Disraeli Gears

A classic… I gave her the extra star cause it’s only 30+ minutes.

🌸☀️🫐🍺🌿

weird last tune, but the rest slaps. even if two of three members are degenerates.

8/10

Good album, but I don't recommend due to Eric Clapton being a tremendous shithead.

I've probably listened to this at some point, but beyond "Sunshine of Your Love" nothing is familiar. And it's....not very good beyond that? A couple other decent songs, but nothing I really care to listen to again.

Super strong opening tracks. Definitely enjoying it. Shout out to the last couple of songs, fun bluesy stuff. - "Outside Woman Blues" - "Take it back"

Well, fuck me. Something involving Eric Clapton that I enjoy listening to! Now, it turns out that the songs I like the least happen to have Clapton singing. But the psyche stuff when he's not? Excellent. Really excellent. So, minus one star for letting that twat open his mouth, but that still makes this a 4.

4/5 - I greatly prefer guitar-riff Cream to wispy, dreamy Cream. SWLABR, Sunshine of Your Love, Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses all win the day here for me. World of Pain, not so much.

A 33 minute album that feels like an hour with one good song, and two or three mediocre songs. I've been listening to a bunch of albums which came out in 67 to see who could hang with the Beatles' Sgt Pepper. Cream absolutely could not sit at the big boy table with the Beatles. Jimi Hendrix Are you You Experienced apparently predates this by half a year. I guess, I'll have to look up some old man on YouTube to explain the importance of this record to me because I don't get it. *edit I've bumped this up to a 2, since I actually fully enjoyed at least two songs, which is 2 more than I can claim for any Bob Dylan record.

A masterpiece

not a huge fan had some songs I recognized but overall a very slow album instrumentals of some songs stood out to me but not a huge fan

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Sorry Cream, nothing special

5 star classic, even if I think Eric Clapton sucks.

Not bad. Couple bangers.

Deserves its place in the canon because of three absolute classics, but the rest is a bit meh. Axis: Bold as Love came out a few weeks after this; it's a similar vibe but about ten times better. Top track is 'Tales of Brave Ulysses'.

It's pretty good, but it's not special. Sunshine of Your Love is the most interesting song on the album and that's probably why it's the only one I was familiar with. I do like that song. The album is made well enough and the songs aren't bad but it's not for me, because if I'm gonna pick something to listen to from this genre there's bands who are doing it better. SWLABR was fun, I enjoy that one. Actually I like We're Going Wrong a lot as well, especially the vocal melodies. The album gets better as it goes along, the second half was more interesting than the first half to me (with the exception of Sunshine). Last song was out of nowhere lol.

Inherited this album in vinyl from my grandparents. Fucking love this album so much. Surprising how warm it sounds digital. Will continue to listen to this album regularly.

Really rad record. I thought these songs were stones songs for the longest time. Never heard of cream until this popped up. It’s like the Beatles meets Hendricks, psychedelic rock type ish

Loved this album already. Has some belting tunes

Pretty good classic rock album. Was into most of it. Kind of similar sound as a lot of bands from era, just a bit better

Seminal physidelic blues rock album. However, didn't particularly like; the lyrics are pretty trite and seem an afterthought to the instrumentation. With is obviously influential in that heavy rock way. And the vocals are pretty dire. You don't need to be a great vocalist, look at Neil Young. But where NY makes it all about emotion and reality here they seem to be focused but struggling to make the note. So get the heavy rock influence is definitely there, but not rushing to hear after today, and what a likable group of people they were, when Clapton is the peacemaker and not the biggest arsehole in the room, not good. 2 Star

I agree with others on the lack of flow but this is definitely good psych rock no matter how you spin it

Starts off with a bang but gets a bit dull towards the end.

Only just a 4. More like a 3.75. I do like cream but this has a maudlin middle and end that ruins it

Possibly the most boring thing I've ever listened to.

Outstanding album

Excellent!

Recommend only for its influence, but is a difficult listen if your trying to go by the original release. Very slow and there is better Psych records even if it's time but it was a meaningful record that shouldn't be forgotten.

