The Clouds (album) explained

The Clouds
Type:studio
Artist:Stuart Hyatt and Community
Cover:Stuart_Hyatt_-_The_Clouds.jpg
Released:Oct. 26, 2004
Genre:Pop/rock, gospel, outsider
Label:Innova Recordings, Team Records, DFA Records
Producer:Stuart Hyatt
Next Title:Shrimp Attack
Next Year:2007

The Clouds is an album of gospel music composed and produced by Indianapolis musician and multimedia artist Stuart Hyatt, and performed by local gospel choirs and amateur singers in Sumter County, Alabama.

The Clouds received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package in 2005 for Hyatt's handmade corrugated cardboard CD package.[1] The album was originally released on Hyatt's own label, Team Records, and later re-released by Minneapolis label Innova Recordings.[2]

In the year 2023, for the twentieth anniversary of the recording of Hyatt's The Clouds album, DFA Records re-issued a limited edition which was remastered for the first time as a vinyl LP.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: The Complete List of Grammy Nominations . New York Times . 2005-12-08 . 2014-08-31 .
  2. Web site: Innova Recordings: Stuart Hyatt, The Clouds . 2014-08-31 .
  3. Web site: The Clouds - The Clouds LP . DFA Records . 5 February 2023.
  4. Web site: WFYI and DFA Records present: THE CLOUDS . wfyi-Indianapolis (npr, PBS) . 5 February 2023.