Reviews (page 11 of 13)
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.
Not my favorite style
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?
Decent. Some good songs. Excellent rhythm section. Eric Clapton is an asshole.
6/10 highlights: sunshine of your love, tales of brave ulysses
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.
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
Some classics on there, but not sure the album as a whole is up there as on of the 'greatest of all time'.
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
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”
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.
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)
Obligatory fuck Eric Clapton. 3/5
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.
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
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
Enjoyable
Fuck Eric Clapton.
Kinda cringe bit it's got sunshine of your love
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
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
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
Was ok musically
Imagine being in high school and a friend suits down next to you and without any context asks "do you like Cream?" Only to find out that this is what he was talking about. My answer is "it's ok." Clapton is a great guitarist, but as a whole, this misses the mark. It's definitely not bad, just not something I'd return to. 3/5
Nice to hear the Strongbow advert song in context. Glad I listened but probably won’t listen again.
the taco bell mild sauce of psychedelic rock
Rocking, psychedelic, a bit mopey in the middle, but also weird and silly.
Powerful toms on the drums. 60s aesthetic. Clapton kills it on the guitar with great blues riff. Loved: Sunshine of your love, swlabr, strange brew. Hated: mothers lament
Perhaps being Cream's well-known album, including hits such as Sunshine of Your Love, and Strange Brew among others, I was expecting an album full of late 60's psychedelic bangers, and while this was mostly true, it wasn't that much of a banger to my ears. Sure, there were such songs that I like including the obvious hits and the underrated We're Going Wrong, which showcased drummer Ginger Baker's chops, I was not a huge fan of the rest of the album, as it really didn't captivate my attention much. Was honestly kind of disappointed.
Great tracks - enjoyed the psychedelia and the Music Hall tribute Mother’s Lament made me chortle. Couple of absolute classics - Sunshine of your love and Strange Brew. Not one I would want to put on repeat but I appreciate the range and diversity of talent.
Standout: Sunshine of Your Love.
Yes, powerful and they were obviously the most advanced/skilled purveyors of British power blues, and one could listen to Ginger Baker all day, but there's a dullness here, likely a result of it being a bit too one-note and too overdetermined (primarily as a showcase for Claptonian riffing).
it was ok
it was ok its like a 3.5 stars, i gave it 2 listens and i can see how this would be culturally significant but it was not very significant to me..
It was alright, I don't think it was really better or worse from the last album but unlike Beastie Boys it didn't make me wanna relisten, this one just didnt feel anything super special to me. There is few songs I'll continue listening. 6/10
Heard before. I randomly hear that one part of Outside Woman Blues in my head sometimes (cooking your food, doing your dirt, cooking your food, doing your dirt...). Sunshine of Your Love is like the guitar center version of the jazz lick. + Sunshine Of Your Love + We're Going Wrong + Outside Woman Blues
Pretty dang mid. didn't hate it though
Such a talented band. So few top tier tracks from them though.
"Sunshine of your life" the best, most popular song on the album. Very psychedelic sound and not bad at all. The album cover art probably matches the sound perfectly. 7/10.
Favorite song: “Tales of Brave Ulysses”.
It's alright. Kind of floaty and jangly. I like the playing on this, but not so sure about the main vocals. It sounds like he's being gently haunted by a ghost throughout. "ooOooo a ghhooOOooost"
Hit & Miss
I really liked the beginning but it seemed to unravel by the end. In a kind of funny way HAHHA
It was alright. Psychedelic rock isn’t a huge favorite of mine, but it’s not bad. 3.5/5
Here we go again with more classic rock featuring Eric Clapton, literal human trash. I have a bone to pick with a song from this album. It sounds so absurd that it can’t possibly be true, but it is. In 2016, I lived in a not-bad-but-not-nice apartment building for a year. My next door neighbour didn’t seem to work and spent all day, every day playing his electric guitar. I’m talking starts around 9-10am and shuts ‘er down around 9-10pm. Every single day, at least when I was home to hear him. It wasn’t so loud that it was disruptive, but I could hear it clearly in my apartment. The problem? He literally only played “Sunshine of Your Love.” That’s it, just that song, over and over again for 12 hours a day, every single day. No other song. Just that stupid guitar refrain ad nauseam. He seemed to only take breaks to smoke a cigarette on his balcony, which would blow into my apartment. Obviously, the song is beyond ruined for me at this point, and that’s saying nothing of my sanity. The album was okay but I feel a little burnt out on classic rock lately.
