Reviews (page 7 of 13)
Vinyle
I was prepared to dismiss this album as aelf-indulgent over-rared shifted, but it's not. ( ok maybe We're Going Wrong is that, but...). Most of the deep cuts are pretty damn good; World of Pain, Dance The Night Away and Blue Condition which has an almost indie-rock feel are three fine songs that make up the middle section. All the songs are short so they don't wear out their welcome. I really enjoyed this albu, much more than I thought I would. 4.5 🌟
Classic psych rock that feels timeless. Sunshine of Your Love is just an all-time great song. Clapton is a major POS but his guitarwork here is legendary.
Классный блюз-рок
Good album, with the sound of the 60's. I really enjoy this album. Sometimes a little bit linear but in general great.
Would have got 4.5 if I was allowed. Tales of Brave Ulysses is amazing.
Plenty groovy but doesn't rock as hard as I remember.
Amazing 60s rock album
Really should be a 4.5 stars. Some of the best Brit Rock songs done in the late 60s.
Had only heard 'Sunshine of Your Love' before this album. I enjoyed the different styles of song.
I like this album a lot but always felt it was sort of two separate albums in one. One is a really good blue album, the other is a really good psychedelic album. Somehow it works together, but it's not perfect.
Like, sunshine of your love is omniscient but I’ve never heard the full album, this was good!
Some good old-fashioned 60s psychedelic rock. Eric Clapton sounds amazing.
Not the first time I've listened to this album, but it's not one I'd revisit by myself. It's good, but I don't think it's as good as it's made out to be. In particular, too many of the tracks just don't sound like they're going anywhere. Being a showcase for instrumental talent is just not enough when songwriting is this loose. Also I generally prefer the bluesy side of Eric Clapton over his psychedelic rock side. All of that said, it's still a good album.
Really good, with some awesome songs. I really love the Tale of Brave Ulysses, and the album has a very consistent flow and theme.
The mono mix is probably better. 3.5
This album is an old friend. Cream was a 60s super group that produced some great music. Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses, and Sunshine of Your Love were big hits and are standouts on the album. There's a lot of good music here,
Solid
A great album to vibe to. Sunshine of Your Love is a true banger and is bolstered by a solid album.
Pues por 1o2 rolas nomás
Great Songs liked the vibe a lot
'Sunshine of Your Love' is such an incredible song, but the rest of this album is well worth a listen. Clapton's guitar work is legendary.
Who let Eric Clapton sing? Who let Ginger Baker sing?? There's some proper ballast filling this out, but the best stuff - 'Strange Brew', 'SWLABR', 'Sunshine...' - is simply immense. Anyway, happy new year and fuck that racist dickhead Clapton.
Ginger Baker = GOAT Eric Clapton = GOD Jack Bruce = DADDY
Great album. Not quite a 5 star album for me bit it's still a total blast. Bonus points for being just a little over 30 minutes. I like records that don't plod on.
Really good album. Great guitar work. Good writing.
nope
Predivan album i sve vezano za njega
Another psychedelic romp, powered by great writing and guitar. Don't forget "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
nice
8/10. I didn’t love all of this and the vocals were weak at times, but overall a great psychedelic album w some standout tracks
I like the well-known songs but the rest is kinda boring. 7/10
Like it but don’t love it. Good but not great. Can be spoken of in the same conversation as The Beatles and Hendrix but not quite up to that standard
No geral um bom álbum, muito típico da época. O álbum começa bem e mantém se bom durante toda sua sequência sendo que as músicas finais fraquejam um bocado. Nota:7/10
Fresh at the time; still fresh today
I was ready to give this 5 stars after the first three songs, but as the album went on a few of them let me down. What a classic, defining sound though!
This may be the only band I actually like that Eric Clapton was in. And that is mostly due to the rhythm section if Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.
I always thought "Sunshine Of Your Love" was a Hendrix jam, but after reading that Cream went to a Hendrix show and they came up with the song after... it makes sense. It's a bit hard for me to separate Eric Clapton, who I used to like a lot when I was younger, from the music. Between Clapton's "Keep Britain White" outburst and his most recent anti-lockdown songs (yes plural) "Stand and Deliver" and "This Has Gotta Stop" ... really? Hard to even utter anything positive. Objectively, this is a good album and one of Cream's best.
A terrific album with awesome sound. It provided a really interesting atmosphere and its definitely worth a relisten.
3.5, one great song, a couple of good songs and loads of good blues guitar.
Awesome! Need more dope Clapton rifts and more songs
I like Cream. The two firsts songs are the bests.
Bad ass rock blues album. Clapton has a very distinct tone, and I dig it. The album is a bit repetitive though.
Some “same soundy” songs compared to other albums and even songs on the same album, but the songs are really good
Two fantastic tracks ; Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love. I love Cream but even so I can only give 4*
Pretty good psychedelia. I like the witch rock elements especially.
very bluesy rock, a prototype for loads of 90s garage bands. really enjoyed it
Recognized songs: Sunshine of you love
Three musical virtuosos in one band, tearing it up. Ginger Baker particularly shines, and it's hard to deny the brilliance of a young Eric Clapton here. Incredible album.
Strong start, strange ending. LIked about 5/10 so cant rate as highly as id like to. i want to put 3.75 but im rounding up
Another great classic rock album, you can't get much better than this.
Psychedelic Rock for the ages
I recognised some songs from this! Shout out to Sunshine of your Love
Great album
sunshine of your love is a classic
Great classic album.
absolutely loved it. great psychedelic tunes on this one!!!!!
yes
First half was siiiick
pretty good
Sunshine of your love é a melhor. Strange Brew e Take it back são boas também
One of the original "super groups" that really flexes their musicianship across this album. Everything is on point, and it is easy to see why they made such an impact.
