Reviews (page 6 of 14)
The Cream is supposed to rise to the top, but not on this occasion!
Some great guitar. Mother's lament is a mental way to end the album. Sunshine of your life doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
Thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Sunshine of Your Love is an obvious classic but otherwise this felt pretty tiresome. Some of the double albums I've had on here have felt shorter than this 33-min album.
Undoubtedly my favourite cream album, how much clean cream can you cram in clean cream record?
I liked this more than I thought I would. I remember being in high school and listening to this album when I first discovered Cream and thought every song was gonna be like Sunshine Of Your Love. Haven't listened to it since then. There's still some filler on here and the last song is stupid but it's still a really good album.
It was very good, the Tale of Brave Ulysses is such a banger. Love it.
I only listened to wheels of fire and haven’t listened to this album yet, hope I’ll like it too. I like it, but I still hate EC :)
Listened to this twice back to back. This definitely grew in me. Don't think I've heard much Cream before. I knew Eric Clapton was in there but my opinion of him growing up in the 80s and 90s was not of someone whose music I enjoyed. So this was definitely a surprise. Highlight was Take It Back.
Brilliant
I listened to Cream a lot in my teens. I think for the most part, this album stands the test of time. Yes, it sounds like it was recorded using a tin can and a string with a layer of mud in between. Nonetheless, the songs and performances come through. I can't stand anything Clapton recorded after 1970 but I enjoy his playing here. The solos are short and organized. SWLABR is probably my favorite example. I'm a big fan of Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Jack's singing and bass playing come through really well but Ginger's drumming is buried in the mix. (the less said about Ginger's singing, the better.)
Nostalgia and craft get it to 4.
Strange Brew is one of my favorite classic 70s rock tunes. Groovy. And of course outstanding musicianship.
This is not the blues sludge that I expected, but it still doesn't do much for me.
Psychedelic rock. Includes Clapton. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #114 (2003) NOT on 2023 list Best Songs Sunshine Of Your Life Tales of Brave Ulysses
Songs were not as long as I assumed from this band of old jammers. Drums good.
Cream. Already listened to it, but it’s good 👍
Interesting psychedelic rock. It’s fun to hear early Eric Clapton
Unnecessarily complicated album, fitting very much in the era during which it was recorded. Recording quality appeared to be high for the time, however, the songs were just way more complicated than necessary in my opinion. Just giving it the benefit of the doubt by giving it three stars, due to the excellent individual qualities of the musicians. 3/5
Une jolie découverte à laquelle je ne m’attendais pas!
Guitar hero legends of rock
Meh. First two songs good. Rest is mediocre.
Brilliant classic. Can’t imagine what it must have been like to hear this fresh and in its first release window prime
I liked Mother's Lament.
252/1089 - In general, I find psychedelic music is pretty cool but I can't imagine myself listening to it that often. My taste currently leans more towards New Wave, Jazz Fusion, Soft Rock, and Trip Hop. This makes it tricky for me to review these types of albums. This seems like a pretty standard psychedelic album to me so it's a 3 or a 4. I liked the songs that descended I guess.
Laid back voice, a bit boring and slow, typical 70s vibe. + sunshine of your love (heard before) - gillar inte ljudkvaliten , låter stökigt
a classic - at least two tracks will be familiar to almost anyone
This was a really fun album—it’s wild to realize that Cream was only together for two years, and yet their sound made such an impact on the rock scene. There’s a lot of genres I can hear in this album, from psychedelic rock to blues. And then to end with a vaudeville song? Absolutely wild.
Very good
Best Song: Sunshine Of Your Love. There is a reason that this is the one song that most people have heard off of this album. It has a perfectly simple guitar lick, echoed by the bass, and overlain with some great vocals. Worst Song: Blue Condition. What a dull and sleepy rhythm. Overall: Classic rock that sometimes breaks the mold to do something with a bit more passion or experimentalism than some of its contemporaries. It isn't the most exciting album to listen to in (current year), but it has a certain fine-aged quality to it.
From the first note, I was hooked. However, sticking this version of Sunshine of your Love on this album wasn't appreciated.
Classic. It’s not often that Clapton isn’t the star of the show. Of course, he still is, but until this listen I never paid attention to how fantastic the bass and drum work in this album are. I prefer Clapton when he stays closer to his blues roots.
Another iconic album. The first three tracks are just outstanding but the rest of the album doesn't quite live up to that opening.
Couple incredible tracks
heard this before Strange Brew - 5/5 Sunshine Of Your Love - 5/5 World Of Pain - 5/5 Dance The Night Away - 4/5 Blue Condition - 2/5 Tales Of Brave Ulysses - 5/5 SWLABR - 4/5 We're Going Wrong - 3/5 Outside Woman Blues - 4/5 Take It Back - 4/5 Mother's Lament - 1/5 Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up)
I’ve never been a huge Clapton fan and that didn’t change. I love psychedelic rock but unless you’re listening to cream of the crop psych rock then it’s kind of overly repetitive. This album was more of the latter. Far from bad but “Sunshine Of Your Love” is a good example of what I mean. A solid song with a killer riff and bass line but it kinda just repeats over and over again. That said I absolutely love “Tales Of Brave Ulysses” and nothing here is bad.
A classic even if overplayed still sounds good
4/10
83/1001 :: Cream - Disraeli Gears Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 8 Listen before you die: Yes So I have listened to this before but it’s been a while. I’m not a huge Cream fan but I don’t certainly don’t hate them. Frankly I think my feelings for Clapton get in the way of my enjoyment of Cream even though I love Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce for that matter. Either way, I probably have listened to Wheels of Fire more but after giving this a fresh spin today I’m realizing how great this is and maybe I’ve been listening to the wrong Cream album.
Eric Clapton is a trash human. Okay, that's out of the way. Much like its cover, while this album is rather psychedelic with a lot going on, it's also surprisingly monochromatic. Each track is a pleasant tinkling guitar over Ginger Baker's perfect drumming. It can produce some odd dynamics. For example, We're Going Wrong contains exceptions drumming throughout, a burst of quality guitar at the end, but the vocal and overall vibe of the track is mind-numbingly boring. Outside Woman Blues is the standout guitar track for my money, but is simply not a blues track (and the lyrics suck). Take It Back flexes the blues muscles, but is generally unremarkable. Influence 4, hits 3, quality 4, and I don't hate it 3. 3.5
can i say that i laughed when "sunshine of your love"'s riff began. 3.5/5
Contains the classic "Sunshine of Your Love" but I don't know..
I really like the sound and vibe of this music, this album, but that may just be nostalgia. Clapton is undesirable but then lots of male musos are. They just don’t mouth off about it in public. 3
Strange Brew Sunshine of Your Love Tales of Brave Ulysses
Hier verwacht je hoge ogen van, en Claptons gitaarspel pik je er ook feilloos uit, maar dit bereikt toch niet de hoge toppen waar ik bij Clapton op had gehoopt. Leuke jarenzestigbluesrock, maar het is niet de crème de la crème.
