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strong psychedelic - sunshine of your love a perfect track
good 60s music
Classic Eric Clapton sound. Great guitar sound and Brit blues sound. Great album
solid album with a monumental song.
meh
There are a few good riffs and heavy sounds on here that presage what Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin would extend in the following years. There are also some real stinkers (Blue Condition, yikes) too though, and a lot of it just middling. Brave Ulysses is decent, but basically just a first draft of White Room. Plenty of fun guitar playing, but Clapton has to the luckiest right place/right time musician - just being around as a competent blues guy when fuzz and wah-wah pedals came out and plugging into that gives him this reputation as a pioneering wizard. The falsetto vocals are so annoying. I guess they were an exciting live band that jammed these songs out beyond the confines of mid 60s blues rock - the way the bass/drums hit on here I can see how that would work, but as a studio album it doesn't really capture that thrill.
Wasn't all that bad. Apart from Sunshine of Your Love it was really quite forgettable. It's really quite short as well, with the amount of songs on the album I was expecting something most substantial. It was good but I wasn't wowed.
Okay album nothing crazy I haven’t seen so far
Half the album was really good, some was fine, and some I really wanted to skip. I enjoyed the band throughout but found the vocals to be weak on quite a few songs. "Take It Back" was my favorite. 3/5
Good
“You’ve got the rainbow feel… but the rainbow has a beard” That lyric is so weird but I like this album. Not the best but worthy of a 6.5/10. Blues rock is not really a genre I listen to, but I liked it all the same.
Quite disappointing after the hype, good musicianship but songs not engaging enough. Favourite track Tales of Brave Ulysses
Strange Brew - Easy listening, perfect for a summer drive as the sun sets on a hot day. Sunshine of Love - Hard driving song, windows up chorus blasting
Classic sounds with amazing guitar riffs. Not my favorite vocals though the lyrics are good.
Claro percusor del sonido hippie de finales de las 60
Sudden flash back to my stoner youthful version of myself. My friends and I filled our hours with Cream and other rock album music that provided a great backdrop for a truly enjoyable period of my life
I really like the sort of disengaged & laid back kind of rhythm. 4/5
Can barely make out the lyrics at times, bit sad. Didn't really like it either.
Not bad, nice vibe to it. Worked as background music, not much more notable than that.
Very specific sound, very of its time, which I happen to like. Sunshine Of Your Love is deservedly iconic and several other tracks, like Tales of Brave Ulysses, still impress. But the album is uneven at best; I did not find Dance the Night Away all that danceable and several other tracks like Blues Condition and We're Going Wrong aren't particularly inspiring. Take It Back was a surprise fun treat. Overall, a worthy entry in this list.
Classic although slightly generic. Overall not bad music, but nothing really stands out. Notable songs: Sunshine of my Love
"Bad" and "Smooth Criminal" are by far the best songs on this album. By far.
Iconic!
A very psychedelic album by Cream! Some of the more popular songs I had heard. Even Clapton seemed to have been experimenting a little bit! Over all I enjoyed the album.
Mi canción preferida es Sunshine of Your Love"
Annoying
seee 8/10
Excellent
Knowing what a racist jackass Eric Clapton is, it’s hard to like anything he did. This is fine, but not for me.
Good album, but not my favorite. It does have some great songs such as sunshine of you love, strange brew and take it back. Unfortunately, the psychedelic sounds of the 60's have been mocked so much that this album feels like a parody album. Also, to say that Cream is a blues band is a stretch. Cream is a 60's psychedelic band that played some blues music.
That guitar tone is still a benchmark. The vocal tone doesn’t hold up quite as well for me, but, still, what a sound.
Are the drums in another room? A nice album, late 60s rock with a bit of psych on it. Pretty tame though. Sounds really thin though, needs a remaster to make it sound more full
Didn't like it - probably didn't listen as clearly, but not as interesting as I like
Not my cup of tea. Didn’t like the voices, which were kind of all throaty altos, the music was dark & psychedelically heavy, with a lot of use of a 60’s style pedal for the guitars. Overall it just presented a dark, dated, gloomy vibe in my opinion.
Jack Bruce is a force
Just a really good psychedelic bluesy album. Blue Condition and Mother’s Lament were both bad but the rest of the album was a warm gooey jam. 4 stars
Sunshine of Your Love
Strong album throughout. 2nd half really good. Standout tracks: Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR
Handful of amazing tracks. At some point it gets repetitive, and it’s hard to believe how much Hendrix blew Clapton out of the water once he showed up.
Could go the rest of my life not listening to it
Some good guitar riffs, lots of stuff that you recognize from its influence, but generally extremely not my speed.
Good but I just can’t get into the classic rock as much as I used to
The album was released 1967 when I was 6 years old. ;-) I have not noticed it at that time, what a shame! In addition, my parents had a different preference. "Sunshine Of Your Love" is well known and a great song. Also the other songs are gentle music that are nice to listen too.
I'm not sure I would call this one of the greatest albums of all-time, but it is, at worst, really solid for sure, and has some really nice highlights in Sunshine of Your Love. The back half of the album is so good. I take back what I said before. This definitely belongs.
alright. starts off strong, gets boring in the middle, and ends ok.
это пиздец
довольно банальный и в то же время изобретательный психодел. База Алкоальбом: любимый ебанутый коктейль в странном нью-йоркском баре
Truly the highest highs and lowest lows - the few songs with Ginger Baker on lead very nearly dropped the album a whole point. Sunshine fucking SPANKS tho.
Some good songs, I liked it. Claptons a prick though
4.5/5 Best Track: Sunshine of Your Love
Appreciate it but not my bag. 6/10
A mostly easy-listening psychedelic rock album with some classic tunes. And then there's Mother's Lament, which I felt was an off-putting way to end the album. That one song bumped the score down from a 4 to a 3 for me.
