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Cool I guess. Forgettable
ja, die alten Herren von Cream, das waren Zeiten
It was good! Great hippy vibes.
couple good songs SWLABR Sunshine of your love
You can tell this was recorded in the 60's.
“We’re going wrong” is a proto-grizzly bear song.
When I was young and stoned and learning about music I listened to this often. Definite nostalgia vibes for an era I was never a part of, but still played a role in my musical journey.
Bow wow wow wow wow
despite the chaotic, in-your-face loudness of the cover, its sound is rather subdued and orderly; eric clapton sings over consistent rhythmic instrumental lines. there's a bit too much repetition - some songs can definitely be trimmed down - but it's still a good listen.
1. Funky and nice rock and roll, fun. 2. Clasicazo riff. To go to the kitchen and refill your drink and have a little bump while it plays and everyone laughs outside. Or while the cartel is getting poisoned by the pool and you go out of the bathroom lol. 3. Super cool, nice voice work, the duet sounds great and the higher notes sound beautiful. Sexy. 4. Not memorable. Bland. 5. Like intro. Catchy but not memorable, cool sound tho' 6. No me hizo nada, bro. 7. Interesting, not catchy enough tho' 8. Nice, chillout and beautiful singing. 9. Pretty mid, not catchy. 10. Cool one, right outta heeaaar! Nice. 11. Corito, not that fun. F. 3.9
Fängt stark an hört schwach auf.
A short and sweet listen. I really liked the vibe for the first half and didn’t realize Cream rocked that hard. However at one point I noticed it became more like background music when I was listening, I seemed to unconsciously disengage a bit. Highlights were Strange Brew and Dance the Night Away
Interesting album! This is the first time I have heard a Cream album. I heard "Sunshine of Your Life" before and liked it. Although psychedelic rock is not something I listen to much, this album was really good. One of the songs sounded like the song from Clapton that goes "In the white room, with dark curtains at the station." This album is a 5.
I see why this is such a popular and expensive album - great 60s rock, some with a trippy vibe, fun to listen to
Great album. Fuck Clapton in any case.
Really not my cup of tea
Blues heavy psych rock. There are some great riffs on tracks like Sunshine of Your Love, but most of the songs feel a little plodding. The sound is so similar to Hendrix that I can't help but compare them and wish I was listening to Are You Experienced instead.
Pretty solid! Probably wouldn’t listen to the whole album again but I’m sure I’ll hear a few of the songs.
This was cool. Don't really like Clapton though
Very classic rock, interesting to hear how psych it was, didn't expect that.
Cream get better. And they’re better live. This is important but it’s not that great. Not bad either.
As far as 60's albums go this one was pretty good.
Some classic amazing songs, some real stinkers, even for the day. Blue Condition was painful, Mother's Lament was a bad way to end a nice experience. Thank goodness for the bonus Lawdy Mama track.
Chillige 60er Jahre Musik, angenehm
Pretty good. This kind of blues rock is what I think of when I think about that Cream.
I hadn't heard this before, quite enjoyed it. Though, I'm not sure what I make of the Monty Python bit at the end! 😂
3.5
Første tanke er at Queens of the stone age er inspireret af lyden her fra, og Joshua Homme har nærmest videreført sangen "World of pain" som band dogme. Når humøret rammer mig til en omgang Desert sessions, så genbesøger jeg albummet. 3 med Pil op.
Love the sound (drums/guitar) but didn't alway like the pitch of singing (personal flavour)
I’ve never really understood the deification of Clapton. Sure, his guitar is the strength of this album but it just seems to me like he’s really good, not God’s gift to the electric guitar. Maybe it’s just that the psychedelic stuff doesn’t really do it for me. Outside of the obvious, “take it back” was my favourite track.
Honestly, I don't think I'm as in to psychedelic music as I thought I was at 17. This maybe hits 3.5 for me, but it's super muddy. Clapton's better at straight blues.
It’s pretty good but other similar albums are better
Not bad
respect vaikkein subjecyive tykkää tälläisestä...
Va de mayor a menor
OK, let's get this out of the way right at the top: Eric Clapton is a shit. A bit of a fuck, even. He's a racist and (alongside his buddy Van The Man when the pandemic was in full swing) an anti-masker. He's one of those unfortunates in rock history, where it becomes unfortunate that he's had so much impact, influence and legacy on things despite how much of a terrible, awful, no-good person he'd turned out to be. And he's not the focus here. Like, come on, there's two other people in the band, and I think it does them a disservice to ignore them in favor of using your review as an excuse to shit on Clapton, no matter how deserved said shitting is. So, believe me, it has absolutely nothing to do with my thoughts on Clapton as a person when I say that I honestly found this album a little underwhelming. Like, step back as well as you can from how that fuck exists in the modern day. This album is one of those legends of 60's guitar rock. It was the first step in Clapton gaining his reputation as a guitar god, after all. I mean, goodness, it has "Sunshine Of Your Love"! How does it **not** live up? To be frank, besides "Sunshine Of Your Love", I'm just not impressed by the guitar theatrics. I mean, I listen to this album and I'm left wondering if it's because it's influenced so much that's come later that it's left the original boring, or if the original was just never **that** spectacular to begin with. And, well, I've made my case about the former idea a number of times before, so... Like, y'know, I actually spent a lot of this album thinking about what Clapton's contemporary Jimi Hendrix was doing over on his two 1967 albums, ARE YOU EXPERIENCED and AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE... And, yeah, I kinda wish I was just listening to either of those. And, y'know, to actually talk about the other two members, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker... They're fine. Despite what I said earlier about ignoring them in favor of focusing entirely on Clapton... Well, I **did** say that I view this album primarily as a legend of rock guitar, so... Yeah. But I mean, it's not like I was hearing them doing anything to catch my attention when the guitar wasn't. It's just boringly fine, without even any obvious flaws to narrow in on. And that's really a bummer for those two, 'coz I know how well-respected they are as players. Heck, I mean, it's debated if Bruce actually played on the title track of Frank Zappa's APOSTROPHE (') album or not, but if he did, then I know I really like him as a bass player. So to come here to the biggest album these two were ever on, then, and not really feel it all that much... Beh, I'unno. And I'm actually not sure if I'm even really all that disappointed. I mean, I knew this album's reputation, but it's not like I held its legend in the same regard as, like, I'unno... Black Sabbath's debut birthing metal. And that's obviously a much bigger legend than this one's status as "one of the all-time 60's guitar albums," but still, right? I ju— I don't know. I can't call this album bad: "Sunshine Of Your Love" still rips, and everything else is perfectly fine. But it's like, "Sunshine Of Your Love" casts such a shadow over the rest of the album that nothing else is really able to match up... And, I mean, besides that one song, I don't know if I'd wanna revisit any of it ever again. Still, a 2 would be too harsh, so... I'unno. Middle-of-the-road 3. The kind I just wish I liked better, more than anything else. (And I also wish Clapton wasn't such a shit. I mean, come on, man, you're responsible for "Layla" **and** that rippin' solo on the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and **this** is who you are? For shaaaame.)