This is an excellent album, one of the classics. Especially Tales Of Brave Ulysses.

Decent album, some tunes I recognized which I didn't expect. 4/5, good driving album

Didn’t do much for me

Je découvre qu'Eric Clapton a fait partie d'un groupe de rock psychédélique/blues, mais c'est plutôt une belle découverte, au moins sur une partie des chansons ("World of Pain", "Dance The Night Away", "SWLABR" notamment) alors que d'autres sont moins mémorables. 3.5/5

I want to like this as at some time or another I like what cream / Eric Clapton are capable off. My issue with this album is it's a bit hodge podge. It starts like classic cream bangers, at some point pivots to a shit version of meat puppets then ends in Monty python. I don't mind this album at all but I think it's incohesive and makes it's flow less enjoyable. It's not filler as such as random but why song quality varied so much is weird and largely down to massive vocal play between them. With better control of the variables I think this could have been a classic. Guess depends if you like a walk off the beaten track or if that just annoys you in the brambles!

The album starts off with "Strange Brew", which essentially sounds like a bluesy Beatles rip-off. Then straight into "Sunshine Of Your Love" which is a great track. After this strong start, the rest of the album is decent, soft psychedelic rock which passed me by in a pleasant but not particularly engaging way. I felt I had heard it all before the end of the album and it wasn't saved by the cutesy joke track at the end, which I just found annoying. An example of a "Super Group" where the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts. The album cover is cooler than the album.

Not great, apart from Strange Brew, which slaps as the youth say.

Альбом просто капец який потужний, 11/10, усі треки класні, хочеться виділити tales of brave ulysses і dance the night away, гітара там... моє почтеніє, ну і strange brew, sunshine of your love, превосходно

1/11 Best song: sunshine of your love

Mellow, warm, and inviting psychedelic rock. Very clearly inspired by Hendrix, Cream does a good job here and has built a catchy and engaging album that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. Not groundbreaking in any way to my ears, but a good collection of songs nonetheless. 6.5/10.

Opening couple of tracks are great but then it kinda falls off a bit

‘i can hear all the cries of the city. no time for pity.’ i like this groovy album, i just don’t know if i’m cool enough for it. sunshine of your love will always have the specialist place in my heart because it was my favourite song to play on Guitar hero when i was 13 way back in 2007. i’m almost finished and i’ll be completely honest, it’s a little bit boring, i’m on the bus and had to hit myself awake cause it was kind of making me doze off….

