Disraeli Gears

I can't believe I hadn't heard this album before. Sunshine of Your Love didn't even sound all that familiar to me. Anyway, this was bluesy and psychedelic in perfect amounts. It worked well. I hate Eric Clapton.

This album should be a lot better for the hype it gets

I was relived that this didn't include racist or anti-vax conspiracy theory themes, despite Eric Clapton's involvement. I don't know if we should separate the art from the artist, but for the purpose of this exercise I will try. Bluesy and psychedelic garage rock. It seems the Beatles weren't the only band doing interesting things in 1967. However, the interesting bits are relatively sparse here and there are several weak tracks, some of which are really quite annoying. The performance and musicianship maybe also disguises fairly nothingy song writing. Overall, about half of the album was enjoyable and it is easy to hear how this would have been influential. Sunshine of your Love the stand out track. 2/5.

Cream is the coolest thing Eric Clapton ever did, and even then…it’s not that cool.

Sorry Eric Clapton, really not doing anything for me. I can understand the significance of this record, but it was 30 mins long and felt like an hour. Not a winner chicken dinner.

Even in a release year crowded with banger albums (Jimi Hendrix, "Are You Experienced" and Beatles, "Magical Mystery Tour" among them), Cream's "Disraeli Gears" stands out among the very best of the year or even the decade. It's got everything you want form a 60s rock album (self-aware lyrics, social commentary, a bit of psychedelic juju, driving rhythms, the works) but with that extra dose of face-melting blues guitar from the the one and only Eric Clapton. The man's a guitar legend for a reason. Clapton's guitars, Baker's rhythms, and Jack Bruce's vocal performances combine to push out such a great vibe I can't help but love every minute of it.

Tales of Brave Ulysses and SWLBR are underrated gems. Classic album. Mother's Lament is weirdddd. Slightly repetitive at some points but a great listen. 4.5.

What a trip! A grooveless blues rock pissabout with mildly funny jokes. At least the half-arsed Dylan impression was funny, regardless of whether it was intended to be.

Yes, it's possible to separate Clapton's current tendencies to be an A-hole from the genius of CREAM. This album is a good reason. Nevermind the genius of Clapton's playing but listening to one of the greatest drummers Ginger Baker and the masterful bass playing of Jack Bruce makes this album such a sonic explosion that they only needed three members to do it.

Quintessential psychedelic rock. Clatpon, Bruce, and Baker are all insanely talented, and each track managed to impress me. Lots of blues influence from Clapton's previous work in the Yardbirds. I love how the album goes from full psychedelia to blues near the end. Not a single bad track (ok Mother's Lament is just them having fun), and it becomes an enjoyable listen from start to end you can't get tired of.

THIS ALBUM FUCKS! I actually remember linking this to Giulietti like a year ago, when i was on a 60's kick. this album is so far out there, but in the best way, and just makes you feel like you are drugs on points, lol. there are some weird fucking songs like "Mother's Lament" was fucking morbid, but the rest of the album is fucking genius.

I've never understood the argument for Clapton being one of the greatest guitar players of all time. There are thousands of blues/rock guitarists that sound just as good or better. He doesn't really bring much to a song imo. He is also a racist asshole, but I am going to try to separate art from artist on this one. Sunshine Of Your Love has a cool riff, but besides that this album is incredibly lame. Not really sure what people see in Clapton, he really is average at best. Even for his time he doesn't sound that ahead of the pack or that unique. The production also sounds really muddy, but it was the 60's so I can let that slide a little bit. I can't tell if there are multiple singers or not, but no one here can sing. Low 3.

Dis-really ain’t that good.

Jace Bruce is perhaps one of the most overshadow music of all time. He shines on this album. Some really songs, Strange Brew, Sunshine, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR, couple stinkers like blue condition.

Anybody who has read any of my previous reviews knows that I am not a lover of Psychedelia but beware because whilst this nods to then custom of filling yourself with mind-altering substances (and I am sure that at least two of this trio, Ginger & Eric, where stoned for the whole of the sessions) do not be fooled by the cover. this is a Jazz/Blues album of the highest quality. Classics like "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Strange Brew" and the Jack Bruce Composed "Take It Back" with some lovely R & B Mouth Organ from Jack are all classics. Love it as it is still Blues before they got "Heavy"... But probably one album that is the reason we had Led Zep Dominating the 70's. Love it and rightfully on the list. P.S. Mothers Lament is a music Hall classic too!

