Reviews (page 12 of 13)
Meh. Apart from the two most memorable songs, again a pretty generic rock album.
Enjoyed it, makes me want to listen to more cream. Sunshine of Your Love is a classic and my dad would always try to play the opening riff on guitar and this was the first time in a while I actually heard the song. Didn't think it was stellar, but I enjoyed the mixing, otherwise thought it was pretty standard, probably won't revisit but enjoyed my time with it, 5/8.
Interesting album to listen to.
This album has some really great moments, but they tend to be interspersed with a lot of mundane psychedelic music. It could be that this album sounded a lot different when it first came out, but a lot of it sounds a bit dull. The vocals tend to be the least interesting part on a lot of these songs, and I think the album could have been improved with some instrumental tracks, or at least longer instrumental sections. 3/5
Good early metal album the diction is clear some of the songs a bit meh but a few great ones.
Ihan jeekkis levy
Klassikkokamaa, mut ei sieltä parhaimmasta päästä kuitenkaan.
1967. Key Songs: Sunshine Of Your Love, World Of Pain
Never heard this but it's one of those bands I "should have heard already". All I really know is that it's Eric Clapton. So far seems pretty cool, nice and bluesy but with that kinda 60s psychedelic touch. I didn't know sunshine of your love was these guys. Mad hippie shit hey. I dunno, this is another one that is just too tied to a specific time - almost 20 years before I was born - for me to really judge it. It's not awful, to be fair. 3/5. Would go well on weed I guess? haha.
Good, but not amazing. Love the famous woman tone on the SG and generally the musicianship is top notch. Minus one star for the final track.
Strange Brew and Sunshine Of Your Love are doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Hard to see what the fuss was about here. Kind of dull.
a couple of good songs here (strange brew, sunshine of your love) and a few ok songs. overall, something I would put a couple of these onto a playlist and the rest not. I would not listen to the album again and certainly not purchase it
do you like jimi hendrix? so do i, and i'd rather listen to him and his band directly than second-hand through cream. i did add the mournful "we're going wrong" to my music library, that was a pleasant surprise of a track. jack bruce on bass and ginger baker on drums are some of the best around in this style. but yeah, i can't get over the personalities involved here to give it anything higher than a 2/5
Kind of like a knock off Beatles. I do enjoy some of this but just this category of music is really not my style. An instrumental heavy rock sound just do anything for me.
It’s ok. I like the psych/acid rock songs but not the white guy blues riffs. 2.5⭐️ rounding down because Clapton is a cunt.
Sounds dated
Sunshine of your love is a banger. Everything thing else is a bit of a snooze. Also, Eric Clapton is a freak
Undeniable musicianship, still ponderous and at times unpleasant.
A bit of a nothingburger album. While Appetite for Destruction I loathed the singing and felt the instrumentals shined, this album just felt like a whole lot of nothing. Not particular offensive but not particularly good either.
Sunshine of your love is great. But I just do not get what is going on with these songs. World of Pain... The poetry blows, the style doesn't match the theme, and the signing sounds like me... Which is damning.
It’s not completely without merit. Just mostly.
I've always been put off by the fact they called themselves Cream. Their confidence in their abilities in not backed up by meandering purposeless songs. In this context Sunshine Of Your Love is just alright.
Probably mind blowing back then, now it's just alright.
I know about Eric Clapton. I know about Cream. I didn't know Eric Clapton was in Cream
Just looking at this cover tells you what you need to know about the band’s relationship with acid. Disraeli Gears is… an album of all time. It definitely needs more Clapton and less Jack Bruce, dear lord is that guy terrible on the vocals. He experienced his only successes in music with cream, and despite being quite prolific as a solo artist and session musician for other bands, he did nothing else of note beyond 1970, ouch, but fair enough. Clapton’s songs are much stronger, and he gets to flex his guitar powers a bit more on the bluesy, rock oriented songs like Sunshine of Your Love and Outside Woman Blues, which are probably the two best songs on the album. The rest of it is pretty forgettable, bouncing between atonal psychedelic drug music and some crappy blues tracks. It also feels like they’re trying to do a bit of the Beatles with each guy taking turns singing songs, or sometimes together. By 1967, we didn’t need Cream anymore. We had Hendrix. There’s a fun anecdote about when Clapton met Hendrix for the first time that lives in rock legend. In September 1966, Jimi Hendrix had just arrived in London as a complete unknown. His new manager, Chas Chandler (formerly of the Animals) took him to see Cream, whose guitarist Eric Clapton was already being hailed as Britain’s preeminent guitar god. Chandler asked Clapton if his American friend could sit in for a song. Clapton agreed, expecting a decent blues player. Hendrix then asked, “Do you know ‘Killing Floor’?” The Howlin’ Wolf tune was considered difficult to play at full speed. But before anyone could think twice, Hendrix launched into it at a blistering speed, playing with his signature touch and even playing behind his back and with his teeth, as he did. When Hendrix walked offstage, Clapton was said to have wandered backstage, lit a cigarette, and said to Chandler: “You never told me he was that fucking good.” And as one guitar god died, another was born. ⭐️⭐️
All the percussion was in my right ear, which was distracting. Hated Bruce’s singing.
One classic song so far, the rest I might need to be on acid for. A couple of jams I guess.
One hit wonder?
fine .. didn't love it but didn't hate it
I understand the influence of this album, but I’ve always thought it was pretty boring outside of Sunshine of Your Love. But apart from Derek and the Dominoes, anything Clapton is apart of just always seems boring.
Some tracks that were borderline unlistenable, and Clapton is here which immediately reduces the score. But mostly ok. 2.3/5 -> 2/5
- 3 Tracks in -> nothing special - world of Pain - least favorite of the first 3 - - 9 tracks in -> still cant find any special track - solid nice record, doesnt hurt, doesnt excite
This music just isn’t aging well. Although it gave the blues players that inspired it a boost, and the music probably sounded great at the time, it now just reeks of pomp and privilege. It doesn’t help that both Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, although talented, were/are awful people. I’m giving this two stars though because I like a guitar/bass/drums three-piece and I think Cream were probably among the first of these, along with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. As musicians, they’re pretty compelling but I’d rather listen to the stuff they influenced. It’s stodgy and gruelling - when it finished playing, it was like putting down a heavy box.
Pretty boring. Not the worst thing in the world, bu the best thing about it is its short length.
Some bangers but a lot of filler
Eh. Kind of knew I wasn't going to dig this, as I've never cared for the two hits (Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love) very much. Some of the more straight-ahead blues stuff was good. Really hated the high / falsetto singing on a couple tracks, and what was with Mother's Lament?? Just not my kind of album.
The first two songs (which I had heard before) are really solid, but the rest are just kind of whatever. Minus one star because Eric Clapton.
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Nothing really stood out to me.
Overrated
meh. it's alright
Even this era of psych blues rock, disraeli gears is one mediocre overpraised album. Many of the songs feel written and tracked in a drunken manner. Clapton’s playing is only memorable by the repetitive wah usage. 2.5 stars
2,5/5 Estoy confusa con la nota...... Me ha gustado pero tampoco me encanta, y comparándolo con Wheels of fire, me ha gustado mucho más el otro, así que redondeo hacia abajo esta vez. Muy guays Tales of brave Ulysses y Take it back, pero el resto simplemente correctas.
