Cloud Nine (Kottonmouth Kings album) by band member Pakelika. It is meant to show that it is their ninth official album and also referred to the so-called "greatness of being high with the heavens". (From informal English: "to be on cloud nine" - to be extremely happy) As of the week of September 15, 2007 the album debuted at number 44 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart, selling about 14,000 copies in its first week, #10 on the "Billboard"s Top Rap Albums, and #3 on the Top Independent Albums chart. The albums also made it to #45 on the Billboard Comprehensive Albums, #44 on the
Cloud Cult 2004, Cloud Cult added Mara Stemm on bass and released "Aurora Borealis" just six months later. The album was nominated by the Minnesota Music Awards as "Album of the Year" along with Prince and Paul Westerberg. With a van covered in solar panels, the band began touring nationally. In 2006 Cloud Cult released "Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus", which Pitchfork Media called "insane genius" and rated the album with an 8.3. The Denver Post ranked the 2007 release "The Meaning of 8" as one of the top ten albums of the past decade, along with bands like Modest Mouse, The