Too monotone. Couldn't get into it with my attempt this morning.
Classic album. Some bangers, but an album for here and there.
Some very enjoyable psychedelic rock. I do not, however, possess the attention span for albums of this length.
This was ok.
I always hear Cream being held in high-regard, but this is just okay and kinda boring? Perhaps this was exciting back in the 60s when it first came out, but it sounds a bit dated & basic now.
Trippy, fun, psychedelic
Great
Little boring to be honest. Sort of a generic rock and roll '70s sound, I'm sure they're one of The originators though.
Pretty good, classic rock vibes. Nothing special but nothing bad either. 3 stars.
I kind of wanted to hate this album just by the nature of it looking like the most basic 60s psychedelic rock album of all time. But it honestly wasn’t that bad. Not my thing I'm listening to on loop per se, but I didn’t mind listening through it once today at all.
A good, nearing on great, listen. Nothing I hate, but boy is "Mother's Lament" quite the tone shift! I was caught off-guard by that, shared it with some friends in a group chat to equally shocked responses. Very fun, very weird. Another example "oh, that's this song?" with Sunshine of Your Love" and the opening instrumental - immediately recognisable, scarcely nameable. Otherwise it was very enjoyable and groovy, but definitely a bit strange and unique. Would like to come back to it as I feel I didn't listen to it enough to recognise the individual songs and just generally not as much as some others i've listened to.
Cream. I, like many, have issues with Clapton. That said, it is a quite bluesy and psychedelic album. Sunshine of Your Love is a classic, no denying that. The rest is, at least for me, forgettable.
1001 Albums to Listen to with Buffy's Mom
Tales of brave Ulysses is cool
I had heard much about how great this album was before I listened to it. Sadly, it left me feeling unsatisfied. Not sure if it was the over hype or just my own person taste, but I walked away with a feeling of "that was it?"
Its fine. Maybe I don't hate the 60s so bad.
Outside of the highlights, maybe this just doesn't stand out over the course of time. Enjoyable blues by white people, but that's kind of it. I find it kind of funny that it reached #1 in countries without significant black populations?? 3* Highlights: sunshine of your love (a timeless groove), take it back (love some blues)
Definitely a staple psychedelic rock album, but honestly not much more too it than that. It kind of makes sense that the only song i know from this is Sunshine of Your Love. Nice riffs, halfway decent vocals. Not for me.
3
How to describe this? Is it funky? A bit country? Psychedlic? How can it be be all? (Post note: Blues is word I was looking for rather than country) Fuzzy sound, mid tempo funky rock. In some places singer sounds like generic 60s crooner (World of Pain) What is Mother's Lament? Some cockney pub piano song? Weird Best track - Outside Woman Blues
Decent enough, but wasn’t overly moved like I thought I would be. Started and ended strong, but the middle lacked a bit of character.
Album makes me want to shoot heroine and wack off for an hour
say what you want about clapton (he’s both overly revered and unfairly maligned), but if that first hammer-on note of strange brew doesn’t get you, what’s wrong? too bad the album peaks here. i don’t like jack bruce’s singing. i never have and i likely never will. he certainly thought so. i don’t buy it. give me ginger baker on "blue condition." hell gimme clapton on “outside woman.” gimme: strange brew, blue condition, outside woman blues; play that heavy blooz, white boys. warning: white guy talking about clapton's guitar tone. the formula that works best here is what worked best on mayall's blues breakers record with clapton: put him in the middle of the mix, crank his amp to 12, and let him bleed that sweet, pure overdriven tone all over everything. HOT tubes, baby. with clapton, it's not just what he's playing; it's how it sounds. so i guess it's about the producer or engineer or whatever too. which was the guy from mountain here, who wrote "mississippi queen." which kicks ass. this band sounds best when they sound like mountain. you can keep: world of pain, dance the night away, we're going wrong (jesus); the "psychedelia" the rest is mid. take it back has a fun vocal hook and keeps jack bruce between the lines enough to be tolerable. it's nowhere near as good a traditional blues interpretation as, say, the stones could do though. i sunshine of your loved myself to death in my 95 ford taurus in high school. it's a good song despite jack bruce. the greatest thing jack bruce ever did was play bass on zappa's song "apostrophe." and he didn't even like zappa. pff jack bruce. thought about a 2.
I thought I was going to like this way more than I did. Singles like strange brew found their way to my Napster torrent que when I was a teenager. But overall I found it uninspiring. Thanks to the psychedelic guitar distortion I was able to momentarily look over the cheesiness of DANCE THE NIGHY AWAYS lyrics and the absurdity of Clapton dancing a night away BLUE CONDITION sounds like a Tim heidecker song taking the piss out of white guys playing the blues. Clapton annoys me.
A solid classic rock album with an absolutely baffling final song.
decent record
Not bad but nothing all that exciting to me.
Yep, that's psychedelic.
good enough.
Some big hits, but after a while a lot of the songs start sounding the same.
Listened to this most during middle school, when I was just getting into music and had more regard for Rolling Stone Orthodoxy. Haven't gone back for over a decade. Having relistened: it's fine but, like, for what? Also, what about LSD made British men feel the need to inflict daft music hall on us?