Boy, there's a struggle in my head on this one.. Clapton and Baker absolutely slay the guitar and drums, respectively, but damned if I can't stand Bruce as the singer. "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine.." of course are great, but all the other songs aren't great mainly because of Bruce. I'm taking a knee on this one out of respect with to Clapton and Baker and just give it the average treatment. (3/5)

More like Eric Crapton

Big Kinks energy all over this but especially Blue Condition.

Big Cream fan right here. I had already heard a lot of the big tracks on here but never the full album. Had a lot of fun jamming to this one. I enjoy a little more heavy, bluesy psych rock as opposed to the more pop/folksy stylings of Love. Wouldn't say Cream is an underrated band because they are very well respected, but I feel like the heavy psych rock discussion of that era is pretty dominated by Led Zeppelin. It was just cool to hear another laudable take on the genre.

Wow okay so I guess I know a lot more Cream than I thought. I get it now. The fuzz, chunky low sounds, the voice. It’s every movie soundtrack set in the late 60s/early 70s. A couple of weaker tunes, but just a solid rock album.

A great album, a real ambrosia for the ears. 9 out of 10.

Epic album..

This is brilliant up there with the best rock from the 60’s cream is by far the best thing Clapton was involved in and this is their best album. 5 stars.

This album makes me want to drop acid. Best track: Sunshine Of Your Love.

Like so many, I know Cream mostly from their hits, but had never in my memory heard this or their other full albums. Turns out, for this one at least, I didn't really need to do so before I died. The highlights (Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love, and Tales of Brave Ulysses) are pretty great, but the rest is fair to middling at best. Given the outstanding previous and later work of Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, I'm going to assume that Jack Bruce is the weak link here and leave it at that. The mentioned tracks will maintain a place on my playlist, and the album gets a star for each of those, with not much reason to revisit this album as a whole.

I can only imagine how good the threesome with some very liberal hippie chicks would have been to this album. On the other hand there's a LOT of "white guys play something influenced by blues" floating around this list and, in my humble, Cream are not the best at it.

When I was 13 and I begged my mom for a guitar, she got me a $100 off-brand strat for xmas on the condition I actually take lessons. For about a year, I took lessons from a couple boomer journeymen at a hole-in-the-wall guitar shop. These were sweet guys who wanted me to understand a little bit about rock history. When I asked them to teach me an At the Drive-In song that was way too hard for a beginner, they redirected me to Cream and Black Sabbath. I acquired an appreciation for songs like "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room" based on these lessons, but by the time I reached college I had developed a strong distaste for Eric Clapton (for all obvious reasons of musical taste and social decency). Nevertheless, I held onto an ideal of Clapton's 60s work with the Yardbirds, Blind Faith, and Cream as somehow more restrained and cooler because of these bands' connections to Swinging London. But wow, this record is bad. Like, way worse than I remember. The boomers' weed must have really sucked because I simply cannot hear what hypnotized them into thinking Clapton was some kind of guitar god. The songs are boring and plodding -- they don't play the blues well (even compared to their British contemporaries) and their psychedelic bits are laughably bad. Check out these lyrics: "So many fantastic colours, I feel in a wonderland. Many fantastic colours, makes me feel so good. You've got that pure feel, Such good responses, Got that rainbow feel, But the rainbow has a beard." Just terrible. A friend said it best, "these lyrics are what Nixon would've said had Abbie Hoffman succeeded in dosing him." I've had this LP in my collection for a long time and I guess it makes sense I haven't had the urge to take it out and listen to it in 10+ years. I suppose I understand why it landed in the rock canon because it's a power trio of instrumental virtuosos who made a soft psych record during the Summer of Love. But, to my ears, it stacks up very poorly against its contemporaries and is utterly inessential listening.

I expected this to be a great album. It didn't live up to my expectations at all. A few great tracks surrounded by unspectacular fillers. Blue Condition in particular is a yawn-fest.

Lacks groove.

dreck. sounds like a worse version of hermans hermits. Clapton was overrated from the get go.

