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There’s a reason you’ve heard most of these songs on classic rock radio constantly. Solid stuff. SWLABR kicks ass.
This was the first complete listen to entire album in one sitting. I was very pleased with the mix. The mix of bass and lead guitars with the drums was very effective in my Grado phones. The album was in my personal collection, so I didn't need to use Amazon Music. On a favorite scale, I would say a 6 or 7 now. In my late 70s, I'm leaning to more jazz. Cream's blues do stray too far from my current taste.
So great Jack Bruce is the weapon. SWLABR is awesome
This is just awesome. I once played in a cover band called Sour Cream in which we played all these classics
Not bad at all, nice and groovy chill vibes
Pretty good vibes, it’s chill.
Baker and Bruce made this band. Clapton was just along for the ride
Huge Fan of Psychedelic Rock and this Album is capturing the warmth and feeling of it really good. Really would be a dream to experience 70s woodstock drugged out tbh... Fuck Clapton (3.5/5.0)
I quite liked a lot of songs on here, good album overall.
Side A is just much more interesting than Side B. Still overall a very good album
Great album - A Mothers Lament has the greatest artistic value and Clapton really gets to show off his chops on that track.
Good
Solid -1 for combined racism and baby murder
What a band. One of the finest psychedelic/blues bands from the 60s.
Pretty great album. I hear a mix of blues and rock, which is very nice.
some all time vibes in this album
Great
Trochę kalka podobnych, bardziej popularnych zespołów tamtych czasów. Ale jest bardzo chwytliwe, miłe łaskocze uszy i kilka kawałków poszło do ulubionych, więc możne 7/10
Awesome
Great album. Clapton's an ass.
A pretty loaded, psychedelic blues album, that had a strong influence on some of the greatest bands to come later. I get people's dislike of Clapton, and that Baker was a nut, but Cream put out some solid stuff. I'd give this a 4.
really enjoyed it, sounds really groovy with some great bluesy stuff as well
This is a very good classic album.
Great stuff, Clapton and friends
I definitely recognized the hit songs and the influence these guys had on rock. Very impressive good listen
I really like this band. The first two CDs I ever purchased were Appetite for Destruction and a Cream greatest hits CD. Some of these songs were real clunkers, but the highs are so, so high. (not really related to this rating, but I spent the rest of the day listening to "album radio" for this album and it was all great)
Sounds distinctly like the missing link between the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Some songs very Beatles, some songs very Zeppelin, yet all obviously belonging on the same album together.
A definite classic with several timeless gems
4.5
Favorite is Blue Condition. Almost sounds like a Monty Python parody, but very earwormy. Solid album
Een vrij kort album met een schitterende hoes. De naam van de band deed natuurlijk weer eens geen belletje rinkelen, maar de gitaarriff van de tweede track kent vrijwel iedereen. En dat is niet het enige herkenbare deuntje. In het half uurtje speeltijd is niet elk nummer even geslaagd (Blue Condition vond ik bijv. helemaal niks en zo staan er nog 2 à 3 tracks tussen), maar over het algemeen is dit wel lekker om aan te hebben staan. De gitaren worden heerlijk geroerd en de drummer verstaat z'n vak. Qua zang weinig tot geen irritatie, wat ook wel een keer leuk meegenomen is. Ik ga hier een 4 voor uitdelen. Ik ben de week voor kerst nog niet vergeten.
Influenced alot of great bands....
I used to rock Sunshine Of Your Love on Guitar Hero. Hadn't heard the rest of these songs before, but this was a vibe. Mother's Lament took me out, but otherwise no major skips. Strange Brew and Dance The Night Away were my favorites besides Sunshine.
Тяжёлый психоделический приступ в виде альбома
I grew up listening to this. Good stuff.
There are some iconic songs on here: Sunshine of Your Love; White Room; Tales of Brave Ulysses. Blue Condition is a fun feeling drunken sounding dirge, SWLABR is great, and I throughly enjoy the throwback Mothers Lament. There’s no bad song on here, but there’s a few I don’t really care about. I’d give it 3.75.
Good
Really enjoyed this one, was more my style. It was nice to explore a bit more of Cream having only previously heard Sunshine of Your Love
This is a good album, but it is especially good when considering when it came out. Sunshine of Your Love is probably the biggest song on here, but there are several really strong tracks like Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWABLR, and Strange Brew. It is saying something that despite being the most famous, Eric Clapton might be the third best player in this trio.