De hoes geeft al een kleine hint over het decennium. En al kan het gekker, muzikaal is het ook wel duidelijk. Dit is licht psychedelische rock. Het begint met de hit, die met kop en schouders boven de rest uitsteekt. World of pain staat voor mij symbool voor dit album. Het is een afwisselend nummer. Muzikaal heeft het uitschieters en dipjes. Het begint Beatles-achtig met de kleurloze en zeurende lange lettergrepen. En dan volgt: "And it stands in the grey of the city". Wat inhoudelijk natuurlijk het nummer neerzet, maar door de manier van zingen ook muzikaal het nummer neerzet. En na twee zinnen zakt de zang weer in. Pieken en dalen dus. Waarbij de pieken wel langer bij mij blijven hangen, maar vaak toch ook vaak erg kort duren. 3,5 ster.
Met Cream was ik wel enigszins bekend uiteraard, maar ik had gek genoeg nog nooit dit iconische album in zijn geheel geluisterd. Het combineert bluesrock met psychedelische elementen, wat je in de hoes al terugziet. Er zit zelfs een beetje Beatles in, met name in het nummer dat Ginger Baker zingt. Dat had niet gehoeven van mij (en Mothers Lament ook niet), maar blijkbaar moest hij net als Ringo Starr ook 1 nummer op het album hebben. Het is volop genieten van het gitaarspel van Clapton, de dikke bassriffs van Bruce en het jazzy gedrum van Baker. Die laatste valt soms een beetje uit de toon vind ik persoonlijk, omdat hij niet de meer standaard ritmes drumt. Het wordt daardoor soms wat minder makkelijk te behappen en ik vind het toch vaak fijn als een nummer lekker vloeiend loopt. Afgezien van twee enkele nummers, is dit een erg lekker album. De 4,5 ster rond ik daarom graag af naar 5.
Some familiar tunes, some not, but the unmistakable Clapton guitar makes this timeless.
Excellent psychedelic blues crossover. Clapton before he started playing safe.
I'm familiar with Sunshine of Your Love and really enjoy that one. Other than that, I felt like the album was underwhelming. There were some bright spots, but it just didn't feel like it was for me.
'Tis the blues! Vilka gitarrer. Fyra
Cream was a popular band both in the UK and US in the late 1960s. I never was a huge fan, although I didn’t hate them either - someplace in the middle of the pack. Two hits came from this album (Strange Brew is the better one in my opinion vs. Sunshine). I liked the blues number (Outside Woman Blues), but the rest of the record dragged for me.
Yes, this sure is a 60s album cover. As you might expect I have no idea which one of those guys is Eric Clapton. Is he the Mads Mikkelsen, Ringo, or Joe Perry? It took a lot of deductive googling, but I think he's the angsty Joe Perry. Now that that's squared away: I don't enjoy this. Guitar heavy, bop light. Would be a 2, but 'Sunshine' bumps it up to the 3 zone. Highlights: 'Sunshine of Your Love' (Is it good because USC's band plays it, or does USC's band play it because it's good?); 'World of Pain' isn't terrible either; the album title comes from a malapropism ("derailleur gears")! Lowlights: 'Outside Woman Blues' (Big yikes), 'Mother's Lament' (what is happening here)
Not a bad album. Brought back some childhood memories. No wonder people love Clapton. Top notch.
Nothing special.
Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Strange Brew is good, Sunshine of Your Love is a stone cold classic. Really enjoy Tales of Brave Ulysses, but have to suffer through Blue Condition to get there. How did the same band make songs so good along side such crap?
Another foundational album from my childhood (my dad had the tape in his car.) Super good despite the misogyny.
Oh hey that’s the album that one song is from. Somehow never intentionally listened to Cream before but this was good. Sunshine of Your Love, Strange Brew, and Take it Back were both great. The rest was also good, though jumped out at me less. 7/10, 4 stars.
I'm not sure if it is the sleepy singing or maybe the production is muted, but I'm surprised how boring I found this.
This is everything a 60s rock album should be. Obnoxious, wailing leads; singing with tons of reverb; super cymbal heavy kits and a bit of hippie fusion in the mix. Am I mainly here for Sunshine of Your Love and Tales of Brave Ulysses? Sure, but everything in between is a pleasure to just melt into. You could throw this album on at any function and you’re just cool. This album is cool. I love it. 9/10
I could have sworn I already reviewed this album, interesting. Sunshine of Your Love has one of the most recognisable riffs ever. It definitely carries this record. Don't get me wrong, this was a very good listen, but I really think this was lacking substance. The guitar note and subsequent solos were probably revolutionary at the time, but looking bad it just isn't enough to make this album amazing. Don't get me wrong, awesome listen, and definitely would listen again - but I just think there's plenty of better 60's rock out there and as time has moved on we are able to more easily identify that.
Always feels a little odd to give an Eric Clapton effort considering he treats being a shit person like an Olympic sport but I'll be damned if he can't carry a tune. Fairly all killer and no filler here which partly comes down to a slim runtime of 33 minutes. I guess some artists just really want people to feel they got their moneys worth back when you pretty much had to buy everything on physical media
Most of the songs on this album are pretty solid instrumentally, with some strong highlights. At points, the vocals were a bit ordinary. I liked the bluesy twist towards the end with Take It Back. Mother’s Lament, the Monty Python audition tape, which is odd as it pre-dates Monty Python. Clapton’s guitar work throughout the album rightfully accelerated the rest of his career. Tales of Brave Ulysses - Standout lyrics, really liked the instrumentals too. Sunshine of Your Love - undisputed banger, iconic, goated guitar work. Highlights Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Take it Back
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This album is screaming for the songs to be longer. Its a great album with great songs but they're all wayyy too short. Also pretty front loaded. 8/10
A psych-rock album that eventually evolves back into a blues album. I really enjoyed Side A but felt the last track felt a bit like that joke 60s song from Spinal Tap that they show in a flash back. Side B is solid, with some amazing drumming on We're Going Wrong after which the album returns to a solid blues sound. Making the last song on the album a joke song when the album is only 36 minutes long is bold, I didn't really care for it though. It's a great album with some really big hits, one of which would go on to be one of my favourite needle drops in all of cinema. When Jimmy whacks all of the Lufthansa heist guys in Goodfellas while Sunshine of Your Love plays. Highlights: Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, SWLABR
I like this one much betterrrr. It is so funky. Especially SWLABR. Still idk how my style it is but I would love to listen to this played in a bar
As much as I hate Eric Clapton as a person, he really did contribute to some great music. So separating the art from the artist for a moment, "Disraeli Gears" is a very important album and a major stepping stone from blues to hard rock. There's a surprising amount of psychedelic rock on here as well. Songs like "Sunshine of Your Love" sound like they could have been the soundtrack to some hippie love ins. 1967 was a year stacked with great and important albums. Cream definitely earned their place among those impressive albums that year.
