Reviews (page 12 of 13)
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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
Songs i know:2 Songs i like: 1.5 (sunshine of your life and tales of brave ulysses) Songs that could have been ripped straight from a car insurance advert: 7 Are cream the Coldplay of the late 60s/early 70s? All I can hear is the clicking of guitar hero
Some of this slaps and some of it really isn’t my cup of tea. Hard blues rock, yes please. Miss me with hippy-dippy singing about trees and faux-eastern mysticism though.
Tricky to review this one as I find a lot of British 60s psychedelic rock to have aged badly. Very much of its time. Also, Clapton is a cunt. Enoyed this when they stick to the bluesy Yardbirdsy sound. When they delve into the more psychedelic sounds they just sound a bit cringe. I remember my first spliff too lads. Standouts: Strange Brew Sunshine of Your Love Outside Woman Blues Take It Back The individual musicianship of the 3 involved Low Points: Pretty much the whole middle section (World of Pain through to We're Going Wrong) but especially Blue Condition and Tales of Brave Ulysses (although I liked the guitar parts) Mothers Lament is such a weird way to end an album.
First two songs were great. A lot of hippy filler, a good blues song and a weird cockney send off.
Would’ve been 3 had it not been for that inexcusable last track
Started out well. Didn't like it from the second song onwards
My two favourite things: English psychedelia, and Eric Clapton. I listened with an open mind, but it was no use.
Probably cool in the 60's
Ok album
I'm a bit torn; I've listened to it twice (first time some time ago, and second time today) mostly because I had a not-so-good memory of the album but wanted to check it out another time before rating it. I think I was ready to give it one star, but after a second listen, it's not that bad. Just a huge rip off of blues by a bunch of white dudes and some psychedelia on top of it.
Auch langweilig.
one good song
I hope "Wheels of Fire" is on this list, too, because it's superior to Gears in every way. Outside of Sunshine of Your Love there's just not much to recommend this album. Most of the songs are dull Mod bull crap and the rest listen like rough demos for "Wheels..." The raw musicianship just doesn't really show up here, either. Truly dull.
I wasn't blown away
In its first half, I thought this was pretty standard fare for 60s psychedelic rock, not bad but no standout tracks either. The lyrics were a bit stronger than I generally expect from albums of this time and genre and I was thinking it’s a generous 3 ⭐️. Things start going off the rails with “SWLABR”. This song is so, so dumb. I hated it. “We’re Going Wrong” was actually my favorite song on the album. The restraint from the band and the haunting vocals are a beautiful combination. I thought we were back on track but I quickly realized this track’s title was foreshadowing the remainder of the album. The next three tracks are absolutely terrible. While “Outside Woman Blues” teeters on being a tacky imitation of blues music, “Take it Back” dives head first into this territory. Everything about Cream’s rendition of blues on this track feels hokey and affected. When I thought I had heard the worst this album had to offer, they come in with the appalling “Mother’s Lament”. This is truly one of the most irritating 2 minutes of “music” I’ve been subjected to during this project. Because it’s last on the album, I think its inclusion was meant to be a joke, but it’s a cruel one. What a terrible taste to leave in the listener’s mouth. “We’re Going Wrong” is a lovely track. Take it out and what remains of this album is the musical embodiment of a saggy, stained couch that reeks of hookah smoke at its best. 4/10
The first couple tracks are really solid, maybe 4/5. Wow, this album falls off a cliff after that. Sluggish, wailing vocals, uninspired song writing. Sounds like a bunch of white dudes ripping off the blues. The last track, 'Mother's Lament' is in the running for worst track I've heard from any album on this list. A snippet of the lyrics: 'Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole...Oh, your baby has gone down the plug...' Seems to be about the lighter side of drowning a baby, so that's a fun way to close out a rock album I guess?
Sunshine Of Your Love // 2.5/5
There's a lot of iconic songs on here, but by modern standards this is very primitive. I don't especially like Bruce's voice or Clapton's guitar, which is part of the problem. But these guys just sound really, really dated, probably even by the standards of a couple years later. The last song though is hilarious. Had never heard that before. Great way to end it.
Found this to be incredibly boring. Would not go back to this one
On my first listen through right now. The second song was the one that originally got my attention and I thought would be my favorite but when the third song started I immediately recanted that statement. “World of Pain” is my current favorite on the album so far. There’s a distorted, kind of drowned out guitar sound in “SWLABR” that I really enjoy.