Oh wow. I thought Cream only had one album that was called Cream. It turns out that was "Best of Cream." Anyways, this album has a lot of songs from that best of, which suggests it is one of their best albums. The best of really picked the best songs off this album. The classics like sunshine, brave ulysses, and SWLABR make this album a legend. There are a few songs that keep this one from being 5 stars. Blue condition, written by the drummer, is just bad. They must have given this to the drummer to make him happy. Jeesh it is a stinker. we're going wrong is also terrible. It should have just been a drum solo. Oversinging is what it sounds like. The drums are the only standout on that song. Definitely give the whole album a listen, then get the best of.
Great example of 60s British blues explosion meets late 60s psychedelia. Great musicians. Half the album is Must Hear. A few fillers!
Solid rock album with a handful of great tunes (barring the album closer). Best track: Sunshine of Your Love
Nice have some of the songs liked
Brilliant Album! Very tasteful elements in the songs and timbre of the instruments/vocals. Everything is quite balanced and it feels really pleasant for me.
Strong start to the record
SWLABR is a banger
Het album klinkt minder chaotisch dan de hoes, en dat is een goed ding! Heb van dit album genoten, en zou het wel nog eens willen beluisteren.
not as good as when i was 15. felt very dated, but i remembered why i loved Cream. loads of wah, heavy drumming, and jack bruces psychadelic lyrics. it's got to be one of the best examples of mid/late 60 hard rock
Lots of 5s on this album. It feels like I’m waking with wine/drug hangover in a plush-paisley covered British mansion converted into an artists commune. The music songs to me like the bong smoking caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland, self assured, ironic and a little fucked up. Clapton kills it with the crazy wawa psych distorted killer riffs. Ginger baker is just banging around on the drums, getting ginger-tribal, heroine making him a stiff armed and a bit loose with the beat. Pretty great album, really nailed down psych and set the stage for garage and metal. But some of the songs feel a bit loose, one sounds like the proto version of white room. I’m so close to a 5, but I’m giving it a 4.
I thought this was an incredibly fun album and I want to go back and listen to it again (so a 4 star by my scale). Good music, good messages, good album.
Great album! Wish there was a .5 option, because I would rate it 4.5, but I'm rounding down here. Also -i rated Springsteens "Born to Run" album a three before I figured out "comments first, stars second". That album probably a 3.5+, but my college roomate played it about 2042 times, so...
Sue says her baby-sitter used to play this record for her. It's hard to just listen to it, without factoring in who the band members were, what they went on to become, and the influence this music had on the stuff that followed. It's at the crossroads of blues rock, psychedelic rock and hard rock. Letting Ginger Baker sing wasn't the greatest idea the ever had.
Love me some cream.
Iconic 60s psychodelic rock.. Several very recognizable tracks like Sunshine Of Your Love.
Best Cream album.
Brilliant guitar. Blues is lit.
They 're good moments are very good, but feel there's too much filler in their work.
Pretty decent Beatles-esque psychedelic rock.
Sunshine of your love is just iconic
Good album. A few standouts and a bunch of kind of “generic” psych-rock songs (that were probably no generic at all at the time).
Mother's Lament might be the best song ever.
good- listened to it half while cooking a steak / half right before bed
Clapton
Great riffage and poppier overall than I expected. Will revisit with more time.
Great era. Solid music
Where's the opium den? Good jams, mellow mood.
I really enjoyed listening to this album. Including the strange brew, sunshine of your love, tales of brave ulysses. No overall theme, but contains good lyrics and great guitar playing.
amazing perfect legendary....
Perfectly good blues rock, with some incredibly creative guitar playing. Say what I will about Eric Clapton, but the man *can* play. And his work with Cream is probably his best work (in my opinion). Anyways, a lot of these songs are really enjoyable hard rock/proto metal. Sunshine of your love is almost certainly the best song here; just bask in that riff. But this album really isn't slacking overall. It's not one I have a lot to say about, but Disraeli Gears is pretty great.
oh.my.god. My grandpa would LOVE this album, it will definitely go to my *playlist my grandpa would listen to* playlist!!! 3 stars
3.5/5
60s psych rock. Standard fare.
Nice album to relax to, good and chill songs
Loce this kind of music, and some Cream songs, but I just feel overall this album is a little overrated. First two songs are good but doesn't really get going after that. Some nice outros on a couple songs but they fade out just as the solo gets going. Bit of a shame to listen to but not all bad. Favourite tracks: Sunshine Of Your Love, Strange Brew
First Listen Favorites: Sunshine Of Your Love Strange Brew SWLABR Honorable Mentions: Outside Woman Blues
Terrible mix. Should be remastered
Enjoyable, but not as cool as its art.
I expected this to be more prog rock than it actually was. I didn’t love it but I enjoyed quite a few of the tracks. The first two tracks and Outside Women Blues are my three faves.
elevator music core? idk nothing special
Tooo long wtffd
This is one of those records I’ve heard a million times and it still doesn’t quite work for me. Couple of great tracks though
It's a pretty great album from that time. Great rock sounds. Could've been a 4 star but had to take a star off cos Eric Clapton has gone on to be a bit of a dingus
Can hear the influence on bands like Queens of the Stone Age and Black Mountain.
is purfect
3.5/5
Man, Clapton was so much more interesting a player before he went solo. There’s some great music on here, most of it from psychotic genius Ginger Baker, but I just can’t vibe with the vocals or the lyrics. Just doesn’t feel as elevated as the tunes, my dude.