Strange Brew and Sunshine of your love are standout tracks, the rest of the album isn't much to write home about
Pretty straight forward and a good listen.
I liked the music, but I didn't enjoy the singing so much. It was slightly boring
A classic.
Some amazing guitarwork but overall this album is a 30 minute slog
Enjoyable, not a true classic though
Not too bad, does drag on a bit.
Great guitar playing. Strange Brew. Though Mother's Lament seems out of place.
I had never listened to Cream before, I will not be making that mistake again. This shit SLAPS.
Bland but I like the song about ulysses
Psychedelia man. Far out. Blue condition caught my ear. Lackadaisical music meandering. I actually like it when Clapton tones down his playing and doesn’t riff over everything. Ginger Baker’s drums are the more interesting piece of the group. Enjoyable album but not something I’d put in rotation.
Nostalgia says 4-5 but I didn't much care for a couple songs.
Helt greit. Noen høydepunkt, men stort sett på det jevne.
It was a fine album but didn't blow me away. Not my favorite blues rock album by any means. Eric Clapton is a heck of a guitarist and I wish he was featured more.
classic
I know this one. Clapton is a cunt but this early stuff was good.
Pretty listenable. Second last track is really jarring.
A couple really good songs but back half felt weak
OH IT'S BLUE
Pretty good I guess! Some legend hits rounded out with swill. Fuck Clapton.
easy to listen to so giving a higher rating
The guitar
It’s nice to hear someone singing in my accent.
Excellent Album - love the British Blues
Nice
Great recorrr
Tight tracklist with great riffs throughout. Gets a little more bluesy in the second half. Strange Brew and Sunshine is a crazy two track start to an album
When I was younger I thought I loved Cream but really just liked their hits. Every time I try a Cream album, I’m left with the same meh feeling. There are the great tracks and then there’s the rest. Same here. Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Ulysses, and SWLABR are great. The rest runs from huh to meh to wha?
magnifique
This was one of my first records I got on vinyl. Some of the songs are nostalgic and I actually hear some of my guitar influence in this playing. I found myself knowing some of (who I assume was claptons) the solos essentially note for note. Wouldn't really go out of my way to listen the whole album, however some of the songs are very good. Still not happy about Clapton being a racist so maybe that's having an impact on the rating.
Four classics ( Strange brew, Sunshine of your Love, Tales of Brave Ulyses & SWLABR)with four classic guitar riffs burned into the rock n roll ether. Blues feel throughout, even when they’re getting psychedelic or slow. Drum fills and beats that remind you of why all drummers should learn jazz as part of their education and bass lines that feel very inline with the funk to come years later.
There's a lot to like here in the sweet guitar licks, the harmonies, and the overall psychedelic sound. It's bluesy and experimental and I can see how it's influential. The album is never self indulgent with the average song sitting around 3 minutes. I think this is another album that's best in the right environment. If my tab just hit at a chill party, I could totally get down with it. It's too bad Eric Clapton is a total knob. 3.5 stars
Incredibly famous and probably dissapointed because I expected more of it. Jack Bruce bass will always be nice though
It was fine. I knew Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love.
Gikk an å lage musikk på 60-tallet
Classic psych rock, always dug sunshine, also like the opener rest of album is kinda samey but still interesting
Good rock album from the 60's, nothing more
It’s alright, I really don’t like psych rock like this
Some classics, but some a little dated. Amazing for an album 58 years old!
Pretty solid! Short and to the point with memorable licks
Amazing guitar harmonics, bluesy psych rock, what's not to love?
65/100 didn't really get the appeal to this, pretty boring and every song other than the opening and closer tracks sound exactly the same lmaoo
Classic album the encapsulates the late 60s. Unforgettable tunes like sunshine of my love and strange brew to start the whole thing off. Flowing into more bluesy mainstream toward the end with a great version of outside woman blues.
Bellino
Checki zum Teil, zum grosse Teil aber nid so min vibe
Kind of an ultimate rock and roll record from the period. Psychedelic, yet with great feel and rhythm, and lots of nice contrasts between the tunes... which all sound like Cream even though they are different. I suspect a lot of people would put this in the top ten rock albums of all time.
Gostei muito do álbum.
solid
First Clapton appearance? Lately I feel Clapton has fallen out of favor, but I’ll always be a fan of his music. Probably overrated by some, but still one of the best. One of the first albums I owned, I want to go 5 but I acknowledge faults. Starting with the good stuff, Clapton rules. The opening to Sunshine of Your Love is a great music moment. Particularly the third time through that riff, one of the sickest guitar sounds I’ve ever heard. Apparently called the “woman tone”. I really like most of these songs, one that grew on me is “We’re Going Wrong”. I recall a clip of Ginger Baker complaining he didn’t get a writing credit because the entire song is really driven by the beat. One of the Producers called it “psychedelic hogwash” and there is definitely some of that. Song writing is a little weak. Overall it works.
Think I might be an Eric Clapton hater. When Mick Jagger banged David Bowie's wife and wrote a song about it (Angie) it was cool, because he's a lovable rascal. When Eric Clapton stole George Harrison's wife and wrote a song about it (Layla) it wasn't cool, because he's a charmless prick. These grand musings aside, I was surprised by how little I liked this classic album. Sunshine of your love is awesome (another Lesbian Makeout Party staple s/o Sean), especially the ingenuity of the drums, but most of the rest of this album sounds like garden-variety 60's psychedelic schlock.
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.
I came in pretty lukewarm on Clapton (sidenote: have you ever read his racist rant? Pretty wild stuff for a guy who owes so much of his style to black musicians). This had some awesome moments - Strange Brew, Sunshine, SWALBR, Take It Back. Really like Clapton's voice and guitar tone, so kind of eat up anything where those are coming together well - but man there's alot of psychedelic filler in here. Always fun to hear a little more Ginger too.
Good album. There are only 3 of them and each member really brings a lot: Clapton's guitar playing is obviously a particular highlight but I really like the bass playing, and Ginger Baker is an influential drummer as well. They all have space to shine and that's cool. Sunshine Of Your Love is the obvious highlight but I really liked SWLABR too
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.
Fantastic musicianship but slightly plodding at times.
Classic rock album
A couple of good songs but nothing too great.
Very chill. Knew a couple of the big classics. Liked the entire flow.
ça me rapelle Eric Clapton
Saved by its general bluesy-ness - particularly on the very enjoyable Take it Back - but otherwise, surprisingly, I didn’t really like it.
Better than I expected, but won't listen again.
I quite liked this to be honest
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.
There are definitely some lulls, but the highlights here (specifically Tales of Brave Ulysses) is as good as that late 60s psychedelia blues sound gets
NOW THAT'S what I call psychedelic rock! Turns out Eric Clapton can play the guitar pretty well. Who knew? First half of the album made me think we were headed towards a 5 but the last half is just fine. They're better incorporating the blues into a more psychedelic song than playing the straightforward blues they had at the back half of the album.