The first two songs on this stop it from being a complete flop. It's probably a product of its time.
Meh. Even Guitar Hero 3 nostalgia couldn’t save this album.
Whichever british studio tech dork got out-alpha'd by eric clapton and let him turn up a marshal for the first time on that bluesbreaker album has a lot to answer for. because that's the only reason we have to put up with that asshole now. people only thought he was god because they'd never heard a cranked jtm with a les paul before. even the beatles at that point were still getting dweebs saying "oh but the microphone manual says it must be kept at this level, quite impossible to turn down I'm afraid chaps, could you instead turn your instruments down, there's a good fellow". if george harrison gets to turn up on rubber soul, we never have to hear from this enoch powell wannabe and the history of rock music remarkably improves.
One good song does not an album make
Thought the first few tracks were decent, then it started to drag and felt like it went on for hours.
STANDOUTS: Sunshine of Your Love (yay pep band!) OVERALL: 2/5
I may be too early in the project to have classic rock fatigue, but boy am I getting there. This is album is probably interesting in a vacuum, or within its cultural context, but I can’t seem to remember a single song. Oh, except for that one guitar riff from every job site ever, and the one about the baby going down the drain.
Some really great classic tracks from Cream here - but also some horrible tracks that should never made it on to this album. I have always been a bit bored with Cream and this album did nothing to dispel that opinion...
Okay
Few bangers early doors but the overall vibe is a bit too hippy blues for me
Maybe it blew peoples' minds at the time but most of this sounds like every Friday night down at the local bar and grill where a "Chicago Blues" band is playing and a bunch of Boomers are sitting around in their Harley-Davidson apparel sporting trimmed white goatees and drinking Budweiser. The psychedelic stuff was much better than the blues stuff. My favorite song was the last one.
J'avais déjà entendu Sunshine Of Your Love (++) sans savoir que c'était de Cream. Pour le reste rien de marquant ... Basse / Batterie très bien, mais je n'aime pas trop le son de guitare ni le chant. 2/5
I was bored to tears
I found this annoying and try hard quirky.
Sunshine of Your Love and Tales of Brave Ulysses are excellent songs. Would love to give this album a higher score for that, but, there is just so much crap. So eh. Some shitty blues numbers and songs that don't work. Ginger Baker is consistantly great though
Not terrible, but, probably not going to seek it out of my own accord.
Similarly to Willie Nelson, I didn’t feel like this album caught my attention enough or felt like a rewarding full listen. Didn’t know that the opening two tracks were these guys though! The more you know 🧠
Snoozedelic
Very hippy sound. Weirdly high-pitched vocals. Doesn't stand out for me.
Mid
The worse kind of psych nodding nice drumming though
Eh. 2.4.
When I was in my twenties I used to tell people that I wished Eric Clapton would marry my mother and become my stepfather. Such a fascinating history in the music world and one of our guitar gods - it would be a blast to hear his stories! Unfortunately he’s an asshole now. Also unfortunately so is my mother, so maybe it will actually happen someday. But this isn’t about that. Other than the singles that were released there’s not a lot going on here of interest. The last track is very dumb. Meh.
So so and not great
i don't care
Can hear a lot of inspiration that other bands took from this, but it's really not good. Not sure if it just hasn't aged well, but it just sounds pretty tepid. Rare I skip the majority of tracks on a rock album, so this is how unenjoyable I found it.
this is fine and competently made but totally lacking in aura. the vocals and melodies are bland, the guitar and bass and drums are unharmoniously fighting each other for the starring roles, and the lyrics seem utterly meaningless. i do not like eric clapton. he's one of the most overrated guitarists ever, he sings like shit, and his lyrically let you know exactly how big a piece of shit he is. i suppose i wouldnt mind any of these songs coming on the radio but as a whole album listen this is uninteresting. give me a 30 minute dinosaur jr album any day over this. the whole A side sounds like an absolute mess of band in-fighting manifesting on tape. not one member in those 5 songs is willing to take a backseat. ginger baker also, for all his talents on drums, is no ringo when it comes to drummer-turned-singer/songwriter. on the b-side, tales of brave ulysses is the albums high point. clapton seems to finally take a back seat (until, understandably, he solos), leaving the bass and drums to really do their thing. SWLABR rocks and we're going wrong has solid atmosphere though ends a bit short. outside woman blues may be the bluesiest track here but it doesnt reach near the beautiful songwritings heights of layla to water down clapton's reprehensible lyrical content. take it back is solid, the harmonica is a nice touch and clapton thankfully has little impact on the song until a nice fill at the end of the song. no reason to talk about mothers lament really.