I had never heard of Cream but I really liked this album - I think I’m probably being a stinge with my 5 stars, but this was pretty close
But is it art? This is not a facetious question, but a serious gander at the essence of Cream, and in particular Eric Clapton. Allow me to define the artistic persuasion in rock. In the decade after rock n roll descended from Elysium, a few acts decided to explore beyond the Chuck Berry template and see what they could do with music. For instance, Brian Wilson began using more ambitious arrangements and experimenting with what the studio could achieve. The idea of rock as art essentially becomes codified in June 1966, when Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa (with the Mothers of Invention) release a week apart Blonde on Blonde and Freak Out!, the first double albums in rock. Not only were these two monumental in scale, they sought to include more learned techniques and inspirations, such as Dylan’s surreal wordplay and Zappa’s musique concrete forays. With psychedelia, this artsy bent became the norm, with the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and the Velvet Underground three of the many acts to try reaching out beyond their grasp and consciously producing art. This artiness has remained a plenteous meadow within rock, with prog, krautrock, punk, post-punk, and indie all claiming some territory within art. However, this artiness provoked a backlash. Plenty of bands were content just producing rock n roll, and didn’t care for these arty-farty art-school wankers citing books they’d never read and making music that supposedly required a grasp of post-structuralism to appreciate. The Rolling Stones attempted an artsy project with the ropey Their Satanic Majesty’s Request, but Mick is too canny a businessman to have pursued such folly ever again, and thus we get the standard Stone slab of It’s Only Rock n Roll But I Like It. Motörhead always insisted that they simply played rock n roll. AC/DC have recorded at least 10 songs that have “rock n roll” in the title. Oasis, the main rivals to Status Quo as the least artsy British band, declared that they were Rock ‘n’ Roll Stars. Now, the smart music fan should realise that this is a spectrum, not a dichotomy (Bowie is obviously artier than Queen, but Queen had some artiness to them), that there’s no reason one can’t appreciate bands of opposing persuasions, and that if one does have a preference, then that’s gravy too. But where do Cream lie in this rainbow? Cream are oft called the first supergroup, a group formed from acts which have already attained success (the name “Cream” comes from them being the cream of the crop in the British blues and jazz scene of the mid-60s). Cream consisted of singer and bassist Jack Bruce, lead guitarist and then-apparently-God Eric Clapton, and exceptionally cantankerous drummer Ginger Baker. Ginger Baker’s drumming, extrovert and peacocky, instantly became an exemplar for rock drummers, an exemplar where numerous followers of his became exemplars in their own right. However, the most celebrated instrumentalist in Cream is, of course, Eric Clapton, the blues purist who, since his emergence, has been routinely heralded as the greatest axeman Britain ever begat (though one should remember this reputation derives significantly from his key role as an establisher of dad rock, and that Clapton stopped being considered cool the instant Cream broke up). And that segues clumsily into the placement of Cream on the art/non-art spectrum. One would assume that Cream, what with their jazz inspirations and psychedelic trappings, belong on the artier half. Ah, but one is ignoring the presence of Clapton. With Clapton, the decisive term is not “art”, nor is it “rock”. “Blues”, I hear someone nasally suggest in the crowd, but no. For Clapton, it’s all about, and only about, “craft”. Eric Clapton plays guitar because playing guitar is what he does, and his guitar playing is about doing stuff on a guitar. Yes, I get how reductionist that is, but the foremost quality of Clapton’s music is his facility with the relevant techniques, a facility which has directed how Clapton has envisioned his music. Despite the frequent, historically justified comparisons between Clapton and Hendrix, the two men had utterly antithetical conceptions for their music. Hendrix wanted to expand the very possibilities of sound, so the studio became as much an instrument, dissonance and sheer noise were embraced, and the only limit was Hendrix’s kaleidoscopic imagination. Clapton, though, just wanted to play the guitar, and so the techniques Clapton uses, though impeccably employed, are yer standard guitar techniques. This is prima facie a strange criticism (I’m chiding Clapton for doing something well), but a fellow could wish that the scales be removed from Clapton’s repertoire. Anyway, Disraeli Gears, though seemingly a trip and a half of a record, is actually quite standard 60s fare. This is to be expected: don’t delude yourself into thinking that Clapton is going to experiment (Bruce and Baker joked that Cream was a jazz outfit, only they didn’t bother telling Clapton that). And the songs are rather likable, with the best being the mildly psychedelic ones (Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses), as they’re the ones most conducive to a make-out session with a spacey girl who’s still hot despite having pubic hair that reaches her knees. But the make-out session would be a short one, which demonstrates an unusual flaw: the album isn’t long enough. For an assemblage of such talent, you want a sense of the epic, you want a 10-minuter with Clapton pulling off every trick he knows, but you just get a condensed, slightly ersatz take on psychedelic rock. It’s a very good condensed, slightly ersatz take on psychedelic rock, but one still trips over its stumpiness. I guess the Cream’s just a bit off (I don’t know whether to be ashamed or proud of that). NoRadio, signing off.
3.5/5. Better than I remembered. Some solid classic rock, not much else to say.
This is great, with some terrific songs on it. My favourite is ‘Tales of Brave Ulysses’.
Day338 - listening for the first time and i didn't know jack bruce sang most of the songs. tales of brave ulysses sounds just like suzanna by leonard cohen.mothers lament is hilarious
Really enjoyed. Like a 60s psychedelic White Stripes. Nothing mind-blowing but just a really solid album.Wanted more of the folk-pop stuff, didn't care too much for the full on blues rock. Best Track: World of Pain Worst Track: Take It Back
++: Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, Outside Woman Blues, Take It Back +: World of Pain, Dance the Night Away, Blue Condition, We're Going Wrong, Mother's Lament 9,0/10
This is some great 60s psychedelic music. I’ve never been the biggest Eric Clapton fan but this group is more than just the sum of its parts. Jack Bruce , Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton all Play a key Role into making this band sound amazing The guitar tones are really good and the Songs are short and groove filled. 1967 Is one of the best years for music 4/5
Interessanter Mix aus 60er Rock. Eric Clapton an der Gitarre ist immer schön zu hören. 4/5
Took a while to get into but I appreciate the progressiveness. It does dive back into straight blues on the back half. Plus a star for being short and to the point
This was a good 50/50 combination of blues and psychedelic. I can’t say I’m as excited as all the hype surrounding this album, but it’s still a decent album.
Day 71 - Nov 25th, 2024 4/5 but only because I hate Eric Clapton
3-4
Good album. Recognized most of the his from this one.
Psychedelic magic. Quintessential 70s album.
Good Album
Dang I loved this! sunshine of your love was a seminal track for me from my youth, period where I was copying my brother. Brings back memories. Probably was on the air guitar album. An excellent album of blues goodness
Classic, great stuff. Feels like such a time capsule of music.
