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| Cloud Nine | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 17, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 – January 1969 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit | |||
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| Length | 34:35 | |||
| Label | Gordy | |||
| Producer | Norman Whitfield | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Rolling Stone | (favourable)[4] |
Cloud Nine is the ninth studio album by American musical group The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1969.
The album marked a major turning point in the group's career. It is the first full Temptations studio LP to feature Dennis Edwards as the replacement for David Ruffin, who was fired in June 1968. It also marked the beginning of the Temptations' delve into psychedelic soul under the ambitious direction of producer Norman Whitfield. The change in style polarized longtime fans but proved highly successful, with the album rising to number four on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart. It earned the group their first Grammy Award in 1969.
- ^ Himes, Geoffrey (May 16, 1990). "Records". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2017). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
The Temptations' psychedelic soul period would continue for the next few years...
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Bangs, Lester (7 February 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone. No. 40. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.