Sunshine of your love. Classic Hippie
Shout out Eric C. I like this album. it’s an easy 3
Sunshine of Your Love was the only one that really stuck out but the rest were still a solid listen
This album is not meant for the sober mind. Pretty similar-sounding songs throughout and not much really stuck out other than Sunshine Of Your Love.
If I liked psychedelic rock more I know I’d enjoy this more. Nothing but respect for Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton, but overall I thought this album was just fine. I needed more jams like Sunshine of Your Love to bump it up a notch.
It was aight. Kinda short.
3.5
Bluesy, psychedelic rock. Just not my thing, however, a few good tracks I enjoyed. 3/5
Étant donné l'importance de Sunshine of Your Love, je m'attendais à plus du reste de l'album, mais c'est principalement du rock des 60s avec une petite touche psychédélique qui n'est même pas présente tout au long. Pas mauvais mais je m'attendais à plus, certaines compositions étaient juste ordinaires. 6/10
prefer wheels on fire but not bad. clapton is a fuckin schmendrick but i cant deny his ability, in general the term Supergroup is rarely more apt for sheer collective power
Good
Great stuff, can tell it’s Clapton on the guitar
This album gave me its dark surprise. I didn't really have an opinion of Cream going into this; psy-rock isn't really my thing. About halfway through, psy-rock still isn't really my thing. You can't watch your wife and your outside womens too. Well okay. Yeah, it's gonna have to be quite the psy-rock album for me to get on board. This wasn't it. Erica: I liked it.
Wasn’t too familiar with Cream besides a few songs. I didn’t love any of these songs, didn’t hate any of them, either. It’s just sorta there. Screw Eric Clapton, though, and I’m sure Ginger Baker wasn’t a great guy, either.
This was aight, rock done in a somewhat interesting way with twinges of the psychedelic in there. Ngl though, did not wow me. It's fine, certainly prefer it to the stuff that's purely a blues rip off. This is only MOSTLY a blues rip off. It's an improvement, 3 leaning 3.5.
Heavy guitar
I feel like I should like this more. Just not into the genre.
este album me dio ganas de conprarle lsd a un jipi en denver mientras uso unos levis 684
Was hoping to like this more. Overall it was fine but a lot of the songs just felt like they were missing something.
The first 2 songs are great, but it's a little uneven after that. That said, I'm sure this was groundbreaking when it first came out
Sunshine of your love and some noodley hippy bullshit
Cream goes from blues to psychedelic. Not the best Cream album, not the best Clapton album. Highlights are Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, and Tales of Brave Ulysses (the most 60's of 60's songs). I felt like I should like it, but phychadelic rock was so short lived (and weird), I could not like it enough.
Had a lot of ups and down. Liked how short of an album it was. Sunshine of your love and take it back we’re the two biggest high points. Wish it had more blues undertones
66/100 no songs were over 7/10 cool L/R stereo stuff great bass lines much corniness lots of dumb lyrics nice mix of lack of urgency style for faster beats
a fairly low three. some great great songs but overall not amazing. drumming and guitar was so good though
nice first listen songs: strange brew sunshine of your love world of pain tales of brave ulysses swalbr were going wrong mothers lament idk, songs are ok, but also not that great. 5/10 second listen was a bit better. 7/10
Good
One hit song, I really don't think the song writing is great, but maybe I don't get music.
that cockney shit at the end has just made me wretch.
Jack Bruce's bass playing on this album is brilliant. It bounces along, keeping all the mystical hippy shit tight, stopping it from straying into never, never fairy land. There are some strong songs, but even at 38 minutes, there's not quite enough to make it outstanding throughout
Right down the middle I get why it’s here, didn’t blow me away
Decent, not in love with it, but my grow on me.
Starting with the trippy-laden drumming and short-bluesy guitar licks of Strange Brew; it’s a perfect toast to start this psychedelic album. Work of Pain sounds like a backdrop of a steady rain that is ultimately comforting within its melancholic theme. Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, and We’re Going Wrong we’re deep cut standouts to me among my listening experience. Oh, and HA! Mother’s Lament is fantastic. Overall, though, I personally rank it as a 3 out of 5 stars album. It’s certainly enjoyable, I think I prefer other bands like Big Brother, Grateful Dead, CSN&Y, and Jimi of similar style when listening to Cream.
First few tracks are brilliant, but tails off
Big fan of Jack Bruce and enjoy Cream's tracks but thought they never made a good album. I may have listened to this once in the past but not compelled to listen until compelled by the 1001 albums generator now. Very dated songs, ending with the trivial very 60's Mother's Lament. Rock stars are not funny, neither, until Bruce-Brown hit their stride, were they great songwriters. Very patchy, with only Sunshine Of Your Love standing up as a classic. Strange Brew is interesting as ever but not very listenable. Some of the songs were better on the live albums, like Sitting on Top of the World, which drags here. Nice cover, I always wanted, but now realise why I don't own this album.