I thought this was fine. It feels like I should like it more, but it feels like my loss. Oh well.
Tbh could do without Eric Clapton cause he sucks, but still a solid album from a tumultuous band. Can definitely see how this influenced a LOT of folks afterwards with Ginger Baker's drumming, Clapton's guitar and Bruce's wild ass vocals. Those falsettos mixed with the two reeeeeally tie it all together.
Solid 60s rock album, not that impressive though and a lot of the songs are very forgettable. Some of the vocals were a little annoying, and the songs went on longer than they needed to sometimes.
I do like a few Cream songs, though I feel like they're one of those bands where you need to be there to really like.
It's hard to deny how talented Eric Clapton is with the guitar playing on this album, and Jack Bruce gives a solid vocal performance too. Overall it has some solid songs but quite a bit of filler, although "SWLABR" is definitely an stand out track.
I keep listening to this. I keep doing it. And each time… yeah. It’s good. I’d rather listen to Jimi Hendrix. 3 Boolean: true. Yeah. Ok
Disraeli Gears ei ole täysin maineensa veroinen klassikkolevy eikä se ole kestänyt ajan patinaa niin hyvin kuin monet muut. Itselleni suurin ongelma oli Jack Brucen tylsä lauluääni, mutta onneksi Eric Clapton päästettiin mikin varteen muutamassa kappaleessa, kuten loistavalla avausraidalla Strange Brew. Myös Dance the Night Away on mainitsemisen arvoinen rokkibiisi, mutta en ole koskaan ymmärtänyt Sunshine of Your Loven suurta suosiota. Myös humoristinen kapakkalaulu Mother's Lament on vaivaannuttava. Disraeli Gears ei ole missään nimessä huono levy, mutta saman aikakauden raskaista bluespohjaisista bändeistä kuuntelen paljon mieluummin Jimi Hendrix Experienceä tai Led Zeppeliniä.
Sunshine of your love: ret fed Resten: ok syrerock
This was really fun. Weird and I expected at times but generally great music
Me 10 years ago would have gone wild for this, I even have this CD somewhere but man the first half is awesome and the rest is meh
Bon ben c'était un album de rock des années 60. Pas nul du tout, même bon. Mais c'était pas non plus transcendant et j'ai pas eu l'impression d'avoir écouté quelque chose de spécial pour dire qu'on est en 1967. Peut-être qu'un spécialiste de l'époque pourrait m'expliquer pourquoi il a droit à une place dans la liste.
The band is Cream, the dudes are white, and the blues are....blue. Sure. I dont know, it falls into that thing where Eric Clapton is pretty reprehensible, but he is a good guitar player. And this music has been played to death and co-opted by some pretty lame people. If you just listen though, it's fine. Good guitar solos and instrumentation. But, I find it a little boring at times.
This is a very cool record and feels very ahead of its time in a lot of ways. It's crazy how they created this psychedelic sound in the mid-60s before anyone else was doing it. The first two songs rock and obviously the guitar rift of Sunshine is famous for good reason. Not all the songs pop out but a good listen. Top Songs: Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, Dance the Night Away
전체적으로 평범한 느낌의 앨범이었다. 뭔가 앨범 커버를 보고 상상했던 노래랑은 다른 느낌이었다. Overall, the album felt rather ordinary. It had a different vibe from what I had imagined based on the album cover.
Not bad, some good moments, last track could have been left off.
Sunshine of your love is great, Tales of Brave Ulysses is clearly just White Room which was their signature track on the album they released a year later. Other songs come across a bit sloppy and unpolished.
a solid album there are just a couple of songs that bring it down and I don't know how they got on here because the good stuffs sounds amazing but then are brought down by a couple of bad songs like Blue Condition and Mother's Lament everything else is top notch and Eric's guitar playing is impressive
Some interesting sounds on here, innovative and fresh at the time, great guitar (obviously), but it isn't one I ever reached for regularly - an occasional listen.
Psicodélico y la producción es muy buena para la época, pero no termino de amarlo. favs "Sunshine of Your Love" y "World of Pain" 3.7
I could have it playing in the background without paying too much attention to it, but probably not if what I want is to be really conscious of what I’m listening to, if that makes sense? Nah. Anyway, I liked it.
It’s psychedelic enough but it’s not particularly memorable
This album mix of psychedelia and the blues I think is done very well with the strongest songs on here being the combination of these elements that have painted the era of rock. I find myself enjoying the tracks that were released as singles more than any of the other songs on here but it’s still a very solid LP. I also really enjoyed the lead guitar work of Clapton. Fav songs: strange brew, sunshine of your love, dance the night away, tales of brave Ulysses and SWLABR
Solid album, I liked it. 6.1/10
Some iconic psychedelic rock. Gritty, wah-wah-ful guitar
I was dreading this one, but it's cool enough. Probably the most I'll ever like a Clapton project.
not my usual taste BUT i enjoyed the whole album i even listened to the deluxe
The forefather of a generation. So many riffs I'd heard before. Would not listen to the whole album again, but there are strong songs
I really liked this album but why is Eric Clapton literally everywhere.
I didn’t expect this one to have so many of the classics.
This period of rock doesn’t get better for me the more I listen to it. It just becomes more tedious. They’re trying too hard to be “out there.” And then they hit Brave Ulysses. And yeah. I’m there. They get a 3. Because the rest is pretty sloggy. 3 Boolean: true, I mean can we ever rid ourselves of classic rock? Gotta slog through, yeah?
