Ranking the Studio Albums: Cream

Join host Pete Pardo as he ranks the studio albums of legendary rock/blues supergroup Cream. #cream
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[@elvisparker4691]

It's worth Repeating ... 1. Pete's Show(s) are The Best on the Internet. Period. Extremely Fair Guy. 2. Pete's Range in Music Appreciation & Enthusiasm is Incredible ! 👍👍🎸

[@Scandolo]

You nailed it, man!

[@kamranmalik8546]

Thank you posting this, here's my ranking: 1. Disraeli Gears 2. Wheels of Fire 3. Fresh Cream 4. Goodbye

[@Rolf2112]

Exactly my ranking too. I miss Goodbye yet

[@jerryattwooll4864]

Yep, can't argue with your rankings.

[@dethronedemperor2581]

Same here...

[@catsofsherman1316]

Yep. Wheels better than Fresh.

[@kolchak3578]

Yeah, my ranking as well. But I love them all, as most Cream fans do.

[@caryheuchert]

“Wheels of Fire” is my favourite because of two Cream songs, I’ve always loved: “As You Said” and “Deserted Cities of the Heart” , followed by their wonderful “Fresh Cream” debut, “Disraeli Gears”, and finally “Goodbye”.

[@dt1978]

Agreed. As You Said was always my top favorite tune from Wheels of Fire. Our rankings are damn near the same as well.

[@caryheuchert]

D T I’ve always been a huge Jack Bruce fan. I think “As You Said” was a preview of things to come, for his solo years following Cream.

[@anaorsini316]

We're going wrong, an all time classic, that has forever flown under the radar.

[@aviationlba747]

A dreamy, psychedelic classic.

[@chuckwilliam4746]

Wheels Of Fire is a freaking tour de force. Spoonful is incredible

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Thanks for being here for us, Pete. You are the eye of the hurricane, Brother.

[@LuisGarcia-ee2tr]

Everything " Slowhand" was involved was fantastic. Sunshine of your live, Crossroads, Spoonful, Politician and White room are my fauvorite tunes. A great power trio. Excellente video Pete. Thanks

[@Rolf2112]

1) disraeli 2) wheels 3) fresh 4)goodbye. Tales of Brave Ulysses one of my favourite songs ever

[@jimandlizhudson2501]

Jack Bruce's vocals are amazing. His first two solo albms were genius.

[@howardjohnston6112]

All his solo albums are great . . .

[@dporter2112]

Hey Pete I'm new to your channel and I absolutely love your videos. I've been on a huge binge watch. Thanks for the awesome rankings, etc. to get us music lovers through a trying time right now.

[@Danimal77]

For me, their top 10 best songs are (yes I know some of them are old blues covers): Strange Brew Badge White Room Sunshine of Your Love I Feel Free Spoonful Crossroads I'm So Glad Politician Born Under a Bad Sign

[@drewfireset2]

I saw Jack Bruce live 1981! What an awesome output! One of the best concerts I ever saw! Good list Pete! Short and sweet! You are the best!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@daveben3573]

Great to find a review of Cream as one of my all time favourite bands. When I was about 14 years old I heard Live Cream Vol 2 and it changed everything!! The live versions of 'Tales of brave Ulysees' and 'Deserted Cities' still blow me away and are arguably the spark and influence for a whole heap of hard rock bands that followed on just after they disbanded.

[@joshswainwright]

My ranking: 1) Wheels of Fire 2) Disraeli Gears 3) Fresh Cream 4) Goodbye

[@renegonzalez1336]

You’re ranking is the same as mine

[@davemorrissey9133]

Like ccr, the doors.. the short period of time these guys knocked out albums. Bands nowadays 2 to 3 years before a album is released. Great channel ☘✌

[@elvisparker4691]

Very well said. I always think of Creedence & The Doors when it comes to bands with Enormous Success in such a short period. 3 Dog Night too. And remember, The Beatles were only around 8 years !