Starts strong but quickly descends into 60s dirge.
Some great songs, some terrible songs, but mostly ok.
Dad rock. Beatles-adjacent but more boring.
All I know about Cream is that Eric Clapton is an asshole. Oh and Sunshine of Your Love of course.
While impressive for it’s time, is this album really that unique when you strip it of it’s psychedelic presentation? Clapton doesn’t even carry it
Psychedelic rockblues rockhard rock. No me ha llamado la atención.
Wokale do bani. Gdyby to byl sam instrumental, to bylby bardzo fajny album do puszczenia w tle
As the years go by I feel that Cream and Eric Clapton are overrated. I’m looking forward to giving another listen. “World of pain” came on and I thought my playlist switched. I really like this track. Now Blue condition is on. This album is better than the “hits”. This album feels “formulaic”. I almost want someone to play me a random 60s play list and see if I can pick out Cream before the vocals come on. “Mother’s lament” feels like Monty Python. 🤣
2 there’s some coolness to the album but most of it is pretty weak and boring. Plus Eric Clapton sucks
Niin raskasta kuin musiikin ikinä tarvitsee olla. Levyn alussa on pari hyvää riffiä. Vokaalit harvinaisen epävakuuttavia.
I dunno. I don't think I've ever fully GOTTEN the non-single Cream songs. Like, let's be honest, despite Clapton being a turd, those big singles have some legendary riffs. But the rest of it just sounds like generic rock.
Sunshine of Your Love is an ultraclassic. This original classic rock sound through a british lens just shows those guys across the pond were crazy about the blues. I am just not into this proto psychadelic blues rock sound.
Boring old person music
Когда я услышал первый аккорд и увидел обложку я понял -- психоделик рок, хипари, лсд, размытие разума. Оно, похоже Мне, кажется, уже падала группа крем. И мне кажется я её уже не оценил. Но теперь придётся чекнуть ещё раз. Ну... даже не психодел. Какой-то разнузданный битлз. Не.
Maybe it's because I didn't hear it upon it's initial release but this is fairly lackluster feelings for 60's psychedelic blues. Sunshine of your love is iconic but the rest is just fine.
boring… yawning… not special. all this album generator does is select the most mediocre bands topped by a singer who decides to sing everything a semitone flat and with the most boring unenthusiastic expression known to mankind
Classic band. Good music. Repetitive album.
Boring
meh
I thought I would enjoy this album, but I really only liked Sunshine of your love.
Only liked the two songs that are hits on this one.
This album just doesn't do it for me. Can't stand the vocals, most of the songs aren't particularly memorable, guitar playing is highly skilled but comes across as somewhat aimless noodling.
It was recorded in 4 days, and it sounds like it unfortunately. There are several classic guitar riffs here and a few catchy melodies and harmonies. But - it just doesn’t add up to anything interesting within the blues rock format. It takes more than just adding a pinch of psychedelia to innovate. In 1967, other bands were doing the rock thing better.
Eric Claptop was guitarist. Spotify description says "fusions of blues, pop, and psychedelia"
Unremarkable considering the talent that put it together
Udover sunshine of your love synes jeg ikke rigtigt der var memorable numre på den her
Psychedelic rockblues rockhard rock. No me ha llamado la atención.
Hey that’s that one song I know. I usually like 60s classic rock but I just wasn’t feelin this as much. Beautiful album art and the band name “cream” is so great
This is one of the cleanest recordings I've ever heard. I can understand every word spoken and every note played. That doesn't necessarily mean I like it though. Outside of the few songs with electric guitar licks by Clapton, the cords and melodies are pretty bland. The standout song "Sunshine of Your Love" has probably had the largest negative impact on the mental wellbeing of every Guitar Center/music store employee that's had to listen to it played by amateur musicians looking at guitars. Maybe only outclassed by "Smoke on the Water".
meh
Thought it was okay at the time But Listening to it twice this morning and it left zero impression on me Would maybe revisit but not really fussed either way Okay, high 2
1,75 / 5
It was fine. I appreciate the psychedelic rock. I thought some of the song writing got lostbin the instrumentals. After a while it all blended together like a psych dream scene in a movie
A few good songs
A couple decent songs, but the album is mixed so terribly that it’s tough to listen to. The drums sound as if they were recorded through a brick wall, lacking any treble. Meanwhile, the guitar fuzz has way too much treble.