Favorite Track: Tales Of Brave Ulysses
Primera escucha impresiones: Strange Brew: 90 Sunshine Of Your Love: 90 World Of pain: 90 Dance The Night Away: 88 Blue Condition: , 60 Tales Of Brave Ulysses: 75 SWLABR: 84 Were Going Wrong: 80 Outside Women Blues: 80 Take It Back: 85 Mothers Lament: que es esto: 45 Total: 80
I am on an absolute heater of great music right now. This is another one of those fantastic albums that paved the way for so much more of what I like and love. Clapton's most psychadelic piece. Soooooo busting
a cool jam. really like the vocals. the album has a really good vibe.
What a record! Imagine listening to it in 1967. What a mind blow. Not all the way consistent but definitely has some amazing tunes on it. Top tracks are Strange Brew, the eternal Sunshine Of Your Love, Tales Of Brave Ulysses and SWLABR.
could i write poetry to this? n
Lots of bangers. Drums are great. Starts to falter towards the end, but then it's over.
Super fun to listen to these three play together, but feels like a lot of padding considering it’s only 33 minutes long. Several indelible classics. Tales of Brave Ulysses is my favorite.
Creaming my pants
This album is a classic in psychedelic blues, perfect for immersing yourself on a cold, rainy November day. While I’d heard many of these tracks before, listening to the entire album was a new experience, each song building on the last with its rich, layered soundscapes. The album’s haunting, bluesy riffs and deep grooves felt like they were made for the weather, amplifying the mood and making it an ideal companion to a stormy day. It is truly a must-listen for fans of this genre!
睡得挺香的
Eric solo: dull. Eric in a band: great
Quintessential psychadelic rock
Cream at its best--which is very good indeed!!!
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Classic
Solid cover to cover
Good album
One of my favorites as a teen, kinda dated now, but still like it
Extremely era accurate cover art. I wonder how much LSD went into making this one. Sounds very gritty, and I would say '69 in general. Reminds me a lot of how Jimi Hendrix or Jeferson Airplanes songs sounds. Overall I think this is quite a good record. Have heard it before, but there's definitely quite a lot of good songs here in 'Tales Of Brave Ulysses', 'Outside Woman Blues', and 'Strange Brew', which all have very memorable riffs. And let's not forget 'Sunshine Of Your Love', which is actually quite a banger. Just a very mysterious and heavy riff. It definitely sounds a bit dated, but I still think it's catchy enough to hold up quite well today. And I can imagine that this must have been quite sick when it came out, especially live. Solid 4.
I think it is what it says on the can! Some 70s sych rock but released already in 1967. "Sunshine of Your Love" clearly the best song on the album by far but the rest was cool too. It managed to feel both fun and experimental while keeping to its psych rock core. It coming out in 1967 Not the most interesting album on the list but a 3 feels too harsh, especially since it was so early. Weak 4 from me.
Solid record that mostly holds up.
I had never listened to this album in its entirety, so this was fun (and good).
Disraeli Gears is my first encounter with Eric Clapton and Cream, and it's quite an impressive introduction. This album is all about its intricate psychedelic sound. The instrumentation on it is masterful, and it blew me away on the first listen. It leaves no doubts in the album's status in the music canon, and I imagine at the time it was quite huge in the mainstream. That said, my impression was slightly ruined when I started more thoroughly listening to the lyrics, as they ended up quite plain, uneventful, monotone, and were all just singing about some woman, in a somewhat crass male way most of the time. It lowered my enjoyment of the songs I really loved off of this. The final song is a completely unnecessary departure that feels like a shitpost, and its presence on the album is utterly baffling. What were they even thinking with that one?
Sunshine of Your Love is iconic, and there are some great, almost glam-y tracks after it that are really up my alley, too. Nothing mindblowing, but this is some good straight up rock and roll, especially for 1967.
A couple of classic tunes to top of a great album
67 was a pretty solid year, it seems. This is pretty close to 5 stars for me, but I can't help but feel that the last few songs pull it down overall.
Mix down was sensational, truly a pleasure to listen to. Mother’s lament surprised me though it was a pleasure from start to finish.
A flawless 60s classic of blues and psychedelic rock. Standouts: Strange Brew, Sunshine Of Your Love and Tales Of Brave Ulysses.
Love
This was fun! I'm kind of blown away by how in the 60s, blues became psychedelic. Because blues themselves are not necessarily psychedelic, but it seems like every band that pick them up took the blues to trippy heights. Which is what makes this album fun. Its blues, its psych, its good old fashion 60s rock and roll. A lot of classics on this record, but also a lot of sleeper songs. Either way, I enjoyed it!
I don’t really consider myself a huge fan of Eric Clapton, but it’s hard to deny that he’s had a hand in making a ton of really good music. From the Yardbirds to Derek and the Dominoes and everything in between. This album is definitely no exception. He shares vocal duties with the venerable Jack Bruce, and they both do a very excellent job of matching vocal styles to the groovy basslines of Bruce, the precise yet still psychedelic style of Clapton, and the tight but funky drumming of Ginger Baker. The classic hit single on the album “Sunshine of your Love” stands out for good reason, the main guitar riff alone is iconic, but it’s far from the only great tune on the record. “We’re Going Wrong” is one that particularly stood out to me, emotional but not cheesy, huge drums, and a really lovely tempo dropping bridge. “Outside Woman Blues” is another track that I really enjoyed. If I had to pick one negative on the album, it would be the song “Mother’s Lament” a weird little cockney jingle that I don’t particularly care for. I’m not confident in calling this a perfect album by any means, but as far as the bluesy psychedelic rock genre goes, it’s pretty damn good.