[@aviationlba747]

Three of my all time favourite bands!

[@timothywills7709]

Great albums. Yes opened for them at their last concert at Albert Hall.

[@dougpotosky4102]

Yes! Great! I was at a concert when Yes opened for Jethro Tull. First tour for Yes in America. Great night of music!

[@howardjohnston6112]

Yes AND Taste (Rory Gallagher's first band).

[@MrCFH420]

Sounds like some cool stuff coming up!

[@williamgeorgefraser]

Love all their albums. Also Jack Bruce's "Songs for a Tailor" is brilliant. I Feel Free, NSU, Badge, Toad and the greatest of all White Room.

[@pablopistacio5661]

" Songs for a Tailor " was Jack's brilliant solo debut . Produced by Felix Pappalardi who , of course , produced most of the Cream albums .

[@mmk7340]

One of the greatest bands of all-time. Can't go wrong with any of their stuff. Those were the days is a nice "one stop shop" box set with studio and live material.

[@catsofsherman1316]

1. Disraeli Gears 2. Wheels of Fire 3. Fresh Cream 4. Goodbye - love those studio tracks, but only 3 of them. Badge of course featured cowriter George Harrison on guitar. Notice the similarity with the riff in the bridge to Here comes the sun. Anyone who hasn't seen it should check out the Documentary Beware Mr. Baker. Quite revelatory. I always though Jack Bruce was the A hole in Cream. I can understand why Ginger had a hard time finding people to play with him later in his career. Thanks for a cool ranking video Pete. Cheers.

[@stevenvalenti3722]

Once again I agree with your #1 it is also my #1 from Cream and in my opinion their greatest.🙂nice video Pete.🙂

[@pulsar861]

Thanks, Pete! Was hoping you'd do Cream. My ranking is the exact same as yours. Those first two albums made such a tremendous impression on me in 1967! Please do a ranking of Be-Bop Deluxe.

[@PhilBaird1]

Thanks for that Pete. Had they stayed together a few more years and put out a few more albums they could have been spoken of as the greatest rock band ever; but perhaps all that ability just couldn't be contained. Three fantastic musicians but Jack Bruce was the real genius. His bass playing controlled the direction and tempo and held the whole thing together on stage; his voice had a wonderful range and power; and an inspired and unique songwriter with the poetry of Pete Brown's lyrics. Jack went on to create the most interesting solo work of the three; developing the music that he'd started with Cream. His first few albums in particular are works of real beauty. If Eric and Ginger had given Jack the reins, then artistically and creatively Cream had a real future, but it wasn't to be. One of the greatest live bands ever, just on their playing ability alone, without stage tricks or effects.

[@misterrickschannel2238]

Wow, you got the wind storm there, too. I was listening to the scanner all day and most of the calls were for trees and wires down. We also had some really heavy rain, with low-level & basement flooding.

[@dt1978]

This one is almost impossible. All four, especially the first three, were absolutely brilliant; depending on my mood, they could change at anytime. Geez. Here's my ranking (for now): #4. Goodbye - obviously, this was going to rank at the bottom. Badge is clearly the best on here. Here it gets REAL difficult. #3. Disraeli Gears - The first Cream album I ever bought. Features many bona fide classics. #2. Fresh Cream - Fiery, passionate, tasteful and soulful. Not a single weak tune on here. I'm ranking this second, as I listen to this one a little more than DG. #1. Wheels of Fire - This ranks at the top spot specifically for the studio album disc. I never cared much for the live disc, to be honest. I always thought Cream were better to WATCH live, as opposed to just merely hearing them live, if that makes any sense. Nos. 2 and 3, especially, could easily switch places.

[@aliens_exist_23]

Cream are my 1st ever favourite band! Great post. My list: 1) Wheels Of Fire 2) Fresh Cream 3) Disraeli Gears 4) Goodbye

[@curlessmania4708]

Great job Pete, looking forward to the Hendrix ranking. Would love to get best of the post humous releases as there are like 30 of them....!