Kyllähän tämmönen hippirock mulle maistuu. Ei ehkä tarpeeksi mieleenpainuvia kappaleita kuitenkaan että pyöristyisi neloseksi.
Ihan hauskasti venkoilevaa brittirockia, jota toki listalla on ollut jo aika paljon -- eikä olla vielä edes puolessa välissä. huoh. no, en keksi suurempaa valitettavaa, joten 3/5. meneehän tää.
Þokkalegt blúsrokk. Byrjar mjög vel en fjarar svo út.
I’ll have to revisit but while I liked the tone of the album and the soundscape, I enjoyed the pieces used more than the outcome for the most part. There’s real creativity involved in the album, but it doesn’t quite come together in a way that’s transformative for me. A great thick sound, but I was still left wanting more and feeling like ideas could have been further expanded upon. Faves: Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, Take It Back
Soupy.
Nice and bluesy
I was really excited for this one, I know their biggest hit "Sunshine of Your Love" is on this album, and that is a fantastic song with a legendary riff. However I was a bit disappointed. I will give this album another chance in the future.
Tricky one. It's greater the bluesier and Kinkier it ventures, but it just doesn't live up to the hype.
Listened Before? N I was familiar with Sunshine of Your Love, that's it. Sunshine is so overplayed I have to avoid it. This is a pretty good acid rock album, but I found some of the themes immature and lazy, and also - Eric Clapton is still a massive piece of shit. Glad I listened, I'll never come back. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Strange Brew
Good album with some standout tracks (but also a bit of dross!) The iconic 'Sunshine of Your Love' is a standout mostly because I love the opening hook from the film 'School of Rock'. 'Tales of Brave Ulysses' is another standout track - although is that how you say his name?? 'Blue Condition' was a lowpoint, but still listenable track. The less said about 'Mother's Lament' the better... Overall, average to good.
A decent rock album but nothing too standout. 3/5. Favorite Track: Outside Woman Blues
fino
mid
I'd rate it below solo Clapton, but still fine.
Sunshine of Your Love aside, this is just self regarding nonsense. Three musicians showing off.
Solid psych rock from that era. Our every Clapton project, I’ve definitely preferred cream. Really good songs present on this album, even though at times the sound may be repetitive. Even though I’ve soured on Eric Clapton in recent years, can’t deny that this a very good album. 3/5
I dunno, I understand why it’s important to Music History, but I get bored of most of these tracks halfway through. I liked Tales of Brave Ulysses, though. Fuck Eric Clapton.
Good.
One of those bands you know of but didn't really know you knew until Sunshine Of Your Love kicks in.
Ça me semblait étrangement familier, même si je ne l'avais jamais écouté. Dans un sens, réconfortant. J'ai aimé le cabotinage et la complicité de la dernière pièce. Par contre, je ne vois pas pourquoi cet album est marquant; peut-être parce que j'ai trop de recul et écouté trop d'artistes qui ont été influencés depuis, j'y suis habituée...
Gut hörbar, aber etwas langweilig
Mal etwas rockiger dann wieder entspannt und fast psychedelisch. 3,5 Sterne
I really love some songs on this album, but there are also some songs where I can't really decide if I like them or if they are annoying.
Dat begon lekker.
Toffe plaat hor
3 Stoned
Psychedelic rock, full steam ahead. If someone would ask you what "psychedelic" means in music, just show them this album - it's not the greatest, but definitely one of first of this kind and pulling all the string of the genre. You can hear it straight away in the opening song "Strange Brew". The guitar work on this track is just amazing, who needs drugs, when you can listen to it on the loop? But that's not everything, although drums help accenting the psychedelic parts, bass melody is extremely groovy and keeps you interested in the song. I would 100% call it a highlight of the track, and maybe the whole album? Unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of the vocal on this single and record in general. High voice of Clapton doesn't song really exciting, and although it fits the theme of the light and fun melody, it's not something I would like to listen to more often. "Sunshine of your Love" keeps a very high level of quality on the album, being a very excellent song, with even more recognisable melody on guitars and bass. Claptons voice is much better here, high class. But moving on, the quality drops, and especially side b of the record is hard to listen. There was nothing special in there that I could point at, it's rather disappointing after such a good intro to the album.
