CREAM — Wheels Of Fire (review)

CREAM — Wheels Of Fire album cover Album · 1968 · Proto-Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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Despite the fact that this recording has my favourite CREAM song in "White Room" and a second disc with some excellent live material i feel that "Disreali Gears" is their high water mark. You really need both though as these two recordings cover their best stuff. This was released in 1968 and the second disc was recorded live at the Fillmore. So yes we get the usual heavy Bluesy styled music with that Psychedelic flavour. As i mentioned the lead off track is my favourite. Just love the guitar in this bugger. It's tough to pick a top three other than the opening track because the studio part of this recording is pretty consistant. I will include "Politician" in my top three though with "As You Said", "Those Were The Days" and "Deserted Cities Of The Heart" battling it out for that third spot. The live section starts off amazingly well with Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" which is too short. "Spoonful" is close to 17 minutes and they seem to improvise a lot on this Willie Dixon cover. "Traintime" is okay with lots of harmonica while "Toad" is all about the impressive drum work of Ginger Baker. A solid 4 stars.
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