Disraeli Gears is an album that mistakes volume, distortion, and repetition for imagination. It presents itself as psychedelic and daring, but underneath the fuzz it is remarkably static, built on basic blues patterns stretched far past their breaking point. Songs drift by in a haze of wah pedals and echo, never developing, never surprising, just looping the same ideas until they wear thin. It feels less like a creative statement and more like a jam session that forgot to end. The playing is technically proficient but emotionally vacant. Eric Clapton’s guitar dominates everything, endlessly soloing without direction or intent, circling the same familiar phrases as if daring the listener to confuse skill with substance. Jack Bruce’s vocals strain toward mysticism, but the lyrics are so vague they barely register, while Ginger Baker’s drumming is busy rather than purposeful, filling gaps instead of driving momentum. Nothing here locks together, and nothing feels like it actually matters beyond showing off. What makes Disraeli Gears particularly irritating is how revered it is despite offering so little. This is not an album full of hidden depths or subtle moods that reward patience. It is loud, indulgent, and ultimately hollow, convinced of its own importance while delivering very little emotional or musical payoff. By the time it ends, there is no lingering image or feeling, just the sense that you have listened to a lot of noise in service of very few ideas. One out of five feels fair, if only to acknowledge that at least it eventually stops.

This is the most 60s album I've ever heard. And I mean that in the best way. It's a great mix of rock, blues, and psychedelic. Each song, I feel like I'm transported to the late 60s. It's a perfect album to listen with headphones and eyes closed.

En el 67 estaban muy por delante de casi cualquier banda. Son el germen del virtuosismo y lo que después derivaría en el rock progresivo y que no acabaría ni con la oleada del 77, pero sin duda alguna ocupan un lugar destacado en la historia. Cualquier disco suyo es una joya pero este y Wheels of fire son imprescindibles.

What an album!! Got to see them live at the Santa Monica civic auditorium with the electric prunes as the other band on the bill!! A must listen for anyone who likes 60’s Psychedelia bands a classic!!

4.9 One of the best things to come out of one of the best years for music. Fave songs: Strange Brew, Sunshine of your love, world of pain, SWLABR, Mother's Lament

# Playlist track - Tales of Brave Ulysses # Notes - Freaking amazing. Hard to choose just one track. - I listened to Cream a lot during my "mp3 download era". Still sounds just as great. - Still have no idea what "Mother's Lament" is about. lol. - Fun fact: In ancient times, I tried to create a blog, and the name would be "Strange Brew". As most things I wanted to do in life, procrastination got the best out of that one. - I was going to nominate "Strange Brew" to album track, but the imagery of "Tales of Brave Ulysses" is just too good.

This album was one of my undisputed favorites in high school, and it continues to be captivating. The lyrics come through crystal clear, and the guitar has some of the best riffs of all time. Despite the guitarist being a bit of dick, I thoroughly enjoy his work from the sixties. Of course the drums and bass are fantastic as well, but it's clear who they thought the stars of the show were in the mix. "Strange Brew," "Sunshine of Your Love," and "Tales of Brave Ulysses" are some of my favorite songs of all time, so I feel obliged to give this one a five. Bruce's voice is incredibly elegant, especially for other contemporary psychedelic rock (love Syd, and his voice, but Bruce definitely takes the cake). It's unfortunate that they only had a few albums, but they were all really solid. Highlights: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11.

Well that album was a trip, I'd expect deliberately so. Bit odd that it opens referencing "Strange fruit" as it's a British Rock album. However felt like a true global album pushing boundaries for the time (and still now considering the blandness which permeates now)

Super group comprised of Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton. This is a fantastic album. If I recall correctly, Tales of Brave Ullyses was one of the first song to feature a wah-wha pedal.

Excellent album - shame about the last track. I guess they were trying to demonstrate a sense of humour!

Sometimes I thought I heard some licks from Layla, then I found out Eric Clapton was in this band

This is probably Cream’s best album. Half of it can be found on a greatest hits compilation. This album is primarily blues rock tinged with psychedelia. Unlike a lot of bands of the time, Cream does not let the psychedelic overrun the album and those elements are used tastefully and never at the expense of the blues core. The musicianship is of course top notch. With Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce having jazz backgrounds and Eric Clapton having a deep blues background, the quality of the music and arrangement takes priority. Luckily, both Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton have great voices which blend well. It’s almost unfair how good this band is. This album suffers only from the fact that it does contain some filler, though the short length of the album makes even that much more palatable.

Loved it!

I have not listened to this in a while but it still resonates as a breakthrough album by three rock legends, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. Most people have at least heard "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love". There are many other great songs on this album that move seamlessly from the band's blues roots to more psychedelic rock. Love "Tales of Brave Ulysses." It was a pleasure listening to this again as it is an all time classic for me.

