Cloud Nine
by George Harrison

Cloud Nine by George Harrison
Year: 1987
Release date: 1987-11-02
Overall rank: 2,410th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 266 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (40th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (353rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,410th)

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George Harrison bestography

Cloud Nine is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by George Harrison on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by George Harrison is All Things Must Pass which is ranked number 101 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,792.

George Harrison album bestography « Higher ranked (101st)
All Things Must Pass
This album (2,410th)
Cloud Nine
Lower ranked (2,811th) »
Brainwashed

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Cloud Nine rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,410th | 1980s rank: 353rd | 1987 rank: 40th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 266 votes)
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07/31/2026 10:16 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,66969/100
 
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03/22/2026 16:06 NobodyThatIKnow  Ratings distribution  31748/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.


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From Johnnyo 09/11/2025 07:11 in The same album title but a different artist
I think that another good "face off" would be & Totally different albums but both with merit. Going to give this one some thought and write something up This was a late 60's Temptations album and was the first album to feature Dennis Edwards, and this is the start of my favourite era for the band.…
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From 09/11/2025 07:13 | #310880
This was his comeback album after having not released an album for five years. I think that this might have been the first time that Harrison worked with Jeff Lynne (who produced the album). There was also contributions from Ringo, Elton, Eric (only first names needed) and Jim Keltner. A stellar line-up.

It's not George's best work but it is a decent album with some good tracks i.e. Got My Mind Set On You and When We Was Fab. (Edited)
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From 12/15/2024 08:31 | #306513
Very basic but fun George (Edited)
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From 11/06/2023 18:31 | #299839
I think this is a top 5 solo Beatles record. It's great from top to bottom. (Edited)
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From 01/06/2022 11:39 | #278741
Resurgir de Harrison en plena forma. Extraordinario.
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60/100
From 10/23/2021 23:58 | #275316
It's not really special at all. Why is it rated so high? (Edited)
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