Cloud Nine

Good, but stick to their greatest hits.

No artist since has been brave enough to include fiddle-de-dee and fiddle-de-dum as lyrics in a hit song

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I could have done without the crying child interlude three songs in, but otherwise this was alright. Really not my genre, but I definitely have respect for the influence the Temptations have, especially 9 albums in. Good classic grooves, where each member has their moment to shine vocally (however, that's not to say I love all of their voices). I can't say I loved the B-side either; several songs about the theoretical possibility that the girl in this situation has another man just get tiring. Overall, this was just a little too same-y for me, in the way that it felt like it lasted for far longer than the 35 minutes it actually did. I only just remembered that I've already listened to a Temptations album on this list, and I think I'm beginning to realize that I just don't really care for them at all... Favorite tracks: Cloud Nine (because this was one of the only non-love songs)

*ställer sig upp och börjar jucka i takt med musiken*

Ändå ganska najs! Nånstans mellan en trea och en fyra

3/5

The first time I listened to this, somehow I was feeling critical. But I realized today, this is great. It’s the period. It requires the right mind. 4 Boolean: True

Didn’t realize it was their ninth album. Still a good soulful album.

Like the funky soul melodies and pop tunes. Does repeat quite a bit and gets rather samey though. 3/5

Not my type of music but huge respect to the musicianship and what they did for music in general.

Nothing groundbreaking, but solid. A very pleasant listen.

Really fun and quick psychedelic soul album. I enjoyed this very much and the vocals are awesome. However, I do think the version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that is on here is not among the all time best versions out there. Still nice though.

Easy listening soul

This one took me a minute to get into, but I really enjoyed it. I probably like their other stuff more, but not bad at all.

Much better than I expected, some amazing bass lines and extended jams.

Classic and feel good. Wouldn't crave it all the time but good background music.

wonderful but nothing really sticks out

Nice crisp prod but doesn’t stick out as much except hit. 2.5

I will never pass on Motown but this album leaves me wanting a little more. Nice rendition of I Heard It Through The Grapevine though.

The album on the whole was a solid motown effort. Some classic Jamerson bass kept my interest going, but at the end of the day it was just good, not remarkable.

sympa mais pas marquant

Interesting to see a band like this shift into psych and funk. Not something I will return to for subsequent listening, but glad it was on the list

It's not the best Temptations album but it's an album by the Temptations so I'm not complaining. If you can't move to this music then you should stay home.

I feel like I should’ve liked this more than I did. It just didn’t overly hit for me. I don’t think it’s a bad album, but I didn’t really love the vocals. 3/5⭐️ 297/1089

Cloud Nine - 4/5 I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 3.5/5 Run Away Child, Running Wild - 4/5 Love Is a Hurtin' Thing - 3.5/5 Hey Girl - 3.5/5 Why Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go) - 3.5/5 I Need Your Lovin' - 3.5/5 Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me - 3/5 I Gotta Find a Way (To Get You Back) - 3.5/5 Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love - 3.5/5 The A side on here really experiments their prior Motown sound with some influences from Sly and the Family Stone to effectively create psychedelic soul, which makes it stand out more than when they returned to their Motown style on the B side. I would have liked it more if the whole album was just a continuation of the A side, but it was still a pleasant listen throughout. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Cloud Nine, Run Away Child, Running Wild

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This one started out incredibly strong, and I was certain it was going to be a five-star album. Unfortunately, the really interesting psychedelic influences kind of evaporated towards the end of the album and it just kind of lost me. But there is some really great stuff in that first half, merging psych and soul into a unique and beautiful sound. Also, what a great album art. This is a very good album, unfortunately it just misses the mark more and more as it goes on, but I'm sure I'll be revisiting the first part in the future. Favorite track(s): "Cloud Nine," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Runaway Child, Running Wild"

In which The Temptations discover marijuana, apparently.

Not my thing, but good

5/10 It's objectively good, but not my style

Never listened to a whole album of this genre so maybe it's not the best but I loved the whole vibe. I genuinely felt happy while listening.

I wish I were a real bass, like Melvin Franklin.

Great stuff, not all super memorable but what was really good really stood out

It is good, not really my jam

Mighty funky. A fun listen the whole way through. Some of the song themes are a bit cliché by today’s standards, but this record was released before the psychedelic, lovey-dovey 70’s, so I don’t hold a grudge for it.

Amazing album. Great take on grapevine

As with most of the Motown records that have survived the years this one is just great song writing and exceptional vocals. Sometimes the genre does suffer from having a distinct sound that doesn't vary but this album has some experimentation and other elements.

I did not reach cloud nine

good times. Funky, cool.

Motown soul/pop album with lots of psychedelic influences in the first half. Cloud Nine and Runaway Child Running Wild were both pretty good but then the album rapidly went into more of a pop direction and lost me a little. The performances are still pretty good though and the bass is excellent throughout.

I thought the bass lines were mega, looked it up and of course its James Jamerson. guy is too good. Enjoyed, would listen on a Sunday!

Pleasant enough

A bit disappointing. Fine but was expecting an easy 4.