It was decent, but if I wanted something like this I'd go for Jimi Hendrix, or even that United States of America album I had the other day
Solid album. A little different to what I usually listen to but I enjoyed it. No major stand outs though, mainly something to just put in the background
Not really my thing but it was pretty groovy and still quite enjoyable.
6.5/10. I have a lot respect for Eric Clapton in the sense that is one of the 'godfather of guitar' and has some all timer tunes. But tbh this one to me did sort of blend in a bit to the masses of blues-rock I've heard from this period. At times it felt like the guitar were unleashed and I was jamming but sometimes it felt a bit subdued to me. Full disclosure, this album gained a half point solely for that last track lmao
3.5/5
Erik Clapton is an extremely talented guitarist and I enjoyed listening to him play. Having said that, I’m not a fan of Cream.
Bass needed tuning n a couple of spots! Great vibe.
Lite sömnigt i vissa delar men bra att plugga till. Takes of Brave Ulysses är min favorit, men kanske för att den låter som en del av David Bowie's "We are the Dead" från Diamond Dogs (men säkert många andra låtar i liknande genres också, typ tidig Black Sabbath).
5.5/10 Highlights: SWLABR Sunshine of your Love
Some songs are really good, like 'Sunshine of Your Love', and some are still very enjoyable, like 'Strange Brew', 'Tales of Brave Ulysses', and even 'SWLABR'. Quite a few songs, though, fall very flat and are too psychedelic for any of us normal people to enjoy. I don't want to have to be on drugs to enjoy drug music. And what an awful way to close out an album. 'Mother's Lament'? What the hell was that??
3+ Stars (9/15)
3.5 Stars
Sunshine of Your Love is a good song, but Living Color did it better. I'd say it's a fine 60s rock album, but nothing special.
This should be right up my alley: 60s, rock, psychedelia, blues, etc. But it manages to sound very, very dated - whereas some other band of that era (the Dead, traffic, etc) managed to avoid that.
Okay. Not vibing with the sixties
Great first two songs, followed by passable numbers thereafter. Pretty good energy, but not much stands out after the first two.
This is a decent album. I like the psychedelic-ness of it. It's one I've been familiar with for years, and really liked when I was growing up.
This was fine. Guitar work was strong.
I liked it. This is the first 60s British album I’ve heard from this that had enjoyable instrumental parts. Clearly because of Clapton.
Definitivamente progressivo. Pra quem gosta deve ser um clássico. Eu achei genérico mas divertido.
I obviously know who Clapton is, but I've never listened to Creme before. I was actually way for excited to hear Ginger Baker's drums, which were an absolute highlight on Fele with Ginger Baker Live!. So i was disappointed in the mixing of this album because it was pretty hard to make out the drums. Still, some absolute bangers are here, with Sunshine of Your Live, SWLABR, and my personal favorite We're Going Wrong. A great album held back by its mixing, even if the stuff in between feels like 60s filler.
Nice. This is one of those artists that I always wanted to check out but never got around to nor sat down to want to do so. Pretty psychedelic rock. This is what I imagine what psychedelic rock was like in the 60s-70s. Pretty rockin phsychedlic album.
some good songs
Very 60's, very bluesy, very groovy.
I'd never heard of Cream. I liked the genre blending between Psychedelia and Blues.
Simple, groovy, and still unique for the time. The blues guitars are great and the vocals not being as boyish as many of groups at this time give it a lot of energy and soul. 6/10
Not horrible, the '60s vibe is fun. I thought knocking out a shorter album (33 mins) on my catch-up list would be easy, but I'm just halfway through it, and I'm sure it's already been more than an hour.
It was fine until "Blue Condition." That's where it lost me. And I learned that was the one song written and sung by the drummer. It really had that Ringo song feel. But really, this just isn't my kind of music. I don't like music that heavily leans into guitar solos.
If any musical time and genre are associated with not playing it by the rules, it's psychedelic rock in 1967. However, Cream clearly didn't get that memo when they just created a bunch of decent pop songs played with a fuzzy guitar.
Неплохой, потенцевал и вайбик имеется
For an album that's just over 30 minutes long, it sure is dragging out. Not bad, but nothing too noteworthy. Though Sunshine of Your Love is really good. Anyway, fuck Eric Clapton for very obvious reasons.
Hello guitar hero song
This is one of those albums that's absolutely amazing if you're in the correct mood for it, and mediocre otherwise. I was not in the correct mood today. 🤷🏻♀️
BluesRock, 1967 -> 3
I really only knew sunshine of your love before this, and mostly knew cream as Eric clapton’s band and knew that he was more of a blues guitarist I was surprised to see this album take a more psychedelic form which was cool. The guitar riffs were solid too Standouts: Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR
Just fine
Better 60s music than the rolling stones. Not as exciting aside have liked
Random thoughts: * The first 2 tracks are classic rock staples and I knew them well. You cannot deny either of them. * I was unfamiliar with the rest of the tracks. It was all good but I wasn't grabbed by the collar by any of them. * I don't feel like I was missing anything massive in my life by not hearing just the 2 tracks I knew before I listened to this album.
Short, but enjoyable
Eh
Brilliant start with Strange Brew and Sunshine Of Your Love and World of Pain, before tailing off a bit. Solid album overall
Good sound, I think I have heard a few before. Different than I usually listen to though. I like the funky guitar stuff throughout.
I was expecting to love this one a lot more, but it's mostly just a serviceable blues/rock album with some good guitar work and vibe. With that though, it's extremely solid and not too long a listen, so it doesn't become too samey. Quite good! Standouts: Sunshine of Your Love, SWLABR, Outside Woman Blues
Meh. Clapton makes me indifferent unfortunately.
I give this one three stars (out of five) and one of those stars is for Sunshine of Your Love being used so well by Scorcese. Never been a big Cream fan.