Some of the better dad rock for me. Will I listen to again: 30%
pretty good
Cool for the time but outdated today
Psychedelic rock at it’s best. Powerful rock blues album.
Solid. Strange Brew is a jam
Soured to cream over time. Eric Clapton may be a good songwriter but he's a total twat. Ginger Baker fucking rocks
Strange Brew- 8/10 Sunshine of Your Love- 9/10 World of Pain- 10/10 Dance the Night Away- 10/10 Blue Condition- 7/10 Tales of Brave Ulysses- 7/10 SWLABR- 8/10 We're Going Wrong- 8/10 Outside Woman Blues- 9/10 Take it Back- 7/10 Mother's Lament- 6/10 81/110
Boring and overrated riffs
Bluesy psychedelic rock. My Dad loved it and always trusted his taste in music but Eric Claptons guitar playing has always left me cold. Never ceased to be amazed by Ginger Baker on drums though.
There is so much talent in this band, one of the most talented of all time and lot of time it almost seems wasted. Strange Brew, Sunshine of your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses ads great, the rest often sound like really bad Beatles songs. But when they are good, they are great. 6.3/10
Very impressive, stood test of time
En los tiempos que corren a nivel mundial (pero, sobre todo, en Latinoamérica y, particularmente, Argentina) parece ser que el arte puede ser una vía de escape, de catarsis. Algunas personas podrán sentirlo más desde el disfrute festivo, otras, desde sonidos más crudos, más relacionados con el heavy metal y el punk en sus variantes más violentas y, seguramente, otras desde la fantasía y la experimentación. A éste grupo le sentará bien Cream y toda la movida psicodélica y de rock crudo de los sesenta.
I enjoyed the album. I'd of course heard Strange Brew and Sunshine Of Your Love. I like SWLABR and Outside Woman Blues as well as Mother's Lament. 3 stars.
Oldies playlist
I don’t hate it, I don’t love it. It’s somewhere in between. I know it should be considered quite good given the members, but yea
And the Lord said let there be psychedelic blues rock. Classic, top shelf piece of art from the strange brew that brought the blues to white people. Jack Bruce is a beast, of course all three are beasts. Extremely British. Arguably colonial in nature.
Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker are so talented.
Generally speaking, I can't argue with the lineup - the group that probably prompted the creation of the term "Power Trio". Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love Deserves all the accolades, but this album didn't blow me away based on how much it's talked about (I'm hoping I will get a different result with Dark Side of the Moon but we'll see). I would say that the second half of the album overall is stronger than the first half (the first 2 songs excepted). All the songs from Tales of Brave Ulysses through Take It Back are all good, but SWLABR is my favorite.
Listened Before? No Back to Clapton we go. Some good ole psych-infused blues rock. Amazingly busy album cover that looks like the late 60s throwing up. They waste no time in letting Clapton's blues guitar take center stage on Strange Brew. Serviceable, if forgettable song. Mixing is okay though the drums sound very distant. Sunshine of Your Love is a classic jam. One of the most recognizable guitar / bass riffs of all time. Great, more throaty vocals that always make me think of Hendrix. Tales of Brave Ulysses is a jam, as is SWLABR. The latter being more a more energetic and guitar-forward. All around, fine psychedelic blues rock album with a few notable standouts and solid production throughout. Not among my favorites from this era, but it is very alright. I would say this is a middle of the road 3 / 5 for me. Songs Added to Playlists: - Sunshine of your Love (Sunny-vibes)
Sunshine of your love and strange brew are jams. I'd give the album 3.5 stars.
Need to listen to this one back, but it's a strong 3.5 on the first pass. The middle of the album really felt like Hendrix which isn't that surprising. Hope we get more Cream!
Perfectly fine album, but for some reason Cream just isn't for me. I don't mind listening to it at all but I wouldn't choose to.
First two songs are absolute jams. As is Tales of Brave Ulysses. The rest is pretty solid but nothing to blow your socks off. Going to give a solid middle 3.
My second favourite song of all time is on this album - Sunshine Of Your Love. Never listened to the rest of it til now! Holy shit this album is over quickly but it's a fun ride, really varied! Ok, what the actual fuck is Mother's Lament lmao.
good songs exactly what i expected coming into the album
1967. A few great tracks, aside from that about every other song was pretty good. Has some Jimi Hendrix influence I thought.
The first superband. Some of Clapton's best
Power trio band at it's finest and pretty much a must have album for anyone that wants to include late 60's psychadelic blues rock in their collection.
Good vibe, not many hits but good songs overall.
very good, better after repeated plays!
081223 13:23 4
Yeah yeah, Clapton is God and all that. Sure. But where's the love for my man Bruce? Seriously, I feel like we hear so little about how Jack WAS this band; at least, he was responsible for most of what's worth listening to with Cream. Anyway, I don't have a lot to say with this one. It's probably their best record, but I always liked Wheels of Fire more.
Everyone digs “Sunshine Of Your Love,” but it’s under-appreciated tracks like the groovy “World Of Pain” and—perhaps my favorite Cream song—the absurd “SWLABR” that rise to the top of this supergroup’s sophomore album.
kinda spooky, also some nice blues
Solid Cream. (cheese?)
Pretty decent all around, but it sounds *so* of its era. The quirky British-ness of it all gets a little overbearing.
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: World of pain, Sunshine of your love
Always a fan of this genre
easy listen with a few bangers
Not my kind of music but I did like a few of the songs idk what im supposed to put here it’s a good album just not my type of music ha ha
It's fine, nothing to write home about
The more well known tracks are excellent, but putting those to one-side the remaining tracks were also strong. I found myself turning up the volume a couple of times. Really enjoyed this album and will add it in to my playlist.
