Cream - The Very Best Of Cream (1995) FLAC

Tracklist

There've been numerous one-disc Cream retrospectives over the years, but this is probably the best. Of course, Cream's official recorded output was only four albums during the group's brief two-year run, with very little chaff amongst the wheat, so one might be excused for wondering if you'd be better off with those still-in-print albums, or with Those Were the Days, the four-CD box set that collects more or less every note Cream ever recorded. In any case, at 20 songs, this is the most comprehensive one-CD Cream best-of extant, and conceptually, it's certainly the most interesting. Despite the fact the group was mostly esteemed as (and occasionally dismissed as) a live, blues-based extended-jam outfit that sometimes didn't know when to quit, most of the songs here are tuneful, concise studio tracks with Beatlesque touches in the arrangements; it's hard to imagine how anybody could dismiss gems like "Anyone for Tennis" or "Badge" as excessive.

1. Cream - Wrapping Paper[02:21]
2. Cream - I Feel Free[02:51]
3. Cream - N.S.U.[02:43]
4. Cream - Sweet Wine[03:17]
5. Cream - I'm So Glad[03:57]
6. Cream - Spoonful[06:30]
7. Cream - Strange Brew[02:46]
8. Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love[04:10]
9. Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses[02:46]
10. Cream - SWLABR[02:31]
11. Cream - We're Going Wrong[03:27]
12. Cream - White Room[04:58]
13. Cream - Sitting On Top Of The World[04:58]
14. Cream - Politician[04:11]
15. Cream - Those Were The Days[02:53]
16. Cream - Born Under A Bad Sign[03:09]
17. Cream - Deserted Cities Of The Heart[03:38]
18. Cream - Crossroads (Live)[04:15]
19. Cream - Anyone For Tennis[02:38]
20. Cream - Badge[02:44]