Cream is so original and authentic. The theatricality really made this an enjoyable album
3.5 stars
Strange Brew: Very cool vibes. The guitar solo just oozing with style. Really nice bass too. Sunshine of Your Love: UGH CLASSIC. Memories of playing this song on Guitar Hero 3, always enjoyed it. Once again that guitar is so sexy, almost scratchy sound. Great drums! World of Pain: Very mellow. Dance The Night Away: Almost a melancholy feeling to it, and feels like there are Indian/Asian music influences. Blue Condition: Enjoyed this one, a bit more lowkey. Tales of Brave Ulysses: Love this one, the building up it creates is almost heroic connecting the feelings the title illicits. The instrumental breakdowns throughout getting more elaborate until the end also accentuate this. SWLABR: Interesting tone in this one. We're Going Wrong: Not a lot to say Outside Woman Blues: Not a lot to say Take it Back: A lot more bluesy, enjoyed the harmonica in this one. Mother's Lament: Silly little song, like the cockney energy. Final thoughts: Some absolute bangers in this, but also quite a few songs I wouldn't actively listen to and kind of blend into the background. I'd say I enjoyed the first half more. Favs are probably Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love (Obviously) and Tales of Brave Ulysses.
I dunno! Yeah, the first two tracks are brilliant classics, and there are one or two others that I liked, basically the bluesy ones. The rest left me cold, so I'll give this effort three stars.
good ol psych and blues
I really like the first two songs, but side B is a little weak for me. Overall, though, pretty good.
guys rock
Very interesting psychrock album. The guitarwork is sharp and sounds great, the vocals conplement the records themes and soundpatterns, being rough and hazy. Overall just a clean psychrock record. Favorite track: Strange Brew. Overall score: 7.0/10
Iconic sound of the 60s the guitars sound effortlessly cool Favourite song: Sunshine of Your Love
very funky, great guitar, excellent atmosphere!! will definitely listen again
Yeah ok
Could take or leave but objectively v good
First time in psychedelic rock. Guitar feels like lead vocals and lead vocalist is singing backup. Things turn bluesier at blue condition.... OHHHH. Fav- Tale of Brave Ulysses. Riff sounds like that Rasputin song
nyilván sokkal jobb zene ez az előzőnél, cserébe viszont unalmas. nem blues annyira hogy szeressem mint zenét, és nem pszichedelikus annyira, hogy értékeljem az innovációt meg a kísérletezést.
Not my cup of tea but this is a cool album. It has plenty of guitar riffs and some cool vocals. I like the mix of psychedelic rock and the Blues. Tales Of Brave Ulysses was a particular highlight.
The only Ingredient missing to make this 4* or higher is a quarter ounce of skunk. Pretty good guitar wankery just slightly odd
This is my favorite album with Eric Clapton. I don’t really know why but it’s better than all the others. I’m too tired to write this
摇滚吗
Okay, let’s get this out of the way. Sunshine Of Your Love carries the album for me. It’s the only song that I legitimately like on this album. The rest range from okay to ugh. The good ones range from Outside Women Blues and Tales of Brave Ulysses, which made Clapton easier to digest and appreciate since he’s teamed with Bruce and Baker. They emphasize the psychedelic spirit of the album. But then there are some annoying songs, like Blue Condition and We’re Going Wrong. And if I ever have to hear about the tree outside the window in World of Pain ever again, I’ll have it cut down. Maybe then you will stop singing about it. Mother’s Lament was a bit jarring too, but it’s at the end of the album and was probably the band fucking around, so I’m not going to go too hard on it. Overall, this is okay. Probably as good as an Eric Clapton effort will be for me. As an aside, can Clapton please stop showing up under different bands? This is the third time he has shown up under a different project and I haven’t even hit 150 albums yet. Calm your racist ass. Favorite track: Sunshine Of Your Love Other hits: Strange Brew, Outside Woman Blues, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, Take It Back
For something so psychedelic I fluency, you'd hope it'd be a super vivid cornucopia of sounds. The reality is it's a lot of fairly standard blues with some more psychedelic stuff here and there. But even that sounds a bit derivative of other things done by themselves.
Britisk paykedelisk rock, udmærket
It's a nice album, but after so many albums, it's hard to listen to something that sounds innovative. Somehow they were doing what everyone was doing at that time.
First time listening to this album in its entirety. Recognized a few songs, some deep cuts. overall okay, but a couple tunes didn’t hit the mark for me, personally.
Eric Clapton views aside, I thought that this was mediocre with a couple of gems sprinkled in here and there. Listen again to the whole thing? Probably not!
enjoyable late 60s psych rock album. that last track is terrible though
The greatness is there, but only for the first half.
Good classic rock.
A few fantastic songs, and some that were just fine. My wife gives this 5 stars, but she grew up with it.
The album that bought you "Sunshine of your Love" and not much else
It's really hard to rate an album where I mostly like the music but I don't want to listen to this much if it at one time.
Pretty cool for 1967, basic but cool it's only three guys
Started really strong with the first 2 songs but the rest of the album was forgettable, including some skippable songs
I didn't hate this, but it didn't feel very memorable.
Multiple classic songs. Not consistent in quality, but stellar overall
Eric Clapton is the most overrated guitar player on the planet. However, Jack Bruce is a great bassist and an interesting singer, although his almost-falsetto can get on my nerves sometimes. Ginger Baker is an amazing drummer and was an interesting man--the film "Beware of Mr. Baker" from 2012 was an interesting film. So despite Clapton's involvement, I'll still give this a 3.
Had the classics otherwise, as lot of these bands from the 60s and 70s that I've heard only the hits, the rest of the album is just okay.
Some jams, the non-hits aren’t my speed.
Some good, some not so great. Decent album with a couple killer cuts.
Decent. Sounded good, well performed. The songs didn't really do much for me, though.
Would probably listen again; too bad Eric Clapton is a weird, because this does rock pretty hard, though not a no-skip for me; favorite songs: sunshine of your love, strange brew; tales of brave Ulysses
I thought it was interesting that I hadn’t come across a Clapton album yet in this project and this week here are two. Stranger still is how much more I preferred the Derek and the Dominos album to Cream. Still, it’s fun to think of how the psych rock (which I largely think is silly) compares to other music of the time. Good stuff on here. But not completely for me.
