Disraeli Gears

Cream - Disraeli Gears

Disraeli Gears
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Artist: Cream
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1998-04-07
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
  1. Strange Brew
  2. Sunshine Of Your Love
  3. World Of Pain
  4. Dance The Night Away
  5. Blue Condition
  6. Tales Of Brave Ulysses
  7. Swlabr
  8. We're Going Wrong
  9. Outside Woman Blues
  10. Take It Back
  11. Mother's Lament

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Free Music Review: CREAM RISING
Hit: 5 Stars

Yes Yes. Your Metamorpho is now on a roll (with creamcheese?) with these reviews. I have moved to a dairy farm in Wisconsin to A) have peace and quiet and B) to have the right setting for this review. So, with supercilious aplomb, I modestly proffer crystal ruminations on this psychedelic masterpiece. Do I make myself clear? Hmmm.... probably not. And me in a clown wig doesn't help the seriousness measure at all. Maybe I should change to suit the masses? ........Nah.
Welcome to the incredible world of Disraeli Gears! This album is a giant step from Cream's debut album for a number of reasons. In it, Clapton discovers the "true" riff and the wah-wah pedal as well. He also discovers his considerable songwriting power. Does "Sunshine of Your Love" do a good enough job convincing you? We have Jack Bruce contributing many, many fine tunes. And even Ginger Baker contibutes with "Blue Condition", although a great singer, he is not.
Add to the mix the hefty, considerable talents of Felix Papplardi (as producer and songwriter) and you wind up, not only with a giant leap, but a classic 60's album as well. He was able to harness these mega-talents, balance out their abilities in a more precise way. And the result is glorious and inspirational.
I should also like to point out that Cream really started to expand outwards with this album because, although holding on to that "blues" edge, they cleverly mixed in rock sensibility. What a strange brew. But it works.
Song by song this album moves like a well-oiled machine and to try to interpret the lyrics, at this point, would be like trying to explain hallucinations; elusive and too fast to catch.
But, ahhhh, the songs....... / We begin with "Strange Brew" whereby Eric's songwriting is made evident and he stirs blues and rock to forge an interesting musical concoction. Refreshing. But that is just the beginning. Clapton gives us one of the most recognizable riffs in rock with "Sunshine of Your Love". I need not elaborate. Then "World of Pain", which lilts along with the grace of Eric and Jack's shared vocals along with the wah-wah and a faux backwards lead guitar. A lesson in how to sound psychedelic without a tape loop. Bravo. "Dance the Night Away" offers interesting construction and Baker's "Blue Condition" is a slow drugery that supports the title and reflects the mood.
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" offers visions of spacey greek mythology as well as freeing Clapton to create considerable landscape with his guitar. Where does he get these leads from? "Swlabr" picks things up considerably whereby the whole trio just lets everything fly into the wind. A joy to hear. We then get to "We're Going Wrong" with an incredible, heartfelt vocal by Jack Bruce. Somber and tortured, this song rocks soft but subtle--again showcasing the various colors that each member brings to the table.
"Outside Woman Blues" is the most prominent blues number on the album. But, they, again, play it along rock parameters. Then the Jack Bruce jaunt blues of "Take It Back" with crisp harmonica. Frenzied, wild and free. They then end with the humourous traditional "Mother's Lament" complete with English dancehall piano and accent. A puzzling but intriguing end to this classic. Anyone out there that is interested in the evolution and fusion of rock and blues - this album is indispensable.
And good grief - just before I ended this review I got a call from T - my talented but confused apprentice. He is now treading water and got tangled within the seaweed of his mind. He has refused the kelp of my guide Guido (which I can't blame him for). So, excuse me while I give him advice. However, I am not leaving this farm! No. It is ideal for reflecting and aside from that rooster every morning, all is serene.
Enjoy life everyone.
Time to milk the
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Fresh Cream, the album that introduced this seminal super-blues trio to America, was perhaps a bit too blues-based to do the advance hype ("Clapton is God!") justice. Two of its three best-known tracks, after all, were blues covers. It was Disraeli Gears that turned Cream into a "supergroup." Here they pursue the psychedelic ideals of the era with total abandon (the LP cover art still stands as one of the 1960s' most striking designs), merging these ideals with their take on the blues and adorning the amalgamation with some superb pop craftsmanship. Of the eleven originals here, four--"Tales of Brave Ulysses," "SWLABR," "Strange Brew," and "Sunshine of Your Love"--earned major airplay. This, their excess-free greatest moment, does the Cream legend proud. --Bill Holdship

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