Este álbum me da muchas vibras diferentes a la vez, aunque tiene muy buenas canciones otras no son de mi tipo, aún así me parece un buen álbum a bit raro, si pudiera le doy un 3.8 o 3.5, pero no puedo, entonces un 3
I like Cream's hit songs, so I had higher hopes for this. But the majority of the album kind of just sounded like standard 60's Brit rock. So overall, just ok.
This was hard. I’m not a big fan of this type of music. Need more prominent beat pattern. Also I couldn’t remember any of songs, they all sounded same to me. Maybe I need to listen more of this to understand it.
Chill album!
The non-GH tracks just sound like filler at this point + EC & GB need to be held accountable for what they turned into.
I listened to roughly half this album drunk on moonshine, but I’m making a concerted effort to be more critical. This was a good album and I would listen to it again, but most of it didn’t stand out. Further, I don’t like Eric Clapton because he’s awful even though he’s a great guitarist.
Its mixing has the Beatles problem where the sound of any singular instrument is only ever in one ear. This creates a distracting off-balance that takes away from the music. Other than that, the sound is good, albeit a little slow for my tastes. If all the songs were just slightly quicker feeling, this would rate higher. Favorite track: Sunshine of Your Love
it is funny how when you grow up with a famous song like "sunshine of your love", you don't think too deeply about the song until you're prompted to like in this project. i didn't realize how psychedelic rock "sunshine" was, nor did i pay attention to how the guitar (clapton) and drums (baker) work so well together. "sunshine" is definitely the biggest hit of this album fifty-five years later, and what stood out to me was how the album was so very full of psychedelia. "sunshine" is a great song, yes, but this album flows so well. the psychedelic rock genre makes the whole listening journey smooth. but of course with a genre like that, there are bound to be some songs that are just too weird. i hope eric clapton doesn't take that to heart.
Tofkes
Sunshine of your love stands out a mile on here, liked the last 2 songs too “take it back” and “mothers lament”, last song jumps out as very different to the rest
Many fantastic colors Makes me feel so good
Some big hitters on there. Early Clapton.
Prefs: Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, We're Going Wrong, Take It Back Moins pref: Blue Condition
Some decent tracks, but not amazing.
not a genre i'm familiar with. it isn't awful but its not good either. 3.
Woah, psychadellic babay, yeah! Sunshine of your Love is a guitar hero classic so it was nice to hear what songs surrounded it on this album. Predictably very similar and with the cover art and album title, this felt like a trippy visit into the late 60's.
very nice, i like the song where it went like this
not for me
Miren, otra vez Clapton acá. Sunshine of Your Love es una favorita mía, pero no sé si el disco completo sea totalmente de mi agrado.
It was fine, fun for the first 4 songs but then it starts to get kinda same-y since it really has one style and sticks to it.
One great song and that’s about it
Good
Strange Brew and Sunshine are both great. The rest did not leave much of an impression. I can tell that it's "good" but that doesn't mean I "like" it.
I get why this is such an esteemed album from the 60s. I love the song “Strange Brew.” I understand why “Sunshine of Your Love” is important, although truth be told it has never been one of my favorites. I am glad to have listened to this album, and it is interesting to hear the blues turn psychedelic, but in the end I don’t see me listening to this too often.
ganz ok, viel Blues
Good album
The plodding, deliberate pace of Sunshine is married with eyelash-fluttering instrument tones, poetic lyrics, and flashes of tempo change. The rest of the album isn't so much... so I can see why Sunshine is the standout. The rest is just ok, but important historically.
Cream has always been pretty underwhelming to me, despite Clapton's guitar work.
Probably the only Clapton effort I actually enjoy. The first side is some killer blues rock. The second half loses its way into jammy filler which means I rarely flip the record over an listen to it
this was so chill, really nice music to relax to
The rest of "Disraeli Gears" unfortunately stands squarely in the shadow of "Sunshine of Your Love." That song is so epic and iconic that living up to it would be hard, but nothing else here really comes close. It's also the song where Jack Bruce's voice sounds best, and avoids overdoing the higher register. "SWLABR" is the next best song with Bruce's vocals, and it's decent enough but they must have been on some stuff when they wrote that. The Clapton-led "Strange Brew" and "Outside Woman Blues" are good, and more of his blues influence might have improved the album (Cream was apparently moving away from blues and towards more psychedelia.) And that's about all that's worthwhile. Ginger Baker may be a terrific drummer, but he should've stayed away from songwriting and singing - "Blue Condition" was awful. And the less said about the closing "Mother's Lament" the better.
