Royal Albert Hall London May 2–3–5–6 2005

Infobox Album
Name = Royal Albert Hall London May 2–3–5–6 2005
Type = Live album
Artist = Cream


Released = October 4, 2005
Recorded = May 3, May 5, and May 6, 2005
Genre = Blues-rock, hard rock
Length = 115:35 (CD)
167:00 approx (DVD)
Label = Reprise Records
Producer = Simon Climie
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4tvsa9cge238 link] (CD)
*Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lyk9keztgq7x link] (DVD)
Last album = "Cream Gold"
(2005)
This album = "Royal Albert Hall"
(2005)
Next album =

"Royal Albert Hall, London May 2–3–5–6, 2005" is the live recording of the Cream reunion at the Royal Albert Hall on in 2005. As the title implies, the recording includes songs from their shows on 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th of May.

Within five months of these performances, this collection of recordings was released as separate double CD and double DVD sets. Two months later in December, a triple LP set was also released, containing tracks identical to the CD set. A HD DVD version also exist.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on October 22, 2005 at number 59, with approximately 19,000 copies sold. It spent 4 weeks on the chart.

"Royal Albert Hall, London May 2–3–5–6, 2005" was certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA just 9 months later making it the best selling Cream album to date.

CD track listing

Disc one

# "I'm So Glad" (Skip James) - 6:18
# "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) - 7:28
# "Outside Woman Blues" (Blind Joe Reynolds) - 4:33
# "Pressed Rat and Warthog" (Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor) - 3:21
# "Sleepy Time Time" fn|1 (Jack Bruce, Janet Godfrey) - 6:07
# "N.S.U." (Bruce) - 6:02
# "Badge" fn|1 (Eric Clapton, George Harrison) - 3:58
# "Politician" (Bruce, Pete Brown) - 5:08
# "Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey) - 6:28
# "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Muddy Waters) - 5:02
# "Stormy Monday" fn|2 (T-Bone Walker) - 8:09
# "Deserted Cities of the Heart" fn|1 (Bruce, Brown) - 3:56

Disc two

# "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) - 5:31
# "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce) - 8:26
# "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) - 4:25
# "White Room" fn|1 (Bruce, Brown) - 5:38
# "Toad" fn|2 (Baker) - 10:06
# "Sunshine of Your Love" fn|1 (Bruce, Clapton, Brown) - 8:46
# "Sleepy Time Time" (Alternate Take) (Bruce, Godfrey) - 6:06

DVD track listing

Disc one

# "I'm So Glad" (James)
# "Spoonful" (Dixon)
# "Outside Woman Blues" (Reynolds)
# "Pressed Rat & Warthog" (Baker, Taylor)
# "Sleepy Time Time" fn|1 (Bruce, Godfrey)
# "N.S.U." (Bruce)
# "Badge" fn|1 (Clapton, Harrison)
# "Politician" (Bruce, Brown)
# "Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey)
# "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Waters)
# "Stormy Monday" fn|2 (Walker)
# "Deserted Cities of the Heart" fn|1 (Bruce, Brown)
# "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Jones, Bell)
# "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce)

Extra features

* "Sleepy Time Time" (Alternate Take) (Bruce, Godfrey)
* "We're Going Wrong" (Alternate Take) fn|1 (Bruce)

Disc two

# "Crossroads" (Johnson, arr. Clapton)
# "Sitting On Top of the World" (Chester Burnett)
# "White Room" fn|1 (Bruce, Brown)
# "Toad" fn|2 (Baker)
# "Sunshine of Your Love" fn|1 (Bruce, Clapton, Brown)

Extra features

* "Sunshine of Your Love" (Alternate Take) (Bruce, Clapton, Brown)
* Interviews with Baker, Bruce and Clapton

Notes

Although the title mentions all four dates Cream played in May 2005, these releases contain no material recorded on the first night, May 2, except for a brief clip shown on the DVD of Clapton speaking to the crowd.
fnb|1 These tracks recorded May 3.
fnb|2 These tracks recorded May 5.
All other tracks recorded May 6.

The recording of "Sitting On Top of the World", the alternate takes of "We're Going Wrong" and "Sunshine of Your Love" and the interviews are exclusive to the DVD set. All other tracks are identical to the CD release.

Credits

*Jack Bruce - vocals, bass
*Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
*Ginger Baker - drums, vocals

*Simon Climie - audio producer
*Mick Guzauski - audio mixer

External links

* [http://www.cream2005.com Official site - Cream2005.com]