• Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: May 13, 2016
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 59
  2. Negative: 6 out of 59
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  1. May 31, 2016
    5
    This album is okay. It sometimes makes me feels bored and sleepy. This is a very different kind of EDM but not much of the good kind, it is sometimes lame and doesn't include much beats for a EDM album, not that much quality for a well known EDM star. This album is more of a relaxtion album, only when you have stress.
  2. May 20, 2016
    5
    A nice start for an emerging artist. The album promises very much in the beginning with its wonderful "Intro" but fails tp do so. Kygo has a long way to go yet the album provides you a sense of relaxation.
    Favourite track - Firestone
  3. May 29, 2020
    6
    The talent is there, the hits are overflowing, but the identity is near absent. "Cloud Nine" is a strong commercial debut but a warning sign for the future of young Kygo's career.
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Q Magazine
    Jun 6, 2016
    60
    The narrow emotional and musical range suggests Kygo doesn't have unexplored depths, but he doesn't need them. [#361, p.111]
  2. 60
    Cloud Nine could certainly do with a few more musical ideas, but this shouldn’t trouble Kygo unduly--after all, the same problem never held back David Guetta and Calvin Harris.
  3. 50
    He’s still figuring out the transition out of his remix artist phase, but enough works on his debut to show that there’s hope for the future.