[@Gears1Fan]

Just got into your channel recently from the megadeth reviews. Amazing channel my man! I noticed you said you went to a record store in Warwick, NY. I grew up in Vernon NJ which isn't far at all from there. Anyways, stay safe and keep up the great work!

[@aviationlba747]

Man, I wish Cream stuck around for longer! They are one of the greatest live bands of all time and their studio material is fabulous too, more brutish than just about anyone else at the time, and even today. Here’s my ranking: 1. Wheels Of Fire (1968) - as musically interesting as Disraeli is, this is even more so. Even without the magnificent live disc, this would still be my number one, and it would easily make my top 10 albums of all time. 2. Disraeli Gears (a landmark album in psychedelic rock and in the creation of hard rock and heavy metal! Still kicks ass!. 3. Fresh Cream (1966) - a very notable debut, but I feel like many of the songs reach their true potential when performed live. 4. Goodbye (1969) - not a bad album by any means, and I feel that ‘Doing That Scrapyard Thing’ and ‘What A Bringdown’ are fun and vastly under appreciated songs. Here’s my top 10 Cream songs also, including some of their terrific blues covers: 1. Spoonful (Wheels Of Fire) 2. N.S.U. (Live Cream, Volume I) 3. Outside Woman Blues 4. Strange Brew 5. Born Under A Bad Sign 6. Sitting In The Top Of The World 7. Those Were The Days 8. I’m So Glad (Goodbye) 9. SWLABR 10. Passing The Time

[@cartermlb]

Short but sweet. Sweet like CREAM. Funny how our lists lined up exactly together. #PetePardoNation #PetePardoArmy #BigMeatPete #SplashYourSeaOfTranquilityAllOverMyFace #SweetPete #CreamPietes

[@bobthebear1246]

Hey Pete, we got the worst of that storm up here in Maine!! Some of those wind gusts went past 60mph!! I stayed inside the whole day, and I was cold as hell!! BTW, *Disraeli Gears* is my favorite Cream album. 👍🏻

[@fmellish71]

YESSSSSSS!!!! You mentioned the Grande Ballroom bootleg! Best representation of the band! ...also YESSSSSS! VDGG is coming up!

[@markpettross8774]

1. Disraeli Gears 2.Wheels of Fire 3.Goodbye(Badge moved it up) 4 Fresh Cream I'm 67 and grew up with this band. Now last couple weeks I been on a Cream binge (with headphones vol. cranked to 10. Like wow. Great show Pete Pardo !!

[@JoeBat95]

Passing the time.

[@lgbass]

My rankings are the same as yours. I love, love, love the Live version of Stepping Out off of Live II.

[@niwdoog]

Even though I don't like Cream/Clapton, I still enjoy watching your videos. 35k subscribers coming soon!

[@wagstaff6135]

When I was a kid I heard and loved the hits (Sunshine of Your Love, Tales of Brave Ulysses, White Room...) but it was that Live Cream Vol. 2 version of "Steppin' Out", which was misprinted as (Freddie King's) "Hideaway" on the copy I had... that really grabbed me. Called the song by the wrong title for a long time. But NOW... I didn't even know about Dazed & Cream, which you think is better than the two volumes of Live Cream.... and which also has Steppin' Out.... Thanks, Pete. I didn't know I needed another Cream record.

[@noaahmilleer8072]

Ranking the studio albums: Jimi Hendrix

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

1. Are You Experience 2. Electric Ladyland 3. Axis Bold As Love 4. Band of Gypsys (because someone has to be the scapegoat in all this. Plus, We've Gotta Live Together is the worst piece of crap I've ever heard. It's just a bunch of soul cliches)

[@israco89]

Ranking the albums: Sex Pistols

[@sojo2924]

Pete doesn't like punk

[@israco89]

They only had one album so that was the joke

[@dawnthechaldean5377]

@@sojo2924 ...for good reason. :-)

[@dougpotosky4102]

I believe Andrian Barber helped produce the album. He worked with my Band ( ONE) out of Boston.We been finding lots of live recordings. Hope too making a album. Yes! I have lots of wild stories! I was at first tour in America. And the last both in New Haven. I was only feet away from Clapton. Leaning on the stage. Wow!! That is my review!