2 really excellent classic rock standards (Sunshine of your Love and Tales of Brave Ulysses), 4 really good bluesy tracks (Strange Brew, SWLABR, Outside Women Blues, Take it Back), 3 really meh tracks that were too psychedelic for me (World of Pain, Dance the Night Away, We're Going Wrong), and 2 real stinkers (Blue Condition, Mother's Lament) leave me squarely in 3.5 territory. Sadly, I expected more.
I’m very disappointed in this album. Not because it’s terrible but rather because I had high expectations. Sunshine Of Your Love is awesome. Tales Of Brave Ulysses is good. The rest is so so. The last track is weird AF.
An obvious classic, though the music never especially impressed me
Ok
I guess I just don’t love psychedelic rock that much.
Pretty solid, more variation on album than expected
one or two rockers.
Some really good songs. Some OK songs. And some really bad songs that almost ruin the whole thing. Wish I could give 3.5 but can't so 3.
Eric Clapton back again (fuck him)
It's fine.
Another album that stads as a time capsule of that period. A classic psychedelic rock album that held my attention from beginning to the end. I was familiar with 'Sunshine Of Your Love' going into the album but no other tracks were familiar. Aside from that track nothingbreallybstood out to me. Maybe that is just my narrow way of listening to these albums, assuming the more tracks I know are what elevate it.
Typical 60s bluesy pop.
On the one hand you have Strange Brew, Sunshine Of Your Love and the best song of the album: Tales Of Brave Ulysses. On the other hand you have Blue Condition and Take It Back which both really shouldn't be on the album. Mother's Lament I can take as a funny, if somewhat discordant ending. And every music lover knows the Bruce, Baker and Clapton story of Cream. But this, to me, is an ok blues-inspired psychedelic rock-album. With hits and misses.
Solid mid-sixties blues rock. Not my thing, but very listenable.
Enjoyed this until the Cockney knees up at the end!
Some great tracks and some that dont up to time.
ehhh pretty decent, old stuff, all songs are a bit similar, but could find something interesting
i liked a few of the songs
fav track: World of Pain
Its good and i like the big hits - but the sound isnt dense enough for me.
The British impulse to include a nursery rhyme or drinking song in every guitar-driven album.
Strong A side - meh B side.
3, enjoyed this
Genre: Psychedelic Rock 3/5 As endemic as Clapton was to the late 60s and early 70s, and as talented as he might be with a guitar, his music has never reached my ears as strongly as his music has hit some others. Cream, his most successful musical venture amongst a group of short-lived projects he was a part of, released a few classic singles and some decent albums in their tenure. Disraeli Gears, their 2nd album as a trio, is decent, but it's pretty god damn boring considering the god-like status Clapton has attained. Sunshine of Your Love, a massive rock single that still receives airplay to this day, is the song which overshadows the rest of the stale blues ripoffs in the tracklist here, but even in this instance Clapton's attempts at singing are not good or bluesy. Just dull and boring. The arrangements aren't too interesting, and the production is fairly muddled, but overall this album isn't offensive or grating to the ears. Just a bit bland. Anything with Clapton's name on it is bound to receive praise, but it's seemingly blinded some listeners into believing that what they're hearing is beyond reproach. To those people: listen to Bo Diddley or Fats Domino, the actual men who made blues rock what it is today. Clapton, like Dylan, is a phony. He can play guitar pretty good, though.
Shame Clapton is such a massive wanker, but the album is pretty good.
Tracks are short and some are pretty catchy. Although all members are technically proficient at their respective instruments, the music never devolves into self-indulgent show-offy stuff. -Favorites: Sunshine of Your Love, Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Dance The Night Away -Okayish filler - Tracks 5, 7 - 9 -Bad filler: Tracks 10, 11 Overall good album, but not really mindblowing.