If the remainder of Disraeli Gears had been a shambolic shitshow following the colossal one-two punch of Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love, it wouldn't be remembered as fondly as it is now. Thankfully the eight songs (nine if you want to count Mother's Lament) that follow Sunshine does more than what's required to uphold its weight and become equally memorable and quality songs that justify its position as the absolute peak of the sweet yet sour, shortlived lather of guitar/bass/drum combo that was Cream.

My dad had this record in his collection and I spent some serious time working this cream into a foamy lather when I was growing up. From the album art to the primitive distorted riffs that go on and on, to the trippy lyrics (bearded rainbow, anyone?) this transitional album embodies what I had always thought the late 60's to be. Iron Butterfly's album sputtered after In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, but Disraeli Gears continues to crank out great tracks SWLBR, Strange Brew, Sunshine etc., (I can do without Mother's Lament and Dance the Night Away). It's hard to discount this album as it marks the beginning of the most important period of rock ... the early 70's.

this album will never get old for me. CLAPTON IS GOD

this is a great album, don’t love “we’re going wrong” and “mothers lament” (wtf?) but the rest are electric guitar bliss

amazing

vsf eric clapton

fuck Clapton. this album is great but I hope its the last Clapton album I have to listen to.

4.7 - So far this is the only Eric Clapton project I've heard that I wouldn't consider completely overrated. In fact, the intersection of blues, psychedelic and early heavy metal is truly special. "Strange Brew" starts us off with a perfect sample of all the colors within this record's palette - there's fuzzy squealing guitar, evocative lyrics and 12-bar blues. "Sunshine of Your Love" a rock mainstay invokes early elements of heavy metal. "Tales of Brave Ulysses", arguably the record's psychedelic apex, starts side B bringing together all of these elements. "We're Going Wrong" reminds us that in addition to being a world class guitarist, Clapton also has some impressive vocal chops. I also love the drumming on that song. "Mother's Lament" closes out the record with a dark little nursery melody.

"Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole Oh, your baby has gone down the plug The poor little thing was so skinny and thin He should have been washed in a jug... ............. in a jug"

I can’t hear Sunshine of your Love without picturing John Bender singing the riff in Shermer High School.

Jack Bruce was an occasional titan; Ginger Baker was of a different species of giant, maybe cyclops. Clapton, I’ve written about elsewhere. Simon, while you were educating yourself with “Smash Hits”, I was being dosed with Cream’s BBC sessions and the already-cliched “Crossroads” solo too many times. “Sunshine Of Your Live” is the first riff I learned and it hits hard, tough and buccaneering, no surprise so many contemporaries referenced it. So, some songs are very familiar, but it’s the also-rans, the off-compilation tracks that surprise me: they’re fun oddities, toylike throwaways of quick players tasting the latest fancies. They’re not great songs, but they’re stimulating. “World of Pain” wears a cynical jauntiness I don’t hear any more, a mode I associate with Cream, a cynicism born of youth before one realises what real bleakness is - there’s hope here. The most consistent carrier of this callow cheek is Clapton’s guitar - I’ve come full circle and realised his digressions and flourishes are fun, zippy, and conversational. After the guitarist gorged on heroin, booze, god and nativism, which eventually chipped the fun off him, remnants of this jauntiness remained, but none of the toughness or curiosity. No more fuzz, wah-wah, toys, and play. My favourite out of the throwaways might be Baker’s “Blue Condition”, which is as cheerfully relaxed as peak Neil Young and Crazy Horse, disheveled in amp growl. “We’re Going Wrong” is one of the better examples of the vanished sub-genre of droney, psychedelic laments - “We Will Fall” by The Stooges slouches to mind - which I don’t exactly miss, but the drums and bass unusually hold my attention - they let the guitarist drone, apt. The instruments jab away at each other, but try not to sound like they’re trying too hard. My dad used to sing “Mother’s Lament” to me until I cried and my mum told him to stop. She still mentions this, now and again.

If "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" was the only recording Eric Clapton had made in his entire career, I would consider him a legend and rate this a full 5*. Unfortunately..

Excellent rock and psych rooted in blues. I think Clapton might be a wanker, but I’ll keep that out of this. 4 Creams / 5.

