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Cream - Disraeli Gears Audio CD

A fair review of the Cream "Disraeli Gears" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Cream reviews here, or go back to the Cream tabs.

Cream Band: Cream
Title: Disraeli Gears
Rating:
Release Date: 2004-09-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Strange Brew [Stereo Version] 2: Sunshine of Your Love [Stereo Version] 3: World of Pain [Stereo Version] 4: Dance the Night Away [Stereo Version] 5: Blue Condition [Stereo Version] 6: Tales of Brave Ulysses [Stereo Version] 7: Swlabr [Stereo Version] 8: We're Going Wrong [Stereo Version] 9: Outside Woman Blues [Stereo Version] 10: Take It Back [Stereo Version] 11: Mother's Lament [Stereo Version] 12: Lawdy Mama [Version 2] 13: Blue Condition [Alternate Version][#] 14: We're Going Wrong [Demo Version] 15: Hey Now Princess [Demo Version] 16: Swlabr [Demo Version] 17: Weird of Hermiston [Demo Version] 18: Clearout [Demo Version] 19: Strange Brew [Mono Version] 20: Sunshine of Your Love [Mono Version] 21: World of Pain [Mono Version] 22: Dance the Night Away [Mono Version] 23: Blue Condition [Mono Version] 24: Tales of Brave Ulysses [Mono Version] 25: Swlabr [Mono Version] 26: We're Going Wrong [Mono Version] 27: Outside Woman Blues [Mono Version] 28: Take It Back [Mono Version] 29: Mother's Lament [Mono Version] 30: Lawdy Mama [Version 1] 31: Blue Condition [Alternate Version][#] 32: Strange Brew [BBC Recording] 33: Tales of Brave Ulysses [BBC Recording] 34: We're Going Wrong [BBC Recording] 35: Born Under a Bad Sign [BBC Recording] 36: Outside Woman Blues [BBC Recording] 37: Take It Back [BBC Recording] 38: Politician [BBC Recording] 39: Swlabr [BBC Recording] 40: Steppin' Out [BBC Recording]

The quintessential Cream.
But this one is the first to come to mind when mentioning Cream. Yes there are other albums and singles that may strike your fancy. It is too bad that the samples stop before "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" as each track is unique. Therefore you have to listen to them all to get a more complete picture of this group.

Warning this album is addictive I find my self singing, "Sunshine of Your Love" a little too loud at work and then I hear others completing the words from other cubes.


Those Were the Days.


Probebly thier Best album
Diseaeli Gears remains thier finest album and one of the best rock albums of the 60s. This album is alot better than thier debut and it shows thier progress.


Maybe Their Cream Of The Crop
There is a better sound to my ears on the deluxe stereo version/I have also the remaster and box set. . again, if you are a collector you will appreciate the artwork,somewhat better sound. . indeed not much here in rarities but it's Cream and a cover like this comes along rarely. . . as rare as this group and it's recorded output. . too bad. . .


Great Album, But Another Reissue??
They are my favorite band in the world. Don't get me wrong, I love Cream. And that's coming from a 21-year old college boy.
OK, to the album. This is one of the many Deluxe Editions being released by Polydor and Universal Chronicles. What do you get? The entire album in stereo and mono, out-takes, demos, and BBC recordings. For a fan who wants that first Cream album, get this edition. Or you can go for the single album, which is much more affordable. If you have the "Those Were The Days" box set and the "BBC Sessions", you really don't need this edition. The only thing "new" you will get is the mono album and "Blue Condition" in D(as opposed to in C on the record) with Eric on vocal. But if you are an obbessed fan like me(and some other reviewers. . . ha ha!!), you'll go out and buy it(like I did!!). The mono sides are interesting, as I am not familiar with too many mono albums.
Like I said before, if you are a new or casual fan(or an obbessed one!), go out and buy this album. It will be worth every penny you spend on it. Then be prepared to get the Reunion CD when it eventually comes out(hopefully), since they are doing 4 shows at the Royal Albert Hall in May. .


The Cream of Cream in Deluxe form
I was propelled to buy it because I had previously enjoyed Clapton's later work (70s, Unplugged) and because I had already enjoyed psychedelic experiences such as "Sgt. Cream's sophomore album "Disraeli Gears" is one of the best albums of my collection. Pepper", "The Who Sell Out", and Hendrix's greatest hits. This was more than satisfying.

The only song on this album that I (and many others) don't really care for is We're Going Wrong, but otherwise, every track shows you how creative Baker, Bruce, and Clapton really were. The first two songs obviously opened up the album to many of it's listeners before they listened to the album. "World of Pain" and "Dance The Night Away" are great examples of what music at the time was becoming. Ginger Baker's "Blue Condition" is a great follow-up to the previous two songs as it's waltzy beat pulls you in. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" introduced most to wah-wah, and "SWABLR" has to be the most psychedelic song on the album. "Outside Woman Blues" should've been retitled "Clapton. " Of all of his songs before the 70s, this is the best foretaste of things to come. "Take It Back" is a great statement to conclude the album before the goon humor of "Mother's Lament" leads it out. Overall, the album is wonderful.

As for the deluxe packaging, well. . . it's better for me that the album is in stereo and mono, but there's only two tracks on the entire package that had not been previously issued, and those are "Blue Condition" with Clapton taking vocal, and one of the "Lawdy Mama" versions. The demos could already be found on the Cream box set (which has even more demos from the sessions), and the BBC recordings were issued before on Cream's BBC CD. It's still good with me, though, as this was my first Cream purchase anyways.

This is an essential album. You could buy this package or get the plain album for a more than reasonable price. Whatever your bag is. Just get it.


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