Even Bruce and Baker can’t save Clapton for me.
I wasn’t very inspired by this. only just finished but I couldn’t really tell you anything about it
Maybe I was born too late or I’m too sober, but this album does nothing for me. Add Cream to the unfortunate list of people who are better musicians than they are songwriters.
It’s song 2 I’m bored. “I’ve been waiting so long” man me too. For this song to be over, that is. Eric Clapton needs to go back to making his guitar gently weep
I like this period, but I found this album fairly boring. There's basically nothing here that distinguishes Cream from other psych/blues outfits. Their best song ("White Room") shows the kind of sinister, delirious potential they have -- but it's not on this record. Just average white guy blues.
So, on this one in general, I am getting mixed feelings. I like psychedelic rock, I like blues rock, I like the intent here. I appreciate Clapton's guitar and vocal chops, especially considering the contemporaries of the time. However, I don't like Clapton personally. That's not a part of this, though. Someone else stated exactly how I felt about this record. It is a cut of 11 songs at 33 minutes, which is relatively short. However, this one feels a lot longer. I don't know if every song just sounds the same, and I get lost where one ends, and another begins, or if it's like "Hey, it's Sunshine Of Your Love," and the rest is just kind of there.
I guess I'm jaded. English guys doing the blues is a bore. There were some cool elements, but I find it trying, to find enjoyment
We listened to this album, but I don’t remember anything about it. I think I liked it? But honestly the fact that I can’t remember anything about it says loads.
its worth one listen but i wont listen again
Normalito. No se si lo volvería a escuchar
Mixing blues with the psychedelica that was taking the world by storm, Cream's sophomore record feels like a product of its time. Cream's brand of blues is a prime example of white artists taking a black artform and sucking the life out of it. Vocalist Jack Bruce sounds so uninspired and bored. Thankfully Eric Clapton is a more serviceable frontman when he takes the lead on "Strange Brew" and helps out on other songs. Clapton's guitar playing isn't as impressive as his reputation would lead me to believe. I don't hear many people talk about this band as much as other classic rock bands of this era and I think there's a reason for that. I can see why this hit the way it did in 1967, but it doesn't feel like an essential listen nowadays. This style of hard rock became redundant as soon as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin hit the scene.
I’ve never cared for this record much. It’s supposed to be some kind of classic but I don’t quite get it – in this album Cream seems like a blues group awkwardly attempting psychedelia, like it’s some kind of uncomfortable, ill-fitting coat they’re putting on because it’s in fashion. Jack Bruce’s vocals are unbearable, and the songs aren’t hard-rocking enough to really rock nor poppy enough to be memorable. It definitely has an evocative Summer of Love “feel”, I suppose, but I wonder if that’s really legitimate or just because I’ve heard some of these songs in that context so many times. Ginger Baker was a great drummer, though. Best track: “Sunshine Of Your Love”
This bluesy and psychedelic instrumental isn't really for me. Most songs for me fall into this big soup where everything blends into nonsensical riffs. However, there are a few bright spots; for instance, " Take It Back, "Strange Brew and Mother's Lament. Sunshine of Your Mind feels like a Jimi Hendrix rip-off.
Sunshine of your love
Algún destello pop interesante, pero ya volcados sobre ese rock/blues malhumorado que empieza a imponerse.
In 1967 Cream dared to ask the question: “what if the Beatles were just okay?” Luckily they also gave us the answer so we don’t have to wonder about it anymore.
Boring. And fuck Eric Clapton.
Hey look, the album is fine. Sunshine of Your Love is here and everyone loves it, sure great great great. World of Pain sounds pretty cool in the chorus. Outside Woman Blues was set up by this circumstance to be limp, but actually turned out alright. I like this album well enough, honestly. But I AM getting kinda really sick of so much of the 60s classic rock soundscape. It's cool, p important in the history of music all over the globe and all. At least the western world. I get why a lot of it is here. But gee, can we have a little bit less? If I had known that ~half this list would be that same 10 years of mystic dude rock and roll, I probably would have skipped it. Maybe 1001 is too many overall. edit: forgot Clapton is in this band. Hmm. I'm hesitant to knock one off cuz I gave it a 3 before remembering that... but I guess I gave Skynyrd a 1 cuz fuck Skynyrd. And fuck Clapton. So I guess I'm doin it.
Does the Bluesy Dad Rock thing of having two great songs amidst a sea of self indulgent noodling. Not as bad as Creedence though.
Sunshine of Your Love is it's only real saving grace, personally (Thank you Guitar Hero)
More shite blues rock. This is no better than anything else in that genre so far. In particular ‘blue condition’ was a masterpiece in drudgery - plodding drums, crap lyrics, sung poorly, and guitars and bass that does zero to augment it with any excitement.
Not heard this since the 70's And I didnt like it much back then Feels like a bit of a museum piece at this point Sure, put it up there with Henrdrix and the Beatles, and it's coming in last place for me Strange Brew and Sunshine make it a 2/5
I was excited about it going in but was disappointed in the end. And Eric Clapton is an asshole.
When its good its great, but lots of stuff I didn't find super interesting
Неплохой рок, но и только. Также понятно, откуда "Аукцыоны" взяли своё звучание
Influential I suppose, but not my style.
I only knew Sunshine Of Your Love which is an iconic song, and a really good one. The rest of the album isn't all that exciting. I like Eric Clapton, but I can't say I'm really invested in everything he's done. Anyway, this record is ok just because of that iconic song.
The moment blues-rock turned into heavy psychedelia
It was ok to my ears,
The album was fine. Most of the songs were around 3 minutes long which is the best time for me. It keeps the song from getting too repetitious and therefore boring. There was no song that really grabbed me though, so it wouldn't be an album that I would add to my collection. The most surprising song was, "Mother's Lament" as it didn't seem to be like the others as it was kind of folksy.
So that's what a Cream album sounds like. It's perfectly OK, but automatically loses a point for the gratuitous novelty song at the end.
Sunshine Of Your Love is a great tune, as evidenced by almost everyone who covered it. The original, here, just feels lacklustre. The album as a whole generally quite a boring listen. Best tune is the throwaway "Mother's Lament" at the end. Also, Clapton & Baker are total pricks.
Pffffft, just not a big electric blues guy. Liked the more psychedelic elements. And Sunshine of your Love is a tune
4/10
I've never been much into Cream. "Sunshine Of Your Love" is a great and classic song that almost everyone knows. Outside of that, I wasn't familiar with anything on this album. I thought there were some decent songs, but there were also some songs that I thought were really bad. The singing on a couple of songs was seriously awful. I give full credit to these guys and their talent on their respective instruments, but overall this wouldn't end up on a list of great albums for me just because I thought a couple songs were just really not good.
mm no
this album really grinds my gears, ykwis?
