The Very Best of Cream

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The Very Best of Cream
The Very Best of Cream cover
Compilation album by Cream
Released May 9, 1995
Recorded 1966-1968
Genre Blues-rock
Length 77:00
Label Polydor
Producer(s) Chris Griffin
Bill Levenson
George McManus
Professional reviews
Cream chronology
Strange Brew
(1983)
The Very Best of Cream
(1995)
Those Were The Days
(1997)


The Very Best of Cream is a 1995 Cream compliation album. This "Very Best of..." collection is not to be confused with Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream.

[edit] Track listing

1."Wrapping Paper" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:21
2."I Feel Free" 1 (Bruce, Brown) – 2:54
3."N.S.U." (Bruce) – 2:47
4."Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey) – 3:19
5."I'm So Glad" (James) – 4:01
6."Spoonful" (Dixon) – 6:30
7."Strange Brew" (Clapton, Pappalardi, Collins) – 2:48
8."Sunshine of Your Love"(Bruce,Brown,Clapton)- 4:10
9."Tales of Brave Ulysses"(Clapton,Martin Sharp|Sharp]])2:46
10."SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:31
11."We're Going Wrong" (Bruce) – 3:29
12."White Room" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:58
13."Sitting On Top of the World"(Burnett)4:59
14."Politician" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:11
15."Those Were the Days" (Baker,Taylor)–2:56
16."Born Under a Bad Sign" (Jones, Bell)–3:09
17."Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:41
18."Crossroads" (Johnson,arr.Clapton)–4:14
19."Anyone For Tennis" 1 (Clapton, Sharp)– :37
20."Badge"(Clapton,Harrison)–2:46

[edit] Release notes

Note 1: was originally released as a non-album single, but is included on subsequent releases of said album.


Cream
Ginger Baker - Jack Bruce - Eric Clapton

Pete Brown - Felix Pappalardi - Martin Sharp
Gail Collins - Janet Godfrey - George Harrison - Mike Taylor

Discography
Fresh Cream - Disraeli Gears - Wheels of Fire - Goodbye

Live Cream - Live Cream Volume II - BBC Sessions - Royal Albert Hall 2005
Heavy Cream - Strange Brew - The Very Best of Cream - Those Were the Days - 20th Century Masters - Cream Gold

Songwriters covered by Cream
William Bell - James Bracken - Howlin' Wolf - Tony Colton - Willie Dixon - Skip James
Robert Johnson - Booker T. Jones - Blind Joe Reynolds - Ray Smith - T-Bone Walker - Muddy Waters
Related bands
The G.B.O.
(Baker/Bruce)
The Bluesbreakers
(Bruce/Clapton)
The Powerhouse
(Bruce/Clapton)
Blind Faith
(Baker/Clapton)