Fresh Cream
by Cream
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Fresh Cream is ranked 3rd 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 6,039.
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Fresh Cream track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/13/2026 22:12 |  serpico | 854 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 18:05 | Olli | 7,528 | 62/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:01 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 02:49 |  AAL2014 | 4,058 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2026 21:31 | Gedi | 340 | 83/100 |
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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 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Does anyone have a decent pressing of the vinyl LP? I've had several different pressings over the years all of which sound as if they were engineered out a tin can. Eponymous debut has some great songs including "I Feel Free" and "NSU". The album exhibits a sign of greater things to come.
The last two are best ???
Jboy56 07/19/2022 08:19 | #287593
Best Cream album, with the blues vibes.
VictorVale 07/08/2021 17:17 | #271450
Rompeu as barreiras para o blues!
2nd-Impressions 12/17/2020 22:37 | #262832
66/100
Best tracks: I Feel Free, N.S.U.
Worst tracks: Sweet Wine, Four Until Late
mdbaxter 12/21/2019 01:09 | #245858 | TOP COMMENT
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The US release is superior because “I Feel Free” is better than “Spoonful”. It serves as a great opener but my favorite is “N.S.U.”, which is on both releases. Most of the songs on the album are more or less jam sessions. Apart from the two that I already mentioned liking there aren’t really any “great” songs on here. “I’m So Glad” is actually a banger. There is a lack of quality songwriting but that’s not what the record is going for. It’s meant to show off the talents of the three members and it does that. All three members impress throughout. Baker’s drumming is most impressive because of how much of the album it commands. It’s the driving force behind nearly every song. Clapton’s guitar work is great as always. Nothing spectacular but completely solid. Bruce’s vocals are powerful and crisp but I couldn’t hear much of the bass except on “Toad”. It sounds great on that song. The drum solo is cool, too. I listened to the stereo version available on Spotify and it’s not a very good mix. The vocals are way too high and the guitars are weirdly placed. I would imagine that it sounds better in mono. Headphones magnify the problem, playing it out loud sounds much better. I’d also imagine these guys out in an incredible concert.
Fischman 01/06/2019 01:12 | #229080
Solid debut,but they would definitely get better.
Boltzmann 09/03/2018 21:18 | #220528
It’s good blues rock, but nothing really special. The early hard rock and heavy metal sounds on Disraeli Gears are nowhere to find here yet.
JoaoMoreira 08/27/2018 23:23 | #220176 | TOP COMMENT
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A youthful album with all its risks and imperfections. It's not a great but very spontaneous which makes it for an enjoyable listening.
Ginger Baker was already great!
Pure blues-rock, from the fisrt supergroup of rock. Every instrument here is played masterfully.
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