Some hits, a few misses for me 3.2
Glad I listened to this album through and agree it’s a pretty fair interpretation of why Cream were so renowned for reinterpreting traditional delta blues with a funkier and more rockier electric heart. That heavy up- tempo apparently mostly courtesy of Eric’s Gibson plus a sprinkling of some nice psychedelic rock sounds throughout. I really like that main single sunshine of your love so good to hear that again, but beyond that not much that would encourage me into a return listen.
This one wasn’t for me. Thought I’d wandered into the set for Spinal Tap.
Só sei que tem o Eric Clapton Uma introdução legal em Strange Brew, uma letra interessante também( me lembra um aviso do Espírito Santo). 5.5 de 10 Sunshine tem uma vibe diferente. A guitarra me lembra música tema de vilão dos anos 60, achei legal. A letra é bem de boa. 8 de 10 World of pain traz uma voz suave, quase um choro(tipo Opal). Uma letra com cosmovisão cristã, achei bem legal. 7.5 de 10(mas é puramente crítico, porque não estou achando elas tão boas assim) Eles começam animados e depois vão para o psicodélico em Dance the Night(TWICE), mas a produção é bem legal. 7 de 10 Parece que tem sempre alguém diferente cantando. Achei Blue Condition legal. 8 de 10 Caraca, que álbum sem coesão, mas com muita coerência. Tales tem ligação com a Odisseia, que me lembra a Ari. 7.6 de 10 SWLABR é bem legal, fala sobre estar chapado? 7.8 de 10 As músicas são bem trilha sonoras Uma mãe numa nave espacial em We are going wrong. Assustador. 8 de 10 Gostei de ver um alerta para anti-traição. 7.9 de 10 Uma intro muito interessante em Take it Back. A letra é meio ???. Nada de especial, bem anos 50. 5 de 10 Um lamento de uma mãe é bem inovador para a época. 7 de 10
no tanto mi estilo. no se si lo escucharía de nuevo
Boring
Еле дослушал. Приблюзованный рок времён хиппи. Не фанат Клэптона как такового, а тут вообще тяжко и скучно было.
1 or 2 standouts but overall didn't sound spectacular. Maybe a fad of the times?
llegó a una canción y solo quería dejar de escucharlo
It’s ok. I don’t understand the love that it gets. I’ve heard 1000 albums better than this. For the guy whose review said this was better than Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles…you’re wrong. Also fuck Eric Clapton. He’s always sucked and been overrated.
world on fire wasn’t bad but the lyrics were so wierd imo
Heard the first two tracks everyone knows and then checked out. The music just wasn't that impressive....
Cream is expired
i like "dance the night away."
Liked the sound when it started. But this was so forgettable overall, I had hardly realised it had ended when it did.
Once upon a time, I would've really loved this album. 60s Clapton is better than 2020s Clapton, no argument there. But honestly, I'm bored with psych blues at this point. I'm a huge blues fan too, but I got tired of listening to Brits regurgitate the blues at us a while ago- and as much as this is way blusier than, say, the Beatles, it's still far, far too British.
It was interesting to learn this was the album with "Sunshine of Your Love" on it.
Too hippy, flowery and structureless for my liking.
Undoubtedly very innovative at the time. Now I had to listen twice before I could form a clear picture.
nid mis
I think I actually would have enjoyed this more without the lyrics
This sounded just like I'd expect an album named "Cream" from 1967 to sound. Unfortunately those expectations don't align with my taste.
Sunshine of your love is good. Sorry but the rest is just psychedelic noise :///
Album oubliable mais reste sympa en musique de fond. Note : 2 À réécouter : Non
A few good tracks and lots of aged british white boy rock 'n' roll. Tales of Brave Ulysses was fun!
I know ginger isn't noted for playing simple rhythms and beats, but it does get a bit wearing when its all through a lot of the songs. A few classic songs but the rest forgettable, was expecting to like this a lot more than I did. Classic Clapton guitar work, but it doesn't save the weak songs. I can hear the basis of other classic later Cream tracks in some of the songs.
Getting a bit bored of 60s psychedelic rock. I know there is the great Eric Clapton and his musical genius but that's it for me!!
nao gostei
"White room" a bunch of times over at its best. At its worst, "Mother's Lament". Unfortunately a lot more bad than good here
2.5 - Didn't hate it!
Mid
Mostly basically OK I suppose, although deathly dull in the main. The first two songs are decent, and there's one in the middle (SWLABR) that's great fun. It loses about sixty million points for the absolutely painful, appalling, terrible final track, one of the worst examples of that weird thing where mostly southern bands do music hall pastiches for no-one's benefit but their own. No.
It was really hard for me to pay attention during this one
For as influential as the band is, and how stacked it is with incredible musicians, there's far too much filler on such a short album. The highs are high, but how can a 30 minute album have so many forgettable tracks? Especially when considering how incredible each musician is in their own right.
Cool guitar jams for the time, that's about it. 60s psych rock isn't my thing! Standouts: Sunshine For Your Love • Blue Condition
I never really liked Cream. Out of all the CDs I plundered from my dad's collection, they were the most disappointing. Even their best of collection awakened nothing in me. This album is boring as shit. The production also sounds terrible. I can barely hear anything and a few highlights do not do enough to keep my attention.
Najbardziej podobała mi się piosenka "Mother's Lament", bo miała konkretny tekst. Inne nie przykuły mojej uwagi. 2,5/5
Boring as fuck. riff by riff, but why?
// en av de jeg ikke forstår er 1001-essensiell. en god opplevelse men ikke særlig minneverdig.
I want to give credit where credit's due. The psychadelic bluesy influence is definitely good, and really shows itself on side B with the song "Tales of Brave Ulysses." However, this album is largely uninspired songwriting with a mediocre to often outright bad vocal performance. I was unsurprised by the Wikipedia page remarking on the brief recording sessions. I respect Cream and Eric Clapton for their work, but I can't pretend to have enjoyed this.
Pari biisiä oli mielenkiintoista, joissa oli hyvä meininki. Mutten aikalailla luotaantyöntävää ulinaa. Blues toimii yleensä taustamusana jossain hämyisessä pubissa, kun on hyvä kalje edessä. Töissä kuunneltuna ei vain toimi. Vai toimisiko töissä, jos ois hyvä kalje edessä. En tiedä.
It is an album from 1960s so i had low expectations and it just reached them, no more
This was fine. Not sure I can understand why people like them so much though. Less huge guitar solos than I thought there would be so that's a bonus!
1 nummer er ikke nok til at trække pladen nogen steder hen
Meh
Riff, rhythm, and ripping. Cream was early and influential. "Disraeli Gears" is easy evidence of a primordial rock soup that would lead to "heaviness" bands to follow: A tight band brings energy and whole universes are borne on the scraps of a simple dumb riff. Solos never end. There's also a sort of common-denominator lowering stupidity present in the album that shows up in the form of the bands' inside jokes. I was super curious about the title "Disraeli Gears". I thought it be some cryptic wordplay about Israel and geopolitical machinations. Turns out it's just the band naming their whole album after something dumb their roadie said. The album carries other moments that display the band clearly having a lot of fun, and not needing to be very intelligent or coherent to do so. The entire existence of the last song "Mother's Lament" is particularly head scratching in this way. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" is a total ripper. I first heard it on Buffy the Vampire Sayer (Giles was listening to it) and was shocked to hear the clear origins of what Monster Magnet (super underrated) would take on to make "Negasonic Teenage Warhead". I get the importance of this record. It's a little scattershot, and kind of dumb overall, but with a few brilliant and redeeming moments. It would be a solid 3 for me, but I'm docking a star because, fuck Eric Clapton.