A classic. But it doesn’t blow your mind.
I like this alright, more in spite of Clapton than because of him. "Sunshine Of Your Love" is the big hit here obviously, and that and "Strange Brew" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses" are the standouts for me.
A classic album from a UK supergroup. But while I can appreciate the instrumentation of Clapton, Bruce and Baker, this is to beige for me to give much more than passing appreciation - the blues isn't really my bag. Sunshine Of Your Love and Dance The Night Away are my favourite tracks and I liked the Mother's Lament at the end - I think my dad used to sing it to me when I was younger, it's a fun end. Some of the songs are a bit Hendrixesque and I think he could have put a bit more oomph into the album. Take It Back has a feel of what a Spinal Tap blues song would sound like. A perfectly listenable 3 stars, but now I want to listen to something a bit more upbeat.
seems like a quiet rock, might listen to it again
Una nota psicodélica suave La voz de Eric Clapton acompaña muy bien Sunshine of Your Love ha sido un clásico para mí por muchos años ya No hay mayores sorpresas en el resto del álbum, pero si para la época buscan y logran hacer un buen balance entre rock, pop y psicodelia, que ya era la línea, pero son buenos exponentes Está bien, se puede recomendar y se puede volver a escuchar
ENTRO IN UNA CAMERA D'HOTEL IL 6 AGOSTO: E' MOLTO SPAZIOSA E IL LETTO E' COMODISSIMO, C'E' INOLTRE UN BALCONE CHE SI AFFACCIA SU UNA VISTA MOZZAFIATO. UN MEZZO SOGNO INSOMMA. SOLO CHE DURANTE LA PRIMA NOTTE IL CONDIZIONATORE SI ROMPE, NON FACENDOMI SVEGLIARE NEL MEZZO DELLA NOTTE, MA RENDENDOMI SUDATICCIO AL RISVEGLIO MATTUTINO. DECIDO ALLORA DI FARE LA DOCCIA, MA L'ACQUA HA PRESSIONE BASSA E TEMPERATURA TROPPO BALLERINA. TERMINA IL MIO SOGGIORNO CON UN CHECKOUT UN PO' MALINCONICO. VABE BASTA COSI' QUESTA E' UN'ESPERIENZA PARAGONABILE AL MIO ASCOLTO DELL'ALBUM: L'INIZIO E' BOMBA, MA PIU' AVANTI PERDE UN PO' DI VITA. LE MIE CANZONI PREFERITE SONO "WORLD OF PAIN" E "DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY". 3/5
Sounds like the 60s. Vocal harmonies are cool.
Honestly, this album is more than just a few good tracks, and I’m honestly just glad Clapton wasn’t allowed to completely take over, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker really kept him in check. I’m not a fan of Clapton at all, but I have to give it up for the heavy psych-blues sound they created here. It’s basically the blueprint for the late 60s. Songs like "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Strange Brew" are absolute staples for a reason, and the way Bruce and Baker lock into those grooves is just incredible. That said, it does start to drag whenever they wander away from that heavy sound. Tracks like "Blue Condition" or that weird "Mother's Lament" song just feel like filler and kill the vibe. It’s definitely a classic record that had a huge impact on rock history, but it’s still got some spots where it’s just a bit too much of a self-indulgent jam session for me.
The hits are good but the rest is a bit silly. Not sure I need to spend that much time with Eric Clapton.
Not a bad album but not especially great. A few familiar tracks and fits squarely in the early rock with hints of psychedelic genre
The well-known tracks from this album ("Strange Brew", "Sunshine of Your Love", "Takes of Brave Ulysses", and maybe "SWLABR") are familiar enough that they don't seem as weird and psychedelic as they are when not heard in the context of the rest of the album. Clapton, Baker, and Bruce are all masters of their instruments, and the performances are all strong, but the music just gets weird in places. And please, don't let Ginger Baker sing any more.
As I write this, I've just learned that Eric Clapton was tragically found alive this morning at the age of 81.
Reconozco el talento de Claptone, pero no es para mi, se queda cerca de las 4 estrellas
Cash Rules Everything Around Me! Cream! Get the money! Dolla dolla bills y’all! Oh, wait, just some geriatric blues rock.
Intersting. Classic rock
A solid - if a little one-note - prototype of all the things psych rock eventually became. “Strange Brew”, “World of Pain” and “We’re Going Wrong” were standouts.
Obsessed with an album title being named after friends giggling about one of them misspeaking. Never knew what Eric Clapton got up to. Intrigued. Sunshine of your love is iconic. I liked a few of these, but (ha I’m a caricature of myself) I think it needed a drive I did *not* realize how much of a piece of literal shit Eric Clapton is.
Sunshine of Your Love" and "Strange Brew" , and "SWLABR" are great tracks. The rest is pretty interesting. Safe to say it's very self-indulgent, but that was just a lot of records during that era I guess. The talent is class though, so bluesy. Literally the exact album you want on when you're getting drunk. Some cool tracks, some weird ones. Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. Solid 3 stars, haven’t fully made my mind up on it.
Even though Eric Clapton turned out to be an ass, this album is effortlessly cool, though a bit slow.
pretty fun! no hard thoughts. a good time
There are some great songs here, but I can’t help that I hate Clapton.
Prog rock some nice riffs Sunshine is an epic anthem and great fun. The rest kinda blended a bit I think it needs more listens it was just okay
Nice, breezy, psychedelic blues - I’m cool with it.
Cool in an old timely way.
