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EAC Cue Sheet: Yes (for my rips)
M3U Playlist: Yes (for my rips)
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Torrent Hash: 48E0146A1BA510DD21A1907FCAD28041AB962173
File Size: 1.58 GB
Label: Earthology Records


Albums, Years & Catalog # In This Torrent:


Aurora Borealis 2004 (no catalog) *
Advice from The Happy Hippopotamus 2005 (not my rip)
The Meaning Of 8 2007 (no catalog) *
Feel Good Ghosts 2008 (not my rip)
Light Chasers 2010 RBG0149 *




I would like to thank the original uploaders of Advice From the Happy Hippo and Feel Good Ghosts. Thank You! Audiochecker log included for these rips that are not mine. Other than for Light Chasers, I don't think there is any actual catalog numbers for any albums as this is Craig Minowa's band & label so I'm guessing he didn't bother with catalog numbers. This is quite the bizarre Indie band, especially considering Craig & his wife lost their son in 2002 to SIDS so the emotion and raw power of losing someone so close is very apparent. If anybody has anymore Cloud Cult that could be upped in lossless please do make available! Thanks.


Kit



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From Wiki:

Quote:

Cloud Cult is an experimental indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota led by singer/songwriter Craig Minowa. The name originated from the ancient prophecies of indigenous North Americans.

Cloud Cult developed in 1995 as Craig Minowa recruited several other artists to contribute to his solo recordings. The band's early work earned Cloud Cult several offers from record labels, but all were rejected in favor of self-publishing.[2] As they began to play live, one of their show's most distinctive features was the live painting by Connie Minowa and Scott West: over the course of a show they each completed a painting to be auctioned off at the end.[3]

In 1997, lead singer Craig Minowa formed Earthology Records on his organic farm, powered by geothermal energy and built partially from reclaimed wood and recycled plastic. This nonprofit label uses only recycled materials and donates all profits to environmental charities.[4] The band also tours in a biodiesel van.[5]

In the year 2002, shortly after the unexpected death of his two year old son Kaidin, Minowa wrote songs to deal with the loss.[2] Another Cloud Cult album came in the summer of 2002, titled Lost Songs from the Lost Years, a ten-year anthology of previously unreleased work from Minowa. They Live on the Sun was finished in 2003 and went to #1 on college radio station charts across the country. In January 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 Flaming Lips and Radiohead.

Cloud Cult released a new album entitled Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) on April 8, 2008. The album was recorded and produced at Minowa’s small organic farm in Northern Minnesota. "The place is so far out in the boonies, you can barely find it, because it’s not on the maps," said Dan Montalto, an MTV Producer who brought a camera crew to the farm to film a short MTV feature on the band.

Craig said that this might be the final Cloud Cult album: "I don't think there's going to be another Cloud Cult album for a while. It could be never, I don't know."[6] The band's website said that "the band plans to take a short respite to focus on family in the latter part of 2008 and into 2009."[7]

In October 2008, Cloud Cult was featured in an animated Esurance commercial. The band is shown playing the song "Lucky Today" while floating on clouds. This and other songs are available for free downloads on the Esurance website.

In the spring of 2009, Cloud Cult released "No One Said It Would Be Easy" a full length documentary about the band.

At Coachella 2009, Craig revealed that Connie would not be performing because she was "not feeling well.... she's pregnant."[8] They continued to tour and appeared for the second year straight at the "St Johns Block Party" outdoors in front of over 7,000 fans in Rochester, Minnesota.[citation needed]

The band announced a break beginning August 23, 2009 for Connie and Craig's baby. They resumed playing regionally in late spring 2010 and nationally in fall 2010.

In the spring of 2010, Cloud Cult became a contributing artist to Think Out Loud, a compilation album serving the homeless in the Twin Cities.[9]

In early 2010, the band announced that it would release a new album entitled Light Chasers, due out September 14, 2010. Despite these plans, the album in its entirety leaked to the internet in early July 2010. The lead single for the album, "Running With The Wolves" was released in April 2010 and received local and national radio play. The band toured nationally in support of the album.

In spring 2011, Cloud Cult music was featured in a commercial on BBC America for Petrobras, a Brazilian energy company.

In summer 2011, Cloud Cult played at the St. John's Block Party in Rochester, MN; the first band to play three times at the St. John's Block Party. Craig announced he and Connie were expecting at the 2011 St. John's Block Party.



Aurora Borealis 2004





Aurora Borealis is an album by Cloud Cult.