[@QueenFan12]

1. Fresh Cream 2. Disraeli Gears 3. Goodbye 4. Wheels Of Fire These are just my favorites, they aren't ranked by quality!

[@rustywells3310]

Cream Awesome Blue Band My Favorite 😀👍🏼

[@alexshort6675]

Great video, as usual. It should be noted that Badge is was co-written with George Harrison - he plays the ‘riff’ - and the line, ‘told you ‘bout the swans that they lived in the park’ was coined by a certain Sir Richard Starkey.

[@samanthab1923]

Alex Short Love that story. Knew about George but Ringo did like to paint a picture with words. Octopuses Garden? Be well 😊✌🏻

[@randalclarke5487]

Now THIS, I can sink my teeth into!!!

[@stevenhanson1454]

Even though their studio output was small, they did a whole load of recordings for the BBC that were studio. They have been released as well.

[@steveslade6914]

I remember "Swlabb" it was on the flip side of the single "Sunshine of your love". It's actually a cool song, I never knew it was on an album, thanx for the info.

[@jameshall7756]

A psycadelic master peice,Go Eric Jack & Ginger 🎸🎻🥁🎛️.

[@TheCornishCockney]

I bought Disraeli Gears in '68 on the strength of the album cover,a work of art and glad i did,what an album,blew me away.

[@dennissweeney6774]

One of the Greatest groups of all time. All there album's are greats hits.

[@zacharymccormack881]

They actually played Pressed Rat and Warthog during their reunion show at The Royal Albert Hall. Did you see that, Pete? It was easily my favorite moment at that show.

[@astrosjer822]

Great new Goodbye CD box set just came out. It is amazing

[@jbat31]

would love to see a ranking or top 10 of eric clapton or bruce springsteen. You really have helped during this time. I love your content and have gotten into a lot of new stuff because of your videos. THANK YOU

[@bengalgangster]

hope you did ok in todays stormI live in owego ny near Binghamton we did ok tho like half the county doesn't have electricitylove the show looking forward to hendrix

[@marciopainhas5828]

"I've been waiting so long, To be where I'm going, In the sunshine of your love"... Killer song.

[@apap4]

I agree with Pete ranking.Four fantastic albums.Listening to Clapton is pure pleasure, a guitar legend that you can still watch live respect. Waiting for the ranking of the next guitar legend Mark Knopfler of course not a long but brilliant discography of Dire Straits. Thanks

[@georgeduric-last8972]

Another great video Pete! I believe ranking lists are the best way to help introduce listeners to new artists/bands! Would you consider doing a ranking of either David Bowie, Lou Reed or Iggy Pop?

[@arthurprice603]

George - Nice to hear a mention for the late great David Bowie. Haven’t got a ranking for the albums but have a playlist of favourite tracks. Posted this a while back on SoT with links for those interested in listening/watching. Hope that the links still work. :D Life On Mars? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4uulJ9qYtmWq9E Suffragette City kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKKUk5aMhNKsoNk Oh! You Pretty Things kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZSwipqfiKiSm7M Panic In Detroit kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX6Wl3aLoribm7s Queen Bitch kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJDEqnmwa5eYj6c Heroes kzbin.info/www/bejne/j33TY5aNbK52ebc Hang On To Yourself kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYnXd2igfrl6npY Changes kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZfHmXxpprqXidU Space Oddity kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYO6qaavnNiofKs The Jean Genie kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnaliqObmduDlZY Cracked Actor kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5mseKinj995hKM Moonage Daydream kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIG4cp-anLhqick Rebel Rebel kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZOWk5mpqtmnms0 Ziggy Stardust kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXyon2OrhKp8gtU Let’s Dance kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXnPqH2shdtseZI Starman kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4DOf2mAhJekapI

[@randalclarke5487]

Cream was Proto: Metal/Jam Band/Fusion and Prog imo. They were the blueprint for Zeppelin, Sabbath, Yes, Rush, even Mahavishnu...