Dad rock to the end
Exactly what you expect from Cream. Groovy prog rock. Solid listen.
This album screams hippie drug-tripping rock. I only knew Sunshine of Your Love, so the rest was new to me. Beyond that one I enjoyed Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, and Outside Woman Blues. There lyrics were interesting and very descriptive and symbolic, likely connected to their trips, which was really impressive and neat (most of the time). Dance the Night Away wasn't overall my favorite but the picture they were weaving with the lyrics was well done.
This is such quintessential 70s psychedelic rock. Sunshine of Your Love is a solid classic, and Tales of Brave Ulysses and Take it Back (that harmonica, man) are my favorite tracks on here. Curious about what they were on when they wrote Mother's Lament, lol. Love the overall vibes and how the album transports me into an era of history I didn't experience, but can totally feel through the music.
Making rock music shouldn’t sound this effortlessly good.
I only knew Sunshine of Your Love before this but really enjoyed the sound and felt myself getting into the music. Will be back for more!
Great Classic Rock!
Really cracking album, just skip the last couple of tracks...
Lots of catchy hooks and interesting sounds. And that guitar... perfect. Why haven't I heard this before? Discovering so many great albums. Got a bit slower halfway through but picked up again. Enjoyable. Highlights: Strange Brew Dance The Night Away SWLABR
Actually real enjoyed this album, fun to listen - Mother's Kament come a bit out of nowhere but is pretty funny.
Solid album.
Really good apart from the weird songs stuck in as filler
4 Very bluesy 60s jam record of British names of Clapton, Baker and Jack Bruce.rating even if some of the songs sound a bit similar.
bluesy and psychedelic in perfect amounts. It worked well.
23/09/24 Average.
4/5
Some great hit tracks. Like the vocals and harmonies. Some songs aren’t that exciting.
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Overall fantastic album. I went into this album knowing a good chunk of the songs but had never listened to the album all the way through. I listened to the album on vinyl and it made the experience that much better. Overall 8/10
Great album, but I probably would’ve rated it higher thirty years ago when I was more into this era of music. That doesn’t take away from the impeccable guitar work of the inimitable Clapton. A true master of the craft, and this is him at his peak. The rest of Cream is no slack, either. I just don’t know that psychedelic rock holds up as well as the musicianship deserves. Except for nostalgia , of course.
Just barely misses 5 stars.
4/5
No complaints, a wonderful 60’s band, not quite a 5, but a close 4.5 I love Strange Brew and Sunshine of your love (already favourite songs) but nothing else stands out quite so much
Was a fun pick
Breezed on by nicely.
They all are pretty good at their respective instruments.
The album as a whole didn't live up to Sunshine of Your Love, but it was still good minus a couple stinkers. I especially appreciated the drummer absolutely working those toms
Love first track, it's giving movie soundtrack in a great way Second track is exquisite
Having heard some Cream before and obviously knowing Sunshine of Your Love, I thought this would be more "classic rock" and less "Brit-rock," but I was happy to hear more of the latter. I really enjoyed this album and am more curious if any of their other stuff leaned closer to The Kinks than Zeppelin as I previously thought.
"Tales of brave Ulysses" is genius and there are some other classics here, but also some filler.
Really nice, most songs are good. Mellow, easy listening, but some energy. Good road trip album, or to listen to while doing activities.
4,5 Stars
A few obvious standouts from the rest of the album but overall something I really enjoy for the musical talent.
It’s a shame Eric Clapton is a knob. Simpsons: No, but Clapton is.
Good toe tappers. Last song a bit weird but funny
This is a 4.5 for me. A few iconic songs, some good , and a few fillers. The great songs seem to end abruptly.
4.5* Mostly bangers, but not quite enough to push it to a full 5*'s, unfortunately. So much talent in this band.
Starke Band, starkes Album! ****
So enjoyable. It's a repeat for me. High 4 stars. I enjoyed the diverse musicality and vocals of this group. The guitar is standout. Just superb mixing and character. The vocals and the guitar are all speaking the same sentiments. So satisfying. I'd never heard the whole album before, and the last track was a suprise. Such rubbish lingo from the cheaper UK tv shows, there on an album. I laughed. When I finished, I started all over again, and it made my gym session a breeze :)
Lange Zeit habe ich nie verstanden warum "Disraeli Gears" so als Meisterwerk gefeiert wurde wurde. Jetzt in den letzten Jahren feiere ich es auch. Aber nicht alles. Einige Nummern gehen an mir vorbei. Was mich positiv überrascht, ist der Gesang. Cream kann auch singen.
Strange Brew 4.2 Sunshine of Your Love 4.4 World of Pain 4 Dance the Night Away 4 Blue Condition 4 Tales of Brave Ulysses 4.6 SWLABR 4.2 We're Going Wrong 4 Outside Woman Blues 4 Take It Back 4 Mother's Lament 3.2 Score: 4.054545455
I spotify-liked 3 tracks (Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses), but I enjoyed the overall sound, especially the bluesier tracks. I saw connections to Hendrix, Rolling Stones, and a through-line to White Stripes.
What I wanted the Small Faces album to be. Still wanted to like it maybe more than I did. But still a lot to like.
Rock gods.
Solid, if sounding slightly dated, blues/psychedelic rock album.
Wonderful psychedelic blues album with great riffs.
i knew nothing about them and i quite enjoyed
Did not use a private Spotify session. Classic psychedelic ball tripping stuff. Don't believe me? Look at the album cover, fool.