Solid and I really like the hits but wasn't a fan of all of it. Still an iconic group and Sunshine of your love is obviously a banger
In their two years together, Cream attained legendary status and secured a legacy as one of the greatest supergroups in popular music. “Disraeli Gears” is one of their potent blends of psychedelia, hard rock and blues which would influence so many bands of the 70s and beyond (“Sunshine of Your Love”, in turn inspired by Hendrix, was one of the first songs I learnt on guitar about 40 years after its release). There's so much to say about the band and their songs, but one of the key elements here is the production. From the rumbling thunder of Baker’s toms to the fuzz tone of Clapton’s guitar, everything is centred on the low-end for a cloudy, hazy feel. Bruce’s vocals- surprisingly wispy and delicate- cut through the mix well, employing an ethereal falsetto in tracks like “World of Pain”. It's a startling atmosphere, but for such a legendary band with such a short tenure and so few albums, there’s a surprising amount of mediocre (or at least filler) material here. “Blue Condition”, “Outside Woman Blues” and “Take It Back” both have the feel of average blues tracks without much bite or vision. The musicianship is great, but it’s only in service of (by any other standard) average songs. To cap things off, “Mother’s Lament” is a strange diversion into music hall for the album’s finale: it is jarringly out of place, but credit to them for trying something different. The forays into psychedelia (like “Sunshine of Your Love” and “Tales of Brave Ulysses”) are my favourites here, and when “Strange Brew” combines a standard blues progression with an instantly hooky melody and intangible lyrics, it's a real winner. So it's patchy and uneven, sure... but what a trio Cream were. Ginger Baker’s rippling, elaborate drum parts betraying a lifelong interest in jazz, Bruce's basslines forming the anchor, and Clapton’s guitar playing in its bluesy prime. They paved the way for a new wave of hard rock bands reaching beyond the blues, and that can't be understated.
Three or four stand out tracks and a couple of other decent ones. Want to give it 3 1/2 stars really.
more like 3.5 then 3
I was honestly going to give this a chance even though I fucking hate Eric Clapton. It starts out pretty good with Strange Brew and Sunshine of your love, but nothing else on the album really pops.
Beware of Mr Baker!
3/5
It's hard to get past all the current Eric Clapton baggage. Or the baggage of every ex-hippie/hippie wannabe talking to me incessantly about this band for the last 20 years. The best i can say at this point, this is a pretty standard rock album. The songs you recognize are as good as you remember them being.
A lot more enjoyable than much of the pop rock from the same era. A bit bluesier, grittier, heavier.
I think it was pretty good, but it kinda fell out of my memory after I listened? Maybe one to come back to but it didn't have the sticking power I expected.
Something in the back of my mind thought there was something familiar with the band Cream, but couldn't put my finger on it. Then I heard the second track off the album and the bell went off. Overall Disraeli Gears is an wonderful and eclectic mix of pulling away from blues rock and diving headfirst into psychedelic rock. A lot of the tracks don't really make much sense lyrically and fit exactly in the psych era. Best: Sunshine of Your Love Worst: Blue Condition 3.5 Stars
Starts with a couple classics then fades into the background and stays there.
26 January 2022 Listened on my phone in the early afternoon of the 27th as I totally forgot about this on the 26th. Poker at dans in the evening after Sav’s birthday last night at flight club. Love the bluesy elements of this and obviously ginger baker’s drumming. Psychedelia, whimsy and rocking blues. 3.5 if I could.
The issue here is Eric Clapton being a lunatic. It does make you hear ‘Sunshine of your love’ and wonder what the hell happened to him during the intervening years. This is- musically- a brilliant album but my enjoyment of it was hampered by Eric’s views that the planet has been hypnotised into getting vaccinated.
First two songs off this album are classic hits played by our local radio station, KSHE95, so know them well. Rest of the album was pretty good, but nothing stood out to me.
Meh. Songs I knew sounded about like I recalled. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" remains the best. Songs I didn't know were okay, a few piquing interest.
The reason punk was needed. Ok, harmless, but does nothing for me.
Perfectly acceptable listening! Fav new track: Mother's Lament - my mum used to sing this to me in the bath, had no idea it was a real song!!
Álbum que contiene una de las mayores piezas del rock/blues de todos los tiempos. Lejos de eso, cae un poco en lo repetitivo de sus canciones. Para mi gusto es un 3/5
Ok
Some heavy hitters and them some heavy snoozers
3.5, it had potential but ended up on 'sunshine' glory
6/10
erinnert mich an vieles andere musikalische aus der zeit. für mich ganz angenehm zu hören aber haut mich nicht vom hocker
Vietnam-Kriegsfilm-Mukke :) Gitarrensound: Wölt! Klassiker auch dabei Cover sagt: "Hab grad LSD entdeckt!"
Indien war the shit in den 60ern offensichtlich ganz interessante Gitarrenteile zb auch Dance the night away, tales of brave ulysses, schwer einzuordnen - sicher voll einflussreich mal, heute tausend mal gehört und hippie klischees erfüllend nicht der größte fan vom gesand, bissl dünn und fad die psychedelic hippie sachen trotzdem nicer als die blues sachen
Legendary group with iconic guitar playing. But the songs themselves don’t really offer much over 50 years later. The great riffs and licks and amazing musicianship are the selling point overall.
Wanted to like this better with except for great guitar work it's a pretty unremarkable album
Solid album until the final track, which sent it off with a whimper, not a bang.
