The ninth studio album by The Temptations for the Motown label, Cloud Nine was released in 1969 and marked a major turning point in the group’s career. It was the first full Temptations studio LP to feature Dennis Edwards, and also marked the beginning of the group’s delve into psychedelic soul under the ambitious direction of producer Norman Whitfield. The change proved highly successful, with the album rising to number four on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and earning the group their first Grammy Award. Cloud Nine received a ****½ AllMusic rating, with reviewer stating that this is “an album that would become one of the defining early funk sets, with songs that not only took Motown in a new direction, but helped to shape a genre as well.”

• Label: Elemental Music – 1000156193
• Title: Cloud Nine
• Format: LP, RE, Mono, 140 g virgin vinyl
• Origin: US/Spain
• Released: 2024
• Track Listing:
  1. 1. Cloud Nine
     2. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
     3. Run Away Child, Running Wild
        1. 1. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing
           2. Hey Girl
           3. Why Did She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go)
           4. I Need Your Lovin'
           5. Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me
           6. I Gotta Find A Way (To Get You Back)
           7. Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love