Nice, good music.
Very very classic rock, this stuff has aged like fine wine. 4.0
We all know Eric Clapton isn't a good person. He wasn't a good person when this came out because he was a womanizer and kinda gross. Years later he'd become an out of touch racist douche... All that said, he's not the only one in this band. Jack Bruce really shines on the bass, elevating a lot of tracks like World of Pain and Dance the Night Away. There's a lot of songwriting to like here even if I think Clapton is overrated on guitar.
there's obviously a lot of talent on this album but I got kind of bored by the end idk
A good album and of course the musicianship and Eric Clapton make this a must listen. Highlights are "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Strange Brew".
Not bad at all - mum knows it too!
funny story about that last track...
Solid 60s Britrock
Soured on Clapton as a human being, but this music rules.
Great album by one of my Dad's heroes. One of the few we both liked! The first two songs 'Strange Brew' and 'Sunshine' are up there with his best work, along with 'Tales of Brave Ulysses'. Clapton's guitar work was groundbreaking at the time, as well as Ginger Baker's drumming style. The rest of the album is pretty solid too.
I was enjoying this, then I got to the track they have on Buffy, had a brief emotional breakdown, then carried on enjoying it. Bloody good.
Great album. Really nice guitar work here on a classic psychedelic and blues rock album. Clapton is god. ****
60s were wild and exciting, dude!
Wish they weren’t British Guitar tone makes me Cream
For some reason this brings memories to me of watching British TV shows from the sixties and seventies. My rating would be 4 stars or B+.
Some classic songs with undeniable talent behind them. Some songs really seem to contrast the other songs in the album, but overall some good rock music. Goes to show how the 'classic' rock songs are a selection of the best of the best.
Surprisingly, lots of bluesy themes next to the psychedelic ones. Great album, with a stale (?) second half.
Amazing stuff. Not everything though
This was a good 50/50 combination of blues and psychedelic. I can’t say I’m as excited as all the hype surrounding this album, but it’s still a decent album.
Listening to the final track on this album, "Mother's Lament", a choral song sung by the band member's about a mother losing a child when the album first came out is a much different experience than darkness of knowing what experience awaits Eric Clapton nearly 24 years later. From a percussionists' perspective Ginger Baker, before Neil Peart really opened eyes about what kind of role a rock drummer with jazz chops could have in a band. His use of toms and double bass inspired all kinds of ideas that helped propel a ton of drummers throughout the 1970s. Favorites: "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love" Personally I feel that Cream's FRESH CREAM belongs on this list more than DISRAELI GEARS and therefore this album gets a 4 instead of a 5 that I would give to FRESH CREAM for breaking new ground and also having far more tracks I enjoy than DISRAELI GEARS.
damn smooth, I was worried it was going to be a psychadelic mess from the 60's, but man am I glad to be wrong. Just good dive bar rock and blues.
Now THATS some 60s rock and roll. Sunshine of your love is a great song!
Absolutely banging. Loved it.
Classic Album.
Pretty good; I'd definitely listen to it again (except the last track—what the heck was that?). 4 stars
This was a nice album, I would listen to it again!
I definitely seem to like 60s psychedelic rock so far. I had always heard of the band Cream but, gun to my head, I couldn't have told you what genre of music they were. The cover tipped me off of course. There are definitely some weaker parts of the album but the parts I liked I really liked! Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, and SWLABR were the biggest standouts for me. Liked a few more, liked a few more a lot less, but hated nothing. Definitely would happily relisten to the whole thing.
One of early Rock’s most Influential bands most acclaimed albums! Not quite masterpiece, but a gem nonetheless.
Not a patch on Wheels of Fire, but still brilliant.
As far as psychedelic rock goes, this is the pinnacle. The perfect amount of weird and experimental. Their hearts are in it as well as talent. Writing is strong and lyrics are good. Little not to like, but to say there’s no issues anywhere would be a lie. Always enjoy a spin. 4/5
Charming, chuggy and awesome, very Cream. Everything was good, but it was over too quickly. Four stars.
Bluesy, Psychedelic Rock...Classic album with great musicians. Would almost give it a 5 simply based on Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love. Or maybe if those 2 songs did not open the album...everything after that kinda pales after that.
Obv Sunshine of Your Love is the winner here, but was pleasantly surprised with the rest of the album. Unlike other albums from that era, it doesn't feel dated. It brings that energy along and I feel like I "get" it. That's not extremely descriptive, but it's the best I've got.
Great 60s psychedelic rock album
I like Dance the Night Away.
Just when I start to think this project is giving me duds then they rip off a string of solid projects. This one was no different, it wasn’t too remarkable in anyway but it is a solid project. Psychedelic Rock for the win!
A great psych record.
Not bad
Classic 60’s rock… Clapton, Bruce, and Baker(Epic drummer!). More than just Strange Brew here…
Cream was always top of list back in my guitar playing days. Obvi Eric Clapton is one of the GOAT guitar players, and Ginger Baker absolutely smashes it on the drums. Jack Bruce kills it as he leads this team through the album, and its just a solid listen.