If you could distill the transition of rock n roll from blues to the more psychedelic era to follow, you'd get this album. I don't think it's the CREAM of the crop, but it's damned good
It was alright, nothing really stood out to me
I feel like the first track is as good as it gets unfortunately
Such a tight and fantastic classic rock album - so much happening with all the parts weaving in and out of each other like a paisley automaton. “Strange Brew” is one of my all time favorite rock songs, and follow it up with “Sunshine of Your Love”, and it doesn’t get much better than that.
There's no better 1-2 punch than "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love" to start this album. Some of the ones that follow are less memorable but the blues psychedelia of "SWLABR" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses" are lyrically head spinning and a lot of fun. I also liked the weird Ginger Baker songs,especially "Mother's Lament," which offer a nice break from the Bruce and Clapton songs. They were an all time great rock trio with each member bringing a crucial element.
Plenty of fuzzy guitar goodness and I love the percussion section with so many fun fills. Cream had that psych blues sound down, really cool record thats very of the era
I never thought of myself as much of a Cream fan, but this album is fantastic.
Not bad. Had a later Beatles feel with that psychedelic rock phase. Was definitely better than I expected. This is another album that makes me wish we could have half stars because it’s probably 3.5 for me but definitely not up to a 4.
Short and fairly weird album. Could do without Mothers Lament, but otherwise very, very well executed.
Great bass playing.
Classic, classic rock album from the supergroup, Cream. Standouts: Sunshine of Your Love, Strange Brew, World of Pain, Blue Condition, SWLABR, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues, Take it Back, Mother's Lament. Also ran: We're Going Wrong, Dance the Night Away. *SWLABR is an initialism that stands for "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow" the "W" could also be interpreted as "was," so "She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow". Rating 4.5 / 5
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.
Nearly lost a star for that bullshit at the end
Started strong, ended weak
Cover is nice, haven't heard of them, but they sound fine, genre is in my sphere. Mm dunno what else to say rn, no high expectations. First song, this is goood, the headphone play. His voice is rocky too. Mm it's so swell too, the song somehow just gives me that. This is so short, I wish it lasted longer mhh. Second song, this has a much stronger voice now. The headphone play is so fucking good, dam this doesn't disappoint. Ahh these two songs are the most known of the album, that makes sense, that means that proceeding ones may be kinda worse, but I'm not seeing that yet. The quality is low, but that's because it's the 60s I guess. Looved the outro. Third song, nah this is good too. I think there are two, nvm three voices here. Dam production is good. 4th song, subtle melancholia, lyrical delivery, mm too good. 5th song, I don't usually talk this less, but mm my ears like this what can I say. So many rhyming of the same word, love him for that. 6th song, another strongly sung one. Loved when the beat dropped and the actual song was revealed. 7th song, mm this one's upbeat, third most popular song btw so that makes sense ppl like this kinda stuff, in this case ppl being me too. 8th song, the most vocally and with-drums song here. Lyrics are more than they seem hm. This is probably my favorite of the album as of now, the outro was just too good. 9th song, lyrics are fun here. Fuck I really don't know what to say, it's just good. 10th song, this is so Bob Dylan of him with the harmonica, sonically it's quite different from the usual. Also I just saw a random man pass my fence at 1 am, not normal, had to say it. My left is suffering, it's hearing the most sounds rn. 11th song, this is iconically done probably (?). Fits for the finale of the album tho. There's echo in my right ear. They're very British here also. Piano came in dam. Oh fuck I just realized what the lyrics are about, horrifying indeed.. Mm nevertheless the album itself was a joy. I didn't imagine it would be this good. Yes 5 stars is the right fit for me, I added all the songs, I liked them enough to make me listen to them again. Mm they were together as a band only for two years, but I hope there are other albums of them here. Mm influential, they must have been too.
I like cream and I like Cream!
It's interesting to me that there's only one Cream album on this list given that so many other artists that I would count as less influential and/or popular have multiple albums. (Guess it's the curator's biases showing through again) Also, it's interesting that they picked this album, but at the same time this is pretty representative of their work. I like Cream; when I'm in the right mood. It definitely captures the sound of the psychedelic era and the late '60's in general. It has a hard edge that at the same time is all about embracing the vibe of drugs, free love, and experimentation that was a hallmark of that age. I think they could have been a lot better though if they did two things: 1. Varied their sound a bit more. 2. Expanded beyond drug anthems and sex. I think that second point is what held them back. It definitely was part of the time, but it missed the social/protest component that made other similar acts better.
Tales of brave Ulysses is v original
Takes me back to being 14; great record
Great album! My expectations were low because I’m not an Eric Clapton fan and the only Cream songs I was familiar with where the hits. Not a bad song on the album and they are all really well composed.
One of my top albums all time
Good 1970s psychedelia
It was okay. It kept me entertained for a half an hour. If it was any longer, I would have started to lose interest.
Now, we have the "cream" of the crop for Eric Clapton's career. Obvious pun aside, for as much as Clapton continued to see success in his solo career and other projects, it was always going to be his time with the band Cream that got the most recognition. Similar arguments could be made for drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce. Their landmark album, Disraeli Gears, serves as a testament to their combined talent early on. A good portion of this album is the sort of chill psychedelic blues rock that's emblematic of the group, as members shared hazy vocal leads and songwriting credits amidst crunchy guitar riffs and a loose rhythm section. The compositions are kept mostly tight and self-contained, as songs never veer off into improvisational jamming, which is a good thing for keeping these songs memorable. Tracks like "Strange Brew", "Sunshine of Your Love", "Tales of Brave Ulysses", and "SWLABR" capture the shift from blues to more acidy stylings as the latter half of the 1960s raged on. That said, this album does peter off in the last couple of tracks, from Clapton's more straightforward rendition of Blind Joe Reynolds's "Outside Woman Blues" through the band's mock ending of "Mother's Lament". I should also mention that while Clapton is an above-average guitarist who is showcased well here, I wouldn't say he was the greatest among his contemporaries, like Jimi Hendrix or George Harrison. There were definitely better players at the time, and deep down, I think Clapton would agree with me. Regardless, Disraeli Gears is a classic record from one of the first supergroup bands ever formed, and as such has its place on this list.
Its Clapton, but I didn't dig it. I guess I've never really liked his stuff? Just sounds like a lot of noise to me; maybe its how its mixed. A surprising take given my affinity for most classic rock.
An album to take mushrooms to. Sunshine of your love is a classic but nothing else really stood out.
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
• 5/5 • A tad uneven, but Strange Brew, Sunshine, Ulysses, and SWLABR carry the album to 5 status
This was really good - loved Sunshine of Your Love - and quite melodic and then it came to Mother’s Lament and it completely ruined the moment for me. Other than that a solid collection of songs.