It's a high 3, but a 3 just the same. Pretty sure they've got better albums than this.

Very enjoyable!

dont care

this was such a good album, i really loved it, only part i didn’t like was the crying child 😖

Väldigt intetsägande funk-pop. Blev väldigt till mig av vissa trumdelar och en del av hur stor dynamikspann skivan hade men utöver det ganska tråkig. Överanvändande av denna jävla acapella-basen och generellt tråkigt mixad. Dock är mixen bara så som det lät under den tiden men jag skulle vilja ha en fruity bloody overdrive

I felt this album was a bit bland. Weren’t any particularly catchy tunes so songs I’d really dance to which I would expect from the temptations.

7 / 10

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THIS IS THE PERFECT EVENING VINYL, just maybe not as good as stevie wonder 😉

This was a delightful surprise, or - to be more accurate - half of a delightful surprise. The first half -side 1 in its original guise, I imagine - is full of invention and imagination, including a version of 'Grapevine' which is nothing like what I expected from the Temptations. It culminates in a nine-minute plus wigout which seems to be pointing the way forward to all kinds of 1970s goodness. Flip it over, though, and it's a side of generally safe late sixties pop songs, sung impeccably, of course, but quite a step down from where we'd been. A whole album of what we heard on side 1 might have been nudging five stars for me, as it is, it's somewhere between three and four, and I've settled back on three because I was kind of let down by it in the end.

It’s calm, it’s calm

Reminds me of my grandpa. Unfortunately makes me sad

I think I just really like the Temptations. I thought the opening number “Cloud Nine” had a Sly Stone feel and the Wikipedia article confirmed that. Their “Heard it through the Grapevine” is good but not my favorite.

Really great funk album. Good tunes and very smoother listening.

My fav band

5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background

I wanted to really like it because it’s The Temptations. You know The Temptations. The ones who do that song. But I just thought it was okay.

There was the odd interesting moment but for the most part was very meh. I was expecting more.

When you search Cloud 9 full album on YouTube, you get albums of the same name by Megan Moroney, George Harrison, Nine, Kygo, Skyzoo and others before you find The Temptations. Either this is a crap/popular name for an album, its importance has been overstated, or both. Now, everyone loves The Temptations, of course. Smooth, Motown tunes. Like most Motown acts of the time, to remain relevant they began to incorporate mkre Funk, Rock, and psychedelic tones into their sound. Which makes this an interesting, funky album. You still have covers of known hits, and the originals range from by the numbers to underrated bangers. What the songs may lack in quality and memorability, they make up for in how damn good they sound, the production, how well the band plays and sings.

Classic Motown, soul sound with no standout track. Easy to listen to but unremarkable.

Your typical Motown fare. It was a good time, but nothing that knocked my socks off Favorite Songs: Gonna Keep on Shining, Cloud Nine

I can see why Eve ate the apple. I also would have given in to The Temptations.

3.0/5 - Cool, but not my thing. Vocal elements of the song are too much to me, and although the energy is great this would not be my preference for any high energy situations.

Ei kyllä tämmönen souli osu ihan omaan sieluun. Ei kai nyt sinällään mitään vikaa, mutta eipä jää käteenkään mitään.

Nonii.

Ihan kovia biisejä, mutta jotenkin odotin enempi revittelyä. Esimerkiksi tuo I Heard it Through the Grapevine jäi jotenkin ihan piippuun. Kyllä tämän levyn parissa silti viihtyi.

again, enjoyed but did not stand out for me

Smooth as silk

I’m always surprised by how solid The Temptations were. But that was good, top to bottom.

Pleasant enough but nothing earth shattering.

Repetative but cheery

Great funk and harmonies.

Never listened to an entire Temptations album but only know their music from the classics. Oh this is funky? Okay. Not fully what I was expecting. Loving this sound. It’s very funk and soul. First three songs are great. It’s a great funk soul sound. Gets more what I was expecting after that. Loses that funk edge and sounds more traditional soul r&B music for a few songs. The second half of the album is still good. But never matches those first few songs. This will probably be a 3. Really good at times. It’s definitely a mix of sounds but it feels like it’s conflicting with itself for two different sounds. Both are fine and performed well but almost wish it stayed more of a funk album.

Nice length, cute tunes. Not used to how Motowns reuses there hits, I have heard Through the Grapevine but never in this rendition

dum ba dum ba dum ba dum badudmmddmd

Me gusta el género, pero ese album no fue nada especial, x

The Temptations dive into funky soul, in chase of James Brown and Sly Stone. Sweet, I'll bite. I haven't really heard a ton of their stuff other than the hits, so this is the first full album I've heard and I'm glad to have discovered it. Great sound in the title track, I'll definitely add that to my funk/soul playlist. Their version of Heard it Through the Grapevine sounds a little cheesy compared to the Marvin Gaye version. Runaway Child is pretty sweet. At first given the title I thought it was an earlier, original version of Mayfield's Little Child, but it's different. But cool for many of the same reasons. A deep groove there. Why did she have to leave is solid. I Gotta Find a Way is great. Definitely a solid album all around and one I'll go back to. High 4/5, might even be a 5 though a couple of the poppier tracks sound more like filler to me, even though those are likely closer to their old, original sound.