I wish I could eat their music, like a creampie- Strange Brew - 3.7/5 Sunshine Of Your Love - 4.8/5 World Of Pain - 5/5 Dance The Night Away - 4.6/5 Blue Condition - 4.5/5 Tales Of Brave Ulysses - 5/5 SWLABR - 4.8/5 We're Going Wrong - 3.4/5 Outside Woman Blues - 3.5/5 Take It Back - 4.6/5 Mother's Lament - 3.8/5 Total - 4.3/5
Love the bass on the first track. I feel like this track has a fun psychedelic vibe, musically as well as lyrically. Track 2: I know this riff! :D This track has got me bobbing my head; it has a good beat. I feel like this track has great vibes for lazing around stoned on the grass on a sunny day. 3: The vocals on this give me Beatles vibes. Not my fave so far but still a good beat and intriguing mysterious lyrics. 4: Love the opening riff, really enjoy the syncopation. A bit slow, but interesting lyrics again. 5. This gives me Beatles vibes too a little bit. I could see this track pairing well with some psychedelic visuals. 6: This track reminds me of Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin. I like it a lot; it’s sexy! I wonder if Led Zeppelin were inspired by Cream? Their track was released 4 years later than this. 7: I like the guitar on this song. Don’t particularly care for the vocals. 8: Great guitar riff. Meh vocals again. 9: Looove the opening riff and drums! This song makes me think of Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple a little bit. This also came later in the early 70s! I wonder if Cream inspired them too? 10. I like this one, it’s fun! All the elements work well together, and I like that it’s a little faster-paced. I like the slightly country vibe too. The rhythm is great. I think it doesn’t all quite coalesce fully for me, but it is fun. 11. Flanders and Swann vibes hahaha! This feels so English and I love it. This song is funny and I love it. I wonder if they were inspired by Flanders and Swann? I also LOVE that the album ends with the spoken words “do ya wanna do it agin?” XD
Great music
I wish this album was a tad more psychedelic. Overall killer release
Great guitar works and grooves. 4 stars
Enjoyed this a lot more than expected, I’m going to have to listen to more Cream
4/5
Ok but nothing crazy amazing like this album is always held up to be.
ahead its time, 3.5 rounded to 4
Good album
fun! lots of gems in there.
pretty great. eric clapton is a bit of a trash human now unfortunately. :(
Some really good songs and some “interesting” songs. Overall good listen.
Another fun album. If you haven't seen "Beware of Mr Baker" it's well worth the time. Such a great and ornery drummer.
Split between a 3 and a 4 but I'm in a benevolent mood. Overall, cool. Cream is a dope band name
This is a cool album to get into. I've listened to Sunshine of Your Love so many times, so I'm excited to hear what else they cooked up. I do not quite understand the lyrics on SWALBR, but I do like them. Rainbows with moustaches are scary. Mother's Lament felt like I was listening to a Monty Python song. I shock laughed at how insensitive it was. "Your baby has gone down the plughole." This album was fun. It's not exactly my brand of rock, but I liked all the songs. 7/10
Cool. interesting songwriting and progressions on some tracks
There's enough classic psych rock riffage here to warrant a comfortable 4. There's also unfortunately too much weird vibrato vocals (We're Going Wrong - yes you are) and what sounded like a bad Monty Python outtake (Mother's Lament) to hold me off giving a 5. Overall a great discovery and definitely one I'll be coming back to.
The zenith of blues-based acid rock. Sunshine of Your Love is iconic and Tales of Brave Ulysses is absolutely insane. Definitely a portrait of late 60s London.
I liked this album but i did feel that it got a little repetitive towards the end
Don't support Clapton as a person, but he’s a great musician. This is a really good album.
Funny, I just picked up the '69 pressing of this album a couple of days before it popped up here. Strange Brew indeed.
Great album. Some of the best psychedelic rock (I wouldn't say it's trippy though). The only song I hate is Blue Condition and I'm not sure why. Why Disraeli Gears? Something something some guy mixed up a British prime minister's last name from the 1800's with a type of bicycle gear. SWLABR? (Great song by the way) She Walks (or is it Was?) Like A Bearded Rainbow! I immediately fell in love with Sunshine of Your Love years ago. Arguably Cream's best song. What pisses me off though is that Clapton said shit like "Keep Britain White" and then didn't want to perform on a stage where there was a "discriminated audience" during Covid when concert-goers had to be vaccinated. So on the one hand the man is discriminating about who can live in the country he lives in and then feels his audience is discriminated against because they won't do something not only helpful for themselves but helpful for everyone in attendance at a concert? Hypocrite. Now I can hardly stand to listen to Clapton. I'm going to still rate this highly because it is essential and it is a great piece of music and because other personnel were involved (I do not know their political stances). Fuck Clapton though. I used to look up to him when I was little. Now I just see another old racist conservative white man that used to play the guitar really well (and probably stole most of his riffs from black music anyway - hypocrite).
It was quite pleasant :)
This is great, Eric Clapton sucks as a person though
Great album. You can here the influence it had on Josh Homme vocals along with countless other artists. Clapton is a highly talented musician who excels at bigotry and medical ignorance.
A beautiful start
Sehr langes Album, was sich aber gut hören ließ. Ein bisschen Peace mit psychedelic Stil, ein bisschen Doors, etwas Folk und auch was rockiges. Abwechslungsreich mit klaren Stimmen und passendem Arrangements. Gut gefielen “World of Pain” und “Sunshine Of your Love”. Wiederholung- auf jeden Fall 😊 Wenn ihr Euch fragt wer der Lead-Sänger der Band ist, es ist Eric Clapton 😊
It was good. It is a classic. Sunshine of your love is very good and so is strange brew.
67 one of the best years for rock n roll
Honestly not my favorite stuff, but I did feel like the album was pretty iconic in its sound and delivery. Album artwork is great and matches the vibe.
Jack Bruce!
Blues rock psicodélico. Un megahit. Un 4.
Great album. Great bass, great vocals. Great drumming by the one and only ginger baker. It was interesting to hear some influence here onto queens of the Stone age. Josh home definitely takes some vocal influence from this band.