Incredibu!
Starts brilliantly but doesn't maintain that level. Realistically I'm only saving the 1st two tracks
please dont
La guitare de clapton est intemporelle
Pas très mémorable autre que Sunshine Of Your Love, mais quand même une bonne écoute.
As a scrawny king that last song is STRIKING. But incredible A side, good B side, classic psych rock
Very 60s
J’adore!
It was fun to listen. The kind of stuff that plays in a bar, and you use your Shazam to save it. For me, the most interesting parts were the guitar lines, which turns out to be written by Eric Clapton :O. Some songs sounded oddly familiar to me. This might be because of the influence of the album. I probably listen bands which are inspired by Cream. For example, the intro of 'Sunshine of Your Love' resembles intro (after the bass solo) of 'NIB'. My favorite songs were 'Tales of Brave Ulysses' and 'SWLABR'. In SWLABR after each lyrics line, guitar responds. It's like listening to a conversation.
Sunshine of your love bu albümdeymiş meğer. Top >> Ama sunshine of your love dışında libido düşürücü gıy gıy enerjisiz bir albüm. Şarkılar mid af.
A great psychedelic blues album. One of the most stacked bands in history, where every member is considered an all-time great. Something I did notice though, is that it sounds like Clapton is restraining himself in a few songs, but it still sounds great. Though much of the material on the record is great, both sides end on very weak songs, side 1 with Blue Condition and side 2 with Mother’s Lament. 4/5
Not as good as Layla, which I got the same day. Last track is odd and to be honest, I could do without it. Again, there's a big track (Sunshine of Your Love) which towers over the rest.
Ooh trippy Sunshine of your love is classic guitar hero
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.
Cream is just a hint of what was to come with the band members. Some classic songs that stand the test of time can be found here.
There’s some real psych-rock swirliness happening here, but it’s layered onto that a kind of back-country barroom grit which actually works if you’re into that vibe. I hadn’t realized how short Cream’s run as a band was, especially considering how massive their impact became. That alone is pretty impressive. The music feels like a lighter dose of something—not full-on mind-bending, but hazy, immersive, and very much of its era. It’s easy to hear how much of what came after was influenced by this style. A few tracks will definitely stick with me, though I did find myself wishing for a touch more rawness. What really works is the guitar style, the layered sound, that push-pull between tension and flow, and of course the smooth vocals melding it all together.
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.
but the picture has a moustache but the rainbow has a beard better than i expected but also exactly what i expected! tales of brave ulysses is the highlight. high 3? (wrote a note to myself to give it a 4 but i was tipsy)
I wasn't ready to be surprised by this album, but truly was after track one: "Whimsical, catchy, not too flashy, hmm maybe Cream aren't too bad after all, doesn't seem a world away from Syd" After track two: "Well everybody in the world knows this riff. I don't love it but fair play it's clearly a big song. I wonder what will come next" Throughout the rest: "[winces] oh yeah this is more what I expected, [shivers] yikes those lyrics are embarrassing, [cringes] what is happening in this song right now? It's just drifting from one guitar flourish to the next, [winces again] yikes the original bluesmen must be turning in their graves." Final thoughts: "Cream's own Spotify bio confesses that they are overrated and Clapton is a prick. Despite some early promise, I won't be returning"
Fine. Will come back to this. Sunshine is great, rest a bit dull.
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.
Good album.
Low 4 Best song: strange brew Hated this album at first but I kept coming back. Production is so good, guitar sounds especially. Vocals too grew on me
hvítingja blús. frábærir leikarar. mikið af smellum. er frekar hrifinn af þeim, ábreiðurnar eru síðri. 3,5.
Definitely some gems in this one.
It started slow, but picked up half way through.
1967 fue uno de los años más importantes de la historia de la música. Y este es uno de los álbumes más importantes de 1967. ¿Y por qué es tan bueno? Como diría un crítico de su época, este álbum es "la representación perfecta del momento en que el blues se volvió psicodélico y, con ello, más potente". Aunque hay algún que otro tema de blues clásico de relleno (como "Blue Condition"), este álbum es casi un grandes éxitos del blues rock psicodélico de finales de los 60, en el que el talento de sus miembros se combina magistralmente. Una batería súper virtuosa con influencias del jazz, un bajo prominente y pesado y, obviamente, la guitarra distorsionada e hipnótica de Clapton. Y la voz tampoco está nada mal, lo cual es algo excepcional dentro de este estilo. Un álbum que no solo es una delicia de escuchar, sino que fue de enorme influencia para estilos más pesados que vendrían más adelante, como el hard rock. Si solo cupieran 100 álbumes en esta lista, este álbum debería seguir formando parte de ella. Y vamos a hacer como si el último tema no existiera.
Love it.
ei... ei ole mahdollista... mutta samana vuonna tuli sgt bepis lonely harets club band.. se oli ainoa albumi joka tehtiin tänä vuonna. ei ei ei.. miten voi olla. ja tämä vielä vitusti parempi noo... sunshine of your love paljon kuuluisampi biisi kun lucy in the sky with diamonds eiiiiiiiiii.... aam muttta unohdin unohdin toki ''uskomaton recording teknologia tipsit ja trikit kaikki käytetty kersantti pebussa''. näin tämähän kuulostaa hirveältä horrible quality vs srtgntr babbers. plus ei intialaista sitaaria käytetty kertaakaan hääääh ei otettu jotain asiaa satoja vuosia kehitetty ja tehtiin yksi paska biisi siitä janäin itseasiassa pelkästään kitaraa tässä koska opetellut vuosia sitä käyttämään hääh? no creativity... world of pain
Eric Clapton! Again!
A classic that never really hit with me except for Strange Brew and Sunshine. Could probably give it a few more spins. Maybe it’s too late.
stylé mais daté j'ai du mal
Here, que are off to a GREAT start. Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love are incredible songs. After that, the album kind of enters cruise speed. There are some good and fun songs, like Outside Woman Blues and Tales of Brave Ulysses, and you can see why Cream were so influential and revolutionary for its time. Do I think that this one deserves place on the list? Yes, but it's not even top 200.
The best Cream album, sounds very influential.
On any ordinary day in 1967, masterpieces like this were coming out. Impressive. As I said a few days ago on the Blues Breakers album, everything Clapton touched in the '60s turned to gold, and it's no wonder he was called "God." But this is different. Because not only Clapton, but two other musical geniuses were involved: Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. What these three did on Cream's three albums is something that will be studied by music lovers until the end of time, especially the songs on this album. Dude, seriously, how do you live just another ordinary day of your life, and out of nowhere write "Sunshine of Your Love"? How do you come up with such a powerful and hypnotizing guitar riff? That bass, so heavy for the standards of the time, those mind-blowing drums? It's all the result of a time when everything was in the name of music, and about creating something no one had heard before, but based on something everyone had heard. Of course, in the midst of all this acid trip, there was always the Blues. It was always about the Blues...
