Best of Cream

1969 greatest hits album by Cream From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Best of Cream is a compilation album of material recorded from 1966 to 1968 by the rock band Cream and released shortly after their disbanding. It was originally released by Cream's U.S. label Atco (Atlantic) Records (catalog no. SD 33-291) and was available on that label during the years 1969–1972. It got a UK release later in 1969 on Polydor Records, who also issued the album in other territories outside the U.S. The album was briefly reissued in the U.S. in 1977 by RSO/Polydor, to whom U.S. distribution rights for Cream's recordings had reverted by that time. A re-release was pressed in 2014 by Polydor on 180g vinyl (catalog no. 535 113-8).

Released
  • 7 July 1969 (U.S.)
  • 24 October 1969 (UK)
Recorded1966–68
Genre
Length34:45
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Best of Cream
Greatest hits album by
Cream
Released
  • 7 July 1969 (U.S.)
  • 24 October 1969 (UK)
Recorded1966–68
Genre
Length34:45
LabelAtco, RSO, Polydor
ProducerFelix Pappalardi, Robert Stigwood
Cream chronology
Goodbye
(1969)		 Best of Cream
(1969)		 Live Cream
(1970)
Eric Clapton chronology
Best of Cream
(1969)		 Blind Faith
(1969)
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Best of Cream was noteworthy upon its release as the first American record to contain Cream's studio recording of "Spoonful". Although included in international versions of Cream's 1966 debut album Fresh Cream, the song was deleted from Atco's initial U.S. release of the album, and replaced with the band's first hit single "I Feel Free". U.S. reissues of Fresh Cream contain both songs.

The album peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart in July 1969.[1] and reached No. 6 on the UK album charts. It was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton) – 4:08
  2. "Badge" (Clapton, George Harrison) – 2:45
    • From Cream's fourth (and last original) album Goodbye (1969), produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Eric Clapton.
  3. "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 4:13
  4. "White Room" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:04
    • 45 RPM single edit; uncut version appears on Wheels of Fire. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
    • Early Spanish Polydor issues of the album (catalog no. 184298) include the uncut version of the song, running time 4:58.
  5. "SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:31
    • From Disraeli Gears. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Jack Bruce.

Side 2

  1. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) – 3:08
    • From Wheels of Fire. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
  2. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 6:30
    • Uncut version, from the international version of Cream's first album Fresh Cream (1966). Produced by Robert Stigwood. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
  3. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton, Martin Sharp) – 2:50
    • From Disraeli Gears. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Jack Bruce.
  4. "Strange Brew" (Clapton, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins Pappalardi) – 2:45
    • From Disraeli Gears. Produced by Felix Pappalardi. Vocal: Eric Clapton.
  5. "I Feel Free" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:51
    • From the U.S. version of Fresh Cream. Produced by Robert Stigwood. Vocals: Jack Bruce/Eric Clapton.

Personnel

Cream

Additional personnel

Charts

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Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] 6
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[3]8
Finnish Albums (Soumen Virallinen)[4] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]29
UK Albums (OCC)[6]6
US Billboard 200[7]3
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Certifications

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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