Disraeli Gears by Cream serves as a quintessential snapshot of 1967’s psychedelic blues-rock explosion, anchored by Eric Clapton’s searing guitar work and the band’s undeniable chemistry. The album is a study in contrasts, ranging from the beautifully melancholic "World of Pain" and the surprisingly nuanced "We’re Going Wrong" to the absolute standout, "Dance the Night Away," which captures an infectious, melodic energy that feels timeless. While tracks like "Blue Condition" and "Mother's Lament" may feel like skippable experiments that lack the cohesion of the rest of the record, the album successfully balances gritty, blues-infused jams like "Outside Woman Blues" with the iconic riffs of "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses." Ultimately, it is a highly solid, creative effort that highlights a legendary trio at the peak of their collaborative powers, even if a few tracks don't quite land with the same impact as the hits.
Something so weird and sloppy about Cream considering they have this reputation as greatest supergroup ever. I guess they just want to be a delta blues band and Led Zeppelin hasn't shown up yet so they can get away with this. Also the power trio thing is just a thin sound by nature but they're trying to do like harmonies and sing about ulysses so it doesn't feel powerful and stupid like a fun garage band. Clapton obviously great and a few definite hits. They should include a bonus track that's just the band drunk and screaming at each other.
I didn't realize Eric Clapton was a member of Cream. I think I always get him and Phil Collins confused? When I think about Phil Collins and Genesis...
Pretty good album. I like the ones that end with really weird songs like this
Heard before?:❌️ Will listen again?:❓️ 3.5 The drums are the highlight for me, don't really get the hype of the guitar on this album. Fav: Strange Brew, Tales of brave Ulysses Least fav: Blue Condition, Mother's Lament
Good
6/10
Fairly good psychedelic rock, great bass on this. Favorite Track: Sunshine Of Your Love
sunshine of your love: maravilla
🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 Okay, sorry, I've heard and dismissed "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love" at many a dad jam—I don't know how to articulate this, exactly, but a lot of 60s rockers like Cream, The Who, or even, dare I say, The Doors are missing a certain... I don't know... dare I say whimsy? Dare I say feminine influence? That I think someone like, dare I say, Jimi Hendrix really is able to capture. Not everyone needs to be flouncing flower children or anything, but it's just a little swirl of whimsy that needs to be whisked in there (yes, I know Jim Morrison is that swirl, but for some reason it doesn't always take). This theory is very much undercooked and I think it needs just a twinge more time in the oven, but whatever it is, Cream just has a characteristic flatness to it that I find in a lot of classic rock. THAT SAID: "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love" were, unexpectedly, the second-place highlights of this one by a long shot. They're really solid, and I'd listen to them more were they not so overplayed. I found the rest of the album to be fun but sort of forgettable, with the vast exception of the last song. Now THAT'S what I'm talking about! THAT'S the kind of british I want! 1: Bad | 2: Okay, No Desire to Revisit | 3: Good, Conditionally (OR Inconsistent Mix of Qualities) | 4: Great (OR Technically amazing but missing the sauce emotionally) | 5: Amazing
This was actually so cool sometimes! High 3 because I'd come back to a few of these.
I got nothin'
Some innovative aspects I'm sure
Bluesy and dankly psychedelic
Sometimes I don't want to listen to folk rock
It was alright. There are a few tracks I like, but the album as a whole is just alright.
-1 punto por ser eric clapton -1 punto por tener una cancion que es Dance the night pero no ser la de Dua Lipa (haber viajado en el tiempo o algo) Ahora en serio, álbum cumplidor pero nada del otro mundo. A medio camino entre blues, rock y psicodelia pero sin destacar en ninguno.
Helt ok. Sunshine of your love och Tales of Brave Ulysses var bäst. Lite tradigt att lyssna igenom hela på ett svep då mycket låter samma till slut. Bra musiker förstås men i längden lite tråkig.
It was fine. Good psychedelic rock with probably 3 all time classic rock bangers. Record is uneven outside of the hits.
I kind of got lost in it. Really enjoyable but I don't remember too much
After the opening two tracks thought I was going to love this, ended up just kind of liking it. The rest of the album ranges from decent to mediorce to the outright bizarre. Probably will listen again at some point.
It's fine. Perfectly pleasant to listen to but doesn't really reach out and grab me.
Funky 60s jam pretty stripped back guitar at some points
Yea I mean sunshine of your love is an all time song. So tuff. Strange brew was enjoyable too. Dance the night away really cool guitar work. Clapton lol. Listening to more of it I don’t really feel much, some cool fills by ginger baker, and some great riffs for sure. The melody’s and vox kinda buns tho ngl. Outside woman blues fire. Overall a 3, massively carried by sunshine of your love
Fine album for a wee jog, with a few standout tracks. Favourite track: Sunshine of your Love
I was very disappointed in this album. Really thought I would like it more. I have never really liked Sunshine of Your Love and found most of the songs pretty boring and unforgettable. It’s always a letdown to me when an album starts with its best track. Strange Brew is the only song I really like a lot from this.
I’ve never been much of a Cream fan, but I will say this: Cream is about the only time Eric Clapton’s playing has been interesting to me. 6/10
I know everyone likes to shit on Eric Clapton for being a boring hack, but I thought this was mostly fine. A lot more interesting than the Derek and the Dominos album on this list.
I don’t really like this album’s approach to psychedelia. Something about it feels a bit forced. The playing is good obviously but I can’t really get behind the songs.