Disraeli Gears Cream 1967 Genres: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock 1. Strange Brew (★★★★★) -Contexto: Letra de Gail Collins (esposa de Pappalardi) con Clapton y Pappalardi. Habla de una mujer hechizante, casi una bruja, que embruja y enloquece a quien se le acerca; el "brebaje" es la atracción que te consume. Canta Clapton. Según se cuenta, ninguno de los tres la tenía entre sus favoritas. -Fav 2. Sunshine of Your Love (★★★★★) -Contexto: Riff de Jack Bruce, letra de Pete Brown con Clapton. Es una canción de amor nocturna: la espera, la noche que se acaba y la promesa de estar juntos cuando llegue la mañana. El pulso de batería, casi tribal, es lo que la define. -Fav 3. World of Pain (★★★★★) -Contexto: Letra de Gail Collins. Se suele contar que la inspiró un árbol luchando por vivir en medio de la ciudad. La letra contrasta ese dolor/dureza del mundo con algo de ternura. Tono melancólico. -Fav 4. Dance the Night Away (★★★★★) -Contexto: Bruce y Brown. Letra impresionista sobre bailar y perderse en la noche con alguien; el tono es onírico, hipnótico, con guitarras de 12 cuerdas. No hay declaración del autor que pueda confirmar sobre un significado más concreto. 5. Blue Condition (★★★★★) -Contexto: Única composición de Ginger Baker en el disco, y la canta él. Es un blues de estado de ánimo: sentirse mal, abatido ("blue"). Tono melancólico y desganado. -Fav 6. Tales of Brave Ulysses (★★★★★) -Contexto: Letra de Martin Sharp (el de la tapa), música de Clapton. Retoma el mito de Ulises y las sirenas que lo tientan con su canto, con imágenes marinas y visionarias. La música usa el wah-wah como protagonista. -Fav 7. SWLABR (★★★★★) -Contexto: Bruce y Brown. El título es la sigla de "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow". Letra surrealista sobre una obsesión/fascinación con una mujer, entre la idealización y lo delirante. -Fav -Frisson 8. We're Going Wrong (★★★★★) -Contexto: De Bruce. Tema lento y sombrío, con la batería en toms tipo ritual. La letra habla de que algo se está yendo mal, de distancia y deterioro; no está claro si habla de una pareja o de algo más general. -Fav -Frisson 9. Outside Woman Blues (★★★★★) -Contexto: Versión de un blues de Blind Joe Reynolds (1929), con Clapton cantando. Trata sobre el hombre y su "mujer de afuera", la amante, con el tono de culpa y descontrol típico del blues. 10. Take It Back (★★★★★) -Contexto: Bruce y Brown. Suele interpretarse como una protesta contra la guerra (Vietnam). Es un tema directo y más duro que el resto. 11. Mother's Lament (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Canción tradicional cantada a capela en tono de borrachera de bar. Humor negro, una broma que cierra el disco sin pretensiones. -TOTAL = 5 -Linda época los 60's para estar vivo y disfrutar del estado de la música, el arte y me atrevería a decir que hasta la cultura, en parte, porque como en todo también tenía sus cosas malas... Pero si me dieran a elegir una fecha para viajar al pasado seguramente elegiría los 60's o 70's, sobre todo por la música, o eso creo...

Eric rocks

Favorite track(s): Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR An epitome of the "singles + bullshit" album archetype, but at least they made the B-sides fire too. Heard before Previous rating: 7/10

groovy

4.4

A load of brilliant tracks here but it has some filler

I love the muddy, buzzing Blue Cheer booming sound on this, and the songs are mostly really good and sometimes (on the most famous tracks, Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, and Tales of Brave Ulysses) great. Only a couple duds (Blue Condition and Mother's Lament). So, Ok, here's the deal: I'll enjoy this and admit that that Eric Clapton's guitar here is epic, and this album does belong on a list of 1001 important and excellent albums and in return we all agree that the rest of Eric Clapton can disappear.

Not for me

bruh

Cream was such an influential band in the short time they were together. They put out four albums in three years and the last album was basically created through gritted teeth. Disraeli Arms was recorded and performed during a time when Cream was at the peak of their powers and didn't hate each other to the extent they could not perform or even agree on how loud the music should be in concert. My parents had the compilation "Heavy Cream" and I used to listen to it quite frequently. One could say I grew up listening to Cream and it would not be an exaggeration. Saying that, I actually don't love any of the individual band members too much as they are mostly assholes. Eric Clapton does a boring version of the blues for me, though he is obviously technically proficient and talented. This is an essential album, as it is difficult to tell the story of supergroups and 60's rock without Cream being represented. It's hard to believe the racist guitar player in a three-person band was the 3rd biggest asshole in the band, but that's life with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. My favorite songs: Strange Brew Sunshine of Your Love World of Pain Blue Condition Tales of Brave Ulysses SWLABR Outside Woman Blues

1967 -- 2nd studio album -- psychedelic rock / blues rock / hard rock -- released to critical acclaim -- Strange Brew & Sunshine of Your Love -- recorded in 3.5 days in nyc because the band's visa expired that day -- "Disraeli Gears features the group veering away, quite heavily, from their blues roots and indulging in more psychedelic sounds, in particular on tracks such as "Tales of Brave Ulysses", "SWLABR", "World of Pain" and "Dance the Night Away". "Tales of Brave Ulysses" had been inspired by a trip to Ibiza that artist Martin Sharp had recently taken, where the sirens were alleged to have sung to Ulysses."; "Clapton revealed that "World of Pain" was one of his favorite tracks, written about the back tree in the garden of composer Pappalardi, and that "Dance the Night Away", with its 12-string guitars (the only time the instrument was used on a Cream recording), was Bruce's tribute to The Byrds, a band the group admired and were friends with." Chris Jones described the album as "a perfect encapsulation of the point where the blues got psychedelic and in turn got heavy"; Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic describes the album as "a quintessential heavy rock album of the '60s". An album that reminds me how much I love a hard, chunky guitar. Cool to listen to, but where it falls on the edge of psychedelic I probably won't revisit often.