As a fan of psych rock I thought I’d like it more. The whole thing sounded pretty samey samey and didn’t really hit many highs or lows. Sunshine of your love is a jam but nothing else struck me. I’ll insist that strange brew is a better movie than song.
Итс о кэй (что неожиданно, потому что я, конечно же, никакой не мьюзик крикет, а чистейший ноу ГМО хейтер, когда дело касается Эрика Клэптона). Лучшая песня - Sunshine of Your Love.
в целом прикольно но только одну песню себе добавила, думала поинтереснее будет,это же всё-таки крим
3.09
This is a hard one to rate. I initially thought I wouldn't have a lot to say. The guitar/production on ‘Strange Brew’ sounds like ass, and Clapton and Baker both have irritating singing voices. But I quite liked the songs that, per Wikipedia, were written and sung by Jack Bruce. Liked the goofy music hall kinda song at the end too. It would be sensible to separate this album from the shadow of Eric Clapton.
Being a non-Clapton fan (obviously his politics are terrible, but I also don't like his music), I let out a big ol' "ugh" when I saw this was my album of the day. But it offended me less than I anticipated. I didn't like the last three songs, but the others were more or less fine. Going to give this 3 stars because I liked it more than the Derek & The Dominos album, which I rated 2 stars. And because this is, mercifully, much shorter.
Ginger Baker’s drumming is just savage. Jack Bruce’s playing also grabs me throughout the whole album, The strongest tracks were the singles, of course. I started listening to the standard release and was disappointed by the hard panned stereo, so I switched over to the deluxe edition and was glad I did. It’s a much better mix.
Decent, I guess. A few highlights here and there, but overall feels overplayed and occasionally clumsy.
Decent but underwhelming blues rock, pretty standard Clapton fare. Nothing here that actively offended me but nothing that stood out as worthy of inclusion on the list.
I’ve always liked Sunshine of Your Love, and I liked Blue Condition. The rest of the album was enjoyable enough, but nothing special.
Did not make an impression
I mean it's alright
I liked that more than I really expected. It's been a minute since I last listened to these things and I expected I'd leave on a sour note but this was great. It's mostly psychedelic rock which has never been a favourite of mine but Cream pulled it off quite well. The ending track was also fun. Hope this won't be a one and done thing for me!
Not terrible, some enjoyable 60s rock. Album is defined by Sunshine of Your Love, and deservedly so
Pretty cool stuff, I had only heard strange brew and sunshine of your love, and to be honest I wasn’t a huge fan of strange brew, but as a whole album this was a very good time.
I am an incredible hater. I hate vociferously and with a persistent and ignorant malice. The perfect combo to indiscriminately just not like stuff. Eric Clapton fits that hateable category for me. I know nothing about the chap, but I still find that he seems like a man who make you feel uncomfortable buying a guitar. Anyway, here’s one of his bands. Hope I don’t hate it. The best. Can only go down from here. Accompanied the nuclear waste montage on the perfect yet still underrated show “Get a Life,” and now hits my ears as both a reminder of that and as an incredible song. Three thumbs up (the extra is from the toxic waste). Super overplayed, but Sunshine of your Love is good. It’s so hard to hear it anew, and I think that ship has sailed but the song has its moments. That riff is iconic but I’ve never been able to enjoy the rest of the track as much. I’m such a sucker for vocal variation. The falsetto sections are so weird and haunting. This song was a huge surprise and absolutely fantastic. Hmm. The boredom is creeping in with this puppy. Ugh. This is terrible. Alright. A little bit of a reprieve here. Finally. Back to some upbeat stuff. It’s fine. A rainbow with a beard??? That’s cool. Uhhh. I’m running out of things to say. I’m still so behind from the Christmas break. Boring white guy blues. They’re ENGLISH????????????? NOOOOOOO. I knew that. Anyway. This is weird. I feel like it’s trying to be psychedelic and not really genuine. This feels like straight edge drug impersonation. Well Eric. This wasn’t too bad, I have to say. Tracks 1 and 3 blew my face off, and the rest sort of just left me without a face and getting kind of chilly noticing that my now faceless body is being exposed to the elements. I think if this was delivered in a more rough manner, it would’ve been even better, but what we have with Disraeli Gears is a competent album with some real heavy hitters to start it off and a trail of mediocrity to wind to a close. I suppose a re-listen might be warranted but for now, I leave dreaming of sunshine, love and of course, spelling bees in space. 2.5-3 HIGHLIGHTS: Strange Brew, World of Pain
The good songs (singles?) are great, the musicianship is great… some of the other songs are only okay.
Yes!!
Very generous 3 stars. 2 Star felt too harsh. The music actually had me excited from the get go, enjoyed the first song. Then the second song started, Sunshine of Your Love, and was really excited about it as I didn't know that it was THAT song. Sick guitar shit. Lyrcis abit meh, and that seemed to be the theme for the album. Got abit bored of it to be honest, but appreciated what it was doing alot of the time. I feel as though they were great musicians with fuck all to actually write about. Their talent with their instruments carried it for me. Like I said, generous giving 3 stars. Would've liked half stars again to give a 2.5
I quite like Cream’s albums. The live shows sound hellish in terms of drawn out, indulgent solos. Strange Brew is as cool as a cucumber, perfect mash up of blues and rock, with hushed vocals washing over it. Great false ending too. Sunshine of Your Love is iconic, its use in cinema immediately springs to mind during the first few notes. It's arguably their finest moment. It centres around such a simple riff, but the sounds and the space between sounds are so well crafted on this song, it's transformed into a giant rock anthem. World of Pain has a playfulness and psychedelia to it that reminds me of Pink Floyd with Syd, off kilter and whimsical, not as good though. I hated Mother's Lament with a passion. It's true that all musicians want to be comedians, and all comedians want to be musicians. There were a lot of album tracks like this in British music in the late sixties, The Beatles, Cream, The Who, The Small Faces to name a few. I reckon this is because everyone fancied themselves as being able to do The Goons or Monty Python. This album probably had wide appeal to the hippie youth of the late sixties. I found most of the tracks very average though. Yes you can play, but are the songs interesting, or are they incredibly samey? I can't deny some of the greatness on display so it's getting 3 stars.