Rating: 5/10 Meh.
--Strange Brew...a little slow for my taste but the guitar is nice --Sunshine of Your Love...again, decent tune, but I wish Ginger Baker would push the tempo a little more --World of Pain...60s faux-hippy slop --Dance the Night Away...methinks they were under the influence when recording this --Blue Condition...Ginger probably shouldn't sing --Tales of Brave Ulysses...a kind of proto-prog-metal, or something. it's fine --SWLABR...okay, Ginger's kicking here. lyrics are dumb --We're Going Wrong...plodding --Outside Woman Blues...oh, Eric Clapton, you racist stealer of music, you --Take It Back...fun blues number --Mother's Lament...sigh
I've probably listened to this at some point, but beyond "Sunshine of Your Love" nothing is familiar. And it's....not very good beyond that? A couple other decent songs, but nothing I really care to listen to again.
Sonntag, 25.01.2026 Beim spazieren auf dem Ku'Damm, bei AERA Charlottenburg, in der U8 am Nachmittag nach dem Schauen von 'Nausicaä im Tal der Winde'
2.0 - Fuck Eric Clapton. Bonus point for Ginger Baker.
The drums sound like they were recorded in another room filled with blankets. Muffled into oblivion. Cream are known for the guitar riffs and they deliver here. Sunshine Of Your Love slaps. The rest can stay in the 60s. Vocals are so thin. Agreed wholeheartedly with the I hate Eric Clapton sentiments expressed others. I would be more understanding if Mothers Lament was a Monty Python skit. 2/5 for Sunshine and Tales of Brave Ulysses .
Incredibly boring. Tired of Sunshine of Your Love. SWLBAR is cool.
Inget som stack ut för mig utöver Sunshine of Your Love.
Yikes, this certainly aged like 60 year old cream
Another rock album that sounds like a rock album :)))
This album just didn't click despite me really wanting it to based on what I knew of the band. First time I've ever listened to a full album of Eric Clapton's guitar playing and his slow hand blues shit is not for me, which I have decided to attribute to him being a huge racist (at the time? He says he's not anymore, but he's also British so...) They are great musician's individual it just doesn't really come together for me and the tracks where Clapton or Ginger Baker sing just drag. It should have been a breezy half hour listen, but it felt way longer and the dorky lyrics didn't help. Sunshine of Your Love and SWLABR were standouts that I very much enjoyed
not totally for me
considered to be the greatest thing Clapton ever had a hand in and booooooy does that reflect poorly on him. fitting though. deserves to be one of the 1001? probably yes, unfortunately
meh
I thought I would like this more. Obviously sunshine of your love is great but the reset didn’t really do anything for me
It couldn't be more 60's if it tried. The music is competent but the falsetto drives me nuts. No longer important.
i mean, it's fine, but also i don't care much - it's a 33-minute album, yet feels longer, "Sunshine Of Your Love" is cool, though
I was expecting better from this band.
Very cliché, very dull and somehow one of the shortest albums felt the longest
Not my kind of thing
Didn't like it as much as I thought I would.
Didn't like it one bit. Probably because it's in a style that I find boring. The lyrics also didn't add anything to my life. Seems like an album to listen to while you drive just to have something in the background without paying much attention to it. I won't listen to it again.
Boring boomer blues rock
Naw not for me
It's ok but a bit boring and Clapton's a racist.
Wasn't terrible. A high 2.
Flashbacks to Guitar Hero 3 where Sunshine Of Your Love was my least favourite track. Okay album though, a bit flat by today's standards. What the fuck was that last song haha
Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love were good. Not captivated by the rest.
This may be the longest 33 minute album of all time
After listening this album I still feel that Cream and Eric Clapton are way over rated
Proof that incredible musicianship does not always lead to an incredible album. Clapton's guitar work is great, swirling around unpredictably. Jack Bruce's drums are even better, providing the main draw on songs like "We're Going Wrong." It all feels very disorienting, in a good way. The big problem is that none of these songs are long or interesting enough to make full use of that feeling; they're all fairly short and mostly pretty standard from a songwriting perspective, without long jams or unexpected elements. This often makes the psychedelic elements feel like more like something that's preventing the song from really getting into a groove. The vocals are also fairly weak, and the final track, while not ruining that album, certainly sounds terrible. The playing almost pushes this to a 3, but the songwriting barely keeps it at a 2.
Some interesting bits but otherwise I thought this was pretty damn boring.
Don't care. Its alright, not for me
Dette høres ut som tre folk som helst vil lage blues, men på grunn av tiden måtte lage psychadelica. Funker ikke helt bare billig ut. Skuffende!
Musically really really good, but also really really boring. Felt like it went for an hour too long.
One good song in a sea of mediocrity. The ending made it worse. 2/5.
Meh
Bit dull tbh. Sunshine Of Your love alright for a bit but that also wears thin. And Clapton is a ponce. The sound, although being straight up blues, is quite unique. For that reason it branches into 2/5. 2.0/5.0 Best Song: Sunshine Of Your Love
It stinks, but not as bad as i thought it would. Its the sort of psychedelic music that i don't like and as much as i try i can't separate the art from the artist with Clapton, he's an absolute bell and i can fell it in his dad rock. It's just cheesy riffs to me.
I had only heard the three hits. I liked the rest of it okay until that Music Hall song tacked on to the end. Ruined the whole vibe.
I considered giving this one star, but it's not worse than 50 Center, which in retrospect should have gotten one star. Side One: Strange Brew - feels like pre-schoolers trying to make rock. Has the right parts, but kinda vapid. And Clapton can't sing. Sunshine of Your Love - A classic guitar riff sure, but the rest of kind meh. Ginger's drums are hurt by the shoddy recording that was the norm of the time. The song is better sampled that listened too. World of Pain - Not bad. Dance the Night Away - I like the vibe at the start, but then like most every song on this album, it goes nowhere interesting. Blue Condition - what is this droney BS. Sounds like they took too many quaaludes. Side Two: Tales of Brave Ulysses - Perhaps my fav song on the album. SWLABR - Not the worst song on the album We're Going Wrong - No. Outside Woman Blues - Also no Take It Back - Feels like parts of 3 different songs played at the same time. Mother's Lament - bunch of wankers
Lower league boomer rock. Kinda cringe. What happens when you record a bunch of session musicians cosplaying at being hip.
Eh, this whole album wasn't too spectacular. Sunshine of your Love is just kinda overshadowing everything else just because of how iconic it is. I wish the other songs would've gone deeper and more intense. There was some lame greek references in songs UGH. Alright. this was alright.