A definitive album for Psychadelic rock and of course with Clapton it's with a blues base. So, of course the songs are simple but solid structurally and the guitar and such are perfect for what they are going for. Songs range in quality greatly. Sometimes their voices bug the hell out of me. Heh, memory of Strange Brew. Take off, eh. Oh yeah, Sunshine of your Love! Forgot. One of those first songs to learn on guitar. Probably would not listen to casually often but I would not be instantly reaching for the off button either.
Awful. The height of hippie hell.
Yet another British band with the same bland sound. Nothing new here. No notable tracks.
3 great songs and a bunch that sound like typical 60's psychedelic bullshit
Never thought I’d say this about something Clapton was involved in, but it’s not bad. The strengths are primarily with Baker’s drumming and Bruce’s vocals, though.
Fantastic. Awesome 1960s vibe. Songs like sunshine of your love have some of the most memorable guitar riffs.
Psychedelic rockblues rockhard rock. No me ha llamado la atención.
Rediculously short album but I liked it
One of my favorites in my teenage year with Tale Brave Ulysses as the highlight in addition to Sunshine of your love and Strange Brew. There are a handful of stinkers on it, but more than half the songs are great. Closes with a Monty Python impression
1. Blues inspirert, jammin. Trad rock. Kult. 2. Dette har jeg da hørt og burde visst hvem var. Innser at denne sangen kunne vært et halvminutt kortere. 3. Variasjon fra de første to, det var bra. 4. denne glemte jeg å skrive noe om. Må høres om igjen Nå skriver jeg generelt. Det er gode greier dette, men tror det egner seg bedre i bilen enn på kontoret
Worth a 4 for sunshine alone. Love this 60 classic rock
Classic case of an album/band that doesn't stand up over time. I loved Cream at the time but listening to it now just makes me cringe. Juvenile, melodramatic music and Clapton has to be the most over-rated guitarist ever.
Really not my thing. I appreciate its place in music history. I can see why people like it. But it is driving me nuts and I really hate it right now. Had to stop after 4/5 songs.
Some classics on here with decent guitar tones.
3/5 - enjoyed this album
Looking at the 3 people making up cream you would think they would be able to create something better than this which, whilst decent, didn't blow me away with the few good songs (SWLABR, Tale of brave Ulysses & sunshine of your love) being greatly outnumbered. The mix for this album has always sat weirdly with me too. I know Ginger is one of the best drummers ever but he didn't need to be so present in the mix. High 2/low 3.
Bogs down in the middle a little but the beginning and end of the album are fire
Muy buen álbum, tenía un rico sonido de guitarra y bajo , hay varias canciones que realmente no me gustaron pero los ritmos si
Their best. Highly ranked and well produced. Hard to give less than 4.
Ginger Baker’s weird snare tuning and signature Tom sound. He also sings a song on this album, which was possibly not a great idea. Everyone was under the influence here, including the producer, how else to explain “Mother’s Lament 😭” The best songs on the album are the ones you’re familiar with - Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Strange Brew. Which are great. Except for these standouts, it feels a little low-effort. Clapton was beloved back when this came out, but his style never touched me all that much. And apparently he was just as much of an a*hole in his early years as later (citation: A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, episode 126 - For Your Love by the Yardbirds, Andrew Hickey) so anything he could say now to turn people against him is pretty irrelevant now. Ultimately for me there’s a lot to love here (Sunshine of Your Love, Jack Bruce’s falsetto) and a lot to just forget (Blue Condition, bearded rainbows).
Ugh. Hated it, and that twee Mother's Lament at the end was the icing on the turd cake.
My God there's a lot of psychedelic rock from the late sixties on this list. Pretty bloody awful for the most part. A couple of bearable songs on there
Strong 3/5. Sunshine of your love a highlight
Really good album. Enjoyed listening a lot.
Two great songs. The whole album sounds very epically psychedelic but the lyrics are not great. It's maybe too much of its time to relate to. Also Eric Clapton, blech.
Didnt have high expectations for this one, ended up having a good time with it A joyride of psychadelic rock, blues, and dead babies
Agoraaa sim, mais minha vibe. Inclusive já tinha as 2 primeiras músicas na minha playlist. Muito mais a vibe hippie que eu curto muito. Sunshine tem uma vibe muito foda, os vocais são muito massa. Do caralho esse álbum. Não é a toa que um dos caras quase virou o quinto beatle, ou o quarto, pegando o lugar do george por pouco... mas como ele não pegou o lugar dele na banda, resolveu pegar a esposa. Foda.
Esse álbum me surpreendeu, achei mó gostosin de ouvir. Músicas bem divertidas. A primeira já começa com uma guitarrinha rasgadona bem daóra. Logo depois já vem a clássica Sunshine Of Your Love com o riff icônico e o solo mó bão. Essa é bem conhecida até. World of Pain foi a que mais me surpreendeu. Ela tem uma melodia meio... estranha, mas que fica na cabeça, chama a atenção, te deixa curioso pra ouvir. Lembrou um pouco algumas músicas mais "tensas" dos beatles. Acabou se tornando a minha favorita junto com a Sunshine. Adorei esse início do álbum, essas 3 primeiras músicas me ganharam, mas depois delas, o álbum dá uma caidinha, mas não chega a ficar ruim não, continua bem tranquilo e bom de ouvir. Já perto do final do álbum, Outside Woman Blues e Take It Back voltaram a me chamar mais a atenção, sendo essa segunda um blues bem clássico, bem feito. Álbum foi melhor do que eu esperava, realmente gostei.
This record was good, but nothing extraordinary.
I'm sure this was a landmark album in its time, but it was just OK for me. Some good bluesy rock
yeah its psych rock. i get it already. theres about 900 psych rock albums on this fucking list. give me something new.