A psychedelic classic yet sometimes some of the songs feel as if they're lacking something. Fav song: Strange brew, tale of brave ulysses Least fav: Mother's lament Overall 7/10
Enjoyed hearing this again, they were definitely a pioneering group of musicians fuzing blues, rock, jazz in ways not heard previously. Shame the ego's got in the way!
I don't understand why this album gets raised to such a high level. It was...fine. What was "We're Going Wrong"??? There are some great moments but overall this is just okay. "Sunshine Of Your Love" is an absolute classic. The songs that are great are fantastic but there are definitely some duds. Id give it a 2.5 rounded up to a 3 Liked Songs: "Sunshine Of Your Love" , "World Of Pain" , "Dance The Night Away" , "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" , "SWLABR"
Meh 2.25
Good album, somebhits but good guitar work and good drums.
Great
Classic
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
2.5, rounded up
It was ok. Some classics for sure. Some skips definitely
Wow I liked this way more than I expected!
This was alright
A pretty decent 60s psychadelic album. Obviously has the hit song everyone knows and a few other good tracks. Pretty crazy album cover too.
Great riffs and a huge hit in Sunshine - one of my favorite guitar focused songs (shoutout to guitar hero on the Wii). Glad i got a chance to experience this album in it’s entirety.
Godt album. Gode instrumenter og vokaler. Fed blues-rock
Sunshine of your love. Obviously the best track. The rest has surprising variety and is very bluesy and not pretty. Definitely an enjoyable listen.
Great vibe, great guitar sound, really enjoyable. Sunshine of your love is incredible but the album stands up and is enjoyable alongside it. Will listen again
I was familiar with Sunshine of your live, but nothing else really. Loved the album, nice and short too.
This is #day352 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to a classic of British psych rock. While "Sunshine of Your Love" is undeniably a staple of late-'60s hard rock and blues rock, I find the rest of the album isn't that enticing. I can appreciate the pioneering guitar work and drumming, both of which are influential and all that, but I doubt I'll be revisiting this one anytime soon. Initially, I thought I'd land on a 4, but since there's little to hold on to for me here, I'm going to choose the middle ground. This is a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day353.
Heard before, mother's lament is too cheesy.
Some all-time classics and a few decent deep tracks
I Listened to about 2 songs. That gerne isn't for me, sorry!
Listened Sept 2020. One of those classics I totally appreciate and occasionally love, but rarely have the urge to listen to.
This a composition of great and very decent rock tracks with a pleasent aesthetic, but I feel there's a lack of experimentation or anything that is truly remarkable when compared to other acts from their time, specially Jimi Hendrix, which I think did everything that this album does but way better. I just wish the riffs and solos were more hard hitting, the psychedelic elements more otherwordly and the production a bit cleaner, since I think it sounds a bit dirty and rough, but that I'll blame it on the technology from the era. With that being said, it is a quite enjoyable album, specially for the real fans of this genre. Side note, the last tracks reminds me a lot to that video where british people were singing a chant about how they paid the police hats: 'We paid for your hats, We paid for your HAAAAAAAAaaaaaats, what a waste of council tax, we paid for hats".
Disraeli Gears is a kaleidoscopic detour from Cream’s blues beginnings into a vivid, technicolor realm of psychedelic rock, and it’s magnificent. Trading extended jams for tightly packed bursts of invention, the trio deliver an album that’s as lean as it is sonically adventurous. From the dreamy swirl of “Tales of Brave Ulysses” (inspired by sirens off the shores of Ibiza) to the rainbow-drenched rebellion of “SWLABR”, the album radiates a hallucinogenic energy that’s both poetic and pointed. “Dance the Night Away”, with its jangly 12-string tribute to The Byrds, glows with liberation, while “We’re Going Wrong” aches with personal turmoil, echoing Jack Bruce’s raw emotion after a fight with his wife. Yet, Disraeli Gears doesn’t forget its roots, Clapton’s “Outside Woman Blues” and the burning draft card spirit of “Take It Back” bring gritty blues back into the mix, alongside the swaggering opener “Strange Brew”, where Clapton channels Albert King with electrifying precision. Vocally, it’s Cream’s most collaborative effort, with Bruce, Clapton, and Baker sharing the mic, even goofing off in the bizarre, boozy finale “Mother’s Lament”. But it’s the unified sonic vision that shines: a band at the peak of their powers, painting wild, vibrant shapes with fuzz pedals, wah-wahs, and surreal lyricism. A perfect collision of blues muscle and psychedelic imagination, Disraeli Gears is one of the defining statements of 1967. And everyone knows what 1967 was for music.
Best Cream album
4 out of 5. Great album to start the week off, and probably my favorite of theirs.
Listenable. Smooth, but nothing too special
Eh, it was fine. What a weird song to end on.
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.
I think if I had lived through the late 60s I would have really liked Cream.
This felt like a chore. 33 minutes felt like 2 hours. Started out great with Strange Brew and Sunshine, but I could have stopped there.
Eric Clapton does it effortlessly, this will forever be more of a definitive psychedelic album than anything Hendrix had ever accomplished. He (Hendrix) could play "guitar" but lacked direction. There's a lot of alleged racial hate but he can't explain why they inadvertently just don't care. Clapton would go on to make several classic albums with or without the inclusion of the assemble known as "Cream". Undoubtedly this record is within the Top 10 maybe 5 records within the genre from the late 60s. I don't think an inordinate amount of people truly understood what they truly meant by the music they were creating during this era, maybe some day the moderners will figure it out? Heh. A lot of what was later produced had some sort of influence from either this album, The Beatles, Pink Floyd or maybe a few one-off outputs from this particular era (Jefferson, Zombies, Love, etc.) 8.9/10 People don't seem to care? They seem non-challant about their content or at that given moment, the modern times? I won't rant about a studio that made one decently powerful record but mind the electric lady? And you'll be fine. Eric Clapton is a legend and there's no denying it, fuzz rockers can't help but to look to this album for inspiration and maybe then you'll understand why they "care" to this day? I'm way too passionate about what people were really saying here, sorry.
Best Song: Tales of Great Ulysses A really solid album. A few songs could go and this would be a greatest hits. 5/5
Increíble como logra que entendamos que todo un género musical fue perfeccionado en Disraeli Gears. Virtuosismo puro.
Some decent psychedelic stuff that I guess would kinda lead into hard rock eventually, not the best though. Claptons already talking about cheating even before he takes George Harrison’s wife and just overall wasn’t top quality. 3 stars
I like it
This album suffers from what a lot of classic 60s albums suffer from. The hits are the best part and the other tracks are basically the same boring psych rock. This album benefits by having those hits be fucking awesome. Tales of Brave Ulysses might be a perfect song
Absolute cracker!