Disraeli Gears Did either of you have this on CD? I never bought it but I’m sure I borrowed it from one of you. Anyhow, I haven’t listened to this in years, and I can’t really remember much of it, apart from, of course, being very familiar with Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love. Is this Clapton’s most inventive and interesting playing? As we’ve experienced on this list a lot of psychedelic influenced blues rock is woeful, but this feels different, the psychedelic pop approach seems to bring a sense of playfulness and service to the song from Clapton, and he works really well in tandem with Jack Bruce, while Ginger does whatever he wants. Sometimes Ginger does some great stuff and it really adds a different dimension to the songs, and at other times he just seems to be banging relentlessly on his tom toms. Also his two lead vocal tracks are terrible - Yellow Submarine and Octopus’s Garden these are not. World of Pain, Dance the Night Away, SWLABR, We’re Going Wrong are very good bits of bluesy psychedelic rock. Outside Woman Blues is a great bit of blues, but Take it Back is rather pedestrian and unremarkable in comparison, but overall Strange Brew, Sunshine of Your Love and Tales of Brave Ulysses are the standout tracks. Overall this is a very very good late 60s album with some great guitar and bass - an easy solid 4. ⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ Playlist submission: Sunshine of Your Love

Cream is always at their best when they lean harder into their psychedelia than leaning into blues. Also, I am convinced Cream is good in spite of Clapton rather than because of him.

I enjoyed this. It was a different take on psych rock than the Love album. That one seemed very very 60s-70s to me. This one I think translates better today without seeming of an era (though it still is). I enjoyed Strange Brew immediately. Clapton was kind of a shitty dude.

Nice steady late 60s vibes. And shout out to guitar hero with Sunshine on Your Love, classiccc. Would listen to chill and hang out with some upbeatness. Good high too