Rock. Blues
Trop de classique de mon adolescence et de mes années de Guitare intensive avec clapton, baker et bruce. Un 5 facile
I'd probably give it a 5 stars if it had white room on it.
What a classic. Found some new songs. Funky
Listening to canonized classic rock music through this project is really interesting. As it turns out, a lot of it is not very good at all. I'm sure this album can be seen as part of rock music as a massive cultural force in the late sixties. It's just not as good as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, as interesting as The Kinks, nor as charmingly dated as the many one hit wonders of the time. It's just an album of bluesy filler tracks of the type that is commonly found on rock albums from the late sixties and early seventies. This album deserves to be forgotten. The drumming is kind of good, but when has that ever saved an album with nothing else going for it?
I like: Strange Brew Take It Back Mother's Lament
I liked it! Pretty fucking swag if you ask me.
Good stuff. Sunshine of your love, tales of brave ulysses, and SWLABR are all classics, rest are kinda filler. Still a fun album.
I've listened to this album over 50 times in high school, so no relisten necessary. The hits are obviously huge highlights, but I really enjoy most tracks aside from the joke ender, and a couple on side 1. Still a great album and I listen to a lot of these songs still. 4 Stars.
Didn't impress me too much. If I want to listen to a british rock album from this era, I prefer Led Zeppelin
Great album.
Note: re. Eric Clapton - I am reviewing how I feel about the music not the musicians and I am aware that many on this list have had problematic behaviour/opinions I don't like but this will not affect my rating unless I notice it in the music itself. My mum had this album so I am familiar with it. It's a mixed bag - a few excellent tracks, a few okay tracks and a couple of weird ones. The good tracks and that guitar is so good, however, it pushes up my rating. Listens: 2 Fave Track: Sunshine Of Your Love (no competition) Rating: 4
Clapton es dios buen disco, rock
Not a whole lot going on instrumental wise, which makes this very boring to me. The production is very obviously dated, listening to this in earphones made me annoyed cause I'm hearing the guitar in my left ear, and the drums in the right and I could only focus on that for the majority of the time lmao. Sunshine of your love was not that bad, like I can see why it's their top streamed song but if that's the best then I'm not optimistic to hear the rest... World of pain - also not bad Dance the night away - meh Blue condition - snoozefest Tales of brave Ulysses - okay I like this, and I especially like the lyrics. Probably the only song I'm saving from this album SWLABR - Not bad, don't particularly care for it We're going wrong - snoozefest Outside woman blues - Lol this one was interesting. I do support women's rights AND wrongs😌 Take it back - Not bad Mother's lament - jesus the strong accent is killing me 💀 That said, I don't see why this album is iconic in any way it's very mediocre
A really great album that I hadn't listened to since I was a teenager. Solid, with some classics. An easy listen whilst working.
2.72
Fuck Eric Clapton
Not bad music (poor recording quality or source for the Spotify stream).
What a great surprise this album was! Loved it from start to finish. Fantastic late 60's body of work!
Takes of Ulysses is my jam - JP 4/5
The cover offered a Strange Brew, but didn’t leave me in a World of Pain at all. It was a delight, like Cream in my coffee.
Just not for me. There were a couple of tracks I quite liked: Tales of Brave Ulysses and Take it Back. I think I need a "nice" voice to really connect with the music. There's some real fun moments though in this. Like the last track Mother's Lament.
Låter som ett gymnasieband som övar. Bra för sin tid? Säkert asviktig för musikens/rockens utveckling. Men en T-ford idag är inte så ball. Dance the night away har sköna gitarr, bitvis men låt, text å svag mjäkig sångröst (genomgående). Blue condition, ett skämt? Sen är det bara dåligt. Bästa, SWLABR Strange brew.
Inte hört förut. Herregud vilket sömnpiller. Känner igen första två låtarna, sedan följer en kavalkad av usla låtar. De som gillar det här albumet borde ta sitt liv.
Fine album! Just not much of a fan
Good old school, reminds me of guitar hero lol
Not really a fan. The hits on the album are decent but the rest didn't move me at all.
Some iconic 60s music here, know and enjoy this album.
Wanted to like it so much but alas it’s fine.
One of the best
Sunshine of Your Love, Dance the Night Away and Take it Back are great, but the rest is uninteresting, mediocre assembly of songs.
It was alright unfortunately couldn’t change my mood
Solid album, some bangers
Trash
That's some serious dirty hippy vibes. A couple songs were alright, but it's not my style of psychedelic 60s music.
Great album. Not all of the songs were the greatest of all time but the album is a standout classic rock anthem. It transcends time and will be one of the records I reference when discussing the genre. Sunshine of your Love and The tale of Brave Ulysses and Strange Brew are all amazing songs. Released in 1967, this is probably one of the first and finest classic rock albums ever created. This is one of those few albums and the three aforementioned songs are some of the tunes I'll play whenever in the mood for some classic rock.
Really liked it! All the songs worked for me, loved the psychedelic vibe
1-2 good tracks does not an excellent album make
one banger, rest meh
Sunshine of Your Love is really only the song that I enjoyed from this album. It does have a strong cohesive sound and I think it holds up well. But it didn't stand out a lot for me. Decent album, would not mind listening again.
overall a solid album
It's fine.
I liked the grooviness, and the abstract absurd lyrics for some of the songs. … genuinely enjoyed listening to the whole thing. A few songs were kinda blah, but overall, I really enjoyed the blues sound mixed with strange psychedelic vibes! Mother’s lament was so fricken strange! But I can’t say I didn’t actually enjoy the weird humour.
Strange Brew is an ok song. Sunshine Of Your Love is a classic, but I don’t really care for this style of music. It’s seems like every band from this era played the hackneyed 3-bar blues pattern so much. Which is fine, but not that interesting 60 years later. Probably won’t listen to this one again.
