Cream - The Very Best Of Cream

Artist:

Cream

See Also:

Bruce, Jack Baker, Ginger Clapton, Eric Dylan, Bob Williamson, Sonny Boy Various Artists - L.A. Blues Authority Volume V: Cream Of The Crop

Description:

Cream: Jack Bruce (vocals, acoustic guitar, cello, harmonica, piano, organ, electric bass); Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Ginger Baker (vocals, drums, percussion).
Producers: Robert Stigwood, Felix Pappalardi.
Compilation producers: Chris Griffin, Bill Levenson, George McManus.
Engineers include: Tow Dowd, Damon Lyon-Shaw, John Timperley.
Recorded in 1967-1968. Includes liner notes by Hugh Fielder.
Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (PolyGram Studios).
There`ve been numerous one-disc Cream retrospectives over the years, but this is probably the best. Of course, Cream`s official recorded output was only four albums during the group`s brief two-year run, with very little chaff amongst the wheat, so one might be excused for wondering if you`d be better off with those still-in-print albums, or with THOSE WERE THE DAYS, the four-CD box set that collects more or less every note Cream ever recorded. In any case, at 20 songs, this is the most comprehensive one-CD Cream best-of extant and conceptually it`s certainly the most interesting. Despite the fact the group was mostly esteemed as (and occasionally dismissed as) a live, blues-based extended-jams outfit that sometimes didn`t know when to quit, most of the songs here are tuneful, concise studio tracks with Beatle-esque touches in the arrangements; it`s hard to imagine how anybody could dismiss gems like "Anyone for Tennis" or "Badge" as excessive.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Wrapping Paper
2. I Feel Free
3. N.S.U.
4. Sweet Wine
5. I`m So Glad
6. Spoonful
7. Strange Brew
8. Sunshine of Your Love
9. Tales of Brave Ulysses
10. Swlabr
11. We`re Going Wrong
12. White Room
13. Sitting on Top of the World
14. Politician
15. Those Were the Days
16. Born Under a Bad Sign
17. Deserted Cities of the Heart
18. Crossroads
19. Anyone For Tennis
20. Badge

Album Information

Release Date:

05/09/1995

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Polydor (USA)

Catalog Number:

523 752

Original Release Year:

1995

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Mixed

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

77 : 0

Guest Artist:

Eric Clapton; Jack Bruce; Ginger Baker

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