2/5 forgetable
Fine, but I'm not crazy about it. Feels like background music at a white boomer dive bar
No he tenido mucha paciencia para escucharlo. Me recordaba un poco a los rolling pero quizás equivocada. Notas diversas.
Not a big fan of some of the vocals. I think the music is fantastic. Sunshine of Your Love is Cream??? I didn’t love it? I just wanted it to rock harder.
Ungefär lika trist som Yardbirds, Derek och Traffic.
There are a few good riffs and heavy sounds on here that presage what Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin would extend in the following years. There are also some real stinkers (Blue Condition, yikes) too though, and a lot of it just middling. Brave Ulysses is decent, but basically just a first draft of White Room. Plenty of fun guitar playing, but Clapton has to the luckiest right place/right time musician - just being around as a competent blues guy when fuzz and wah-wah pedals came out and plugging into that gives him this reputation as a pioneering wizard. The falsetto vocals are so annoying. I guess they were an exciting live band that jammed these songs out beyond the confines of mid 60s blues rock - the way the bass/drums hit on here I can see how that would work, but as a studio album it doesn't really capture that thrill.
Okay album nothing crazy I haven’t seen so far
Quite disappointing after the hype, good musicianship but songs not engaging enough. Favourite track Tales of Brave Ulysses
Can barely make out the lyrics at times, bit sad. Didn't really like it either.
Annoying
Knowing what a racist jackass Eric Clapton is, it’s hard to like anything he did. This is fine, but not for me.
Are the drums in another room? A nice album, late 60s rock with a bit of psych on it. Pretty tame though. Sounds really thin though, needs a remaster to make it sound more full
Not my cup of tea. Didn’t like the voices, which were kind of all throaty altos, the music was dark & psychedelically heavy, with a lot of use of a 60’s style pedal for the guitars. Overall it just presented a dark, dated, gloomy vibe in my opinion.
Some good guitar riffs, lots of stuff that you recognize from its influence, but generally extremely not my speed.
Cool for the time but outdated today
Boring and overrated riffs
Not my kind of music but I did like a few of the songs idk what im supposed to put here it’s a good album just not my type of music ha ha
It's fine, nothing to write home about
Yet another British band with the same bland sound. Nothing new here. No notable tracks.
Psychedelic rockblues rockhard rock. No me ha llamado la atención.
Classic case of an album/band that doesn't stand up over time. I loved Cream at the time but listening to it now just makes me cringe. Juvenile, melodramatic music and Clapton has to be the most over-rated guitarist ever.
Really not my thing. I appreciate its place in music history. I can see why people like it. But it is driving me nuts and I really hate it right now. Had to stop after 4/5 songs.
Ugh. Hated it, and that twee Mother's Lament at the end was the icing on the turd cake.
My God there's a lot of psychedelic rock from the late sixties on this list. Pretty bloody awful for the most part. A couple of bearable songs on there
Listening to canonized classic rock music through this project is really interesting. As it turns out, a lot of it is not very good at all. I'm sure this album can be seen as part of rock music as a massive cultural force in the late sixties. It's just not as good as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, as interesting as The Kinks, nor as charmingly dated as the many one hit wonders of the time. It's just an album of bluesy filler tracks of the type that is commonly found on rock albums from the late sixties and early seventies. This album deserves to be forgotten. The drumming is kind of good, but when has that ever saved an album with nothing else going for it?
Not a whole lot going on instrumental wise, which makes this very boring to me. The production is very obviously dated, listening to this in earphones made me annoyed cause I'm hearing the guitar in my left ear, and the drums in the right and I could only focus on that for the majority of the time lmao. Sunshine of your love was not that bad, like I can see why it's their top streamed song but if that's the best then I'm not optimistic to hear the rest... World of pain - also not bad Dance the night away - meh Blue condition - snoozefest Tales of brave Ulysses - okay I like this, and I especially like the lyrics. Probably the only song I'm saving from this album SWLABR - Not bad, don't particularly care for it We're going wrong - snoozefest Outside woman blues - Lol this one was interesting. I do support women's rights AND wrongs😌 Take it back - Not bad Mother's lament - jesus the strong accent is killing me 💀 That said, I don't see why this album is iconic in any way it's very mediocre
Just not for me. There were a couple of tracks I quite liked: Tales of Brave Ulysses and Take it Back. I think I need a "nice" voice to really connect with the music. There's some real fun moments though in this. Like the last track Mother's Lament.