Wasn’t a huge fan until We’re Going Wrong. I like the less psychedelic songs
I liked it, I think Sunshine of your Love is definitely one of the best songs in the world, and perhaps Clapton's best, but the album was a bit too monotonous for me. I enjoyed it and I wouldn't mind listening to it again, but maybe in small doses
As much as this is firmly Psychedelic Rock, you can hear the foundations for the whole Metal genre with songs like Sunshine of Your Love and World of Pain. An instant classic and hugely influential in the Rock world.
First two tracks are amazing and the rest is just good. This might be a really unpopular opinion, but I prefer Cream’s debut over this.
I didn’t expect to enjoy this, but I did; I think I was anticipating more of a Beatles flavor, where this felt a bit grittier. Pretty sure “Sunshine of your Love” was used in one of the menus for Guitar Hero 3 - it’s one of those songs I’ve heard and and always enjoyed, but never placed. The album feels a little more like junk food than a meal, but we’ve all got our vices. Good music to drive to. Highlights: - Strange Brew - Sunshine of your Love - Tales of Ulysses
More like a 3.7 for me but a classic. Some great songs but not something I would put on to listen to very frequently.
When i started the album my first thought was "oh this is some Clapton shit, isnt it." Didn't hate it as much as i thought I would, all things considered. One of those considered things is Eric Clapton though, and the other is repetitive blues riffing, two big "nopes" for me.
Quintessential 60s classic rock sound
Unsurprisingly, great guitar work, but a lot of tracks felt quite same-y to me. Nothing I mind listening to but didn't blow me away by any means. Favorite Track: Sunshine of Your Love
Sunshine of Your Love is still a banger. Eric Clapton is an antivax asshole. 3.5 rounded down because of Clapton ruining his own legacy.
I'm more of a fan of the slower Cream songs like World of Pain and there aren't very many of those. The guitar throughout is great. I refuse to believe Mother's Lament isn't a spoof. I'd probably rate this 2.5 stars if I could.
It was fine! Nothing really stood out to me, but I found it enjoyable. The last song was unique, but not in a bad way, just unexpected.
Ah yes, the other side of the 1960s rock coin, now that I just defended Kick Out the Jams. I like Sunshine of Your Love well enough, but overall this is a 33-minute album that I had to take at least four breaks from listening to because it feels like interminable jam band music to me. I did also enjoy Strange Brew. I'd like to unhear Mother's Lament and SWLABR.
I would probably go with 4.5 here if possible thanks to Blue Condition and Take It Back. Otherwise, this album is perfect to me. I haven't really thought about it, but Jack Bruce probably has one of my favorite voices in rock if not in all music. I also love the softness and roundness of Ginger Baker's drumming and the humor in a bunch of these songs.
Ima dobrih stvari i onih koje nisu
Chill vibes, though wasn’t entirely my scene
If the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix had sex and they would make a baby and it would come out knowing how to play songs with no melody but cool guitar and they would name it Cream
I’m sure it’s neat if you like the blues. I listened on YouTube and the mix was basic. Nice rhythms and expected guitars. Was surprised by a few songs that reminded me of early Pink Floyd.
I'm a Rush fan, but I just can't get into this album. I can see how it influenced them, but it's just not my bag.
Great memories from teens listening to my dads copy. Very late sixties. Great guitar and bass
It’s cream
Three impossibly intrenchant characters, it's only surprising they lasted as long together as they did. Ginger Baker could start an argument in an empty room. Fantastic musicians, though.
Great album from the 60s
Average. That's all.
Nie wiedzialem ze tu Clapton gral - samo plumkanie spoko, moge dac 3-4
A couple good songs, the rest is pretty boring
I think they're considered the first super-group. And what a super-group they were. Only 3 guys, but they produce such a powerful sound. I'm not usually a Clapton supporter, but I love his work with Cream. I just think it's funny how he left the Yardbirds because he didn't want to do the psychedelic sound yet turns around and makes one of the most iconic psychedelic albums ever. I mean, just look at that album cover!
Je les avait oublié, mais quel bonheur de les entendre a nouveau.
This is a perfectly adequate blues rock album that isn’t mixed very well. Clapton is Clapton, and Ginger Baker’s drum sound sucks. Also, Jack Bruce can’t sing. Not terribly annoying, except for that one song about the poor baby in the fake accent. Probably I should give it a relisten but my stomach for this type of crap is pretty limited. Strange Brew is a good single and Sunshine of Your Love blah blah blah. ToBU doesn’t really hold up though, does it?
A classic this time. Even though it has some individual hits, the whole album is not very special in my opinion, however it has a nice aura and it is ahead of its time when it comes to rock music. Overall really good experience and a good listen. (74%)
Ok. Has some pretty decent tracks, and good bass.
It’s pretty decent, but I prefer the music this album inspired (zeppelin, Hendrix, etc). Better than average, not quite good. 3.5 stars.
Nice blues rock
Couple of recognisable bangers.
Great 4.0
Not my favorite style
Only one ok song
Cream was the star of the 60s rock 'n' roll scene, I played this album for years 50 years ago..
Great classic album, enjoyed Sunshine of your love the most
Great guitar jams. Maybe I should look deeper, but lyrics strike me as trying too hard to be deep. Hear some Robert Johnson influence near the end. Plus a Scottish tune?
This was a slow listen and the energy didn't match the breakout hit "Sunshine of your love"
Favourite tracks: Strange brew Sunshine of your love Tales of brave Ulysses
I’ve only heard a few songs by Cream before and was able to discover some others I liked because of this album Favorite songs: Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues
After listening to it in full, I can safely say that Cream is a great album. The guitar riffs were catchy and really fun to listen to and the vocals fit every song perfectly and on top of that, the album was the perfect length. I guess it seems that Psychedelic Rock has proven itself to me. Best Song: SWLABR Worst Song: Strange Brew
Decent. Some good songs. Excellent rhythm section. Eric Clapton is an asshole.