Tracks:


1. "Breakfast With My Shadow" – 2:17
2. "Alone at a Party in a Ghost Town" – 2:23
3. "The Princess Bride" – 3:46
4. "As Long as You're Happy" – 3:08
5. "Chandeliers" – 3:51
6. "Buried Poetry" – 1:47
7. "All Together Alone" – 3:52
8. "My Fictitious Life with Amily" – 3:39
9. "Grappling Hook/Northern Lights" – 6:38
10. "Lights Inside My Head" – 3:22
11. "The Sparks and Spaces Between Your Cells" – 3:44
12. "Beautiful Boy" – 4:10
o Live performance on KUOM from September 26, 2003
13. "I Guess This Dream Is for Me" – 3:56
14. "State of the Union" – 3:11
o Samples a State of the Union address by George W. Bush attributed as coming from CampChaos.com



Advice From The Happy Hippopotamus 2005





Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus is an album by Cloud Cult.


Tracks:


1. "Intro" – 3:03
2. "Living on the Outside of Your Skin" – 3:06
3. "Happy Hippo" – 2:40
4. "What Comes at the End" – 3:57
5. "You Got Your Bones to Make a Beat" – 3:01
6. Untitled – 0:26
7. "Washed Your Car" – 1:59
8. "Transistor Radio" – 4:08
9. "What It Feels Like to Be Alive" – 0:51
10. "Moving to Canada" – 3:06
11. "Start New" – 1:43
12. "Car Crash" – 2:55
13. "Light at the End of the Tunnel" 2:45
14. "Million Things" – 2:36
15. "Can't Stop the Journey Now" – 3:24
16. "Clip-Clop" – 2:30
17. "Training Wheels" – 4:04
18. "We Made Up Your Mind for You" – 2:23
19. "That Man Jumped Out the Window" – 3:46
20. Untitled – 0:31
21. "Lucky Today" – 2:10
22. Untitled – 1:04
23. "Norman Rockwell" – 4:20
24. Untitled – 0:31
25. "Bobby's Spacesuit" – 3:02



The Meaning of 8 2007





The Meaning of 8 is an album by Cloud Cult.


Tracks:


1. "Chain Reaction" – 4:28
2. "Please Remain Calm" – 3:55
3. "Chemicals Collide" – 3:16
4. "Pretty Voice" – 3:45
5. "Brain Gateway" – 3:31
6. "Take Your Medicine" – 4:41
7. "Your 8th Birthday" – 4:06
8. "Dance for the Dead" – 3:48
9. "Everywhere All at One Time" – 1:07
10. "Purpose" – 3:47
11. "A Good God" – 2:34
12. "The Shape of 8" – 1:30
13. "The Girl Underground" – 2:47
14. "2x2x2" – 4:16
15. "Thanks" – 3:45
16. "Alien Christ" – 3:39
17. "The Deaf Girl's Song" – 3:43
18. "Hope" – 4:09
19. "Song of the Deaf Girl" – 1:28



Feel Good Ghosts ( Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) 2008





Feel Good Ghosts is an album by Cloud Cult released on Tuesday, April 8th 2008


Tracks:


1. "No One Said It Would Be Easy" – 3:33
2. "Everybody Here Is a Cloud" – 3:16
3. "The Tornado Lessons" – 2:34
4. "When Water Comes to Life" – 3:47
5. "Must Explore" – 0:21
6. "Journey of the Featherless" – 3:06
7. "The Ghost Inside Our House" – 2:52
8. "It's What You Need" – 1:06
9. "Story of the Grandson of Jesus" – 2:36
10. "Hurricane and Fire Survival Guide" – 3:49
11. "May Your Hearts Stay Strong" – 4:20
12. "The Will of a Volcano" – 2:37
13. "Love You All" – 5:03



Light Chasers 2010





Light Chasers is an album by Cloud Cult that was released in stores on September 14, 2010. It was released on the band's website via digital download and mail order on June 28, 2010.


Tracks:


1. "The Mission: Unexplainable Stories"
2. "The Departure: Today We Give Ourselves to the Fire"
3. "The Invocation (p.1) - You'll Be Bright"
4. "The Birth"
5. "The Baby - You Were Born"
6. "The Lessons - Exploding People"
7. "The Interference"
8. "The Battles - Room Full of People in Your Head"
9. "The Escape - Running With the Wolves"
10. "The Acceptance - Responsible"
11. "The Surrender - Guessing Game"
12. "The Strength - Forces of the Unseen"
13. "The Invocation (p.2) - Blessings"
14. "The Awakening - Dawn"
15. "The Contact"
16. "The Arrival - There's So Much Energy In Us"




Enjoy Cloud Cult :)