Late 60s physcedelic guitar rock. Bit boring, 3 stars.
this was fine but i can never get behind the sunshine of your love obsession i am so entirely ambivalent towards that song no matter how hard i try
A good album. Not one I think I would have chosen to listen to necessarily. Unlike the Doors album, this is much more nuanced. If there were half marks I would rate it 3.5 stars, but due to the constraints I will have to mark it as a 3, as I don't believe it to be a 4.
One of the cooler aspects of this 1001 albums thing is that I get to discover the original context in which famous songs I already know were first released into the world. I think most people know the song "sunshine of your love," and I think it mostly deserves It's fame, but I never could've told you the name of the band or anything like that. Like I said in our group chat, I think the whimsical lyrics and energy can be just as much a feature of British Pop as it is a sign of laziness in songwriting at the time. Obviously the 60s and 70s were immensely good decades for music, and pretty much every album we've heard from the time, including this one, display is very quality instrumentation and good music. I was not particularly impressed with the singing or the lyrics.
Everything felt very samey here. Just... And the same effects on the guitar all the way through, the songs all sounded the same... We all know Eric can wail.
i've heard sunshine of your love before so it's nice to place it with an artist. they give me beatles meets led zeppelin vibes meets david bowie. very bouncy guitars and easy vibes. a smooth listen.
All these 60s blues rockers (Yardbirds, John Mayall, this lot) might’ve had some kind of aura about them at the time, like they were doing important work (barf!) compared with the pop groups, but the passage of time meant that by the time I was hearing it, that magic dust had settled. That’s not today btw, I probably first heard Cream about 25 years ago, but it matters not since my point is that I like to take all these albums on at face value as much as I can. They get a bit psyche, some also say jazz but I wasn’t hearing it, and there are some decent songs. No need to mention Clapton’s and Ginger’s reputation (to clarify I’m talking about musical reputations not them being a set of bastards) and Jack Bruce delivers some quality material but no matter the talent involved, I’m simply not gripped/awed like I am listening to Hendrix. It’s a good 60s rock album (apart from the “hilarious” closer) which I could easily listen to again but certainly don’t think it’s anywhere near the classic it’s often held up as. Although I’ve picked up quite a few bargain Cream albums over the years, I won’t be in a rush to fill in the Disraeli Gears gap.
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decent, not super memorable
Dis what 🤨🔥
7.5 / 10
Not bad. Little samey from time to time but good vibes Favorite song: sunshine of your love
Well, it’s Cream. Everyone knows this record. It blew my mind when I was 12ish. Now, there’s some tasty guitar obv but overall it’s not standing the test of time really. The type of record which sets the mood at the time, but now so many people have done it that it feels old.
Not bad; Sunshine of Your Love is the big one.
Either I'm just in a really bad mood today, or this was incredible bland and a real "nothing ever happens" album for me. Who knows! For all the hype this thing gets I was a little disappointed.
3.5
Semi-psychedelic classic Clapton; exactly what you’d expect.
Cream's foray into true psychedelic music; Sunshine of Your Love was a killer track, but the rest of the album stands on its own;
3.5
Very vibey
Техасский стрип-клуб. Резкий сладкий запах. Смрад любви и тонкий но едкий намек на фееричное продолжение. Первые две песни альбома выстраивают только такие ощущения. Песня world of pain - резко обрывает всяческие намеки - хочется только любить ведь песня даже так и называется - мир любви )). Мне очень понравилось сочетание любви и страдания в этой песне, как будто пропорция идеальна. Далее нас решили углубить в томное сожаление о чем-то своем, объект не принципиален, важно только это ощущение. Убаюкивающее пьянство вокалиста в песне blue condition - это ощущение лёгкости, безнаказанности и дурачество переданы сполна. Следующая композиция как будто полностью написана для ее исполнителей, как слушатель ощущаю себя наблюдателем. Меня только что вырвали на сцену, я танцую кричу и снимаю с себя все и кидаю в толпу. Контраст. Меня бросили обратно в толпу, переживши катарсис эмоций меня поставили там где я был всегда, эйфория коротка. Все что было в голове покинуло не , этих мыслей больше нет, нет ничего чтобы помешало жить дальше - танец это всего лишь способ ходить. Довольно плавно тема любви и страсти возвращается с новым жаром. Конец альбома чересчур театрален, перед собой сразу представляется сцена и закрывается занавес. Неожиданно чувственный ожидаемо пафосный альбом. В этот раз я попытался записывать, все что я думаю на протяжении прослушивания, немного не казисто и топорно вышел текст, но зато честно. Общая оценка альбома 6/10 экей 3/5
nothing that really stood out to me, but definitely not a bad album
I can tell that all musicians are excellent (of course since they’re Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton), but it’s not my thing. It sounds very dated and I’d need to be in the right mood to listen to it.
Hmm so-so
Aight
Nice, but not super memorable for me.
Cool to see that this is the album that brought us sunshine love a song. You will definitely hear on a classic rock station, and I was able to walk away with a couple new songs from cream that I didn’t know about, but nothing that pushed the needle to make it super super memorable so decent listening experience short album let’s keep it pushing three out of five
Hurt my ears Best Song: Sunshine of Your Love Rating: 5.5/10 Stars: 3
Really good highlights. Some stuff I just won’t ever come back to
i don't even know why i don't like it maybe they're trying too hard
Fair
The vocals are pretty chill and pleasant, the musicianship is strong, the melodies are nice, and overall the album is remarkably not boring for blues rock. Mostly it was an enjoyable listening experience, which is hard to find fresh and original in the 2020s.
Overraskende flat produksjon.. lite trøkk i bassen. Clapton spiller kult. Syns ikke Ginger groovet så bra på trommene.