Pas mal rock a l'ancienne
6/10 highlights: sunshine of your love, tales of brave ulysses
Pure Psychedelia. Tales of Brave Ulysses is a favorite. Whole album was worth the listen, easily can see why it's a classic.
Awesome album, I forgot how much I liked it.
1. Strange Brew-A bit slow for my taste. Good sound, just missing the it factor. Lacking in real emotion or force. Too mellow. Not very catchy. 2. Sunshine Of Your Love-Real classic. Great song. Still subdued, but has much more emotion to it, both in the vocals and the guitar. Catchier as well. Guitar solo adds a bit too much dead air to song, should be ever so slightly shorter. Ending is a bit weak/generic. 3. World Of Pain-Much better initial sound. Haunting vocals. Strong opening but gets repetitive as it goes on. Solo felt kind of out of place. Weak ending again, last one puttered out, this one was just a fade. 4. Dance The Night Away-Mixed feelings. The vocals/guitar sound too similar between all of these songs. They have a very similar cadence in each of them and the warbly guitar sound too much. The drummer also isn't getting to really express themself in this one, they're just providing a very basic rhythm. This one actually had a good ending though. 5. Blue Condition-Something that finally sounds different!!! I like the piano, the little hits add a lot. Reminds me of something familiar and plodding, take me down to the ball game? I think my main issue is that all of these songs are fairly repetitive and don't do much to generate different sounds across the breadth of the piece. Each one has one sound it latches onto and barely deviates from. This one didn't really have an ending, it kind of just stopped? 6. Tales Of Brave Ulysses-These songs are just boring because they don't ever surprise you other than at the start. They'll do a fake out for a few seconds at the start at most but then stick with that sound for the rest. They don't really develop as time goes on. There's also always a random guitar solo that doesn't really do anything for the song other than extend its length. It's too monotone (album as a whole). The guitar is basically the same in every song (in character if not in notes played). These feel like they could all be one longer song arbitrarily separated or a bunch of variations on the same song idea. Fade out again. Fade outs can be fine but all of these songs have had pretty lazy endings and so I'm mentioning it here. 7. SWLABR-A different sound again? So, 2/7 have had a unique sound so far. This one has real emotion in it, it's just not doing it for me for whatever reason. It's still too repetitive as well. These songs don't feel like they have any growth. Ending is still lazy but at least there is one. 8. We're Going Wrong-Oh no, we're back to the weird vocals I don't like again. These songs are all so slow. Slow songs can be good, but they need to develop, go somewhere, or do something, and these just aren't. This album in one word so far is: boring. 9. Outside Woman Blues-The guitar is actually unique again here, but once again it's just so repetitive. The repetition in these tracks would suggest extra emphasis on the lyrics but the instruments are nearly always substantially louder than the vocals and the lyrics don't really say much for the most part, which would suggest the opposite. 10. Take It Back-The harmonica adds some nice character to this one. Does this one actually develop? This one also has a much more bluesy tone than the rest of the album so far. This one actually does develop. This is the best track after Sunshine Of Your Love. This is a solid piece, although I would like to say that once again the lyrics are kind of just there in the background. Still a bit repetitive, although it has substantially more variance than the other tracks. And a solid ending. 11. Mother's Lament-Obviously a joke, but I unironically liked it more than most of the songs in the album (although I am admittedly biased in favor of songs that tell a story). Summary: A couple good songs but the album is ultimately boring and repetitive.
Own multiple copies. Classic album.
Fun psychedelic rock
73/100
“Sunshine of Your Love” brought the nostalgia, and the rest was alright. Maybe I made a poor choice listening to these on bike rides, but I couldn’t listen a second time on the way back; I needed something faster and heavier.
Ok, without even listening this album gets 3 stars for the first two tracks but after that point it didn't really take me anywhere else. I'm a big fan of Clapton but I think it's clear why I was only familiar with 2 of the songs. I would listen again but I think I'd rather just pull out Crossroads and listen to those versions.
Bluesey, sometimes groovy, obviously great guitar jamming (showing my ignorance, I didn't realize Clapton had anything but a solo career.) This is good. Favorites: Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues (only for that electric guitar lick and accompanying bass.)
This was hit-and-miss for me, but not bad.
The mixing of psychedelic rock and blues felt unnatural during my first listen. But that is my problem. I was trying to impose my will on something that was finite. My favorite tracks were Tales of Brave Ulysses and Sunshine of Your Love. Luckily those two tracks are on a greatest hits collection.
Little bit overrated I think, not bad though
I love Sunshine of Your Love, the rest of the album is pretty good. It makes me sad that Eric is so talented but also an anti-vaxxer.
I get why this album has the reputation it has. I think for a lot of people this is one of the first flags planted in psych rock mountain. My biggest issue with it is the production. There are tons of cool riffs and grooves, all of which are kept at a very tame volume so that Jack Bruce can sing in a bell clear tone over the whole thing. I think that’s what bothers me so much about it. Whoever had the final say felt like boring 60s faux psychedelic lyrics were much more important than any of the instruments. Seriously this thing is a bingo card for dumb cliche psychedelia. Idk I have very mixed feelings about this record, but it remains a classic.