Clapton in his "God era". Nothing short of great rock and roll music muddled with late 60's hard rock and raw psychedelic energy. Love this albo to bits.
I don't think it's aged particularly well but definitely a classic of it's time and a milestone in the evolution of popular music.
Great album with several stand out hits. I feel like this album gets more and more British as it progresses. 4.4 stars
Fantastic! Superb mix of psychedelia and groovy power blues
4/5 Cream I always loved Eric Clapton, but Ginger Baker is outstanding! The psychedelic cover reminds me of "Are you experienced"of Jimi Hendrix
A very solid listen; noteworthy mid-60s psychedelia with strong musicianship from all involved, plus strong production for '67. The only issue is that the material is not consistently *strong*; that is, if every track were as poetic as "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and there were no filler, things would be all that much tighter. As it stands, it's worth one's time.
Feels like it should be listened to on a summer's evening. I knew more songs than I thought - but the last song sucked
Strange Brew - kinda repetitive, vocals aren't great Sunshine of Your Love - strong all around. Notably strong vocals and bass World of pain - strange vocal melody, nice instrumentation Dance the night away - low quality mixing, overall decent melody + sound Blue condition - jazzy sound, vocals blend into background too much Tales of Brave Ulysses - particularly strong vocals, decent guitar work, guitar part sounds roughly mixed SWLABR - guitar riff gets repetitive, strong performance on vocals and other instruments We're Going Wrong - instrumentation at beginning is very well done, drums and bass particularly noteworthy, introspective lyrics add nice touch, feels like it should build after first chorus Outside woman blues - strong riff at the beginning, strong vocals, noodling between lines could be better, strong solo Take it back - strong chuck berry-esque riff to begin song, goes straight into strong jazzy sound, Mother's lament - obnoxious British sound, feels like joke Beatles impression
The Cream.
Favorites: Tales of Brave Ulysses (9/10), SWLABR (8/10), Strange Brew (8/10) Least Favorite: Mother's Lament (💩/10), Blue Condition (3/10)
Jimmy hendrix meets the beatles
A classic rock stable blending psychedelic and heavy leaning rock.
surprised to find it came out in 57 which seems like it could have set the tone for this genre for the next decade. 4
It’s really more of a 3.5 or 3.75
Cream is pretty good. Shame Clapton is an armpit
A few songs on here I didn’t realize were Cream. Quite an album.
Those guitar sounds man. Fun.
Great group, great album.
Some good recognizable rock. 4/5
pretty good!
8/10. Eric Clapton sucks.
Never listened to this whole album thru before. Some truly great songs. Not all, but some.
Full on hippy music!
Just listened to this last week on my own! 3-4 stars. Enjoyed it but it blends together a lot too.
such a 3.5
This is a classic psychedelic rock album. There is some cool guitar work and trippy vocals. Almost too trippy… It’s good but the songs get a little long and drawn out at points. The vocals are cool sometimes and not quite hitting it for me at others. Not quite sure that this one still resonates. 3.5/5
A classic. One of my favs to this day.
Psychedelic rock classic and probably Eric Clapton’s single greatest album
Soundtrack of my holidays
Banger, savna White rommet tho
Great album, didn’t realise Cream made the second song. Brilliant guitar riffs throughout.
Pretty cool psychedelic rock. Smooth and would make good background party music
It was fine
Good album
Great album
4.5
Cream at its best. This album has just about all of their best songs.
this trio consisting of Jack Bruce, bass player, Ginger Baker, the drummer and someone called Eric Clapton, guitarist decided to form a band after meeting while playing with John Mayall and the bluesbreakers (clapton and baker at least. baker knew Bruce from a previous band called the graham bond organisation (with john mcclaughlin)). They took this British style of Blues and flipped the script on it. They went for a much more flower power route, but with a heavy backbone of the electric blues. these Brits flowed into the emerging rock scene, bringing the blues into an English realm of psychedelic lyricism, psychotropic mysticism and whimsy. Jack Bruce's or Eric's lyrics (amongst others) sung by Bruce and strutted by the mid tone wizardry of Eric Clapton and the beat perfect drumming by Baker, and Jack Bruce's brilliance on the bass all seemingly held together by a deeper understanding. The rhythm changes and brakes seem effortless nor artificial. It took a couple of listens to hear the words. it clicked and lifts everything and everybody in tune! my attention span likes short albums and this objective succeeds with a mere 33.33, which i'd happily repeat this is why i subscribed to this site! a renewed appreciation for things like this! psychedelic blues rock classic
solid stuff, Sunshine of your Love is iconic
Very good, listened twice
Great album.
3.5 but there's enough here to fall on the 4 side
Great album, but a real seperate the art from the artist situation.
Interesting sound would listen to it again
Pretty classic. Not as groundbreaking as it was back then but still at least a 3.6
Timeless classic
Another classic. No bad songs
Another album in embarrassed to say that I've never listened to in it's entirety. All totally amazing songs!! I'm gonna resist giving it 5 stars though, that's a rare score, don't want to abuse it.
En af de bedre. Sunshine of your love er en af mine yndlings numre med Clapton!
A classic, but with the odd mediocre track
4-
Blues rock psicodélico. Un megahit. Un 4.
Growth of Clapton and really hits the core rock of the time. The sound is rugged and paves the way for rock in the 70's
favourite song: sunshine of your love really enjoyed this. loads of fun and at barely half an hour long it doesnt overstay its welcome at all, which far too many albums on this list are guilty of.
How can you not like Clapton, baker, Bruce?
Some great guitar jams.
Grew up on this album. Mom's favorite!