Disraeli what? Cream who? World of Pain is the answer to all. High 3* again. Getting a lot of these recently - closer to 75/100 though, but not quite 4*
La Crema es la crema. No es quizás su mejor material, pero las perlas están ahí.
Reminded me of the beetles
It’s great, but stressful to listen to.
It wasn't bad, but not amazing - maybe just didn't get me in the right mood. I'll give it 3*, but it could have been 4* on another day.
Starts strong. Gets weak. 4/11 songs I like.
Although "Disraeli Gears" is Cream's most acclaimed album, it is comparable to a weak Beatles album at most. There are a couple standouts admittedly, and "World Of Pain" is a fantastic example of late 60's psyche. However, the general songwriting and musicianship of the album is overtly mundane and underwhelming. Eric Clapton has got to be among the most conceited guitarists of all-time.
3/5
I was expecting way more from an album with Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love
Definitely highs and lows, many great songs but a few slower ones that felt out of place for me
I think I've made my peace with Clapton
Loved strange brew and sunshine of your love, but the rest of the tracks on this album didn’t really impress me
Decent classic rock vibe
Excellent psych Brit rock record. Good tunes and vibes throughout this one with some experimental guitars and vocals. They're having fun on this one. A couple classics I'm familiar with on here too.
acceptable tunes standout track: sunshine of your love
Nice!
good bluesy
I enjoyed this album - particularly the electric guitar. I love their song White Room and I feel like they’re super consistent with their sound which is cool! I probably wouldn’t put this one in high rotation but would listen to give my self a break from the frequent flying albums I have on repeat! I’d say 3.5
Groovy music that I would add to certain songs to playlist
Was alright
Das Album Disraeli Gears von Cream ist interessant, wirkt aber stellenweise eintönig, da viele Lieder sich ähnlich anhören. Trotzdem beeindruckt es, dass man ein bis zwei Tracks wiedererkennt, obwohl weder die Band noch das Album einem zuvor bekannt waren. Ein spannendes Werk mit bekannten Momenten, das jedoch an Abwechslung vermissen lässt.
Pretty cool!! A solid and consistent sound, good drums and guitar. Enjoyed this
It wasnt my type of music but it was realky good. I can only explain it as calming feels good music mostly I'd listen to it for reading or driving.
Liked the change up in the last two songs. Anytime one of these albums has a song that I know I feel like the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the tv meme
Overall, I was surprised by how much I liked this album. Very diverse and dig the trio's interactive parts with each other. Even though I marked it as 3 stars, I would give it a 3.5 if I could.
old rock, dnf
LOVE "Strange Brew" since the first time I heard it on classic rock radio in Jr. High. It just has a easy going groove but still rocks & it was an early Clapton vocal. "Sunshine Of Your Love" is still a rock staple and you hear it in movies, ads and on the radio. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" used to be on the radio a lot in the 70/80's but not so much anymore. Some of the tracks are a bit dreary ("Blue Condition", "We're Going Wrong"). In it's day this may have been cutting edge, and I know Cream's influence is deep, but the sound hasn't aged as well as a lot of other classic recordings of the late 60's. I can't rank it Top 1001 and can only give it 2.5 stars
A few good songs, but more filled than anything else. This feels like an early album, not as cohesive as it could be. It was fun to listen to though.
Sunshine of Your Love Take It Back (Clapton blues)
A good album. But, I’m not sure it is on my must have list. Many Blues albums I would prefer to listen to.
Whatever
i forgot how well i know this album. i have my dad’s vinyl copy and used to listen to it a lot in high school (especially whenever i was rewatching freaks & geeks lol). it’s fine. i can’t say it moves me but it’s fine.
I like the general sound of this album. It feels like the kind of music that would be playing in the background of a retro movie where some cool dudes are hanging out at a bar…maybe they’re playing pool…and smoking 😎 I absolutely LOVE Strange Brew and was hoping that on this relisten I’d find some other gems on here that I like even half as much as that one but unfortunately I did not. It gets a little samey for me after a few songs and I felt like I was listening to the same songs over and over (with the exception of the final track, Mother’s Lament, which was functional in that it reminded me he’s British which I for some reason always forget). Outside Woman Blues had such a similar groove as Strange Brew and it’s kind of weird those are on the same album (and I always thought the beginning of the riff from Sunshine of Your Love sounded so much like that of Cocaine, the latter of which I knew first as a kid and then was confused when I heard what sounded so similar years later in the former, but at least those are on different albums). I guess that’s just a signature rhythm and chord progression of the blues style but I do think there are artists who manage to have that distinct style without it all sounding like repeats of each other. It all ends up just sounding like Eric Clapton Flavored Sounds, which is not a horrible vibe to curate as I mentioned at the beginning, but the songs on their own aren’t distinct enough for me to care about as songs in their own right. *Best tracks: Strange Brew*
For all the classics, I get impatient listening through it.
a cool album and i like the acoustic/natural instruments used. very rock vibes and the album cover is so cool i want the poster just to look at.
Plenty of great songs on here but I was expecting something a bit more. Like the first 6 tracks are notably pretty good but after that the tracks just get weaker and my retention for it goes down as well. Not saying their bad but just that there was some untapped potential there. All in all it was still a pretty good album. Top 3 Favorites: Sunshine Of Your Love, Tales Of Brave Ulysses, and Strange Brew No bad songs 3.25-3.50/5
It's good but only that
78% Best: Strange Brew; Sunshine Of Your Life; SWLABR; Take It Back Must-Hear? Not quite
Cream: Decent. Clapton: Permacunt.
Great band
Classic album, but some of it is a little stale. The hits are bonified and it's easy to see why they are staples in classic rock, but the rest of the album is a little stale.