[@arkup1]

the reunion concert at Royal Albert Hall London 2005 is pretty good as well ,the songs are shorter but it has a great quality

[@markj9742]

Fressh Cream is underrated. Glad you had it that high.

[@PeKe999]

Hi. The guitar riff in Bage was from George Harrison. My favorite Cream album is Fresh Cream.

[@dumbdickler670]

Anyone know how I can get my hands on a copy of Dazed & Cream?

[@julsjulsjuls238]

Great list. Here is my own ranking: 4. Goodbye 3. Wheels of Fire 2. Disraeli Gears 1. Fresh Cream

[@joeodonnell921]

Can't wait for the Jimi Hendrix video, any chance of a Stevie Ray Vaughan video at some point?

[@conspiracionesy]

What a lineup Cream had

[@ACrackInTheWall2006]

Love Cream! The only album I never owned from them was Wheels Of Fire.

[@emceesmith6665]

'traintime' on Wheels of Fire's live section is a ton of fun

[@SpaceCattttt]

I've always enjoyed Cream's poppier side as well. Wrapping Paper and Anyone For Tennis. That sort of stuff. All great.

[@garycreswell9107]

Same order I would pick em Pete.

[@travisperrotta5264]

You mentioned a video on Metal Church coming up in your Dokken video. Is that still in the cards?

[@dmk7700]

Hey Pete - How could you omit the 2005 Royal Albert Hall cd/dvd. The best version ever of "We're Going Wrong".

[@gregberry1812]

Tiny purple fishes Run laughing through her fingers

[@lunatic7700]

Wery well! And "Blind Faith" to wich kind of ranking belong?

[@George-xl9dz]

Nice vid, this is my list: (from worst to best) 4. Fresh Cream 3. Disraeli Gears 2. Goodbye Cream 1. Wheels of fire

[@brianwestervelt4919]

Looking forward to that Hendrix show! I think I have every “official “ release and of course many unofficial 😅

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Pete - as you might know - usually sticks to studio albums proper

[@brianwestervelt4919]

NaughtyVampireGod in this video he said he will tackle live and also posthumously released material

[@allenshaw6528]

Do you have any of the studio albums of Jefferson airplane or vanilla fudge?

[@elvisparker4691]

10 Great Rock Bands - Cream - Jethro Tull - Rainbow - Led Zeppelin - Rush - Kiss - Jimi Hendrix Trio - Deep Purple - Blue Oyster Cult - The Who 🚀🔥🎸🎸📻🙂👍👍 -

[@johnnyb1046]

Rush???

[@aviationlba747]

@@johnnyb1046 So, umm, how long have you been blind for?

[@garyjoyce2160]

Funny. Maybe about 10 days ago? I played BBM ( Baker/ Bruce/ Moore) probably first time in like 10 yrs. My 4 Cream. / same as PETE. Thx for your time. !

[@rjleffel]

Pete, the ballroom in Detroit where Dazed and Cream was recorded is pronounced "Grand-ee."

[@yankee7809]

My favorite band not named the Beatles. You ranked them exactly the right way. I would love to have seen what they would have produced if they had stayed together. They just toured constantly and it wore them down.

[@gswithen]

Since you went into the live stuff I'm surprised you didn't mention the 2005 reunion shows.

[@anthonyvincent7581]

Saw Ginger Baker live with Hawkwind at Preston Guild Hall England on the Levitation tour 1980 Brilliant concert , love you to do a Hawkwind ranking album show how many albums have they done ?