Not for my but also largely inoffensive. The last track was like a Python sketch.
Dis-really ain’t that good.
Somewhat unremarkable after the first 3 tracks. Those 3 are very good but after that the album is competent but not particularly memorable (apart from maybe SWABLR, that sounds like something Masters of Reality might have done) Clapton is a good guitarist but again, not that remarkable to me. Ginger Baker is the star of the show, hes very good at switching between subtle, atmospheric playing to hard-hitting and in your face Get why this on the list but I'm not crazy about it Highlights: Strange Brew, World of Pain, Sunshine of Your Love
Legendary album, despite the unfortunate fact that Clapton turned out to be a real bit of a prick. Sure it's not perfect, but it still holds up as one of the most solid albums of heavy blues music ever recorded. As a drummer, I have to give props to Ginger Baker for his sheer innovation on rock grooves & fills. My young mind was blown when I first heard the patterns on "Sunshine of Your Love" (wtf, where's the hi hat??) and while I will always prefer Bonham when it comes to sheer ferocity, Baker's intensity is on full display here - especially on a personal standout track for me, "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
Fantastic psychedelic sound. Love this album!
Liked hearing this again.
"Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love" are bangers, but fuck this boomer-ass music. The rest of it has been hagiography-ed to death.
Very good
Eric Clapton is a racist piece of shit
Shoulda just listened to sunshine of your love
This album is great, psychedelic and very bluesy. It's a very enjoyable listening, which feels short once the album has ended. However, it's not as fantastic as it is claimed to be. It's great, but not excellent. Sure it can get much better. But it's great to discover albums like this one, which I should have known about much time before.
En 1967, le monde de la musique est en pleine ébullition. Le "Summer of Love" bat son plein, et la pop music, jusqu'alors formatée, explose en un kaléidoscope de sons, de couleurs et d'expérimentations. C'est dans ce contexte effervescent que Cream, le premier "supergroupe" de l'histoire, composé du dieu de la guitare Eric Clapton, du bassiste-chanteur virtuose Jack Bruce et du batteur phénoménal Ginger Baker, lance son deuxième album : "Disraeli Gears". La première force de cet album iconique du rock psychédélique et du blues-rock est sans conteste le groupe Cream. Bien plus qu'un simple groupe, Cream est la convergence de trois monstres sacrés. La guitare d'Eric Clapton, fraîchement sorti des Yardbirds et de John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, atteint ici un niveau de fluidité, d'invention et de sonorité (son fameux "woman tone") qui justifie à lui seul son surnom de "God". Les solos sur "Strange Brew" ou "Tales of Brave Ulysses" sont des leçons de guitare électrique, où le blues le plus pur est distordu, accéléré et envoyé en orbite dans la stratosphère psychédélique. À ses côtés, Jack Bruce n'est pas en reste. Sa basse, loin de se contenter d'un rôle rythmique, est un second instrument soliste. Elle dialogue, contrepointe, et mène la danse avec une agilité et une complexité mélodique rares. Son jeu sur "Sunshine of Your Love" est aussi mémorable que le riff de guitare lui-même. Ajoutons à cela sa voix, puissante et haut perchée, qui porte la plupart des morceaux avec une intensité dramatique. Enfin, Ginger Baker, avec ses influences jazz et ses polyrythmies complexes, est le moteur imprévisible et surpuissant de la machine. L'écoute de "We're Going Wrong" est une démonstration de sa capacité à construire une tension presque insoutenable par la seule force de ses fûts. La deuxième force de l'album réside dans ses singles, devenus des hymnes intemporels. "Sunshine of Your Love" est sans doute le pinacle de l'album et de la carrière du groupe. Construit sur un riff d'une simplicité et d'une efficacité redoutables, le morceau est une fusion parfaite entre le blues lourd, la pop et le hard rock naissant. C'est un classique absolu, une de ces rares chansons qui définissent une époque. "Strange Brew" est une autre réussite majeure, une relecture intelligente d'un standard de blues transformé en un tube psychédélique accrocheur. "Tales of Brave Ulysses", avec son utilisation pionnière de la pédale wah-wah par Clapton et ses paroles oniriques signées Martin Sharp, capture l'essence même de l'aventure psychédélique. Ces trois titres, à eux seuls, assurent à "Disraeli Gears" sa place au panthéon du rock. Mais une fois passés ces monuments, l'album perd cruellement en consistance et "Disraeli Gears" est l'exemple parfait de l'album dont les singles sont si puissants qu'ils éclipsent un contenu de remplissage bien plus faible. Des morceaux comme "World of Pain" ou "Dance the Night Away" semblent bien pâles en comparaison. Leurs mélodies sont moins mémorables, leurs structures plus convenues, et ils sonnent comme des tentatives un peu forcées de coller à l'esthétique "flower power" de l'époque, sans la conviction des meilleurs titres. Mais le principal défaut de l'album reste son caractère daté. Si l'expérimentation est au cœur du projet, elle n'a pas toujours bien vieilli. Les paroles, souvent écrites par le poète Pete Brown, oscillent entre le surréalisme brillant et le charabia psychédélique un peu ridicule. Le titre "SWLABR" (acronyme pour "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow") en est un exemple criant : malgré un riff puissant, les paroles sont si ancrées dans une imagerie '67 qu'elles peuvent prêter à sourire aujourd'hui. De même, la production de Felix Pappalardi, bien que colorée et innovante pour l'époque, souffre des tics de son temps. Le mixage stéréo est souvent extrême et déséquilibré, avec des instruments cantonnés à un seul canal, ce qui peut rendre l'écoute au casque déroutante. Pire encore, l'album est plombé par des choix artistiques qui brisent complètement sa cohésion. "Blue Condition", une ballade chantée par Ginger Baker, est anecdotique et détonne par sa simplicité presque naïve au milieu des déflagrations soniques du reste de l'album. Mais le point le plus bas est sans conteste "Mother's Lament". Ce morceau final, une sorte de comptine de music-hall britannique enregistrée à la va-vite, est tout simplement incongru. Il sonne comme une blague de fin de soirée qui n'a pas sa place sur un album de rock. Terminer un disque aussi important sur une note aussi triviale est une erreur de jugement qui laisse l'auditeur perplexe et affaiblit l'impact global de l'œuvre. En conclusion, "Disraeli Gears" est un véritable paradoxe. C'est un album schizophrène, capable du meilleur comme du plus dispensable. Il contient des morceaux qui ont changé la face du rock et défini le son d'une génération. La virtuosité du trio est indéniable et, par moments, à couper le souffle. Mais en tant qu'album, en tant qu'expérience d'écoute cohérente du début à la fin, il échoue à maintenir le niveau d'excellence de ses meilleurs moments. C'est un document historique crucial, une explosion de créativité fulgurante, mais aussi une collection de chansons inégales, dont certaines ont mal traversé les décennies. Au final ce sera une note de 3 sur 5 qui rend hommage aux pics de génie absolu ("Sunshine of Your Love", "Strange Brew") mais qui reconnaît aussi les creux, les passages datés et les fautes de goût de ce classique essentiel.
