Disraeli Gears

by Cream

Disraeli Gears cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1967
  • Label: Reaction
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 33:01
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 24 ratings

Artists on this release: Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Fusing heavy blues-rock with emergent psychedelia, 'Disraeli Gears' captures Cream shifting toward tightly composed songs that stood in contrast to their extensive live improvisations. Producer Felix Pappalardi and engineer Tom Dowd polished the trio's formidable interplay, creating a vibrant, layered sound that defined a new template for psychedelic hard rock. The album’s blend of surreal lyrics with masterful, blues-indebted musicianship on tracks like "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love" cemented it as a quintessential document of its era.

Genres

Descriptors: bluesy, guitar-heavy, distorted, improvisation, male vocalist

Tracklist

  1. Strange Brew (02:46)
  2. Sunshine Of Your Love (04:10)
  3. World Of Pain (03:02)
  4. Dance The Night Away (03:34)
  5. Blue Condition (03:29)
  6. Tales Of Brave Ulysses (02:46)
  7. SWLABR (02:31)
  8. We're Going Wrong (03:27)
  9. Outside Woman Blues (02:24)
  10. Take It Back (03:05)
  11. Mother's Lament (01:47)

Credits

  • Jack Bruce - bass guitar, lead vocals, piano, harmonica
  • Ginger Baker - drums, percussion, vocals
  • Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals, lead & rhythm guitar, 12 string guitar, lead & solo guitar
  • Felix Pappalardi - producer, harmony vocals
  • Tom Dowd - recording engineer
  • Martin Sharp - design, artwork, cover art, lyrics
  • Robert Whitaker - design concept assistance, photography
  • Gail Collins - lyrics
  • Pete Brown - lyrics

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