Låter som ett gymnasieband som övar. Bra för sin tid? Säkert asviktig för musikens/rockens utveckling. Men en T-ford idag är inte så ball. Dance the night away har sköna gitarr, bitvis men låt, text å svag mjäkig sångröst (genomgående). Blue condition, ett skämt? Sen är det bara dåligt. Bästa, SWLABR Strange brew.
Good old school, reminds me of guitar hero lol
Not really a fan. The hits on the album are decent but the rest didn't move me at all.
1-2 good tracks does not an excellent album make
one banger, rest meh
Strange Brew is an ok song. Sunshine Of Your Love is a classic, but I don’t really care for this style of music. It’s seems like every band from this era played the hackneyed 3-bar blues pattern so much. Which is fine, but not that interesting 60 years later. Probably won’t listen to this one again.
Ah yes, the other side of the 1960s rock coin, now that I just defended Kick Out the Jams. I like Sunshine of Your Love well enough, but overall this is a 33-minute album that I had to take at least four breaks from listening to because it feels like interminable jam band music to me. I did also enjoy Strange Brew. I'd like to unhear Mother's Lament and SWLABR.
If the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix had sex and they would make a baby and it would come out knowing how to play songs with no melody but cool guitar and they would name it Cream
I’m sure it’s neat if you like the blues. I listened on YouTube and the mix was basic. Nice rhythms and expected guitars. Was surprised by a few songs that reminded me of early Pink Floyd.
I'm a Rush fan, but I just can't get into this album. I can see how it influenced them, but it's just not my bag.
A couple good songs, the rest is pretty boring
Only one ok song
1. Strange Brew-A bit slow for my taste. Good sound, just missing the it factor. Lacking in real emotion or force. Too mellow. Not very catchy. 2. Sunshine Of Your Love-Real classic. Great song. Still subdued, but has much more emotion to it, both in the vocals and the guitar. Catchier as well. Guitar solo adds a bit too much dead air to song, should be ever so slightly shorter. Ending is a bit weak/generic. 3. World Of Pain-Much better initial sound. Haunting vocals. Strong opening but gets repetitive as it goes on. Solo felt kind of out of place. Weak ending again, last one puttered out, this one was just a fade. 4. Dance The Night Away-Mixed feelings. The vocals/guitar sound too similar between all of these songs. They have a very similar cadence in each of them and the warbly guitar sound too much. The drummer also isn't getting to really express themself in this one, they're just providing a very basic rhythm. This one actually had a good ending though. 5. Blue Condition-Something that finally sounds different!!! I like the piano, the little hits add a lot. Reminds me of something familiar and plodding, take me down to the ball game? I think my main issue is that all of these songs are fairly repetitive and don't do much to generate different sounds across the breadth of the piece. Each one has one sound it latches onto and barely deviates from. This one didn't really have an ending, it kind of just stopped? 6. Tales Of Brave Ulysses-These songs are just boring because they don't ever surprise you other than at the start. They'll do a fake out for a few seconds at the start at most but then stick with that sound for the rest. They don't really develop as time goes on. There's also always a random guitar solo that doesn't really do anything for the song other than extend its length. It's too monotone (album as a whole). The guitar is basically the same in every song (in character if not in notes played). These feel like they could all be one longer song arbitrarily separated or a bunch of variations on the same song idea. Fade out again. Fade outs can be fine but all of these songs have had pretty lazy endings and so I'm mentioning it here. 7. SWLABR-A different sound again? So, 2/7 have had a unique sound so far. This one has real emotion in it, it's just not doing it for me for whatever reason. It's still too repetitive as well. These songs don't feel like they have any growth. Ending is still lazy but at least there is one. 8. We're Going Wrong-Oh no, we're back to the weird vocals I don't like again. These songs are all so slow. Slow songs can be good, but they need to develop, go somewhere, or do something, and these just aren't. This album in one word so far is: boring. 9. Outside Woman Blues-The guitar is actually unique again here, but once again it's just so repetitive. The repetition in these tracks would suggest extra emphasis on the lyrics but the instruments are nearly always substantially louder than the vocals and the lyrics don't really say much for the most part, which would suggest the opposite. 10. Take It Back-The harmonica adds some nice character to this one. Does this one actually develop? This one also has a much more bluesy tone than the rest of the album so far. This one actually does develop. This is the best track after Sunshine Of Your Love. This is a solid piece, although I would like to say that once again the lyrics are kind of just there in the background. Still a bit repetitive, although it has substantially more variance than the other tracks. And a solid ending. 11. Mother's Lament-Obviously a joke, but I unironically liked it more than most of the songs in the album (although I am admittedly biased in favor of songs that tell a story). Summary: A couple good songs but the album is ultimately boring and repetitive.
