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Live Tracks Add to Value
Some live tracks just lack the quality to merit listening. Cream is an exception. All the live tracks are good to excellent. Toad remains my favorite. Traintime is an omission on this album, otherwise if you like Cream, you will like this.

The Best Cream Anthology Yet
GOLD is the best anthology of Cream available. It eliminates the trifling "Wrapping Paper", which marred THE VERY BEST OF CREAM, and gets straight to "I Feel Free", which is the true beginning of the band's incredible legacy. Disc One, which is devoted entirely to studio material, is consistent from soup to nuts, featuring such outstanding songs as "N.S.U.", "Strange Brew", "Sunshine Of Your Love", "Tales Of Brave Ulysses", "White Room", "Politician", and other heavy blues-rock classics which paved the way for the style that is today called heavy metal; the only lighthearted cut on this disc is the annoying "Anyone For Tennis", but that's made up for by the twenty other studio cuts here. Disc Two, on the other hand, which is all live material, is more of a mixed bag. Three songs here- "Crossroads", "Sunshine Of Your Love", and "I'm So Glad"- are incredible, but the rest do not hold up as well as the studio songs. Nevertheless, this anthology is a must-own for anyone serious about rock music.

This is the one you want
Gold (2005) A Cream compilation album. I've seen a number of CDs in this "Gold" series, and almost all of them have been excellent. The one done up for Cream is no exception. This is, without a doubt, the finest hits compilation album for Cream that exists. It includes all the tracks on "The Very Best of" and then adds a few, as well as having an entire second disc devoted to some very fine live material. I can't find anything to complain about with this album. Cream is my favorite band, and I'm very happy with this one. A few more tracks would have been nice, but at that point you're basically reprinting the albums that already exist. Baker, Bruce, and Clapton have to be proud of their work that is displayed elegantly here, because after listening to it, you realize the tremendous effect they had on the music world. If you're just looking for the hits with a few surprises along the way, this is the album you want.

CREAM GOLD
I WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT 5 STARS BUT FOR THE LACK OF THE STUDIO "SPOONFUL". THE VERSION THAT IS INCLUDED IS FROM "WHEELS OF FIRE" AND IS AT TIMES BLOATED AND OVER WROUGHT. HOW CAN ONE HAVE A CREAM BEST OF COLLECTION WITHOUT THE STUDIO VERSION OF "SPOONFUL"?????? SHAMEY-SHAME!

The Ideal Cream Compilation.
Though they were only together for only three years, Cream accomplished more than most bands could in a lifetime. Consisting of rock legend Eric Clapton on guitar as well as the amazinf Ginger Baker on drums and Jack Bruce on bass, Cream were and still are amazing. This 2 cd, 29 song collection is an ideal Cream compilation. One disc containing classic studio recordings such as "Born Under A Bad Sign" and the immortal classics "Sunshine Of Your Love" and "White Room", and a second disc a sweltering live performance. The sound quality, packaging and liner notes are excellent, and this is overall the ideal Cream collection.