Very cool. Enjoyed this

I wanted to like this more than I did. I respect this group too much to give it anything below a 3 but the songs really just don't stick regardless of how talented these guys are. No hate as they have some amazing songs outside of this record.

Tempted to rate it more, but is it really better?

Funky & feel good.

Completely harmless in its funky Motown fusion, it didn’t do anything to blow me away either. Not my favorite version of through the grapevine, but I can understand if someone claimed it to be the best. I felt the influence the group had on the Jackson 5 the entire way through, very cool.

Lovely and classic

The Temptations – Cloud Nine (1969) On Day 277, this record introduced a bold, revolutionary new sonic direction, and the group executed the transformation exceptionally well. Rather than completely abandoning their roots for full-blown psychedelic abstraction, the album balances mind-expanding guitar effects with that classic, undeniable Motown funkiness on tracks like "Keep on Trying'" and their trademark driving grooves but ultimately iiked more Runnaway Child Running Wild and Heard It Through The Grapevine . The vocal interplay between Dennis Edwards' gritty leads and the group's lush harmonies gave the heavier, socially conscious themes genuine emotional weight. A cohesive, vital shift in soul music history that made for an engaging listen throughout. A very strong 4/5.

Biting a little off Sly Stone never hurt anyone, just endless hot tracks on this.

Good vibes, min typ av soul. Också älskar Mr. Dum Dum Dum

Vrmt super chill très cool

Solid 3.5. 'Run Away Child, Running Wild' é uma música espetacular, e com certeza vale a pena ouvir só por ela, mas o resto do disco não se destaca tanto.

I liked it

3.5 rounded down. The Temptations are the best of their type - r&b group of the 60s. I always think of Francisco Lindor’s walk up song being My Girl when I think of them but they had a lot of great music.

This was a good listen, but I am not a fan of their cover of Heard It Through The Grapevine. I definitely preferred the Motown songs over the more funky ones.

A great blast through 35 minutes of soul. A fine mix of 4-to-the-floor classic Motown, with some Northern Soul moments and a couple of deeper, sociopolitical tracks that wouldn't sound out of place in a Blaxploitation movie. Solid. Heard it before? ❌ Listen again? ✅ Rating out of ten? 7️⃣

Some amazing songs, but a little inconsistent.

Portada psicodélica y sobre todo dos temas que cambiaron el ritmo del soul hacia donde lo había señalado Sly Stone: Cloud 9 (con su wah-wah a la guitarra de Dennis Coffey y la percusión latina de Mongo Santamaria) y Runnaway child, running wild. Wah-Wah una ensalada de platillos, órgano, voces y batería a tope... de casi 10 minutos. Junto con Isaac Hayes y Sly, anunciaban que se avecinaba tormenta. La cara tenía solo 3 temas, uno de ellos la versión del clásico I heard it trough the grapevine que ya había popularizado Marvin, pero les valía para la eternidad. Black Rock que se decía entonces y del que fueron pioneros The Chamber Brothers en 1966 con Time Has Come Today, vanilla Fudge o Rotary Connection de la simpar Minnie Ripperton. Produce Norman Whitfield que luego les seguiría haciendo cosas como el descomunal Papa was a rolling stone en All Directions. El resto es soul de muchos quilates con la portentosa voz de Edwards (imposible no recordar su trallazo con vídeo mítico incluido, Don look any Further).

The Temptations... Where have I heard that name before? Oh, yeah. I listened to an album of theirs about 360 albums ago. I didn't know these guys had a second list album in 'em. Anyways, I know that they're a funk group and that they have a characteristically funk sound, but other than that I don't recall much from their previous outing. Hopefully this release will prove to be more substantive. Here goes. This list has really been burning through the 30-minute albums lately... I can hardly complain. This album kind of just blew right by me, truth be told. Not a souler, what can I say? The brass numbers are the consistent highlight of this album, the funk basses are adept and there were a few vocal hooks I found to be alright, but other than that there wasn't a whole lot in here that hooked me. The strings are garish and flaky, the percussion flat and thudding and the slightly guttural vocal style isn't very moving, either. All in all, this was a graciously short listen, but one I don't feel compelled to revisit. Book time. The producer of this album (Norman Whitfield) propelled The Temptations' burgeoning career to stardom. Whitfield brought in Dennis Edwards (replacement for the previous vocalist of the band) and redefined the band's sound. The title track won a Grammy. Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes and Barry White are among the fans of this album. Wikipedia says this album alienated longtime fans of the group, but brought in many fresh faces. The two critics that reviewed this album were favourable, and the album peaked at No. 32 in the UK and No. 4 in the US. Hmm. I was expecting there to be more going for this album, though I suppose it's a pivotal release in their history and I still think there's a respectable number of soul albums on this list. I suppose I'm content with letting this one through. I cosign this inclusion.

Suave Fave track: I Heard it Through the Grapevine