Cream Albums Ranked
Cream were a British rockpower trio formed in 1966 consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce. The group’s third album, Wheels of Fire (1968), is the world’s first platinum-selling double album. The band is widely regarded as the world’s first successful supergroup. In their career, they sold more than 15 million records worldwide. Their music included songs based on traditional blues such as “Crossroads” and “Spoonful”, and modern blues such as “Born Under a Bad Sign”, as well as more current material such as “Strange Brew”, “Tales of Brave Ulysses” and “Toad”. Here are all of Cream’s albums ranked from worst to best.
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4. Goodbye (1969)
“Great album of a great band. Live is the way to listen to Cream. They were at their best when on stage, burning down the house.
This record has been remastered and the sound is fantastic. You can hear everything clearly. Depending on which instrument you
concentrate on you will be able to enjoy it to the max. This is the best time I’ve ever had listening to Jack Bruce. That man was a
mad genius. If God played the bass, this is how he’d play it. While I was expecting arrival of this record from Amazon, I didn’t know
that Jack had passed away just this past Saturday. I was shocked. There will never be another like him. There are some super players out there, like Stanley Clark and Jaco Pastorious, but even they could not outdo Jack. He was one of a kind.
But no matter who your favorite Cream member is, you will love this record. Get it and see.”
3. Fresh Cream (1966)
“Everything you’d want from Cream’s classic debut — and more. The French mono mixes are particularly outstanding, as Eric Clapton’s back-up guitar work is brought into sharper perspective. In the ’60s, British groups put much more time into the mono versions, as stereo was thought to be for audiophiles only. In 1966, Clapton was still using the “woman tone” he developed with the help of Jimmy Page and first used on the Yardbirds .songs “I Ain’t Got You” and “Got to Hurry,” It was the latter song, an instrumental, that caught John Mayall’s ear and led to their explosive collaboration on the “Bluesbreakers” album. “Fresh Cream” has always been my favorite record by this great band — controlled and tasteful –and this box set is the ultimate presentation of their music.”
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2. Wheels of Fire (1968)
“The short-lived power trio Cream reached their apex with Wheels of Fire in 1968. This double album consists of one studio LP and one live LP, and it became the first ever platinum-selling double album, showing that the group had fully arrived just before they decided to call it quits. Wheels of Fire was produced by Felix Pappalardi, who also played various eclectic instruments and helped choose the live material to provide a showcase for each band member. Most of the studio material was recorded in London and New York during late 1967, while the live performances were captured in San Francisco during early 1968. “
1. Disraeli Gears (1967)
“This to me is a landmark release for many reasons:”Sunshine Of Your Love”- NOTHING sounded like this back when it came out (I was 10 at the time and dug surf, soul and British Invasion stuff),DG was recorded in just 3 days(the bands visa for their US tour was about to expire) thanks to Tom Dowd and Felix Pappalardi and this is the introduction to us mortals of Clapton’s Woman Tone and Wah Wah work(Hendrix was digging this as well-Up From The Skies anyone?).”We’re Going Wrong” is the supreme use of the Woman Tone(along with tremendous feel and note choice) as well as “Outside Woman Blues”,”SWABLR” and “Take It Back”(the intro any way)”