Nja
Not the biggest fan of this album, I think its just a bit outside my range of listening, I understand how influential and trend setting this album probably was in the 60s, but its for sure not for me. Most notably, I really liked "Sunshine of your Love", not really a surprise, that opening riff is iconic. overall I would probably give this album a 2.
Not really a fan of the 60's-70's psychedelic rock stuff. I know the first 2 songs are a couple of the "big" hits of the genre, but I will change the station/song if they come on. Maybe if I was tripping out I would enjoy, but I doubt it and won't waste my shrooms on this album to find out. There were a few songs I wasn't familiar with that I thought were decent. Tales Of Brave Ulysses leads this group, but also though Blue Condition and Take It Back were ok too. A few WTF songs in there. After a couple listens, I'm still not sure what to think of Mother's Lament. I expected more from this band. After listening, I'm lowering my expectations. Not my listening pleasure, but overall was decent. Just OK. Going with a middle of the road 2.5. Just because I doubt I will ever relisten, the scorecard will show a 2. 2 Get a haircut, hippies!
This was pretty boring tbh. Some okay stuff but as a whole...ugh. I might listen to one or two songs (one of which is Sunshine of Your Love) but probably nothing more. Album cover is iconic as fuck though. 2
One for the boomers
C Strange Brew 3 Sunshine of Your Love 3 World of Pain 3 Dance the Night Away 3 Blue Condition 2 Tales of Brave Ulysses 3 SWLABR 2 We're Going Wrong 3 Outside Woman Blues 2 Take It Back 2 Mother's Lament 1 This was okay. It was your basic boilerplate 60's psychedelic rock. I know Cream is recognized as the first supergroup, so hats off to you for that fellas.
Cash rules everything around me cream get the money dolla dolla bill y'all!!! Strange Brew the movie>>>>>Strange Brew the song! You never need to listen to Sunshine of Your Love ever again, retire that song please! I do like that complete psychopath Ginger Baker, the record Fela Kuti let him play on is dope, these guys are not doing it for me. Ok some of this white boy blues hits...
So mediocre shouldn't make the list. Its not bad just generic
Not great, few good tunes
A little Doors-y, a little Hendrix-y, too heavy & not bluesey enough for me. Also they were trying to be The Who on Mother's Lament.
Very boring
weird normal. doesn't evoke any feelings from me.
Great for the first 3 tracks. Pretty hard to listen to after that. Not my kind of lyrics, and not my kind of vocal Melodies. Guitars are incredible though.
Sunshine of your love - Gros Classique Hippie
Not a very good album in my view. A couple of good tracks but as an whole album, I wouldn't bother
Sunshine of your love is a classic but the rest isn't that good. Fun guitar licks but vocals stink!
I guess I just don’t like Cream. I don’t really like psychedelic rock. I could hear Beatles and Kinks sounds here, and I like those bands, so I’m not sure what it is about Cream I can’t latch onto. “Sunshine of Your Love” and “Tales of Brave Ulysses” had good grooves, but for a blues-inspired album, the rest of it felt thin. Any Hendrix album kicks the shit out of this. I expected so much more from such an acclaimed album.
Mostly kinda boring, but at least not the extended into 10 minute jams kind of boring - Plus, "Strange Brew" rocks and "Mother's Lament" shows that they didn't take themselves overly seriously.
Apparently one of the most overrated albums ever. This thing was super repetitive.
Outside Woman Blues wtf. Started off nice - summery vibes. Not so great overall though.