It's just not my thing. It's not bad, but it definitely is not for me.
Maar 1 bekend nummer en dat snap ik want de rest is minder goed
Sunshine of Your Love will always be one of the first twenty songs anyone ever learns when they first pick up a guitar, and Strange Brew is pretty incredible, but the rest of this is interminable noodling. At least it’s short.
Obligatory fuck Eric Clapton message.
*1967. *Some good stuff here, but it got boring and repetitive pretty quickly for me. RATING - 5/10
Most of the songs didn't feel memorable but some good ones here and there. It doesn't feel unique
Прикольний альом десь 3-4 з 5,проблема тільки, що всі пісні на одну схожі,а так нормально
First two tracks - can do without World of Pain - an actual fun track with some interesting arrangements, kinda catchy. Dance the Night Away - trippy, creepy, great guitar tone and some interesting riffs, is there a 12 string guitar in this track?? Blue Condition - kinda of a boring track, great bass riff and tempo just does nothing for me. Tales of Brave Ulysses - the most interesting track of the album so far, great guitar work, might be the first song with a wah-wah pedal. Like the down tempo changes in the song. Great story telling and atmosphere SWLABR - just doing their thing, kinda a typical cream song, guess it breaks some of the weirdness up at this point. Good vocal work, bass arrangement, solid drumming. The drumming shines in this track We're Going Wrong - some of the best vocals in the album Outside Women Blues - maybe the best riffs on the album, good storytelling, catchy, groovy, psychedelic, some good rock here on this track, but it's a cover by Blind Joe Reynolds, just listen to the original. Take it Back - very blues oriented, decent track, sticks out on the album, not my favorite however appreciate what they are doing here. Would have loved some Silver Apples simeon sound on this track Mother Lament - by far the funniest track on this album(is it about a baby going down the drain??)it's goofy, fun piano going on. Glad they ended the album on this note. Just wish the track was maybe a minute and thirty seconds longer with some wild piano. Why hasn't ween covered this?? Overall, it's much better than the debut album, however CREAM doesn't do it for me. There's no OOMPH in this album, that would make me return to it. The classic tracks like Sunshine of your love, does nothing for me even though it's part of pop culture. Don't really like their take on psychedelic, the album is just okay. There are some stand out moments however overall, doesn't do it for me. Best tracks, Dance the Night Away, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Mother Lament
4/10 - it's alright, all the songs end up blending into one same sound
kind of just boring psych rock
I listened to this a bit but it didn’t really stick with me. Don’t think I’ll listen again.
Not for me. The two singles at the top are some solid rock singles, they're not my favourite but I can appreciate that they're basically good. The rest of the record falls off fast for me. Maybe it doesn't help that I don't really like the horrible racist's guitar playing style so much (trying to keep that separate from his politics.) I have reviewed a bunch of 90s hip hop where I'm confident that there is a good 40 minute album in there, but hey have inexplicably added half an hour of skits and filler that just annoy me. Here they have added skits and filler to get two tracks up to barely more than half an hour.
beatles fast sämre :|
Det är helt stört hur Sunshine of your love är så mycket bättre än resten av hela albumet, även om det finns några andra trevliga deep cuts (sista låten är definitionen av brittisk)
At first, I wasn't excited for another British album from the 1960s. I'm not a huge fan of the Beatles, and I just listened to Arthur from the Kinks, so I was happy to hear that Cream's Disraeli Gears wasn't just a carbon copy of those bands. I enjoyed the hard rock elements of this album. World of Pain is a highlight. I recognized the riff of Sunshine of Your Love instantly, and I'm adding that song to my regular rotation. After a while, the album feels a little stale, and it's running time feels long for 33 minutes. I understand the influence of albums like this, and there are a couple good tracks, but I'm don't think I'd listen to this album in full again. Also, it's too bad Eric Clapton is an anti-vax racist. 2.5 out of 5.
Did not stand the test of time. Oh, and f*ck Eric Clapton.
It's fine, I guess, but by today's standards this is pretty unremarkable.
Just wasn’t in the mood, this era of rock really blends into itself for me.
OK boomer.
I’m familiar with some of cream songs. There was one on this album that I recognized. I must say I don’t think this would’ve been my favorite album of theirs.
Besides Sunshine of Your Love, this album didn't do much for me. It's the genre, nothing specific to this band. I can see how they have influenced others.
Creating arguably the best psychedelic blues album is great and all but it's akin to being the best penny-farthing cyclist on the planet. I'm sure this album sounded neat in 1967 but in a few years you look as ridiculous as someone riding a high-wheeler in the Tour de France. Groovy cover.
The Cream is supposed to rise to the top, but not on this occasion!
Thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Sunshine of Your Love is an obvious classic but otherwise this felt pretty tiresome. Some of the double albums I've had on here have felt shorter than this 33-min album.
Songs were not as long as I assumed from this band of old jammers. Drums good.
4/10
I'm not sure if it is the sleepy singing or maybe the production is muted, but I'm surprised how boring I found this.
Strange Brew and Sunshine of your love are standout tracks, the rest of the album isn't much to write home about
Some amazing guitarwork but overall this album is a 30 minute slog
Bland but I like the song about ulysses
Pretty listenable. Second last track is really jarring.
It’s alright, I really don’t like psych rock like this
65/100 didn't really get the appeal to this, pretty boring and every song other than the opening and closer tracks sound exactly the same lmaoo
Checki zum Teil, zum grosse Teil aber nid so min vibe
Was expecting to be blown away and honestly I wasn't impressed beyond the hits (strange brew is a little underrated) and some Clapton magic. Maybe the first late 60s entry that I didnt love on this list. Somewhere around 2.5 stars, but im rounding down.
Starts relatively well with Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love, but quickly becomes a bit one note and dull. Blue Condition is dire and the less said about closing track Mother's Lament the better.
Maybe I'm in a harsh mood but I don't think I'd ever choose to listen to any of this. Even sunshine of your love is just meh to me.
I feel like the first track is as good as it gets unfortunately
ekkert spes.. psychadelic rock plata sem er samt smá all over the place. Eina eftirminnlega lagið er Sunshine of you love sem er laaaaang vinsælasta lag hljómsveitarinnar.
didnt really get into this one. since i started listening to more "modern" genres, its hard for me to get into oldie music unless i have quite like a personal relationship to the artist or so. so this one didnt do it for me, but again, my opinion says nothing about the quality of it!