This album has some obviously great tracks. In addition to the hits that remain staples on Classic Rock radio, lesser known songs like "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "SWLABR" ring out as Psychedelic Blues gems. However, some other songs on this one fall flat musically and the falsetto singing gets tiresome after a bit. Also, that stupid song at the end, "Mother's Lament" is another example of artists using up valuable vinyl space and time for a jokey indulgence. I believe that these tracks later gave rise to the skits that have littered Rap albums for decades now. This would get four stars, but Eric Clapton is a notable prick and his racist right-wing politics are unforgivable. Minus one whole star for that.
222/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
I liked it with but not a top classic rock album
Good but kind of dragged towards the end. 3.5
Enjoyable psychedelia rock. I, for whatever reason, thought Sunshine of Your Love was a different song so interesting to me
Clapton!!! He’s a musical genius but yes quite the asshole… anyhow this album had lots of potential after the A side but doesn’t quite carry that momentum. Nonetheless a very important album for the evolution of psych rock/pop, clearly had influence on the likes of Beatles, PF, etc and vice versa
Bueno
***An ok album. Nothing great and yet nothing distasteful
thumbs up
Quintessential Cream - Iconic Album Cover - Late 60's Rock at its finest.
It's ok. Songwriting is on point, which is to be expected. But it's not very fun after a while.
When Cream's hitting, they're great. When they're not, it's psychedelic mush. Sunshine of Your Love is an all-timer, of course. But I hadn't heard the non-hits on Disraeli Gears and, honestly, they didn't add much to my thoughts about the band. Unexpected bangers: Take it Back
I'd have dug this in 1967, but not sp much in 2024. The classic hits I dig, as I grew up with them, but the music, out of the context of the 60s and 70s loses my interest. A solid three for blues based music.
It was okay.
Can see why it was influential musically, some tracks are naff like SWLABAR
Mid 3s, goes pretty good. Tame Impala be here.
3.5
I really liked this at first, but felt like it failed to expand on the initial sound as it went on.
I was excited to see a Cream album pop up in this collection, and I also liked the somewhat-obscure-political-reference-sounding album title. But then came away feeling like I had *far* too outsized expectations for both the first-ever-superband and their album (and very disappointed to find out the "Disraeli" reference had nothing to do with the Right Honorable Mr. Benjamin). It's hard (maybe impossible) to find fault with "Sunshine of your love", of course, but that seems to be it on this album; the opening track starts you off on a bad foot, and then there's this weird alien insertion of "Sunshine" to blow your little mind, and then the remainder of the album is back to sad, occasionally-falsetto 60s generic rock, with a small exception for "Tales of brave Ulysses" and "SWLABR". How can the sum of several (well, three) incredibly talented musicians equal quasi-psychedelic-rock mush? Maybe it's because they had to record the album in a hurry due to expiring visas, or maybe just that veering away from their blues wheelhouse ran them on the rocks of mediocrity. A shame too that this is the only Cream album in the collection (although maybe it's a blessing?).
3 incredible songs but a lot of filler
Yummmm warm and fuzzy late 60s psych. I can see how this album likely had and has had a strong influence in psych music and it was probably mind blowing when it came out. currently I find it just a bit boring. The melodies and the riffs aren't super interesting and it's not very layered. So I like the vibe of the record and I appreciate the influence but I'll likely never listen to this one again.
After listening to 2 shitty records was I happy to see Cream coming up. But it wasn't as amazing as I wanted it to be. A lot of the songs sound very similar in guitar tone, and maybe I'm not paying a lot of attention to this... But the structure of the songs were quite the same. I don't know... Maybe Eric clapton's best work, and Ginger Baker is a mad man. But nothing on this record do I really care about. Except the mustache line. It's crazy that Cream were only a band for a few years. I think they would have written some crazy stuff eventually. The blueprints are all there.
this looks like shit <-- i didnt type this btw i opened the album and it said this so maybe its a premonition strange brew- 5 sunshine of your love- 4 or 5 world of pain- 5 dance the night away- 5 blue condition- 4 tales of brave ulysses- 4 swlabr- 5 were going wrong- 5 outside woman blues- 4 take it back- 5 mothers lament- 4. too british it wasnt shit but it wasnt anything to write home about
Not a fan of Eric Clapton as a person, but I can see how people hold his guitar playing in high regard. Sunshine of Your Love is catchy and gets super stuck in my head. The rest of the tracks are enjoyable as well. Nothing mind-blowing, but a solid blues-rock record.
Fav: Strange Brew Least Fav: Mother’s Lament Certainly better than Eric Clapton’s solo work
I guess I’ve just never appreciated Cream. Outside of the 2 hit tracks the rest left me uninspired
Pleasing to listen to. Sadly, sometimes the mix is very dated. Extreme stereo effects. mainly the song "Mother's Lament where the reverb is only on the right chanell. But nice tunes overall. Not gonna lie, i probably won't come back.
British guys playing blues isn’t nearly as exciting in 2024 as it was in 1967 - but I appreciate a trio, and Ginger Baker rules. pretty cool chord progressions on the originals, too. Highs: Strange Brew, World of Pain, Tales of Brave Ulysses (aka White Room, part 1); Lows: Take it Back, Mother’s Lament.
Een best wel vermakelijk psych rock album! De cover alleen al zorgt ervoor dat ik me meteen een beetje high voel en de fun die de cover laat zien is ook zeker aanwezig op het album zelf! Enige nadeel is dat ondanks dat ik me wel echt heb vermaakt met dit album, kom ik wel echt steeds meer tot de conclusie dat ik gewoon niet zo dol ben op rock/psychrock enzo. Wel vet dat Capton ook op dit album een grote rol speelt, je hoort het in de bluesy stukken. Simpelweg; geinig album, denk niet dat ik het nog eens op ga zoeken. FAVO: Blue Condition, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues, Take it back
Quintessential 60s hippy music
Some great Clapton riffs and great percussion, but a little iffy on the lyrics.
Some great guitar riffs throughout, was ready to give this 4-stars but the last track was absolute shite
Reminds me of the Beatles and David Bowie Probably a 5.5/10 I would listen to some again
Gear: Aür Audio Aurora Artwork: 🦅🏵️🌞 Produktion (Remaster 1998): 🎧😘🤌 Musik: 💊🌿🍄 Wertung: 💊🌿🍄/5
The thing about Cream is that you can tell they are trying very hard and that they are always on the cusp of being awful. Less said about the last track the better as well
Meh. 3 stars purely for Sunshine Of Your Love
Too psychedelic for me, doesn’t seem as cool as it did when I was 16.