Very good album. I've always thought this is the best thing Clapton has ever done. I really enjoy some of the songs: "Strange Brew" (probably my favourite), "Sunshine of Your Love", "Tales of Brave Ulysses", or "SWLABR" (it is not surprising that these were the singles). Some other tracks are less interesting (and I simply don't like the last track: "Mother's Lament"). Overall, this is at least 4 stars for me (but probably not good enough to reach 5 star status).

Classic Clapton.

Better than I remember but can't enjoy it as much now we know more about Clapton being such a dick 3/5

Scratches every itch; killer album!

Hits all over

Cream and this album have a Hell of a reputation, one that any band would struggle to live up to. The label of the first supergroup is probably the top fact anyone can name about them, and that has a certain level of fame attached for obvious reason. Compound that with Disraeli Gears being often held up as their best album, and anyone would go into this album expecting it to be the best of the best. Nothing can live up to that, but Disraeli Gears does better than I imagine most would do. The opening duo of Strange Brew into Sunshine is incredible, and if the rest of the album continued in that vein this would be an easy five stars. As is, the album loses steam as it goes on, with a fair amount of its middle being less engaging and the last song being downright silly given the incredibly skilled musicians performing it and how it interacts with the tone of the album. It goes without saying that the playing on this album is exceptional in its strongest moments, Cream earned the title supergroup with good reason, and that is where Cream always shine, but they shine at a pace that can't be maintained for the runtime and the fizzle feels noticeable by the halfway mark. That's in no way to say this is a disappointing album, I think even with such a reputation this album delivers what you want. Hell, when I was courting the person who became my life partner and I was asked the classic romantic question of "who is your favourite Prime Minister" I said Benjamin Disraeli "because of the album. I wasn't very politically aware at the time and it didn't take much to decide my "favourite", which given how limited my music knowledge was then compared to now, the legacy is strong.

This is some of the music that my dad always used to play at the gym, so it's very nostalgic. I like the heavy guitar, but it can get a little boring

Música de hippies

buenaaa

it’s fine

Eric Clapton might be a total see you next Tuesday, but he made (very much past tense) some incredible music.

Has some hits, sounds like Frank Zappa's band.

I liked a lot of the instrumentals, not huge on the vocals. I enjoyed this album being a quick fun jaunt and maybe would find it more appealing on a different day, but i wasnt finding a whole lot to really dig my teeth into. I think its cool as an early psych rock piece but not something ill be consistently jamming with

Great playing but poor writing. Seems like they're having some good English fun Highlights: "Strange Brew", "We're Going Wrong"

The first two tracks on here had me really excited! They were catchy, groovy and fun to listen to. The album lulled until I hit SWVLABR, then it lulled again. The heavier rock sound with nifty guitar and bass parts suited them more than the slower, Beatles-esque, bluesy tracks. I wouldn't listen again but it was alright! Favorite Tracks: Strange Brew Sunshine of Your Love SWLABR

I've Been Waiting So Long 1001 Albums Generator 369 (10/12/2026) Fun hard/psych rock, but nothing on the album gets anywhere close to Sunshine of Your Love. 3.5/5, rounded down to 3. Favs: Strange Brew Sunshine of Your Love SWLABR Least Fav: Mother's Lament

one of the more intellectually engaging albums i’ve listened to in a while. guitar riffs scratch that itch

Yes Clapton is talented but I don't feel a thing listening to this

Psychedelic rock, didn’t make me feel anything

Nice

Eric Clapton is lucky that A) Ginger Baker was willing to put up with him as long as he did and B) Tales of Brave Ulysses is such a great song

I was expecting to score this higher, but for all the obvious talent, this didn't do much for me. I didn't like the vocals most of the time, regardless of who it was and the last song felt self indulgent.