I don't know. There were some fine songs on this album. Sunshine of Your Love is obviously a great song, but even so, I found myself liking it less when I thought about it again 30 or so minutes into this album. Honestly, I just felt fortunate that the album is only 37ish minutes in length because given the time, it could have been way longer. Standouts: Strange Brew, Sunshine Of Your Love, Tales Of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues
Starts off good, but the second half makes the album feel too long. For a 30 minutes album that's embarrassing
I did not like this at all. Some people may enjoy it but I never got into it. Clapton’s guitar was great but almost every song was ruined by the vocals in my opinion.
Cool vibe to it. For 1967 it’s very impressive. But other than that didn’t really do it for me, probably had too high expectations. Sunshine of your love obvs recognisable and a tune. Didn’t really click with me other than that though.
What the fuck, man
not for me but definitely influential
This was fine, but it’s a real feat to make a half hour album feel… too long. It felt repetitive and all blended into one for me after a while.
I did play this, but was working so remember nothing much about it. Some of it, such as the opener, was already familiar, but there was nothing here to make me want to delve deeper. The product of ‘60s over-indulgence that the participants may or may not have enjoyed at the time. Hopefully more than I did.
Eric Clapton is a tool, but you can't deny either his or Ginger Baker's skill. It's a shame that the lyricism and vocals don't match.
Yet ANOTHER generic whitewashed blues... but this time with headache-inducing guitars.
Psychedelic rockblues rockhard rock. No me ha llamado la atención.
Tuntuu, että tämän levyn arvostus kumpuaa nimilistasta ja kahdesta ekasta biisistä. Niiden jälkeen levy on rehellisesti sanottuna tylsä. Yhtä sielutonta kuin supergroupit myöhemminkin, ei 60-luku tee siitä hienompaa.
Du blues rock psychédélique sans grand intérêt selon moi. Je passe.
Most of the riffs are better than half-bad, but it's a little material stretched thin, isn't it? Two for two terrible side-closers make it an easier call.
Lots of recognizable tracks on this. Eric Clapton. Sucks what he did to his own legacy.
Meh
I loved this record about 20 years ago. I was 14 and at that time older always meant better in my mind. Now after having spent a lot of time obsessing over music, I find the record rather dull now. It's just British white boys of the late 60's in typical fashion playing black American music of previous decades. I actually do appreciate a little bit of humor on the record, and Ginger Baker is otherwise an interesting drummer with background in jazz, though all the footage I've seen of him, he holds is sticks caveman style, lol. I'm not a drummer but I know a jazz drummer holding sticks like that is like a skateboarder pushing mongo. On the best tracks, Jake Bruce's bass lines are really catchy and the drumming get's in the pocket and it all snaps well into the somewhat unimaginative guitar parts. For 1967 this is way too bland to be considered great for me. In the same year that Zappa, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, and even the Beatles were doing a lot more interesting things this year. Vaccines are not harmful.
Not totally my thing
Dit klinkt voor mij als 13 in een dozijn rockmuziek. **
Yawn
Om een of andere onverklaarbare reden moet ik bij Eric altijd aan plankton denken, maar voor mij is Cream vlees noch vis!
Pretty boring, overall. I don't think I'd revisit this. Some songs are good, but the ones that aren't are really boring. 2.49/5
Boring after Sunshine… Cover art 1/5
don't do Clapton
Pues quitando el "Sunshine of Your Love" lo demás a día de hoy no me dice nada.
It's fine... just not something I'm super interested in listening to.
Me gustó más la tapa que el disco. Los dos primeros temas definen el estilo y luego todo se vuelve monótono y aburrido. Lo lúdico del último track, salva un poco a este álbum. Seguramente habrá tenido su gran impacto en aquellos años pero escucharlo hoy en día es otra cosa.
Too mellow.
Well. 4-5 songs excellent, the rest I don't really care for. Mother's Lament is incredibly annoying. Clapton is a massive clanger also.
Alright background music, all songs sound the same. I would never seek out to listen to this album specifically.
Cannot be denied pleasantness, cannot be awarded greatness. Neat production without mastery of vision; the album wants to be generous but fails to commit or transcend towards firm realisation, be it psyche/grandiosity/bluesy. Good enough songs, but no particularly honest one.
Honestly, it's a little all over the place. Just a bunch of blues riffs, a drinking song (Mother's Lament), and none of them are particularly catching except Sunshine. Clapton sucks as a human. His music and blues jams are still overrated.
