Wheels Of Fire
by Cream
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Cream bestography
Wheels Of Fire is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Cream on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cream is Disraeli Gears which is ranked number 272 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,943.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Wheels Of Fire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Wheels Of Fire rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 28 Music Albums of 1968 | 27/28 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 45 Music Albums of 1968 | 27/45 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 60s Pt.2 (101-200) | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 70 Music Albums of the 1960s | 24/70 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 20 Music Albums of 1968 | 8/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest blues / blues rock albums of the 60’s | 9/43 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 484 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,080 | |||
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Wheels Of Fire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | rubens | 879 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2026 18:29 | Glitterboiii | 4,952 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/13/2026 18:59 | Fritz | 1,374 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Wheels Of Fire forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5404): By pctrooper
dihansse 01/03/2025 20:00 in My discoveries per yearWheels Of Fire comments
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Nothing more than a leftover album, only "White Room" here is really worth a listen and maybe the cover version of "Crossroads"
covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/03/2011 02:39 | #25587 | TOP COMMENT
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Cream's true masterpiece and along with Layla, Clapton's most relevant album, this is a really underrated record which shows the band mastering the blues and transitioning it to the sound that would later be part of the sound of Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath, although the live recordings are too much jamming for my taste there isn't a weak moment on the studio album (except for the babbling in track 4), far better than Disraeli Gears which seems less coherent and inspired...
Spoonful , despite easily being my favourite track off of their debut, really doesn't do it for me as I don't enjoy aimless instrumental wandering... but still, you've got to respect the insane musicianship by the trio.
Same with Toad, though, whereas Traintime is much shorter and therefore more enjoyable and less rambling, and Crossroads is incredible with some of the best playing I've ever heard.
Second Best album after Disraeli Gears.
Obvious highlights - White Room, Crossroads, Born Under A Bad Sign, Politician, Those Were the Days
Enjoyable to me but not for everyone - Pressed Rat & Warthog, Deserted Cities of the Heart
Throwaways - Passing the Time, As You Said
Jboy56 12/08/2022 12:09 | #291834 | TOP COMMENT
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A very uneven album, but it still contains some absolute Cream classics: Crossroads, White Room, Politician, Spoonful, and Born Under A Bad Sign...
The power of Cream ( just like Jimi Hendrix) is best experienced from their live albums....
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