Disraeli Gears

Disraeli Gears
Studio album by
Cream
Released2 November 1967 (1967-11-02)
Recorded11–15 May 1967
StudioAtlantic, New York City
Genre
Length33:02
LabelReaction
ProducerFelix Pappalardi
Singles from Disraeli Gears
  1. "Strange Brew" / "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
    Released: June 1967
  2. "Sunshine of Your Love" / "SWLABR"
    Released: December 1967

Disraeli Gears is the second studio album by Cream. Cream were a British rock band. The band released the album in November 1967. Disraeli Gears was number five on the UK Albums Chart. It was also number one on Swedish, Finnish, and Australian music charts. It was the number one album in the United States in 1968. The album had two singles. These were "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love". In 1999, the album was put in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Strange Brew" Eric Clapton2:46
2."Sunshine of Your Love" Bruce and Clapton4:10
3."World of Pain" Clapton and Bruce3:02
4."Dance the Night Away"
  • Bruce
  • Brown
Bruce3:34
5."Blue Condition"Ginger BakerGinger Baker3:29
Total length:17:01
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Tales of Brave Ulysses"
Bruce2:46
2."SWLABR"
  • Bruce
  • Brown
Bruce2:31
3."We're Going Wrong"BruceBruce3:27
4."Outside Woman Blues"Blind Joe Reynolds, arr. ClaptonClapton2:25
5."Take It Back"
  • Bruce
  • Brown
Bruce3:05
6."Mother's Lament"Traditional, arr. Bruce, Clapton, BakerBaker, Clapton, and Bruce1:47
Total length:16:01
  1. ↑ Credited as "Trad.", but in fact written in 1944 by Elton Box, Desmond Cox, and Irwin Dash under the collective pseudonym Jack Spade.

References

  1. ↑ Disraeli Gears (CD liner). Cream. USA: Polydor Records. 1967. p. 2. 31453 1811-2.
  2. ↑ "UK Top 40 Hit Database". EveryHit.com.
  3. ↑ "Veckolista Vinyl, vecka 46, 2017" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1967 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Limited. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  6. ↑ "Eric Clapton". gRammy.com. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "When mother was bathing the baby", Folk Song and Music Hall. Retrieved 19 November 2020