Nine is an album by folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 artist Tim Hardin

Tim Hardin

James Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...

, recorded in England and released in 1973. It was Hardin's final finished studio album. His next album, Unforgiven was incomplete when he died of a drug overdose.

Nine was re-issued on CD on the See For Miles

See For Miles Records

See for Miles Records is a British record label which distributed some of the records of Dandelion Records on CD in the 1990s. The name hints both to its owner Colin Miles and The Who's "I Can See for Miles."...

 label in 1994 with extensive liner notes and the single "Judge and Jury".

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote "This proved to be Hardin's final finished studio album, and there is a real sense — for all of the thick electric band sounds all over this record — of someone singing his insides out. Some of what's here is a shadow of the kind of writing that he did a decade earlier, although none of it is dull or predictable... It's all surprisingly good listening, and that goes double for fans of Hardin, though they may also be disturbed by some of what they hear and read."

Side one

1. "Shiloh Town" – 3:00
2. "Never Too Far" – 3:05
3. "Rags and Old Iron" (Oscar Brown, Norman Curtis) – 4:53
4. "Look Our Love Over" – 5:01
5. "Person to Person" (Andy Brown, Tim Hardin) – 3:48

Side two

1. "Darling Girl" (Michael d'Albuquerque
   Michael d'Albuquerque
   Mike de Albuquerque is an English musician.In 1971 in partnership with Frank Ricotti he released the album First Wind . From 1972 to 1974, Albuquerque was the bass player for Electric Light Orchestra...
   
   ) – 4:25
2. "Blues on the Ceiling" – 3:05
3. "Is There No Rest for the Weary" (Domenic Troiano
   Domenic Troiano
   Domenic Troiano was a Canadian rock guitarist, most notable for his contributions to Mandala, The James Gang, The Guess Who and as a solo artist.-History:...
   
   ) – 3:18
4. "Fire and Rain
   Fire and Rain
   "Fire and Rain" is a folk/rock song written and performed by James Taylor. As a song on his second album, Sweet Baby James, the song engendered widespread attention for him. The album was released in February 1970, with the song being released as a single that month. "Fire and Rain" quickly rose to...
   
   " (James Taylor
   James Taylor
   James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
   
   ) – 4:37
5. "While You're on Your Way" – 3:39

   1994 re-issue bonus track:

6. "Judge and Jury" – 3:22

Personnel

• Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Peter Frampton
  Peter Frampton
  Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...
  
   – guitar
• Andy Bown – bass
• Bob Cohen – guitar
• Mike Driscoll – drums
• Jimmy Horowitz – keyboards
• David Katz – violin
• John Mealing – keyboards
• Liza Strike – background vocals
• Sue Glover – background vocals
• Madeline Bell
  Madeline Bell
  Madeline Bell is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, having arrived from the US in the gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers.-Career:She worked as a session singer, most notably backing for Dusty...
  
  – background vocals