1. Strange Brew - 6 Vocals are good. Remind me of Supertramp a bit with how they are although yes I'm aware that band are about a decade after this album. Guitars sound awesome, especially the solos their given in the bridge. Solid track. 2. Sunshine of Your Love - 10 An all time great. Guitars are amazing on this track and underlined by an excellent drum sound. Verses are absolute belters that you can't help but sign loudly. Superb track. 3. World of Pain - 5 Lyrically it's a bit uninspiring but the guitars are excellent and overall it's not a bad track. Solid sound. 4. Dance The Night Away - 4 Bit too psychedelic a rock track. The bridge is excellent when the instruments all pull back to let the guitar have 5-10 seconds of a small solo. 5. Blue Condition - 2 Slow and monotonous with a lot of random gibberish in it. Guitars are much more muted on the track and it makes it sound almost like an Elvis 50s track in it's composition. 6. Tales of Brave Ulysses - 10 Amazing track. Guitars sounds incredible and the drum line again is fantastic. Vocals do an amazing job to paint a story of the ancient Greek man. Superb track. 7. SWLABR - 8 Great track. Reminds of a Jimi Hendrix piece. Guitars are the highlight of this short track. 8. We're Going Wrong - 2 Too simplistic a track. It's a complete pass over during the album listen. 9. Outside Woman Blues - 4 Guitars are great on this but lyrically it's way too simplistic. Enjoyable but not a track you'll be putting on repeat outside of the rifts. 10. Take It Back - 1 Awful song. Three minutes of just a way-too repetitive song. 11. Mother's Lament - 1 No clue why this is on the album. It's like a saloon style song almost. Odd way to end the album. Average Rating: 4.82 Adjusted to 5-Point Scale: 2.41 Rounded Down: 2 Stars
please dont
Sunshine of your love bu albümdeymiş meğer. Top >> Ama sunshine of your love dışında libido düşürücü gıy gıy enerjisiz bir albüm. Şarkılar mid af.
This felt twice as long as it was. Nothing awful but not my thing. My favourite was 'Strange Brew' so it only went downhill for me after although I did like 'Mother's Lament' but I assume that's only cause it was finally a change from the rest of the album and as it's the last song I was just relieved.
No doubt Cream was freakin huge in the Summer of Love. They've never landed on my radar as super relevant, however, aside from a few of their bigger hits. For instance, "Sunshine of Your Love" features a pretty iconic riff and holds up as a classic. But then, just as it gets exciting it WHAT? It fades out. You motherfucker producers in the 60s and your untimely, early fadeouts. I would hope playing this track live the band vamped it out and got freaky and distorted with it. The super tube-y and hollow production kinda adds a cool atmosphere to this record. "Strange Brew" is pretty spooky, and would make a great addition to my retro Halloween playlist. It's stronger when it's either a little heavier or a little more psychedelic. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" is a great example of this. Just get weird with it, Cream, it's okay. Everyone's taking acid, just lean into it. Then we get hit with "SWLABR", a pure nonsense psych jam. Now we're talking. Cream is weakest here, however, when it's LARPing as a blues band. Just stop. And wait, the lyrics "There is a world of pain...In the falling rain" are absolutely ridiculous. How old are you - fourteen? I don't usually pay much attention to the words (unless they are bad, apparently. And these jumped right out at me). Fucking HA. A few tracks on this record drag too, making the whole album pretty uneven. They are just lazy sounding or throwaway; I'm talking about "Blue Condition" and "Mother's Lament". What a dumb way to close out. So, a few strong tracks, and several more middling-to-bad ones do not "One of the Greatest Albums of All Time" make. Take that, rock critics. The cover art is freakin awesome though. And that is actually part of the let-down: it promises something significantly weirder than we actually get. I would reckon that with all the LSD tabs floating around in those days these lads would be a little more adventurous. Listening to this record made me just wanna put on The Crazy World of Arthur Brown instead. There's a band that isn't afraid to absolutely go bananas. I originally gave this a 3 (rounding up from a 2.5), but after listening to Axis:Bold As Love right afterward, (which dropped the same year), I downgraded Disraeli Gears to a 2-star in light of what was possible and this record simply fails to deliver.
Not my genre, chill to have on in the background but no standout hits.
Aside from what was played in classic rock stations in the 80s/90s, I have never listed to Cream a day in my life. It was fine.
Meh 2.25
I’ve always felt a little odd that, unlike some of my schoolmates and rock heroes (not the same people), I never cared for Sunshine of Your Love. It’s a dumb riff - fun to play, I suppose, with its pleasant, pre-metal fuzz tone - but stupid to listen to. The only truly interesting part of the song is Ginger Baker’s thumping fills, which makes one wonder why young guitarists are so drawn to it in the first place. None of those schoolmates believed, as the graffiti claimed, that “Clapton is God.” And I doubt anyone believes it now, after his descent into conspiracy theorising. He got away with overt xenophobia for a long time, too. These are human flaws, of course, largely unrelated to his playing. But Clapton isn't God - because one doesn’t like to imagine God being so boring. It was Jimmy Page, Clapton’s old Yardbirds colleague, who truly became “God.” Led Zeppelin embodied the rock god archetype far more convincingly - even the grounded but insanely talented John Paul Jones had something divine about him. The 13 months between Disraeli Gears and Led Zeppelin’s debut might excuse some of the difference, but the gap in quality is still stark. Where Zeppelin’s songs are tightly arranged and narratively driven, Disraeli Gears feels like a series of jams. Verses and choruses are bluntly pasted together. There are no bridges - only verses with meandering solos over them. These solos often devolve into directionless squalls, much like the songs themselves. Endings feel arbitrary, as though they simply agreed the fourth chorus would be the last. There are exceptions. Strange Brew is clearly crafted to be a hit - and succeeds as a song, at least. It even has something resembling a conclusion. The solo in Sunshine of Your Love is more considered, though the joke of quoting Blue Moon in a song about morning sex is a bit thin. But most tracks go the way of Tales of Brave Ulysses: stroke after stroke after stroke, with no climax. Pedestrian blues fills stand in for hooks - marginally interesting only because of the psychedelic effects layered over them. What’s striking is how much external help was needed to dress these songs up. It was producer Felix Pappalardi who turned the blues standard Lawdy Mama into the single Strange Brew. Pete Brown gave Sunshine its oddly coy lyric - at least he waits for the lover to wake up before emptying his seas into her. Even the faint narrative in Tales of Brave Ulysses comes from Martin Sharp, who also designed the cover, which I don't like as much as his charming psychedelic tarot set. It’s telling that the closest thing to a well-written, fully formed song is the pub-song parody they crank out at the end. Cream were clearly musos, not artists - technicians with little interest in craft or creativity. Maybe that approach didn’t suit them, the way it did their Zeppelin counterparts. But judging from what Clapton became, I doubt he ever had it in him. 2 I credit my father for a fair chunk of my musical education and, more importantly, a lifelong appreciation of Eagles. It has been difficult for many of my generation to get past The Dude’s put down in The Big Lebowski, which surfaces like a Pavlovian response whenever Eagles are mentioned. So I was lucky there. Cream, however, indeed all and any of Eric Clapton, I could never appreciate despite my father’s endeavours. They were his favourite band when he was a teenager and his love of Clapton endured. When I learned guitar I dutifully learned Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love and White Room. A players insight didn’t help. I love nothing about Clapton’s playing and I love nothing about Cream. Especially not the front cover of Disraeli Gears - which was on regular display in our house and is to me utterly hideous. Disraeli Gears is rubbish. Distinctive sounding in 1967 I dare say - Clapton’s fuzzy lead sound paired with Ginger Baker’s almost farcical tominess. But so what? The songs are pants, the lyrics excruciating, even the bloody riffs aren’t any good apart from Sunshine… Even in terms of its significance as an innovative heavy blues record - ‘Are You Experienced?’ came out the same month this album was being recorded and Hendrix’s playing wipes Clapton’s eye. In my estimation Clapton, as a guitarist, was irrelevant before he even peaked. Let’s take a moment to recognise the special awfulness of Blue Condition and Mother’s Lament. Ginger Baker shouldn’t have been allowed to speak, much less sing. So what’s going on? It seems plain to me that the inclusion of this shit simply follows a template set by The Beatles use of Ringo to do the silly songs on their albums. A dash of English exoticism to titillate an American audience and show fans everywhere the playful, witty side of the group. It doesn’t work here. Ginger Baker comes off, accurately, as a creep and in any case the fun and lightness of The Beatles was a palpable quality in most of their songs, it wasn’t tacked on at the end as it is here after Clapton and Bruce’s witless psychedelic poetry and po-faced vocal performances. As a personal, painful epilogue to these observations I note that none of The Beatles’ records were present in my house growing up. Neither of my parents liked them. When I questioned their absence upon discovering Beatles Blue at about 16 my father told me they were ‘too English sounding’. 1.5/5
whatever
Once again an album hindered by Clapton having any involvement on it. Him aside, it was decent enough but at what cost. Highlights: Sunshine Of Your Love
I’m not sure this album belongs on this list. It’s hardly the first psychedelic rock album, and certainly not that influential. Still a good listen, I just question its place on this list. Top tier drummer though, give me a 12 minute ginger baker drum solo any day of the week Fav songs: Sunshine of your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses Eric Clapton is the fucking worst
It was ok. Some classics for sure. Some skips definitely
I Listened to about 2 songs. That gerne isn't for me, sorry!
