Mother's Lament (track)
by Cream
Year: 1967
From the album Disraeli Gears (track #11)
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Mother's Lament appears on the following album(s) by Cream:
- Disraeli Gears (track #11) (this album) (1967)
- Those Were The Days (track #24) (compilation) (1997)
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| ! | 02/23/2026 22:45 | wizardalien | 10,202 | 60/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 11:04 | Johnnyo | 45,642 | 80/100 |
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How does one bring a great album down? By putting on it a Baker song & ending it with something stupid like this. Really awful this one.
Meowtopia 06/06/2018 04:57 | #216206
Really? A 67? That's harsh for a band just to have some fun by putting a song like this in an album. There are many other songs much deserving a 67 rather than this one. (Edited)
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/25/2012 19:48 | #58907
The intro with all three members singing makes me want to go down to a bar with friends to drink and sing together. Love the humorous way to close the album.
Grouse 08/02/2018 13:58 | #219084
A funny outro but not to much more. :) (Edited)
I love it. Silly - sounds like it could be Monty Python. It is a great wee tune too (Edited)