Overall disappointing for something regarded as such a classic. There were some good and bad though. The good: I liked how minimalist it was for something so rooted in psychedelia. Generally bands will have tons of overdubs and layers to make things sound bigger. Here there were the distinct three-piece band parts with usually just two vocals over them (Clapton and Bruce), with just the occasional guitar lead tracked over it at parts. It was a nice change of pace from what I usually imagine in the genre. The instrumentation was great, and most of the back half REALLY rips after a pretty okay front half. Clapton is the legend in the band but Baker and Bruce in the rhythm section so some heavy lifting (especially Ginger Baker, such a unique tom-heavy driving style out of him). The bad: I just don’t fuck with Clapton as a vocalist. He really brings it down for me. Jack Bruce takes lead for most of the back half and knocks it out of the park. The only other reprieve we get are two songs with Baker on lead which are WAY worse. The other thing is the mixing which Mister Tunes mentioned in their review. It’s very quiet and underwhelming, even though there are some heavy backbeats getting churned out as I mentioned before. So yeah, overall glad I listened, but not what I expected nor what it should be capable of.
Brevity was key with this project. The highs weren’t as high as Derek and the dominos, but more consistent. Might be 3, but today, I’m feeling 4
Nja
This one is a classic of psychedelic and blues rock. Its combination is what makes this thing outstanding and for historical reasons, every music nerd should've listened to this. I do say though that there's more interesting stuff from alle the people involved. And, yes, Eric Clapton also did some more interesting work in other capacities.
eric clapton is so unbelievably overrated. That being said, some fun songs on here of course, he wasn't famous for NO reason. I think the novelty of this sound was one of the biggest things it had going for it and that most of this album is a little boring
Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, Outside Woman Blues? Classic/10.
Some classics on there, but not sure the album as a whole is up there as on of the 'greatest of all time'.
sunshine of your love is definitely what shines from this album. Eric Clapton is really talented at playing guitar. we’re going wrong and outside woman blues we’re my next favorites
Funky, good vibes, with a good funky undertones. Beat heavy.
Liked the first 2 songs then got less into it.
Psychedelic vibes but also some songs were whack Similar to Beatles I guess but also completely different
Classic rock always great fun. Love Clapton's sound.
I don’t think this album is bad, I just don’t think it’s for me. When I’m listening to their music, I just feel like it’s missing that extra, something! Like if they just adding one more thing, this could have been a fantastic song but instead it feels like they said they were happy at “Good” but they really should have strived for “Great”
Not the biggest fan of this album, I think its just a bit outside my range of listening, I understand how influential and trend setting this album probably was in the 60s, but its for sure not for me. Most notably, I really liked "Sunshine of your Love", not really a surprise, that opening riff is iconic. overall I would probably give this album a 2.
Not really a fan of the 60's-70's psychedelic rock stuff. I know the first 2 songs are a couple of the "big" hits of the genre, but I will change the station/song if they come on. Maybe if I was tripping out I would enjoy, but I doubt it and won't waste my shrooms on this album to find out. There were a few songs I wasn't familiar with that I thought were decent. Tales Of Brave Ulysses leads this group, but also though Blue Condition and Take It Back were ok too. A few WTF songs in there. After a couple listens, I'm still not sure what to think of Mother's Lament. I expected more from this band. After listening, I'm lowering my expectations. Not my listening pleasure, but overall was decent. Just OK. Going with a middle of the road 2.5. Just because I doubt I will ever relisten, the scorecard will show a 2. 2 Get a haircut, hippies!
This was pretty boring tbh. Some okay stuff but as a whole...ugh. I might listen to one or two songs (one of which is Sunshine of Your Love) but probably nothing more. Album cover is iconic as fuck though. 2
3 I’m not usually much of a Clapton man, but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would - blues meets psychedelia, and it’s a solid combination. My reaction to each song went from about as low as a “meh” to as high as a “that was pretty good” - which nets out to about a 3 from me. Sunshine of Your Love is of course a classic and one I knew I would enjoy going into this (shoutout to Guitar Hero III and School of Rock), but there were a couple of surprises for me here as well, including Tales of Brave Ulysses (which admittedly sounds just like White Room) and SWLABR (which admittedly has a really dumb name if you look up the acronym). Not much else here left much of a lasting impression, but there was nothing that ever broke up the flow of the record at any point - except for maybe the last track, Mother’s Lament. It was kind of a goofy conclusion, but I really can’t say I hated it - feels like the kind of thing that would be a hidden track if this album had come out 25 years later. Not life-changing, but enjoyable classic vinyl.
In the moments I even heard the subtle 'The Doors' sound. Very primal rock with great vocals.3.5/5.
almost got totally put off by the first track liking: sunshine of your love, world of pain, tales of brave ulysses, outside woman blues, take it back giving it a few more listens and it grows on you
There are some absolute classics on this but also one or two duds sorry guys
Alright
I enjoyed this one, …Ulysses and Take it Back (which might be the first song with a harmonica I didn’t instantly hate) being the stand outs. I figured Mothers Lament was a secret track or something that I’d have happily kept secret though (I could look this up but won’t)
One for the boomers
Obligatory fuck Eric Clapton. 3/5
Excellent album, I had the ‘Best of’ Cream CD which got a lot of play. Only listened to this album about 4-5 times in full. Decided to listen to the Deluxe Edition which was cool. Favourite tracks Swlabr and Tales of Brave Ulysses
Already heard
I don’t like Cream and even though this is a classic making bluesy riffs wind into catchy choruses, it has a frosty coldness to it. That 60s fuzz on here, so often imitated afterwards, is quite draining after a while. Finally given this record is by that arch racist Clapton it’s sometimes hard to get out of my head his clear skill from his vile views.
Short and sweet. Tales of Brave Ulysses is the stand out track on this album for me, a seminal psychedelic rock number that served as a template for decades to come. There were some other very good tracks, Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love also stood out as excellent. There was also some weird, almost comedy/ skit tracks, including the very strange Mother's Lament that closes the album. Definitely not 5 stars, probably somewhere between 3 and 4 for me, but closer to a 4 than a 3.
