Little Cloud is the sixth studio album

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 by Australian band The Whitlams

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, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2006. Little Cloud is a double album

Double album

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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

New York City

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The majority of the album was written by singer/songwriter Tim Freedman

Tim Freedman

Timothy "Tim" James Freedman is the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993...

 whilst he lived for several months in New York.

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

Beautiful as You

Beautiful as You is the fourth single from The Whitlams sixth album, Little Cloud, although this is the first CD single from the album. It was released on February 20, 2007. On the ARIA singles charts it peaked at #40. The version of the song included on the single is a re-recorded version and is...

' was released as a CD single in February, 2007.

"The Curse Stops Here" was the lead topic in an article by The Age

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 newspaper, promoting the release of the album. The Sydney Morning Herald spoke to Freedman about the album and his life in and around The Whitlams.

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

Track listing

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
   West Australian Symphony Orchestra
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   )" – 3:22