Cream - Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream
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Artist: CreamEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2003-12-30
Music Label: Universal Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Badge - Cream, Clapton, Eric
- Sunshine of Your Love - Cream, Brown, Pete
- Crossroads - Cream, Johnson, Robert [01
- White Room - Cream, Brown, Peter [1]
- Born Under a Bad Sign - Cream, Bell, William
- Swlabr - Cream, Brown, Pete
- Strange Brew - Cream, Clapton, Eric
- Anyone for Tennis - Cream, Clapton, Eric
- I Feel Free - Cream, Brown, Peter [1]
- Politician - Cream, Brown, Peter [1]
- Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream, Clapton, Eric
- Spoonful - Cream, Dixon, Willie
Music reviews of Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream
Music Review: More Like Half And Half
Rating: 3 Stars
If, in 1968, you'd predicted which rock stars of the day would survive, much less age well, Eric Clapton would most likely have been at the bottom of your list, had he made the list at all. That was the year I saw Cream perform, and while the show was spellbinding, the cast of characters was cadaverous. To be fair, at the time it was considered chic for rock stars to look like they were homeless, hadn't bathed in months, and subsisted on a steady diet of Mountain Dew and candy bars. Even by these low standards, Cream presented on-stage mayhem that only seemed possible through a barely managed tripartite psychosis and amphetamines.
A lot of rockers have "gone to France" since then, or worse, become grotesque caricatures of themselves. Some left the business altogether - Arthur Brown was last seen painting houses on Cape Cod. But the ironically nicknamed "Slowhand" is alive and well, having evolved as a player while still staying true to his blues roots. An amazing achievement. He even looks healthy. I saw him a year ago on a double bill with Robert Cray, (who simply burned the house down), and he still had the bite I noticed first on Stepping Out, which appears on the John Mayall album that introduced Eric Clapton. He also had most of the legendary speed.
What this longevity has meant is that there's always another crop of sprouts introduced to EC. The enterprising ones, who've heard that he lays claim to the title of "best rock guitarist ever," may follow the string to see where it leads, and it leads of course, to Cream, the first "super" group. Cream's tenure was brief, but its impact was immense. (Led Zeppelin, for example, got their entire act from Cream. Clapton was almost tapped to replace John Lennon in the Beatles.) Ginger Baker, drums, was the senior member who actually organized the group. Jack Bruce, a musical vunderkind, was the genius behind the group's success, as well as being its voice.
For listeners interested in skimming the surface, this CD is a great place to start. Crossroads, Strange Brew, and Born Under A Bad Sign are mandatory listening. (Sunshine Of Your Love - a tired hit - is obligatory.) There's another Best Of CD available, and while it has more tracks, the selection is not that much better. Any of the 4 original Cream CDs are worth owning, (Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels Of Fire, Goodbye). The listener new to this material will also want to check out Blind Faith. But of all the choices, I would recommend avoiding the Best Of route and going straight to Goodbye. Half live and half studio, Goodbye is Cream at their absolute best, the live tracks in particular are incendiary.
Description of Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream
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