It was ok. I thought I would like it more. 3 stars.
For me, late 60s psychedelic rock can be really hit or miss. And that's kinda what I feel this album consists of: some hits, some misses. The Vibe: It is 1967 and you think you're really cool because you've smoked weed a couple of times and you like Cream.
Rock. I was actually a little disappointed with this album. A few great songs, but mostly I didn’t like the vocalist in a lot of the songs, and the vibe was just a little off.
With tracks like Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love, this album is a classic. I’ve never been into Cream other than their hits, but I enjoyed the listen. Quintessential trippy album cover.
Nothing special, sorry Clapton fans.
I recognized the hits on this, four or five at least. I liked this but I was a little underwhelmed. I feel like this should be higher but I can’t get above a 3 here.
With the first two tracks/hits I was expecting this to be better. But the cream starts to settle midway through and by the backend becomes a little stale. The fact that they recorded this in 3.5 days is pretty amazing, but not enough to help the cream rise to the top.
Surprised I didn’t like this more. Sunshine is iconic and Clapton plays a good guitar. But this ended up sounding like a boring stoned hippie. Much like your mom.
Clapton is good at guitar and bad at being a decent human. This album is fine but not amazing. 3/5
Okay psychedelic rock from the 60s
Sunshine of your love is a timeless banger, the rest of the album is unremarkable. Other reviews tell me Eric Clapton is a cunt, won't spend the energy to confirm or deny.
ok
Used to rly like this, proabbaly worse than Layla
It was ok I guess. Some tracks are ok while others are just meh.
Never really cared for Cream and this has not changed that. Don't hate it but don't really like it either.
-interesting, has sort of an early arena rock feel to it. The first few songs are especially good. kind of lost my interest toward the end but damn Outside Woman Blues is awesome. Solid 3.5 probably -Favorites are Strange Brew, Sunshine Of Your Love, and Outside Woman Blues
Pretty good, didn’t finish but had some good tunes in it
3.5
I think the only Cream song I already knew before going into this was Sunshine Of Your Love, which feels like the ultimate hippy anthem. This album as a whole was certainly a pleasant listen, with a really bizarre final song which is literally about a thin baby falling down a drain. I did enjoy this overall, but I’ll likely just stick with Sunshine Of Your Love when I’m fancying a bit of Cream.
What could go wrong when you put the best musicians of their respective instruments together in a band... apparently, a lot
One good song is more than most bands manage, and that’s exactly how many Cream made. Sunshine Of Your Love earns this a 3.
Mixed album, a few decent tunes, a few not so good ones.
I had lately come to believe that the “cream years” were the best of Clapton. For that reason, I was rather excited to press “play” on this today. But aside from a couple of tracks, including one with no guitar at all, I was rather disappointed by how uninteresting this was. Part of the problem I think is the meaningless pseudo-artsy lyrics typical of psychedelic rock. But all in all, I did not like this as much as I would have if I were still 17.
Had fun. The rainbow has a beard. 3.5
I knew I was in for it when I saw that album cover
Cream might be the only thing Eric Clapton was involved with that doesn’t suck. Stressing the word *might*
I appreciate Clapton, and I can see how this album was popular in its time. Just not something that I would run around listening to 60 years after its release.
I'd rate this as an average classic rock album. Still classic, but rarely makes me rise to euphoria or anything. Because I like the genre, I like the album.
Pretty forgettable outside of "Sunshine of Your Love." Not unpleasant, though.
Noteworthy songs - 808080808 Magical Dream - Kinda catchy synth, but the rest is bland. Ancodia - Good background noise. Cobra Bora - Actually kind of cool, reminds me of Bomberman Hero. Pacific 202 - N64 vibes, but melody isn't great. Donkey Doctor - Nothing too special, weird ending. 808080808 - Really cool beginning. A little slow in the middle but stays interesting enough. Sunrise - Nothing remarkable. The Fat Shadow - Eerie. Very short.
Wow, super cool! Seems like it must have been first wave psychedelia.
3.5
Kind of felt like the midway point between Hendrix and the Beatles, but without hitting the heights of either. Also important to note that Eric Clapton is a colossal prick.
Solid Cream album. I had not listened to it for many years. It contains several classic songs, but nothing on the level of White Room, and this band will never be my favourite band.
Sure has that 60's vibe. Favourite track: World of Pain.
This is a classic rock album. I don't have much time for Eric Clapton, especially having had the misfortune to see him live (Ouch!). Solid three
Interesting listen. I had heard of Cream before due to Clapton, but I had not really listened. I would assume this was typical of the 60's. But it was a little more electric than I had anticipated. A good listen.
Some great tracks but also some spaced out 60s strangeness, turns out some of these lads were on drugs!
I might be too sober to enjoy this fully. It was good, and the best songs (“SWLABR”) really showcase Cream’s musical talent. But ultimately I think the members of Cream (the Creamers?) might be better as session musicians than fronting their own band, Clapton included.
I get it. I had it. It's fine.
Great to throw on in the background 👍👍
The best thing that Eric Clapton ever did. mainly because the other 2 guys were so awesome.
one hit wonder
Wanted to like it more. Some are great/classic, the rest are droning. I don't understand how an inconsistent album can be so revered...?
Excellent electric guitar playing. That's really about it. Very short album. Some classic late 60s vocals. Slightly above average 6.5/10 (3.25/5)
Sunshine of Your Love is a good track and the album has a consistent rock style but it just didn't do that much for me.
🎧This is fine I guess.
classic 60s.
It's fine. I don't hear anything here that I don't like, but at the same time not much catches my ear. It's pretty chill and a bit funky and is a cohesive listen. It doesn't feel quite as dated as I'd have feared, but it's still very clearly 60's sound I'd say. Standouts World Of Pain Tales Of Brave Ulysses Mother's Lament 3/5