[@KickflipGnasty]

For studio 1) Disraeli Gears 2) Wheels of Fire 3) Fresh Cream 4) Goodbye For live: 1) Live Vol. I 2) Wheels of Fire 3) Live Vol. II 4) Goodbye

[@gwts1171]

All of these are great, but I had to rank them some way, didn't I? 4) Fresh Cream 3) Wheels of Fire 2) Goodbye 1) Disraeli Gears Thanks, Pete!

[@matthewclark9652]

Also "Live At The BBC", the 2005 comeback concert on DVD & "Live At The Royal Festival Hall" (1968) DVD. The song "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" reminds me of "We Will Fall" by The Stooges (from their debut Elektra 1969 album)!!! The late George Harrison plays on the song "Badge"!!

[@alfredortega4930]

Live in San Diego 68 is an excellent album. Can't go wrong with Cream on any album

[@benmeltzer]

"What A Bringdown" is one of my favorites.

[@pardyhardly]

Great nitrous song.

[@johnhenfrey5936]

I bought,Those were The Days Box Set, everything they did plus rarities. Disraeli Gears is now available as a deluxe edition if you just want to buy that.

[@pablopistacio5661]

Hi John , yes I made the same suggestion , see above . I also have the deluxe edition of Disraeli Gears . I had forgotten I had it until I found it last night ! Cheers , stay safe .

[@larryfreestone6135]

I seem to remember a double album called heavy cream. I wish I still had it.

[@dmitrysobolin5158]

My favorite band. Fresh Cream is my favorite album

[@rossross9281]

Dmitry Sobolin I’m So Glad I was introduced to that album 😉

[@ultrahighgain412]

Pete, what was your opinion on the BBM album with Gary Moore?

[@delrivers4309]

I think there is also a live Cream album of their only reunion.

[@gregorypalacios5070]

would love to have seen what they would of put out if they stayed together for a longer period. disraeli gears a classic. stay healthy.

[@ElrohirGuitar]

I had Best of Cream before I bought their other albums. I played that almost every day for quite a while. My roommates didn't appreciate it as much, but I had the stereo. I love Tales of Brave Ulysses as well as Sunshine of Your Love. I've never liked Clapton as much as when he played with Cream and John Mayall.

[@LuchaLibertaria]

One of my favourite bands of all time. My Ranking 1- Fresh Cream 2- Disraeli Gears 3- Wheels Of Fire 4- Goodbye (However this album has Badge which's among the Cream's greatest songs.)

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

The "thumbs down" people have a moral obligation to defend those votes!

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Well, there are 3 of them now. It's either a) they don't like Cream b) don't like the way I ranked them c) or are either a prog fan or metal fan and have no tolerance for me covering anything else. Or, d) are just useless trolls who I've blocked from posting and have nothing better to do than give my videos thumbs downs.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@seaoftranquilityprog yeah - had to edit my post to reflect that fact - probably trolls

[@joeodonnell921]

Neither group A,B,C or D deserve the time of day

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@joeodonnell921 joe - yeah really - they're clowns - I mean i''mnot a fan of all of Pete's bands but i either just skip those vids or watch 'em if i'm curious - I'd never thumbs down Pete in any event

[@EternalChampion435]

Hell ya, cream rocks

[@freddycee7092]

I have only the best compilation of the cream

[@bobbywhitehead4204]

Pete...perhaps a listing of your favorite songs over 7 or 8 minutes long? There’s a ton of longer songs in prog, metal, classic rock. Might be an interesting list.

[@joannitaxvi3386]

Baker Gurvitz Army just been mentioned and ITS GREAT, also check out West Bruce & Laing

[@davidsalaski9095]

Big Star

[@williamlangan5902]

It's hard to argue with you on Clapton on "safer" stuff. He was my 1st concert in 1983. 1. Disraeli 2. Fresh (including Wrapping Paper and Stepping Out) 3. Wheels 4. Goodbye I liked Live 2 better than Live. Sweet Wine was a little too long when I 1st heard it.

[@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775]

I have of course all 4 on CD.