This sure didn't age well. Starts with a couple of great rockers, followed by some horrible psychelia, then a couple of nice blues tunes. An album with four decent tunes and seven stinkers does not belong on this list. Sad.
The two songs that lead off the album, "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love" are album rock staples and deservedly so. The remaining tracks aren't on the same level, and maybe why this group didn't have the longevity of some other so-called supergroups like Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
Meh. Bland
I'm listening to Cream's Disraeli Gears — it's okay. They're another band that I've often wanted to like, or felt like I should like more than I actually do. Their best tracks are pretty good, but songs like "Blue Condition," "Take it Back," and "Mother's Lament" remind you that not everything they wrote was a masterpiece. These weaker songs also tend to weigh down the album so that others that are more borderline — like "We're Going Wrong" — are less well received too. Cream can't help the fact that despite more psych on this record, they're still too bluesy for me. Random thought: this time around I'm struck by how the early Screaming Trees output sounds like Cream. This gets me thinking about how great Cream could've been with someone like Mark Lanegan singing for them. He would've made the heavier moments more compelling and their quieter ones more intimate with that haunting baritone (and superior lyrics). It's a ridiculous fantasy, but it's the kind of time travel thought experiment that makes Cream seem more interesting to me.
The last song was the most interesting by far. Rest of it was forgettable.
It was fine, but I don't see a scenario where I would listen to it again. There's no mood or activity that this would fit. I liked the clarity and some of the riffs
Cutesy
I just couldn't get into this...at all?
Strong start but definitely front loading the album ahead of some pleasant but uninspiring album tracks. My god blue condition is a dirge and least said about Mother’s lament the better. Oh and that is one way to pronounce Ulysses
I generally don’t mind Cream, and this was on track for a middle-of-the-road 3* review from me. And then “Mother’s Lament” happened.
Where I like it, I really like it - the first two tracks are great. But when it's Blue Condition (boring) or Mother's Lament (wtf?) I REALLY don't like it. I feel like Cream might be a "greatest hits" type artist for me (assuming I get past Clapton being a complete dick and willing to listen to more of him outside of this project). 2/5
Baby's gone down the plughole
just pretty dull
Meh
Was good blues rocl shame about Clapton
meh. not really my kind of 60s. too noodly-heavy. no soul. liked the last track though
I want to like it, but just not overly enjoyable and no plans to listen again. :/
2 greats songs for a first album.
Nunca vi muita graça e continuo não vendo. Tem outros discos da época mais interessantes e não é o melhor da carreira de nenhum deles
Very disappointing given the hype surrounding this album all my life. Sure, Sunshine of Your Love rips, especially b/w SWLABR, but everything else ultimately pales in comparison like that flower in Dennis the Menace once it bloomed. My hatred of Clapton continues to be justified I guess.
Was not feeling the creamage
I hit and the rest not very good
Can’t imagine the drummer saying don’t worry, Eric I don’t need to be in the full mix just put me over to the right channel out of the way. you guys are the real band. I’ll just muck everything up. Oh, and by the way, can you put shitty or mics on my drums thanks. The vocals are haunting in a trying to imitate a ghost kind of way. Haunted house blues. Dance the night I’m looking at you. There are some pretty cool ribs in this song now just not fully on board. As the album goes on, it’s fun and bouncy. I’m trying to get into it. I know cream is…. Cream of the crop. Tale of brave Ulysses is a jam, though I think it has a great combination of all the things are trying to do on this album. It all kind of comes together in this song. Last song is hilarious and leaves the listener in a good mood. I feel I need to listen to this in the car ***joe from the car**** “it’s slightly better “
For sure interesting sounds. Great guitar work, but only one song goes to my list of favorites. Sunshine of your love - shines.
סבבה כזה מרגיש כמו הרבה להקות אחרות
OMG, there's a reason that we only hear Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love and none of the other songs Jack Bruce’s voice got quite annoying.
The only tracks I'd actively be happy to put on are Sushine of your Love and Take It Back. Beyond that, it doesn't feel like it's worth the time.
tem umas clássicas nesse que realmente, se eu falar que não dei uma balançadinha de cabeça vou tá mentindo de resto, extremamente cansativo sai do trampo cansado e cansei sentado no busão com esse
ih, sunshine of your love tem no guitar hero 3 e era chatíssima de tocar. o album segue a mesma linha. chato e monotono
It's grand. Nothing special though. Stand out song - Sunshine of your love
In one ear and out the other.
Love Sunshine of your Love, otherwise no thank you
Basically what you'd expect it to be, which is just blah. 1.5/5
Sunshine Of Your Love is actually more dull than I remembered. Cool harmonies on World of Pain. Blue Condition is SO dull! Outside Woman Blues is good. Great guitar throughout of course, but fairly sleep tunes-wise? Nothing to get excited about. P.S. Spoke too soon! The unexpected delight of Mother's Lament! Highlights include: the obscenely English accents throughout. "an skeleton" the unhinged harmony on "repliiieeeeeeed" the Gilbert and Sullivan style harmony on the second "in a jug"; priceless I should have known there'd be a whimsy track considering the genre and decade, and just like with The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, it's my favourite on the album. Clearly psychedelic rock is not for me. I need a mixtape of whimsy tracks only from the genre. Whack The Laughing Gnome on there.