Famous song on an eh album, and I don't particularly like the famous song anyway. Also, wtf is with the last song... I didn't get actively frustrated with this album so it gets a 2
It's one of these major albums that changed music. Clapton is a person who I have so many personal disagreements with that I find him a bit hard to stomach and I think his dangerous opinions will ultimately dilute his popularity as a musician.
Never rated cream. Hate Claptons falsetto. Repetitive and over lauded as a guitarist. And an A-hole. The skittering jazz drum seems wrong. Its all flat and dreary.Couple of decent tunes up front. Not a believer. 2
dunno if you can make me like clapton, man
Not bad
i just cannot force myself to find this album interesting
I will probably never not be bored by blues records. But here, the genre comes with some psychedelic sprinkles on top, which makes the music somewhat easier to bear, but not enough to really like it. 2/5
Worth a listen once, psych rock is not my jam
The supergroup Cream were indeed influential. And popular. The musicianship shown is exemplary. Sunshine of your love is the only track on this whole damm album that sticks in the memory. I remember enjoying a couple of the other tracks - no more than a couple - but not enough to have them stick in my mind. Most of it was not aggressively bad... Just meh. And for that it gets a meh score.
Is this one of those white bands who lifted all their stuff from black musicians? Kinda sounds like one of those white bands that lifted all their stuff from black musicians. Not that it's bad or they're not talented but yeah...
4 stars for music. -2 stars for Clapton, the dick
The irony in a racist stealing blues music is not lost on me. Actually kinda shit, tbh.
stuck in second
First two I enjoyed, after that I wasn’t into it.
Hey it has that riff on it. Otherwise it all blurs together a bit
I don’t give a shit about Cream. This album is surprisingly way more mellow than I thought it’d be. Point added for Sunshine of Your Love, but the rest of it is junk.
Liked a couple of songs, but that was it. I couldn't get into it.
I remember this album -- I might have owned it, or maybe friends did -- and for a time I liked some of it because when I was an early teen I was really into guitar-centric "classic rock" (as it's called these days). Cream, though, did not hold my interest for too long back then, and I never returned to it. Super-talented musicians, definitely, but the style is too psychedelic for me. I just don't really like that kind of rock.
psychedely
* Needs a remaster Some redeemable moments. Mostly passable.
I was able to push through the fact that Eric Clapton is an awful fuck of a person (separate art from the music for melanin challenged folks, I know, I know). The album was ok and I know that people love it so I’m stoked this ain’t Twitter or Facebook so that I can’t get lectured to right now, but I found it monotonous and tiring. Actually, I’m tired writing this write now.
Great hits, great sleeve, the rest of the album, less so. Ever since I heard the Ella version of Sunshine the original has seemed underwhelming.
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: World of Pain, Blue Condition, Tales Of Brave Ulysses Cutting Edge: Sunshine Of Your Love Overall Notes: ....ok? Struggling to see what the big deal is here.
Wouldn't listen to this again. Even though Cream is an iconic band, the music doesn't resonate with me.
Ok album. Fuck Eric Clapton tho
I do not like Eric Clapton
that one song
One for the musos
Weirdly difficult for me to rate. I have this possibly overly-unrealistic dislike of Eric Clapton - I feel like his solo work was and is absolute trash and the worst of lazy-middle-of-the-road so-called "rock." Also seems like a right dingus. But. I admit Cream were different - I'll give Jack Bruce all the credit to make myself feel better. "Sunshine of Your Love" is a classic that everyone knows (although the lyrics are just dumb dumb dumb but who cares) and overall there is a unique and probably for the time groundbreaking sound they had. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" is hilarious/ridiculous lyrically (wtf?) and boy did Clapton like that kind of chord progression but it's a great tune - this is one of my favourites by them. In a number of songs you can hear what I assume is Ginger Baker (drums) shouting out changes which gives those tunes a cool live-in-the-studio effect. But "sound" only goes so far, and too many of these songs are just....snoozers. "Blue Condition" sounds like a bunch of guys who were up drinking for 24 hours against their will and told to record RIGHT NOW. "We're Going Wrong" is about as accurate a song title as is on the album. I realize this is considered a classic and it's fun to hear a few of these songs again after a while but it's not something I can listen as a whole any more - Cream is an excellent "Greatest Hits" kinda band for me. Most of the songs here are just dull. 5/10 2 stars