At best in modernity, this album should be considered as a really good demo.
That I am rating a greatest hits package by Cream as three stars should speak volumes for what a regular Cream album would be rated.
Firstly, I would have rated this album, The Very Best of Cream, three stars had it not been for the aged and out of date technology that it was recorded on. If this album came out today it would probably never have gotten beyond the stage of being a Demo. That is in today’s musical world, Cream might not have even got signed with a record deal.
The first song, Badge, is the best. It isn’t half bad. I like it.
Sunshine of Your Love is one that people seem to think absolutely grand, but if you ask me it is a terrible flop. I can’t believe anyone bothered to listen to this, the pathetic guitar music of Eric Clapton. The popularity and not only that, but also that people thought Eric Clapton was a good guitarist is only to my bane. Don’t buy it. Don’t buy that Eric Clapton is anything but a slightly above average guitarist. The problem is not many people are above average people, such that they appreciate this musical junk.
The White Room with Black Curtains is only slightly good enough to be slightly better than annoying. Again, the next song, Born under a Bad Sign, is only slightly better than annoying. Thus, it is such for the entire album, most of the songs are usually only slightly better than annoying. There is nothing on here that I don’t think a slightly better than average band struggling to put food on the table couldn’t write or play. There is no genius to The Very Best of Cream.
Really, this is an album and a band that should be put to rest, if for no other reason than for poor sound quality. I know that they were influential to some bands, but those bands were probably terrible. Eric Clapton is perhaps the most overrated guitarist ever, right up there with Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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