Feel transported back to the 60s. Sparked the desire to rebel against the system by gathering a bunch of unwashed shaggy-haired long-term students to sit around on the floor with, consuming God knows what from Serenity's garden. 3.5/5
i felt like i was in "once upon a time in hollywood" throughly enjoyed it ngl
If Clapton is "God", I guess I'm an atheist. That being said, if one album in his discography could turn me into an agnostic, it's this one. 4.5/5 stars for the purposes of this list (rounded up to 5 here). Which translates to a 9.5/10 grade for more general purposes. Number of albums left to review: 442 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 261 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 133 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 168
This album is very well done, lots of classics rolled up into one album. Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love to start off only leaves room for a downhill slip and there was a bit of that, but Tales of Brave Ulysses and SWLABR are good follow ups in the middle. Take It Back was nice too, and sue me but I thought Mother’s Lament was really funny. The album was a bit bland in parts but lots of the music from that era was. I would get this album on vinyl.
C Strange Brew 3 Sunshine of Your Love 3 World of Pain 3 Dance the Night Away 3 Blue Condition 2 Tales of Brave Ulysses 3 SWLABR 2 We're Going Wrong 3 Outside Woman Blues 2 Take It Back 2 Mother's Lament 1 This was okay. It was your basic boilerplate 60's psychedelic rock. I know Cream is recognized as the first supergroup, so hats off to you for that fellas.
Solidan album više nego šta se može reć za većinu claptonove diskografije
Stylistically iconic, crazy how little you can hear cymbals on this whole album, makes the production feel so sparse.
Cool
Classic
Some incredible songs. Sounds like greatest hits album. Filler tracks are weak at the end (blues and then mother's lament). Really solid album let down by weaker tracks at the end.
Great stuff. Perfect psychedelia without being too jammy. Hendrix could have taken notes on that front. This could use a remaster. It’s pretty muddy.
dosadno, čak i najpopularnija pesma sa albuma nije ništa spec tipa 2/3 od 10
Fantastisch album van een legendarische band. Clapton, een markant persoon en iconische gitarist, drukt zijn stempel op dit album. Fantastische gitaarsolo’s en een mooi afwisselend repertoire.
Naar de ene helft kan ik dagelijks luisteren. De andere helft is leuk om het een keer gehoord te hebben. Wil eigenlijk 3,5 sterren geven
I came into knowing that Clapton is god and while I hate hippies, the music is just oh-so-spot on. 5/5, would listen to while not doing LSD.
Cash rules everything around me cream get the money dolla dolla bill y'all!!! Strange Brew the movie>>>>>Strange Brew the song! You never need to listen to Sunshine of Your Love ever again, retire that song please! I do like that complete psychopath Ginger Baker, the record Fela Kuti let him play on is dope, these guys are not doing it for me. Ok some of this white boy blues hits...
Enjoyable
i mean it’s a classic for a reason. multiple great songs
Some nice high point. Low points are low. Clapton on guitar does the heavy lifting
Fuck Eric Clapton.
Classic album
Really liked it. Cream is a band I’ve been meaning to check out more from for a couple years. I do prefer the other stuff I’ve heard from them and so I have a feeling I’ll like their later albums more, but it’s an album I’ll definitely listen to again. Probably going to add Strange Brew to the halloween playlist and my favourite song was We’re Going Wrong. May raise criteria for a 5* later down the line, but,
Chill
So mediocre shouldn't make the list. Its not bad just generic
Kinda cringe bit it's got sunshine of your love
Damn this is really good. Its psychedelic in all the right ways funky to boot and super catchy. Sunshine of your love sounds like a song I've heard a million times but had no idea who did it. Only just read its Mr Clapton. Its fabulous
pretty good
Bland í poka. Lögin eru mörg góð, en svona þriðjungur er frekar boring. Það sem Jack Bruce syngur er yfirleitt betra en það sem Clapton syngur, enda er hann að reyna einhverja falsettu þarna og gengur ekki vel, nema kannski í Strange Brew. Góð períóda, tæpur fjarki.
Top 3 songs: 1. Sunshine of Your Love 2. Take It Back 3. Strange Brew
Some Blues bangers but fairly repetitive. 6.93/10.00
cool riffs some of the lyrics were wack
Not great, few good tunes
Fine album, sunshine of your love alone is a crazy influence on future rock
Hall Of Fame Stoner Album.
Early Clapton and some heavy psychedelic rock. More rock than psychedelic but this is a pretty solid album with one of the most known guitar riffs with sunshine of your love. This was an easy album to listen to several times through and the balance between psych and rock was what made it fun and unique. 7.3/10
A little Doors-y, a little Hendrix-y, too heavy & not bluesey enough for me. Also they were trying to be The Who on Mother's Lament.
Sunshine of your Love is foundation in classic Rock, but the rest of this album doesn't do much for me. I find the sounds very repetitive in a disengaging way.
Other then Sunshine of Your Love, nothing especially stood out. It was good psychedelic rock and a fun listen, but that's all it was
A pretty solid bluesy psychedelic rock album with a great rhythm section and really strong vocals from Jack Bruce. Clapton’s vocals are less appealing and kind of ruin Strange Brew for me which is a shame because it’s an otherwise brilliant song. It does get very samey after a while and the songwriting is kind of mid for a lot of the tracks, though the weird music-hall-esque Mother’s Lament is an unexpected and fun (if somewhat disconcerting) way to close things out
I am obviously familiar with a bunch of Cream song but I think it was the first that I listened to the whole album. Good times.
Pour some Cream on me, in the name of love!
One of my favorite album ever. It's the best work of every musician of this group. The drumming of Ginger Baker on this has always been a strong inspiration for me as a drummer.