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‘Cloud Nine’: George Harrison’s Triumphant Return To Pop

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There were five years between the release of George Harrison’s 1982 album, Gone Troppo, and Cloud Nine, his album that was released on November 2, 1987. Cloud Nine was co-produced with ELO’s Jeff Lynne – who also co-wrote three of the tracks – and is a serious return to form, including as it does, “Got My Mind Set On You” that became George’s third No. 1 single in the US; it reached No. 2 in the UK. I feel sure many of you think George wrote “Go…
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For much of the 1980s, George Harrison seemed content to let Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr represent the Beatles who were still alive on the pop charts. But that changed big with the release of his tenth studio album, "Cloud Nine." By the time "Cloud Nine" arrived on November 2, 1987, 38 years ago, Harrison's solo career had been more or less on hold for five years. He had not released a serious LP since the misreceived "Gone Troppo" in 1982. A…

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uDiscover Music broke the news in on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
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