Cloud Nine

The Temptations Get High on Psychedelic Soul: Cloud Nine Soars with Ambitious Arrangements and Production, Features Standout Vocal Performances and Instrumentation by the Funk BrothersExperience Motown's First Grammy-Winning Album in Audiophile Sound for the First Time on a Domestic Pressing: Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45RPM 2LP Reissue of 1969 Effort Plays with Remarkable Clarity and OpennessThe Temptations' Cloud Nine announced that Motown - and 'The Sound of Young America' - would never be the same. Influenced by the emergence of cutting-edge rock and pop currents, as well as increasing sociopolitical turmoil, the album broke down barriers between rock, psychedelia, and soul while heralding the arrival of visionary arrangements and production techniques. Bookended by traditional R&B numbers, the 1969 record sent the Temptations in bold new directions and signaled the advent of psychedelic soul. Never before had a Motown album contained such ambitious patterns and complex passages.Sourced from the original master tapes, strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, and housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45pm 2LP set presents Cloud Nine in audiophile sound for the first time on a domestic pressing. This collectible reissue bestows Norman Whitfield's extraordinary production with the grand-scale dynamics, natural tonality, expansive openness, and low-end weight it deserves. The timbre of each of the five members' voices is identifiable. The album further benefits from the wide groove space by playing with greater separation and more realistic presence than prior editions. Everything from the brassiness of the horns to the dry snap of the snare comes across with reference-grade clarity and positioning. And since Motown's renowned Funk Brothers backing band plays on many of the cuts, you'll want to savor every note.1/4' / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to latheNumbered 180g 45RPM Vinyl 2LPLIMITED EDITION OF 3,000Track ListSide One:Cloud NineI Heard It Through the GrapevineSide Two:Run Away Child, Running WildSide Three:Love Is a Hurtin' ThingHey GirlWhy Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go)I Need Your Lovin'Side Four:Don't Let Him Take Your Love from MeI Gotta Find a Way (To Get You Back)Gonna Keep on Tryin' till I Win Your Love