Cream? More like peam!
Ginger Baker was an excellent drummer and there were some quality cuts off of this one, Brave Ulysses especially. Not too much to really say about it, although it's a classic for a reason.
expertly balances blues and psychedelia
Now this is something i like. I already knew Sunshine Of Your Love, love that song. But I'm surprised with how much I like other songs too, like World Of Pain.
Cream, a supergroup, probably the first super group of modern music. Couple of hits and an album lacking cohesive sound. Even super groups need one over powering personality that drives everything. I don’t think Cream had that. Hits sure, good album no.
Influential band for sure. That guitar sound influence a ton of 70s music.
Not many albums better than this. Simple, moving, and well written songs.
All early Clapton albums were him trying to get laid. Still good though.
“Sunshine of Your Love” is an all-time classic. Rest is fine enough, I just don’t want to hear any more psychedelia. Too much, too much
Two good songs. The rest listenable.
Yet another album I would not listen to in a million, smillion, gorillion parallel universes were it not for this list. Looking forward to seeing what’s in store-okay it’s the Sunshine of Your Love album. The mystique of the “nowhere album” has been broken – I'm familiar with this album some capacity and it appears to be decently popular. I really did not want to give this album a mandatory second listen for whatever reason. Very strange of me, as this album is pretty darn fine all things considered. The vocals are pleasing and I can get down with the groovy rock performances. Sunshine of Your Love is a good one. It’s not really iconic enough to the point of familiarity, though deep down I know I’ve heard this song somewhere before. SWLABR is another highlight. I quite like the swinging, crushing energy of the guitars. Same goes for Outside Woman Blues, which scratches much of the same itch. Mother’s Lament is a fun track and a good enough closer. I like the hackney bri’ish pronunciation and nonsense lyrics. I think this may very well be the first blues rock album I’ve listened to on the list. One of the first, at least. I get the impression that this pick is solid, though I’m gonna check nonetheless. A lot of stylistic influences. Innovative and influential. Inspired Jimi Hendrix. “...a vital snapshot of an unique era”. Yeah, I can cosign this inclusion.
The only song I even remotely enjoyed is (shock and surprise) the main hit. And even then I don't really care for that track that much, it's just mildly passable. So if that's the bar this album set, I can't say I enjoyed my time here
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.
Few albums ever made have a hotter start that this one. Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love set a bar that’s hard to maintain. The rest of the album is a mix of 60’s psychedelic and blues. Which is likely more a showcase of the differing desires of the band members.
Quite the album cover
I think 60s music is just too old now. Too hippy & out of date. Hope to proven wrong on this journey.
There was a time I would have said Disraeli Gears was their best album, but I think I was confused with Wheels of Fire. Listening with fresh ears, it's clear that this album has some strong material but it also has a chunk of weak material with a few songs being pretty bad.
It's oke. Nothing special for me.
thoughts: i love the efficiency. get in, kill it for 33 mins, get out. classic record. “sunshine of your love” still absolutely slaps. songs: “strange brew”, “sunshine of your love”, “outside woman blues” rating: 7.4/10
Meh. Bland
Groover bra, men gir meg ingenting. Noen kule partier, og liker vokalen godt, men heltheten blir snork. Favorittlåt: Sunshine of Your Love
Mye bra her og en banger av en hit med Sunshine Of Your Love
Not what I would normally listen to, but I enjoyed it.
Instrument play of course was great. It was the late 60’s so lyrically it was a bit different. Going to round up as they had a couple of great songs on here.
I appreciate the instrumentals
I'm always down for some psychedelic rock, especially if it involves one Eric Clapton and this was a fun and very solid listen. Didn't blow me away but really solid. Loved the tracks where Clapton just kinda spasmed out in the background. "Sunshine of Your Love" is a classic for a reason, "Tales of Brave Ulysses" was an unexpected gem. I do wish the drums had been higher in the mix, they were really fun but kinda hard to make out on some tracks which was a shame.
so this is supposed to be one of the greatest psych rock albums of all time?? huh-don't get it. I know it was early on in Clapton's career but I expected more. after Sunshine rest of the album just fell flat.
Not listened to this in a long time. Some of the best bass and guitar tones around. Front loaded though.
I respect anyone who enjoys Cream, but to me there are much better 60s psychedelic artists to listen to instead. Favorite track: Dance The Night Away
Classic but needs some retooling in the mix. Ginger sounds like he’s 2 studios away and Clapton is boosted front and center. It kind of adds to the bluesier rock they’re playing but I wanna hear it remixed. Also the last song is an awful choice for a closer (3.5/5)
I can appreciate the album’s tone and psychedelic vibe, and at times it really works. Tracks like “Strange Brew,” “Sunshine of Your Love,” and “Dance the Night Away” stand out and show Cream’s ability to blend blues, pop, and psychedelic rock. The production is colorful and experimental, and the band’s technical skill is undeniable. But I never felt fully engaged by the album as a whole. It’s an important and well-crafted record, but not one I feel compelled to revisit too often. 4/5
This album sounds a bit like they didn't actually want to record it... It sounds a bit like they got a bunch of surly pub-goers and convinces them to go in the studio and try to produce something that could vaguely ride the Beatles wave. All in all... It's alright I guess
Pretty good
Pleasantly surprised
adri: 6, crema de setas halucinógenas, está bien sin más mar: 6, de fondo okay, pero no mucho más
A solid album. I wouldn’t want to listen to it everyday or even ever week but the musicianship is undeniable.
If only the record was as cool as the cover is. It's alright for 60's blues I guess, but i'd take Hendrix over this any day.
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.
Clásico del rock psicodélico.
Is this psychedelic rock? It sure sounds like it.
The last song was the most interesting by far. Rest of it was forgettable.
classic
3/5
Dope
Concept band makes Concept album. Brilliant.
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
Solid psychedelic rock album. Great work by Clapton on guitar but Ginger carries the show on the drum kit. Liked the ‘B” cuts Tales Of Brave Ulysses and SWLABR (not sure what that stands for) best, although Sunshine Of Your Love still holds up. Disraeli Gears comes in at (3.5*s)
Disraeli Gears is a smash. My exposure and mix lists of Cream over the years have been songs from this album but I never knew. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "Sunshine of Your Love" are top tracks. Whole record is a cool mix of psychedelia and blues guitar from Clapton. Jack Bruce on bass guitar/lead singer is great with a voice that stands out. Even Ginger (No Contest) Baker wields the sticks with cosmic wizardry. I did also enjoy the fun finish with "Mother's Lament." Diggin the cover art and title based on a funny story regarding bike gear shifters makes it all the better. The trio nails this one with 4.03 stars.