119. Disraeli Gears - Cream (1967) 6.21.26 Variety: 3 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 3 Uniqueness: 4 Emotionality: 2 = 3.4 rounded down to a 3 "Please open your mind/ See what you can find" A majority of the albums we've had on here so far I've had at least some knowledge of have even listened to at least once, long ago. This is another of those that is widely considered a classic, but outside of the big numbers I've maybe only ever heard it all teh way through in one sitting maybe once? Psychedelic and blues rock stuff was primarily of interest to me as a stepping stone on the way to heavy metal, and while I appreciate a lot of it ( and have heard my fair share) I nave never lingered too long any one album, kind of blowing through curated lists on my way to Sabbath. Cream is square in the center of a lot of those lists of recommends, in particular this album. I remember liking this one, and am very familiar with all the big ones, but curious to see how much patience I have for the rest. It's the goddamn endless noodling I think that gets me on a lot of this stuff, but eyeing the track lengths we might be in a good spot. Some of their highly improvisational live tracks I've heard that run for 10 minutes +, in addition to my extreme dislike of most Clapton solo stuff might be coloring my memory. Let's investigate. THE TRACKS Side one "Strange Brew" - We're eased into things by a minor classic from the boys. Plenty of trad blues rock feels for the listener to grab onto, and a nicely hummable refrain with some decent falsetto vocals from Clapton. There's a muddy sort of production going on which makes me picture the studio as just a cloud of cigarette smoke, and is just fuzzy enough to add a cool flavor ( Benson & Hedges?) to the affair. And talk about traditional - these guys know how to not overstay their welcome with a radio-friendly run time of just under 2:50. "Sunshine of Your Love" - I began whistling the riff from this before I even started the album this morning. One of the keystones of rock history, and has lost none of it's ( maybe unintended?) dark menace. Hearing this when I was younger and paying less than half attention to the lyrics, I just always assumed this was written from the pov of a serial killer, or at the very least some revenge seeking former lover/ stalker. But all the dark intent and doom is just a side effect of the heavy godlike riff, the tightly focused vocal delivery, and the intense propelling drums. All smoke and mirrors baby. This was supposed to be a love song. Imagine that. I think without this track in particular, and maybe the band's output as a whole, we don't get the exact same Led Zeppelin, for example. HIGHLY influential stuff here, as probably every single writeup ever has mentioned. But worth repeating. Is there a tier above S? "World of Pain" - One of tracks I'm less familiar with, but have heard enough. This is some prime wah-wah hippy shit. Though not sure how peace and love these guys really were, even if they would end up being endlessly copied by bands much more concerned with that image. Even still, this retains an edge most of those copies can't pull off. If these guys are hippies, they're the kid that will bonk you on the head with their guitars, roll you , and spend the money on speed. At least Ginger would. I would not trust that dude. "Dance the Night Away" - This is where the guys lose me. I much prefer the heavier stuff. I try not to read too much before going into these things, to keep a fresh perspective, and try to rely as much on previous knowledge, but I did see that this track in particular was either inspired by or dedicated to the Byrds. Aside from the great playing, this was not a great attempt at either, and runs into the noodly overbaked elements that I dislike about the genre. Also not a fan of the falsetto group vocals on this one. "Blue Condition" - The Ringo track! Nice that Ginger gets his spot on here, but man oh man... This one was a bit of a chore to get through. Presumably Baker would be playing and singing on this at the same time, and I think both the vocals and the drumming suffer for it. I'm sure he could play well enough blindfolded with one hand tied behind his back, but it's charitable to say he does not have the best singing voice or delivery, and the drumming on this while fine has none of his signature athleticism behind it. See Don Brewer on Grand Gunk Railroad's "We're an American Band" for how this sort of thing could go. Side two "Tales of Brave Ulysses" - Jack Bruce takes over vocal duties here, for a full on psychedelic take on The Odyssey. Not sure I've ever noticed it before, but I assume "White Room" was maybe based on this? Great stuff and still holds up. My favorite drumming from Baker so far. "SWLABR" - This one didn't work for me. Again, stellar playing, but Bruce's singing on this one felt a bit too much, and overall this was very underwhelming. Zero atmosphere, from little I can tell possibly a joke song? "We're Going Wrong" - Easily the most druggy number on here. Another great drum spotlight for Baker makes this feel like you're falling down an endless spiral staircase. Maybe after eating too many tabs. Clapton takes a backseat here, but provides some cool little accents. "Outside Woman Blues" - A full on blues rock arrangement of a Blind Joe Reynolds original. Fine stuff, but just the sort of thing I find gets very stale after a full album's worth. I'd much rather listen to the original stuff. This is more tasteful and well performed than most, but I still get BBQ chain restaurant vibes off of it. "Take It Back" - More of the same sort of thing, but even less likeable, and leaning more into the Bruce Willis, Jim Belushi mode. I'm sure this sounded much less embarrassing at the time, but after having heard so much original blues music from the original performers, this was a hard listen. "Mother's Lament" - I do not remember this AT ALL. A bit of a music hall comedy goof. Paul McCartney didn't even go this hard, though the Who maybe did this too much of this sort of thing with Tommy and Quadrophenia. I have to appreciate the effort, but i find myself questioning the inclusion at all considering what has come before. HIGHLIGHTS - "Strange Brew" - "Sunshine of Your Love" - "World of Pain" - "Tales of Brave Ulysses" - "We're Going Wrong" MIDLIGHTS - "Dance the Night Away" - "Outside Woman Blues" - "Mother's Lament" LOWLIGHTS - "Blue Condition" - "SWLABR" - "Take It Back" FINAL THOUGHTS Just because I've listened to much more of them over the years, and the group dynamic and roster ( while not the music itself) is similar, I was reminded of Rush throughout this. The power trio of dudes, all masters of their chosen instrument, the bass player who most often takes lead. Cream I think are a band influential in not only their playing, and their style, but in their dynamics. The album itself while it includes a LOT of great stuff, is a very mixed bag for me. Aside form the stuff that just was either confusing or lacked personality, there was a good chunk that actively annoyed me. I can chalk some of that up to my dislike of generic blues rock for sure, and I can't fault the actual performances on this. It's a recognizably huge album that looms large despite the issues though, and the stuff I DID like keeps it out of the garbage bin. It looks like these guys only got the one album on the list, with Clapton probably showing up at least a few more times with all the bands he's been in and his solo stuff ( at least four - if you don't count his guest appearances on other peoples' stuff), and that sounds about right. Cream will remain a greatest hits band for me I think. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Just he highlights please FURTHER LISTENING - For Your Love by the Yardbirds - Truth by Jeff Beck Group - Ssssh by Ten Years After - Are You Experienced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience - Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin - Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac

Aight

3 stars - not bad musically at all. very nice guitar

no offence, but not for me. or at least i’m not in the right mood for it. defo background music to zone out to. or be high for.

bien aimé mais je ne suis pas devenue fan. sympa pour un fond sonore

6/10

Good listen, kind of exactly what I expected from Cream. Great guitar, some fun jams, but nothing that really broke through to me other than the fact that Sunshine of Your Love was one of the first riffs I learned on guitar way back when. Best Track: World of Pain

Нуу окей, гитарки вроде прикольные, но очень громко и много странных звуков

Favourite Track: Sunshine of your Love

World of pain

3.0 (generously)

Good album. Some classics, but as before with psychedelic music, its just not my thing.