Everything Clapton touches is just boring. Dude is mid.
Yeah I just don't care about Cream. Ginger Baker is a maniac, but definitely is pretty great. The other two blokes I couldn't care less about. This was fine I guess, just not for me.
I must be really missing something here because I thought it was just... boring.
Never really got Cream. Descent album nothing special probably album 998 on the list
Bangin rhythm section, dorky songs, tiresome guitar
Sunshine of Your Love
Þoli ekki Eric Clapton
Nei takk, ekkert Cream í minn tebolla.
Pretty freakin terrible.
Dan - Seemingly, like a lot of psychedelic albums, some annoying songs. But also so decent ones.
Cream’s Disraeli Gears is ahead of its time. And I mean, like, this record pales in comparison to anything Baker, Bruce, and even Clapton made after this. Don’t get me wrong, these three display their obvious incredible talent on every track here, but the whole time, it feels like that skill is being held back. The issue is I can’t really tell if the restraint is based in their blues background, the ethos of making a studio recording at the time, or the fact that, while they were very skilled by the time they made this recording, they still had room to grow, and that’s evident while you listen to Disraeli Gears. In my opinion, I think it’s a combination of all these issues. On top of that, their vision of experimentation is just psychedelic noodling, which I generally loathe. Whenever they come close to something interesting, though, they seem to cut themselves short, like on “World Of Pain” or “Tales Of Brave Ulysses.” The limitations of this sonic ceiling would normally inspire apathy from me, but there are one too many moments of pure cringe to ignore, and that’s really what ruins Disraeli Gears. “Blue Condition” once again proves that you should never let the drummer sing.”Mother’s Lament” is just boring, British kitsch that has no right taking up space here. And songs like “Dance The Night Away” and “We’re Going Wrong” are painful to me, even for psychedelic music. As a result, the only decent track here is “Sunshine Of Your Love,” which is still not a song I’d ever seek out on my own volition, even among ‘60s classics. To cap it all off, Disraeli Gears sounds like it was recorded onto a wax cylinder in an empty church with the mic placed 2 miles down the road. You can’t tell me it was just the times, too, because even other mid-tier psychedelic albums by bands that aren’t The Beatles, like Jefferson Airplane’s debut, sound immaculate compared to this. While Disraeli Gears may exemplify its time period, I’m not sure if it needs to continue to receive praise as a representative for the psychedelic era. Even in Cream’s own discography, Wheels Of Fire stands leagues above this; the only reason it isn’t included on this list is because it’s less obviously psychedelic, and while it has “White Room,” that’s not a big enough hit for this book. (Shout out to Spotify for autoplaying “White Room” when this ended so I could then immediately seek out that album and realize Cream doesn’t entirely suck.) And of course, Baker played on better records [like with Fela Kuti], and even if I generally dislike Clapton, I’d rather listen to Derek and the Dominos or even his fucking MTV Unplugged over this. Unless you’re knee-deep in your acid era, or you’re 11 and you just got your first guitar, I think Disraeli Gears is a waste of time, even as a historical object.
Alussa taas pari oivaa rallia, sen jälkeen hyytyi. Ihan kiva -tasoinen julkaisu.
Standout Track: Tales Of Brave Ulysses
I was very excited for this album. I had never listened to the full album, just the huge hit song off the album, so I was excited to find some other gems and I was sadly disappointed. It’s not a terrible album but there’s no variety. You get one core sound throughout the whole album and it gets dry very quickly. I’d still recommend this album to somebody who had never heard of them or “sunshine of your love”, but I wouldn’t buy the album and I did not add any songs off the album to my main playlist. So ultimately, not great, not terrible.
Pre: Pretty sure this is supposed to be a highly rated Cream album. Post: Its a good thing that Sunshine of your Love is on this album, because most of the rest of it isn't memorable. Pretty standard late 60s rock album. One star for Sunshine and one star for Jack Bruce/Ginger Baker.
This was one of my first purchased on my own albums -- I was pretty into Eric Clapton, the Byrds, etc.. I have outgrown my affection for 60s -70s Acid Rock / Bluesy Rock like this. I have a soft spot for a few of these songs, but I don't and won't seek out these songs.
Like many of the albums from the 60’s on this list, I felt nothing. Just all a bit boring for me.
Clapton is so overrated
Not sure why people liked Cream so much back in the day
Not for me
Sunshine of your Love obviously the highlight - nothing else blew my mind
2 sterne
Not a fan of supergroups, mais tous des excellents musiciens
lyrics kinda annoying i'm NOT gonna lie. this guy's voice is also pretty grating
This wasnt my thing. The sparseness of the sound made it seem really old and half finished. There are obviously some famous songs and the guitar is obviously good but by the time cockney sing song came along at the end, i was rolling my eyes.
It just doesn't quite work, does it? The components are impressive. But Ginger never sounds like he's playing WITH the music. He just sounds like a gorilla with really good rhythm who's off in a corner doing his thing. The mix - him low and over to the R - accentuates the disconnect. The lyrics are silly. There's not an ear worm to be found. Clapton's guitar chops are legit; but his 12 bar blues tracks are limp and soggy. Sunshine is a great track, but listening to the entire album makes me suspect its greatness is entirely accidental.
Could've been a 2 song, maybe 3 song album. Not impressed.
Not really my sound. Hippy stuff.
I’ve never cared much for Cream and listening to this again did not help
Clapton Rules Everyone Around Me :(
sorry but cream sucks and eric clapton is a stupid piece of shit
There were a couple of good songs here but tthe quality isn't consistent across the album. If I'd bought it back in the day, I would have struggled to listen the whole way through
Best Song: Sunshine of Your Love Worst Song: Mother's Lament
Good British band from the 60’s. All fine musicians on their own. Some good music.
only listened to some of it, some good stuff but not my cup of tea
4/10 Not really my thing. Sure it’s good but not hugely enjoyable.
naaah
Too oldies for my taste but enjoyed the drums and bassline in Sunshine Of Your Love and Tales of Brave Ulysses.
Disraeli Gears, Cream's iconic album, is widely celebrated as a rock classic, notable for its innovative production and intriguing lyrics. The fusion of blues and psychedelic rock, accompanied by stunning guitar solos and an experimental approach, solidified his place in music history. However, despite these laudatory qualities, the album fails to convey a deeper emotional connection, resulting in an experience that may seem tedious to some listeners. One of the main weaknesses of Disraeli Gears is the vocal delivery of the band members. Although Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker are undeniably talented, their vocal performances seem to lack passion and intensity, which detracts from the listener's immersion in the songs. This "lack of soul" in the interpretations can leave the album with a feeling of distance, meaning that, despite its skilled production and lyricism, it fails to fully resonate as it should.
Really thought I would like this, but was largely unimpressed. Songwriting didn’t hook me. I was expecting a bigger psych sound, but what I heard was pretty generic blues, something a guitar teacher would use to teach their students the blues.
ok boomer
Some of the songs were good, some of them were among the most boring I have ever heard