Really enjoyed that.
Liked it. Super hippy 60's vibe. Wouldn't listen to it much, but wouldn't change most of it if it came on.
A simmering proto-psychedelic LP that blends more than a few genres into a rocking, cohesive whole. Has a surprisingly modern feel to it - some tracks reminded me of bluesier QotSA songs even.
This was alright, nothing amazing nothing terrible.
First two tracks, wow! This album is a solid childhood memory, my parents had thw record.
Very 60s psychedelic which obviously look at the album art. I am vibing with this one for sure. Sunshine of your love makes me feel cool when I listen to it
Dobar album 60ih, valjalo bi se još koji puta vratiti na album.
Solidan, očekivo sam više.
This album brings up the age old question of how many great songs does it take to claim the entire album is great? This has at least 3 with SWLABR being the best despite Sunshine being the most famous. Clapton is naturally on point here.
Some stand out songs e.g. Outside woman blues, take it back, but overall didn't gel with it - bit too straight sometimes, wanted a bit more groove, also dorky English vibes a bit off putting.
Didn't really do much for me. "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine Of Your Love" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses" are worth listening to but the rest of the album doesn't have much appeal. It's an attempt at psychedelic rock that might have been ground-breaking at some point but I don't think it has held up well.
Solid
Eh.
Not their best album. I really like the live stuff and Ginger Baker is a man on a mission!
NICE 60´S, FAMOUS ONE
Cute but not especially memorable
6/10. Not especially memorable, though Strange Brew at least fits the Halloween season
After the first two songs of this album, I started to get the feeling that this was another album with like two good songs then 80% filler. While this wasn’t completely true, I still didn’t get much out of this album other than some pretty cool guitars. Fav songs: strange brew, sunshine of your love
A couple of classics but not amazing overall
i didn't cream my pants listening to it >:(
Not bad but also somewhat boring. Wouldn't mind on the background though.
This album contains some bangers (strange brew, sunshine of your love), some good songs (tales of brave Ulysses, SWLABR), some ok songs (outside woman blues, take it back), and some meh songs (the rest). All in all it adds up to about a 3-3.5. Will round down because Clapton's a dick.
Brings back memories, but I think has dated a bit
3.5/5 Good music, pretty groovy, but not something I'd be in the mood for all of the time
obviously i loved sunshine of my love and the Ulysses song, but other than that nothing was memorable. one of the songs sounds like literally micky mouse. i didn’t hate it, i liked the beats overall and the music but other than those two songs nothing stuck
A little boring. But sunshine of your love is sooo iconic. Shit I fell asleep. Mothers Lament is so great though, it woke me right back up. 3.5/5
Not bad. Some classic Cream songs on here.
Lot of similar sounding songs, but I knew the one hit!
Fine. More filler than I remembered and the good songs are definitely overplayed.
Good. It sounds like a lot of other psych-rock from that time, which is not a bad thing. However, songs between the highlights become forgettable.
Expected better from some of the greatest rock musicians ever assembled.
A very easy listen.
Good album with a few poor songs
The albums good. But you have to separate it from Clapton as a person - since he’s a huge terrible racist.
Only ever heard 2 songs before. Some great playing but not much else stood out on the album
More classic rock aka dad rock. Psychedelic Rock & Blues. Sunshine of your Love is classic and actually I quite like it, like the blues influence. Many a teenager with their first electric guitar learned this riff. Always thought it was Hendrix. Has a Beatles sound (World of Pain, Blue Condition), and lots of psychedelic rock (dance the night away, Ulysses) Don't like the raw/dry 60s drum production sound. This challenge has had me listen more actively to all the classic rock I would instantly dismiss and not be able to distinguish. So yeah maybe now I can hear the difference between Clapton and Hendrix, but I still don't like it. Gave it a bump to 3 just cos of Sunshine of your Love, but otherwise would firmly be a 2.
Rather enjoyed this. Hadn't heard them before.
So it definitely has the late 60s psychedelic and drug influenced vibe. Kinda meh overall. One really well know song.
Not bad, probably very good at the time.
Top 3 1. (2) Sunshine Of Your Love 2. (10) Take It Back 3. (7) SWLABR
Rock! Psykadelia! Distade gitarrer! Allt är right up my alley. Genomgående bra, men tappar lite i de mer bluesiga låtarna. När det psykadeliska får ta över låter det bäst! Bästa låt: Så klart svårt att bortse från Sunshine Of Your Love. Men We're Going Wrong får mig att sväva iväg. Även Tales Of Brave Ulysses bör nämnas
this was weird i anticipated an album of songs similar to the rock blues of sunshine. bit of a let down
Good but not to my liking
It's a classic, and I respect that about it. However, it's not super my speed. But that doesn't mean it's bad. I would recommend to anyone who likes Rock n Roll.
interesting british blues
Good but probably better back in the day.
