beatles catalog came out on CD for the first time, and the solo albums started coming out on CD as well. I miss those times. It was fun and expensive being a Beatles fan.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on March 18, 2011, 08:19:26 PM
As a 60's fan I think it sounds too 80's for my ears. I prefer any of George's albums from 1970 to 1975, but I admit that Cloud Nine is a key album of him.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Mairi on March 21, 2011, 03:21:39 PM
Great album, but one of the worst album covers in my opinion.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Gary910 on March 21, 2011, 03:36:38 PM
Great album, but one of the worst album covers in my opinion.

It is simple, in a way. I love seeing George with his Gretsch from the old days. I think George looks good, and happy.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Hello Goodbye on March 21, 2011, 04:31:44 PM
He loved that Duo Jet...

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-_uxt0XT_d8/TKIWWDGVHgI/AAAAAAAAAFI/g8XAY2BSBsc/s1600/gretsch.jpg)

(http://content9.flixster.com/photo/11/07/14/11071483_gal.jpg)
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: PaulRamon on April 13, 2011, 07:55:11 PM
Yeah, one of my favorite George Harrison albums!!
I remember the year of it's release, I was really surprised of it's quality and I played it for weeks 'round and 'round......
It's a pity that he left us so early, I'm shure he would have had written some more great songs like Cloud Nine for us if :'(.......
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: nimrod on April 13, 2011, 10:46:43 PM
He loved that Duo Jet...


but he didnt like the way it sounded  ;)
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: PaulRamon on April 14, 2011, 10:40:19 AM
Great album, but one of the worst album covers in my opinion.

You're right, it's a bad cover artwork indeed, typical 80's style.....
For good luck it's good music in a bad sleeve and not the the opposite..... ;D
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Jema on June 17, 2011, 01:40:04 PM
My favorite songs from Cloud 9 are This Is Love,Breath Away From Heaven and Got My Mind Set On You.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Unknown Delight on June 17, 2011, 10:12:47 PM
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I agree regarding the cover, although i do like the photo of George.  The cover just looks like it was designed more for a CD sized cover then a full LP sized album jacket.  It just has the vibe to it, in my opinion....but then again a lot of albums released around that time had similar 'simple photo cover' designs.

I still like this album a lot.  It was the one that introduced me to George's works..and "That's What It Takes' re-introduced him to me all over again a few years ago.  So it paved the way for all his other wonderful stuff from the past ( Beatles included!).   I like his 70s stuff a great deal...but will always have a soft spot for this album.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Mr Mustard on June 18, 2011, 01:45:30 AM
My favourite George Harrison album (excluding compilations).  Favourites tracks: That's What It Takes, Fish On The Sand, This Is Love, When We Was Fab, Wreck Of The Hesperus and Got My Mind Set On You. This album features a healthy amount of refreshingly catchy "upbeat" George; in my opinion a nice break away from his dreary, turgid preaching of the mid 70s .
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Yeshelloitsmehereagain on June 16, 2012, 02:03:51 AM
Great album, but one of the worst album covers in my opinion.

A very good marketing decision, to put George Harrison on the front of a George Harrison album. It worked for Somewhere In England, that album sold over 10 copies.

It screams 80's too. It's a joke: "Spot the Loonie". It's very humourous.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: blmeanie on December 27, 2020, 01:43:15 AM
post resurrection here!  I listened to the entire Cloud Nine album this morning after watching George on the Dick Cavett show on youtube, great interview about first time doing LSD.  Anyway, Cloud Nine was great, really enjoy some of the non-singles too.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Moogmodule on January 01, 2021, 10:53:44 AM
It is a good album. I think easily his most commercial. And where, IMO, the number one single is the weakest song on the record.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Euan Buchan on June 08, 2021, 07:57:31 PM
There’s rumours there will be a announcement of the  box set on Thursday, due to be released in August.
Title: Re: Cloud Nine
Post by: Moogmodule on June 08, 2021, 09:10:16 PM
Interesting choice for a box set. I thought they were still having to finish the all things must pass reissue. So far all that’s come out is one remix of the title track.

Still. A cloud nine box could be really good. And given how slow the Harrison estate is on giving us unreleased material I’ll take anything.