Obligatory fuck Eric Clapton I like the hits from this album a great deal. Just good psychedelic rock. Sunshine of Your Love has aged remarkably well for a very "hippy" song.
This one grew on me a decent bit the second listen. Sunshine of Your Love is the iconic track and theres some other great guitar riffs throughout. Decent amount of variety in the songs as well. Rating: 3.2
Ever since I've been involved in music nerd spaces, I've been hearing that Eric Clapton is some sort of guitar god. After hearing this, I honestly don't see it. He's certainly talented, and there are a few standout moments, like the arpeggios on Dance the Night Away and the hypnotic wah-wahs on Tales of Brave Ulysses, but for the most part it sounded like enjoyable but fairly standard blues guitar to me. I was honestly more impressed with the drumming. "Enjoyable but fairly standard" is a good way to describe the album as a whole. It doesn't hit as hard as other blues rock I've heard, but it doesn't achieve the same lush atmosphere as other psych rock I've heard. Some of the slower cuts, like Blue Condition or We're Going Wrong, failed to make any impression on me whatsoever. I enjoyed the lyrics for the most part, which leaned into surrealism while still maintaining some grounding in the loneliness of blues. This is solid, but compared to other 60s blues-psych like Jimi Hendrix, I'd hardly call it essential.
Ik herinner het me niet meer echt.
Aangenaam maar forgetable
Strange Brew is a work of art but let's be honest, there are some seriously rushed / dashed off tracks on this...
well of course spotify I'll take White Room after listening to this album. Doesn't belong to this album but the album itself is good too, but not on white room level.
Sunshine of Your Love is all I really got time for.
Kinda cutesy, kinda bluesy, kinda three different albums in one
Listened to a lot of Cream as a child. SOYL is still good but I can leave the rest.
Wow- tired of 60’s psychedelia. Oh and Clapton. Joy. Maybe now I will understand why he’s a guitar superhero? No. No such luck. I am beginning to believe the Clapton guitar master is a mythology manufactured by British recording studio executives. Because between this and 467 Ocean Blvd I have seen little evidence of anything that blows me away. Just saying. Not that I am some guitar hero myself. But… I generally really get into drums. And the drums on this DO stand out. On further investigation I must admit that the drumming and the mix are pretty exceptional. Revolutionary. But the rest? Yeah. So 3. Because of the drums. Boolean: yes, damn it yes, I guess it’s good to have heard all this dang psychedelia to, you know, know. But now that I do, don’t need to again.
7/10 - Only 2 songs *really* grabbed me. Probs would enjoy this more if I spent more time with it. I do enjoy more at each listen Fav Tracks: Sunshine Of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses Heard before? ---–- ✅ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? --–-- ❌ Will Listen Again? -- ❌ Album Cover ------- Might vinyl just for the wall
My dad told me this was a glam rock album, so I wasn't expecting this more psychedelic mood at all. Sunshine of your love and Strange brew were good openers, but can't say I was very impressed by anything else
The singles were all good, the rest were some standard English blues rock. Ginger's drumming throughout was top notch, though. 3.5/5
Good but not great. I could see what they were going for here, however much like most stoner rock, it feels as if this would be best experienced under certain influences so to speak. Many of the songs blended in with one another, meaning that there's not a whole lot of memorability, but that's not to say I didn't enjoy it because I was impressed by a lot of the guitar work from Clapton. Favourite track: Sunshine Of Your Love Least favourite track: Mother's Lament
Some boring blues, some boring psychedelia, some interesting blend of the two.
Hippieh Rock? ‚Sunshine of our love‘ ist ziemlich nice - woher kenne ich dieses Riff?
Sunshine of my love apparently
not bad
Cream nepatrí medzi moje najobľúbenejšie kapely 60.tych rokov.
Strange Brew - 3.5/5 Sunshine of Your Love - 5/5 World of Pain - 3.5/5 Dance the Night Away - 3.5/5 Blue Condition - 3/5 Tales of Brave Ulysses - 3/5 SWLABR - 3/5 We're Going Wrong - 3.5/5 Outside Woman Blues - 3/5 Take it Back - 3.5/5 Mother's Lament - 2.5/5 So I had high hopes going into this album because Sunshine of Your Love is an amazing song and I though that the rest of the album would be as great as it. Unfortunately, I remembered that Eric Clapton is a part of this so naturally all the other tracks blended together into a bluesy-rock mush. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Sunshine of Your Love
Not really my kind of thing but it was a decent slice of blues rock, with accomplished musicians, and one obvious standout classic.
I know and like the first 2 songs on this album - "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of my Love" - but for some reason never got around to "liking" them on Spotify. I am familiar with these since they were played on Classic Rock radio a lot when I was a kid. But I've never listened to the whole album. Oh yeah, I remember "Tales of Brave Ulysses" also. It's pretty good. I thought the guitars on "Dance the Night Away" had a really interesting sound. Wikipedia says they used 12 string guitars inspired by The Byrds. Good job getting away from the pure blues sound.. "We're Going Wrong" - I liked this, had a good vibe - more atmospheric than any of the other songs. "Sunshine of Your Love" is definitely the best song on this album, no wonder it has the most streams by far - almost 6 times more than "Strange Brew". The voice on "Blue Condition" had a sort of Ray Davies (of the Kinks) sound to it. But most Kinks songs are much better than this one. "SWLABR" - has a mostly cool sound but the lyrics are just too dumb to make me want to listen to this - "rainbow has a beard", "picture has a mustache". I never understood the literal worship of Eric Clapton - back in the 70s you would occasionally see "Clapton is god" spray painted in various places - or at least in the NYC area where I grew up. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is so much better at guitar and overall Zep songs and vocals and lyrics are so much better than anything on this album. Both came from the Yardbirds - Led Zeppelin got the better end of that deal. Even for the songs I that I do like on this one - I like pretty much any Led Zeppelin song more than these ones. These are all just OK to me. Anyway, I rediscovered some forgotten songs and found a couple of deep cuts that are decent. Liked songs on Spotify: 5/11 Rating: 3/5
It's fine. No, really I like it. 3/5
me gusta mucho como clapton hace sonar la strato que en general tiene un sonido limpio y claro pero acá tiene una saturación aunque mantenga esa limpieza auditiva? parece una prs literalmente bueno fin del guitar rant, me aburrió un poco el album a ser honesta 6.5/10
3.3
This album sounds just like its cover looks. Also, what the hell is Mads Mikkelson doing in the cover?? Other than that it was okay.
