Fresh Cream
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studio album
First released:
Dec 1966

Overview Edit

Fresh Cream is Cream's December 1966 debut album. It was the first LP release of producer Robert Stigwood's new "Independent" Reaction Records label. It reached number 6 in the UK in February 1967 and - eventually - number 39 in the US in August 1968. The British version omitted "I Feel Free" (then their current single), while the US version contained it, though it dropped "Spoonful". The CD re-issue of 2000 preserves both songs in the album's running order.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 101 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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Catalog number:
531810
Release dates:
  • Apr 7 1998 in United Kingdom

Genres

Blues, Blues Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rock, British Blues, Classic Rock. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Extraordinary debut album
Fresh Cream was Cream's debut and the first of their three consecutive fantastic albums made while they were together. Although this is clearly their best blues statement with covers of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful" and the oft-covered Muddy Waters classic "Rollin' And Tumblin'", the album also points to the excellent songwriting of Disraeli Gears and the extensive jamming featured on Wheels Of Fire.

While there's no instant classic like "White Room" or "Sunshine Of Your Love" present here, Jack Br…
Written by John Alapick
3 stars Just a dollop of Cream at their freshest!!
People generally recognise Cream for mixing blues and jazz in long extended improvisational jams. Although there are elements of that on this record, this record also brings out another side of Cream that many people don't always recognise, and that is Cream as a group that was capable of producing well-crafted, positive, catchy pop songs. Simply put: Cream does pop, and does it well, as evidenced here. Jack Bruce emerges as a great pop songwriter, constructing beautiful melodies like "Dreaming"…
Written by William J. Lambert

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Fresh Cream 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: RSO Records
catalog number: 827 576-2
release dates: Jun 16 1986 in West Germany
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11 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
release dates: Dec 1966 in United Kingdom
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Fresh Cream 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Polydor / Umgd
catalog number: 531810
release dates: Apr 7 1998
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