Solid but unspectacular

Cream are at their best playing straight up blues rock.

I find Cream quite boring for a group with psychedelic leanings. They have a very stately, stilted, mild presence that smatterings of virtuoso guitar do not remedy. They’re fighting a losing battle with me with the blues rock stuff which I don’t like even when it’s done well, but I don’t think Cream does it well. The longest half an hour of my life!

Cream got a solid 3, i like the guitar playing and psych mood but it was a bit repetetive at times

Vocal harmonies that are atypical of the genre in prominent display on this album. Amazing instrument playing by some of the best musicians the world has ever known. I was only familiar with the handful of classic rock radio staples from the album, decent enough album worth repeat listening for sure.

303. ok

Normally psychedelic stuff doesn’t do it for me. I always feel like I don’t do enough drugs to really get the music I’m listening to. I think this album might be the exception. I found the songs catchy and enjoyable. I can’t say I knew how much Clapton sucks now, nor do I think he sounds like the greatest guitarist ever. But the whole package works together and that’s enough.

album: disraeli gears artist: cream (recommended by the 1001 albums generator) released: november 2nd, 1967 date: october 8th, 2026 rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ favorite song: the album is kind of redundant sounding, so it is hard to pick a favorite, but “strange brew” and “world of pain” caught my eye initially favorite moment: i love the raw sound of the album in a nutshell: if the rolling stones and david bowie had a chill-rock baby is the best way i can describe this when to listen: good background chill rock album. if you want a similar vibe to “cold sweat” by jame brown. imagine you are a pilot walking into the dive bar like that scene of miles teller in top gun: maverick would recommend? yes thoughts: the vibes of this album are just great. truly, the best way i can describe the feeling is rooster walking into the bar at the beginning of top gun: maverick with that swagger. 60s/70s walking into a bar vibes for sure.

Amazing album, would rate 4.5 but just rounded up

Some good old fashioned Clapton. Hard to beat. Overall the album wasn’t really for me (learned really heavily into the groovy sixties, which is fine, but got old fairly quickly) but it’s hard to deny the skill

Started so strong but after the first couple songs it fell off for me

I had never felt the urge to go listen to Cream out of a dislike of Eric Clapton, but this is a genuinely solid bluesy psychedelic rock album. Some songs like Blue Condition are noticeably weaker than others, but there is a lot to like here.

A solid piece of psychadelia with some bluesy influence to shake things up a little. Didn’t leave a huge impression on me but great for background music.

Funky, creamy, groovy.

Great album. Ginger Baker kills it on the drums.

Sunshine of Your Love is the clear high point. I like a little more theatrics to my blues stuff I guess.

Sunshine of your Love will always be a psychedelic great. Tales of Brave Ulysses was an underdog hit for me, probably in part thanks to it having the riff of White Room involved. Pretty solid album of the era and genre, just a shame what became of Clapton.

As far as psychedelic album art goes, this is very difficult to beat. This album hits on a lot of very interesting and innovative ideas, but I feel like it doesn't 100% commit to all of them. I think it's a great album, but it came out in a year stacked with great albums and it comes up a little short in comparison to them. It's a worthy enough album, and I'd definitely come back to it. Favorite track: "Tales of Brave Ulysses"

some exceptional tracks and a few meh

Sound: Heavy, psychedelic Lyrics: Surreal, mythic Highs: "Sunshine of Your Love," "World of Pain," "SWLABR" Lows: Meandering blues jams

Fav song: Sunshine Of Your Love

I've never got the fuss with this album

Apparently I love dad rock

I've never been mad for Clapton, I wouldn't this helped but I appreciate it. A bit like zeppelin I it has those simple blues tracks that help you trace the origin. I'm sure for some it's a classic. 3/5

Some big hits on this. Although the rest of the album takes a few listens to, to appreciate fully. The mothers lament thing at the end knocks a point off for me.