This record misses a certain something. An "Oomph" that makes the songs hit. It feels like the musicians are just kinda holding back in some strange way? It is not bad per se, but it doesn't excite me. Also apparently Eric Clapton is a dick. So that sucks.
Didn't love it. I understand Eric Clapton is a phenomenal guitarist, but this doesn't stand up with other classic albums fromt that time for me
Solid late 60s hard rock / Clapton. 3.75
Best Track - "Sunshine Of Your Love"
It was fine? Didn't hate it, didn't capture my attention
Not bad but these guys are tweakers
Pretty solid but nothing mind blowing
Oh cmon give me something good thats not boring for once This is the most 3 star worthy 3 star album im ever going to give in the history of 3 star albums. There were a few good songs on here and the rest i could fall asleep to Your grandmas favorite album
its a album to listen to under the influence of drugs and psychedelics. its very repetitive and regulating and its main instrument is guitar and bass . it’s definitely some white people music and it’s what bob Marley is to us to them
It's a great album, just not really "for me."
Solid album. I can hear alot of modern rock influences in this album
Its pretty cute, and funny, and quirky
Two songs that I know and like are on here and I had no idea of the titles. But I enjoyed it.
Canción, y ahora álbum, que me recuerdan a papá.
Cream! Didn’t know it was such a phsychaedlic rock type of rhythm and blues band
Killer guitar tone and riffs, paired with great drumming, and oh yeah, maybe the worst lyrics ever, song after song. The fuzz is killer though and list worthy.
I liked some stuff more than others. Strange Brew, Tales of Great Ulysses and SWLABR are pretty great, though most of the other tracks don't quite reach those levels. Mother's Lament was Morbid yet quite cheeky. Eric Clapton is a cock.
Listening session: april 21st, while commuting home from internship Listened to before: heard one song before Thoughts: Sunshine Of Your Love is a banger, but the rest of the album is a bit repetitive and is more something I would play in the background because it’s not that interesting Favourite tracks: Sunshine Of Your Love & Tales Of Brave Ulysses
ok
Strange Brew? OPETH REFEREBCE RAAAHHHHAHAHBABAHJ
Er mye bra her men plata mangler det lille ekstra. Kjede me litt mot slutten.
Va så usikker på denne at jeg måtte gi den en ny sjanse. Kul plate for all del, men den er også litt meh.. Så litt streng treer.
Sunshine of Your Love har det lille ekstra som de andre låtene ikke har. Blir fort litt for gampete, men koselig nok som bakgrunnsmusikk.
mnja
Could have done without Mother's Lament. I like the genre but was hoping for some more jams like Crossroads rather than slower stuff like Sunshine of Your Love.
Pleasant enough!
3 stars.
Great musicians, but no great songwriter
Not bad at all.
Eric Clapton origins xD
WOAH I LIKE THIS
No. 160 Tales of Brave Ulysses is a really really good song, and i did enjoy most of the album, but the rest didn’t leave much of an impression
Trippy. Clapton is great, I usually feel like I need to be on psychedelics to fully appreciate a Cream album though.
5/10 Flojos los temas, para tener de fondo cada tanto, no me terminan de gustar, medio aburrido
3.5 stars
I really liked the psychodelic vibe of this genre. I really liked the first two songs, i think i listened before to this songs. Gave me a peaceful vibe.
Obviously some big tracks here but found a couple skippable. Blue Condition and Mother's Lament I didn't particularly enjoy. Very good psychedelic though. I'll come back to it but I'm not sure I'd buy it. I'd say 3/5.
The most uneven album I've come across so far, with very high high points (Sunshine of Your Love) and very low lows (Mother's Lament).
It was fine, but not really remarkable for me
Yeah
Põnev lugeda Creami ajaloost. Enne ei teadnudki, et nad olid nö rokk-supergrupp ja et nad olid koos vaid ca 3 aastat. Plaadil on palju huvitavat mängimist, lood pole pelgalt I-IV-V blues. Aga juba siis oli tunda, et mängijad kuidagi konkureerivad üksteisega ja meeldejäävata liinidega lugusid on pigem vähe. "Sunshine of Your Love" tervet plaati ei päästa. 3.4/5
Decent psychedelic blues rock. Sunshine is the shining star.
it was fine.
Relisten Pretty tight album, not much fluff to it. Sunshine of your Love is the obvious big song here but I liked the rest of it quite a bit too. Favorite Tracks: Sunshine of your Love, Dance The Night Away Least favorite: Mother's Lament 3.5/5
ok
Classic and satisfying
i don’t know how i feel about this one
Good album. Clean and classic. 3+