Psychedelic blues charm but bit of a mixed bag

fav songs: outside woman blues, swlabr, we're going wrong tbh i started liking this more like halfway thru. was good tho i love some 60s rock

There was a time in my life when I loved this album. It is clear today that time is past. It’s Clapton. The guy is simply uncool to the max. Still, some all-time riffs.

It is pretty generic 60s/70s classic rock, although there is a nice bit of jazz elements in some of the songs. Take it back was the standout song by a long shot. 3 stars

Not my style of music

I did not listen i didnt have time.

Too dad rock for my taste (but good!) I only recognized one song (sunshine of your love) and i'm docking a star for misogyny

Great in places - weird in others.

Finding out the big softy racist asshole was once a cool cat capable of making decent music, truly one of the conundrums of growing up Gen X. Strange Brew + Sunshine of Your Love are so synonymous with a kind of minor chord, proto-acid rock I still won’t allow that Clapton was in any way involved.

Has some good songs on it for sure, but also songs which are not so good. I covered some of these when I was in a band as a teenager so it has fond memories. I remember buying the CD in Greenwich market.

Cream... The first "supergroup". Metal pioneers. Greatest band ever assembled. Pioneers. There is a lot said about them, but beyond Sunshine Of Your Love, I've never really heard them. And Disraeli Gears is their best, and not just their best, one of the best albums ever. And my experience? Very underwhelmed. The Sunshine... riff is obviously iconic. Not just iconic, it's an all time great riff and I love it. But the rest of the album? The best I could describe it is "flower power psych blues". But I don't like flower power psych blues, I like swampy gutter psych blues. I honestly didn't get anything from this that wasn't being done better by their peers. Hendrix did psychadelic wayyy better. Led Zeppelin did dirty blues wayyyy better. And yeah, maybe it's not fair to say "Cream is not good because they aren't as good as Hendrix or Zeppelin", but I'm also not saying they were "bad" just that they were "meh". All that time saying to myself "I should give Cream a go at some point" leading to "well... That's done". On paper it should be right up my alley. But now I've been there I won't be returning.

From okaish Psychedelic Rock to boring Blues.

Το μονο ωραιο μερος του αλμπουμ ειναι η κιθαρα του κλαπτον κατα τ αλλα πολυ αδυναμο. Rating:C

This was solid for a while. Clapton playing only rhythm guitar and never speaking would be alright. The last three songs sucked. A goofy 'fun' song at the end isn't a good idea when the guys in the band do not seem fun to be around. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

3 stars for the song Strange Brew - minus 1 star for Eric Clapton being a turd.

Muddy, slow rock doesn't suit me.

Ok, some decent stuff, some whatever, not really the best, pretty forgettable overall

Скучно и однообразно.

Entire album held kind of the same muffled tone throughout it. Needed spice.

Just makes me want to watch freaks and geeks again. Losing a full star for this deranged blues song! Another star gone for Mother's Lament. Are we ok? WTF?

Rating: 1.1 That was profoundly stupid and utterly valueless to the future of rock music as a whole. Smoke less weed.

So Eric Claptons whole career is just ripping off black artists? Cool cool cool.

A band with Eric Clapton… guess this gives me another chance to state once again… Fuck Eric Clapton

Has three good songs, and the rest suck. Terrible sound, even on mono, which is apparently much better than the stereo sound. Perhaps a compilation with just the singles by this band is worthwhile. D

On October the first, 1966 Eric Clapton watched Jimi Hendrix playing at the London Polytechnic. Shortly after, he switched from ripping off black American blues guitarists to, well, you do the math. Disraeli Gears tries to be a psychedelic acid rock album, but it plods and meanders, and manages to seem tediously long for a running time of just over half an hour. Ginger Baker is still a good drummer but Clapton can get in the bin.

I was not aware of how racist and stupid Clapton is! Lolllll. Sorry Eric your music is boring.

Just shy of perfection. 4.5 stars, rounded up because I have had some clunkers lately and I deserve the win, dammit.