Mothers lament was weird haha. Mostly good stuff though.
Listened 5/5/2021
First time listening: 8/11 songs liked lolllll that last song, so random compared to the rest. Well, it's a solid blues album, you see the beginnings of Eric Clapton becoming to himself through these songs. The blues aren't too much of my taste, but it gets the job done. One song saved
Not too bad, not great either though. Passable background album at best, certainly not one I’ll rush back to.
Sounds as dated as the cover art looks, but Sunshine still cuts it
Psychedelic and heavy.
6/10
Favourite Songs: Sunshine of Your Love & Tales of Brave Ulysses
Listened a few times and it gets better and better. Will continue to revisit
3-3.5/5 nice guitar
Probably worth a second listen
Cool psych. Less bluesy than the one before it, but still very bluesy, thanks to good ol Eric. All songs are very short. No jams. Lots of fade outs. Very English. Very 1967, Great record. Confession: I've never really been a Clapton fan. I don't understand why the English tagged walls with "Clapton is God" back in the heyday. Maybe it was satirical proto-Banksy move. I've never heard much character or personality in his guitar playing, or seen much character in him as a person. He's like the shy, reclusive guy that doesn't take too many risks or put himself out there, but somehow is a magnet for attractive women because it plays to some fundamental desire to "cure" him. (This is a tangent that's been a hangup for me since puberty, probably because it contradicts the effort=reward maxim I was taught at an early age. It's unfair for me to project this onto Eric, and all that Eric has contributed to the genre of rock from it's 50s roots to it's end circa 2009). I think the best thing Eric's ever done is that acoustic album from the 90s with Tears In Heaven and that coffee-shop version of Layla. B
Got a decent boner for Cream. Great psych jams. Lots of fadeouts though that I know will drive Matt up the fuckin wall. 4 stars? 3 stars? I think 3.
I had high hopes but was let down by this LP. Perhaps the 1001 algorithm sent us a little too much Psychedelic music lately. The first two tunes, which were the singles, are enjoyable as are the blues tunes Outside Woman Blues and Take it Back. The six song Psychedelic midsection didn't really work for me. Mother's Lament is a fun way to end the LP. It sounds like a good dose of British humour mixed with a few too many pints. As young Englishmen, they must have had fun making their accents sound like their grandparents did when they got home from the Pub on a Friday night. It sure sounds like Iron Butterfly "borrowed" the opening riff from Sunshine of Your Love and plopped it in In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Is it just me?
Very cool immersive psychedelic rock, not sure if it's my headphones but would prefer a remastered one as the production could do with more clarity. Importantly, something about the way this music is written feels quite intimate, like it's in a bar. I think it's just quite an exposed style of music, that doesn't throw too much at you at once. Favourite was Tales of Brave Ulysses.
Fair blues rock, that last song sucks and ruins what had been going on. they must've been whacked out of their minds at the time. Sunshine of Your Love was the only real highlight though
looks and smells like the album cover. goes from gritty psychedelic rock to folksy towards the end
Strange Brew and Sunshine are huge at the start. Both are great tracks, most of the rest of the songs were good to fine. Probably a 3.5 that I am rounding down
Great opening track: "Strange Brew"
Cool album with a great stand out track
Buenos ritmos. No destaca especialmente
I've probably heard "the Tale of Brave Ulysses" a million times. Never actually knew that was the name of the song.
I didn't realize that Cream was regarded as the World's first Super group given its all-star line up: Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce. That much talent and ego usually means that they self-destruct and true to form Cream didn't last too long. There are some real classics on this album so it gets a solid 7/10
Never heard an entire cream album, just radio singles. I can see how this would have opened a lot of eyes. Drums are HEAVY! I get some proto-metal vibes.
Turned out to be much better than I was expecting
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Good rock. Plain and simple
Very interesting old blues record - shows the evolution clearly of British rockers taking blues and making it something else. Several very good songs, the rest was solid, but forgettable. Fun facts about them being the first supergroup though! Wild
3
Decent album. Too old for my taste but has its gems.
Favorite Songs: Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues, Mother's Lament
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It's Cream!
Not my style much. Start was good then fell off
eh okay
There are some undeniable songs and a great rhythm section but I believe Cream are one of the more overrated “great” bands. #TeamGinger
Creamy!