Wheels Of Fire
by Cream

Wheels Of Fire by Cream
Year: 1968
Release date: 1968-06-14
Overall rank: 824th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 543 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1968 (18th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1960s (92nd)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (824th)

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Cream bestography

Wheels Of Fire is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by Cream on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cream is Disraeli Gears which is ranked number 271 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,086.

Cream album bestography « Higher ranked (271st)
Disraeli Gears
This album (824th)
Wheels Of Fire
Lower ranked (1,162nd) »
Fresh Cream

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Wheels Of Fire track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 824th | 1960s rank: 92nd | 1968 rank: 18th

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 543 votes)
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75/100
 
02/28/2026 22:04 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
50/100
 
02/17/2026 21:33 brent13  Ratings distribution  1,91968/100
 
80/100
 
01/21/2026 07:50 JR  Ratings distribution  1,08781/100
 
80/100
 
01/15/2026 22:12 glebrus  Ratings distribution  19486/100
 
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12/24/2025 07:35 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,41064/100

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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 12.9.

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80/100
From 12/08/2022 12:09 | #291834
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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90/100
From 02/03/2022 12:57 | #280529
Actually... the best stuff and at the same time something boring stuff of Cream: great songs and musicians, sometimes too much concentrated to show their talent; anyway, one of the most talented albums ever :-)
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60/100
From 01/17/2022 13:01 | #279553
Great follow-up to even greater predecessor. White Room is a classic, but other tracks are good too and the whole album makes great listen.
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From 10/06/2021 18:16 | #274746
Hard rock kisses the blues and makes love forever. It's called "Wheels of Fire."
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85/100
From 07/08/2021 20:16 | #271462
Grande momento da música!!
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From 05/13/2021 12:52 | #269662
Classic power trio...
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From 06/06/2020 12:34 | #252937
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.
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90/100
From 07/01/2019 06:56 | #238714
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
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Rating:  
80/100
From 01/06/2019 01:29 | #229081
It would be hard to not take a step backward after the awesome Disraeli Gears. If one steps back from expectations, this is still a very good album from talented, accomplished musicians.
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60/100
From 05/17/2018 23:44 | #215081
Nothing more than a leftover album, only "White Room" here is really worth a listen and maybe the cover version of "Crossroads"
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