Little Cloud

Little Cloud
Studio album by The Whitlams
Released March 18, 2006
Recorded 2005 - 2006
Genre Pop
Length 53:57
Label Black Yak / Warner
Producer J. Walker
The Whitlams chronology

Torch The Moon
(2002)		 Little Cloud
(2006)		 The Whitlams & The Sydney Symphony Live in Concert
(2008)
Alternative Cover
Released in the UK as Little Cloud by Tim Freedman
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The Sydney Morning Herald (favourable)[2]

Little Cloud is the sixth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2006. Little Cloud is a double album.

Album information

The first disc, entitled Little Cloud, is about returning to Australia from overseas in an election year. The second disc, aptly titled The Apple's Eye, is for the most part thematically centred in New York City.

The majority of the album was written by singer/songwriter Tim Freedman whilst he lived for several months in New York.

Critical reception and chart performance

The first single to be taken from the album is "I Was Alive". Released to radio only, Freedman described the track as "a barroom stomp with honky-tonk piano, real old-fashioned Whitlams". "Fondness Makes The Heart Grow Absent" was the band's second single, and was also radio-only. "Beauty In Me" was released as a radio-only single in November 2006. A re-recorded version of 'Beautiful as You' was released as a CD single in February, 2007.

"The Curse Stops Here" was the lead topic in an article by The Age newspaper, promoting the release of the album.[3] The Sydney Morning Herald spoke to Freedman about the album and his life in and around The Whitlams.[4]

The album was awarded Gold status in Australia in 2006.[5] It was released in the UK as Little Cloud by Tim Freedman.

Track listing
Year Of The Rat
A sample from 'Little Cloud'.
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Disc One: Little Cloud

  1. "Been Away Too Long" – 3:57
  2. "White Horses" – 3:19
  3. "I Was Alive" – 3:06
  4. "Year of the Rat" – 3:52
  5. "Keep the Light On" – 3:40
  6. "Tonight" – 3:40
  7. "12 Hours" – 2:28
  8. "Little Cloud" – 3:30

Disc Two: The Apple's Eye

  1. "Beauty in Me" – 3:05
  2. "Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent" – 3:56
  3. "Beautiful as You" – 3:48
  4. "Second Best" – 3:15
  5. "Fancy Lover" – 3:38
  6. "Stay with Me" – 3:09
  7. "She's Moving In" – 2:12
  8. "The Curse Stops Here" (Live with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra) – 3:22

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald review
  3. ↑ "Out from under the cloud". The Age (Melbourne). 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  4. ↑ "The dark side". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-03-20. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  5. ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations 2006

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