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Cream Gold Greatest hits album by Cream Released April 2005 Recorded 1966-1968 Genre Blues-rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, acid rock Length 144:30 Label Polydor Cream chronology BBC Sessions
(2003)Cream Gold
(2005)Royal Albert Hall London, May 2–3, 5-6 2005
(2005)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Cream Gold is a two disc Cream compilation album, and was released in 2005 to help celebrate the band's reunion at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a part of the larger Gold series.
The first disc consists of twenty-one studio tracks, with the second featuring eight live tracks.
The tracks come from the band's four studio albums: Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels of Fire, and Goodbye, as well as Live Cream and Live Cream Volume II (which were released after the band's break up).
Gold was also released under the name I Feel Free - Ultimate Cream, reaching #6 on the UK Album Chart in May 2005.[2] This version was available both as a two-disc release identical to Gold, and as a "limited edition box set" with Cream's 2003 BBC Sessions album included as a third disc.[3]
Contents
Track listing
Disc one: In the Studio
Tracks taken from Fresh Cream (1966):
- 1. "I Feel Free" [note 1] (Bruce, Brown) – 2:54
- 2. "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 2:47
- 3. "Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey) – 3:19
- 4. "I'm So Glad" (James) – 4:01
Tracks taken from Disraeli Gears (1967):
- 5. "Strange Brew" (Clapton, Pappalardi, Collins) – 2:48
- 6. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Clapton, Brown) – 4:10
- 7. "World of Pain" (Collins, Pappalardi) – 3:05
- 8. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton, Sharp) – 2:46
- 9. "SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:31
- 10. "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce) – 3:29
Tracks taken from Wheels of Fire (1968):
- 11. "White Room" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:58
- 12. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Burnett) – 4:59
- 13. "Passing the Time" (Baker, Taylor) – 4:32
- 14. "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:11
- 15. "Those Were the Days" (Baker, Taylor) – 2:56
- 16. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Jones, Bell) – 3:09
- 17. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:41
Tracks taken from Goodbye (1969):
- 18. "Anyone For Tennis" [note 1] (Clapton, Sharp) – 2:37
- 19. "Badge" (Clapton, Harrison) – 2:46
- 20. "Doing That Scrapyard Thing" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:16
- 21. "What a Bringdown" (Baker) – 3:57
Disc two: Live
- 1. "N.S.U." [note 2] (Bruce) – 10:12
- 2. "Sleepy Time Time" [note 2] (Bruce, Godfrey) – 6:50
- 3. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" [note 2] (Waters) – 6:34
- 4. "Spoonful" [note 3] (Dixon) – 16:46
- 5. "Crossroads" [note 3] (Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 4:14
- 6. "Sunshine of Your Love" [note 4] (Bruce, Clapton, Brown) – 7:24
- 7. "I'm So Glad" [note 5] (James) – 9:12
- 8. "Toad" [note 3] (Baker) – 16:16
- Release notes
- ^ a b originally released as a non-album single, but included on later prints of the album
- ^ a b c previously released on Live Cream (1970)
- ^ a b c previously released on Wheels of Fire (1968)
- ^ previously released on Live Cream Volume II (1972)
- ^ previously released on Goodbye (1969)
References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r740121
- ^ http://www.everyhit.com/
- ^ http://www.jackbruce.com/2008/Music/Albums/ultimate_collection.htm
See also
Other Gold titles:
Cream Studio albums Live albums Compilations Best of Cream · Heavy Cream · Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream · The Very Best of Cream · Those Were the Days · Cream Gold · I Feel Free - Ultimate CreamSingles "Wrapping Paper" · "I Feel Free" · "Strange Brew"/"Tales of Brave Ulysses" · "Spoonful" · "Anyone for Tennis?" · "Sunshine of Your Love"/"SWLABR" · "White Room" · "Crossroads" · "Badge"Other songs "Toad" · "Rollin' and Tumblin'" · "I'm So Glad" · "We're Going Wrong" · "Sitting on Top of the World" · "Born Under a Bad Sign" · "Outside Woman Blues"Collaborators Related articles Discography · John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers · Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse · Blind Faith · Derek and the Dominos · The Yardbirds · BBM · Ginger Baker's Air Force · The Dirty Mac · Graham BondCategories:- Cream (band) albums
- Gold series albums
- 2005 greatest hits albums
- 2005 live albums
- Double compilation albums
- Polydor Records compilation albums
- Polydor Records live albums
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