General observations: - a lot of the songs seem repetitive - cool album cover - don't think i'd heard of the band before this Song by song breakdown: -love strange brew, very good guitar - sunshine of your love is far too song and is so repetitive but only song I knew before listening - world of pain is v cool but weirdly haunting?? - dance the night away. Could not understand a single lyric? - blue condition. why has lead singer randomly developed a london accent??? sounds like a pub song but boring at the same time - Tales of Brave Ulysses, love love love!!! The guitar omg - SWLABR, very good, love the rocky feel of it. "But the rainbow has a beard"??? - We're going wrong, don't really have many feelings for it tbh - Outside Woman Blues, so cool!!!!! - Take it Back, the harmonica!!! very good song - Mother's Lament, makes me imagine a group of men all around a piano in a pub in a scene in Oliver with pints of beer icl, its fun though but also very dark, i like it weirdly
Heavyweight stuff here from Cream, some delicious riffs (see Sunshine of Your Love) and a good dose of psychedelia.
I’ve heard cream a bit before, whose songs are largely based on the singer rocking out and occasionally switching to a soft falsetto with Eric Clapton wailing on the guitar in the background. It’s a definite yes for me. Sunshine of Your Love - classic. Outside Women Blues has really weird timing, but I still kinda dig it. A Mothers Lament reminds me of Monty Python. It’s a weird one to end on, but I’m glad they had this random silly departure from their usual style. There’s a lot to love on this album.
i like it. my favourite song is "the tales of brave Ulysses
Incredible album. Strange Brew is one of my favorite songs.
Sunshine of Your Love is an iconic song. I loved this album.
- Fucking 2 Jahre!! Warum, Cream, warum?!? - Immerhin darf man Clapton und co. für dieses großrtige Album dankbar sein. - Psychadelic, Prog, Blues, Rock. - Soundtechnisch und stilistisch haben Jimi Hendrix und Cream sich safe gegenseitig stark beeinflusst und inspiriert. - „Sunshine of Our Love“ großer Hit und eines der ikonischten Riffs ever. Wenn der erste Ton gespielt wird seh ich mich sofort auf Mushrooms durch bunte Farbwelten gleiten. - Insgesamt ein tolles Album Rating: 4/5
- Was hätte diese Band erreicht, hätte es sie länger als zwei Jahre gegeben - ich liebe den Sound und Stil von Cream einfach. Bluesig, rockig, teils proggy und sie gehören meiner Meinung nach trotz des wenigen Outputs zu den besten Komponisten von Riffs und Melodien aller Zeiten, was auch dieses Album beweist (Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, World of Pain) - Als einzigen Kritikpunkt kann ich nur angeben, dass mir Cream fast immer besser gefällt wenn sie näher am Rock als am Blues sind. Die ruhigen schweren bluesigen Songs holen mich einfach nicht ganz so sehr ab 4,25/5
Grunge go hard
Great album, this! A true all-time classic!
Really enjoyed this. Particular stand outs were sunshine of my love (sure I've heard it before) and take it back. Definitely think that some of the current musicians I listen to were influenced by these guys Reluctant to give a 5 so early in the process so going with a 4 but would definitely listen again
Classic blues rock, but honestly there’s better stuff out there. Still fucking killer
It’s kinda wild how every album from 1967 sounds pretty much exactly the same. Only knowing the hits, I hadn’t realized how similar most of Disraeli Gears sounds to Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Sgt. Pepper, Her Majesty’s Satanic Request, etc. Like everyone really seemed to be on the exact same acid trip that year. Also “Tales of Brave Ulysses” remains an absolute banger!
Great psych blues rocky album. Fav song: Mothers Lament
Great stuff, really catchy guitar riffs
Bangers on bangers on silly filler on bangers. I enjoy so many songs off this album and have had phases with different songs for years. Most recently I was loving Outside Woman Blues and Take It Back, both less psychedelic than much of the album but excel at being catchy, groovy blues tunes with killer performances from the band. Definitely a few weaker tracks but oddly it doesn't seem to detract a lot from the album experience for me. Probably easier to list the tracks I think are weaker because everything else I enjoy immensely. Weak tracks: - Blue Condition - Mother's Lament (pretty funny tho, just an odd fit) 4.5/5
Good album with Sunshine of Your Love. This is an Eric Clapton production which can be hidden from his personal career.
Oldie but goldie
What a treat. Melodic sounds, great solos, smooth melody. Clapton outdid himself on this one. One of my favorites. 8/10
Recognised some of the songs, really nice vibe
great album start to finish Old acid rock.
Fantastic first half, slightly weaker second side
Psychedelic rock peaked hard and early, this album being one of the key examples. It’s interesting bc it’s not particularly “psychedelic”; it’s much less trippy than something like early Pink Floyd; but it fuses dark blues rock with poppy color in all the right ways. Best song: Tales of Brave Ulysses
A fantastic album let down by the closing song. Seriously, what idiot thought Mothers Lament was worthy of being on this album?
Excellent × Classical
strong psychedelic - sunshine of your love a perfect track
good 60s music
Wasn't all that bad. Apart from Sunshine of Your Love it was really quite forgettable. It's really quite short as well, with the amount of songs on the album I was expecting something most substantial. It was good but I wasn't wowed.
Good
Strange Brew - Easy listening, perfect for a summer drive as the sun sets on a hot day. Sunshine of Love - Hard driving song, windows up chorus blasting
Sudden flash back to my stoner youthful version of myself. My friends and I filled our hours with Cream and other rock album music that provided a great backdrop for a truly enjoyable period of my life
I really like the sort of disengaged & laid back kind of rhythm. 4/5