Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream

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Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream
Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream cover
Compilation album by Cream
Released 1983
Recorded 1966-1968
Genre Blues-rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock
Length 41:24
Professional reviews
Cream chronology
Heavy Cream
(1972)
Strange Brew
The Very Best of Cream

(1983)
The Very Best of Cream
(1995)

Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream was a 1983 Cream compilation album.

While The Very Best of Cream is a more complete compilation, this album focuses more on the band's singles.

[edit] CD track listing

(Note: Tracks 6 and 11 may not appear on some vinyl LP versions or on the cassette - they are on RSD5021 in the UK)

  1. "Badge" 4 (Clapton, Harrison) – 2:46
  2. "Sunshine of Your Love" 2 (Bruce, Clapton, Brown) – 4:10
  3. "Crossroads" 3 (Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 4:14
  4. "White Room" 3 (Bruce, Brown) – 4:58
  5. "Born Under a Bad Sign" 3 (Jones, Bell) – 3:13
  6. "SWLABR" 2 (Bruce, Brown) – 2:34
  7. "Strange Brew" 2 (Clapton, Pappalardi, Collins) – 2:48
  8. "Anyone For Tennis? (The Savage Seven Theme)" (Clapton, Sharp) – 2:38
  9. "I Feel Free" 1 (Bruce, Brown) – 2:54
  10. "Politician" 3 (Bruce, Brown) – 4:12
  11. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" [sic] 2 (Clapton, Sharp) – 2:49
  12. "Spoonful" 1 (Dixon) – 6:30

[edit] Release notes

Note 1: Tracks 9 & 12 originally released on Fresh Cream (1966)
Note 2: Tracks 2, 6, 7 & 11 originally released on Disraeli Gears (1967)
Note 3: Tracks 3, 4, 5 & 10 originally released on Wheels of Fire (1968)
Note 4: Track 1 originally released on Goodbye (1969)
Note 5: Track 8 originally released as single (1968)