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Disraeli Gears

Cream

Group Rating: 3
Global Rating: 3.47
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mbrmetalhead

I'm a bit torn; I've listened to it twice (first time some time ago, and second time today) mostly because I had a not-so-good memory of the album but wanted to check it out another time before rating it. I think I was ready to give it one star, but after a second listen, it's not that bad. Just a huge rip off of blues by a bunch of white dudes and some psychedelia on top of it.

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1001albums-satsuma

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.

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brhmhc

67 was a pretty solid year, it seems. This is pretty close to 5 stars for me, but I can't help but feel that the last few songs pull it down overall.

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