Heavy Cream is a compilation album of material recorded by the British rock band Cream from 1966 to 1969.
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| Compilation album by Cream | ||||
| Released | 9 October 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1966–69 | |||
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| Length | 83:08 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Felix Pappalardi/Robert Stigwood | |||
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Although available in other territories as well, the album was largely released to address the North American market, in order for Polydor Records to leverage Cream's back catalogue; prior to 1972, Polydor had licensed Cream's recordings to Atco/Atlantic Records for North American distribution. Now out of print, Heavy Cream was available as a double album during the years 1972–76, and was briefly reissued by Polydor's affiliated label RSO Records in 1983.
This double album was also issued simultaneously with 3 other double albums of solo material by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker all titled: "... At His Best"
With 22 tracks, Heavy Cream is one of the more comprehensive collections of Cream's work, containing over two-thirds of the band's studio recordings.
Writing for Newsday in 1972, Robert Christgau regarded the album as the best of the Cream compilations up to that point.[1]
The album reached No. 135 on the Billboard 200.[2]
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Strange Brew" (Eric Clapton, Gail Collins Pappalardi, Felix Pappalardi) | Disraeli Gears | 2:45 |
| 2. | "White Room" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) | Wheels of Fire | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Badge" (Clapton, George Harrison) | Goodbye | 2:45 |
| 4. | "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) | Fresh Cream | 6:31 |
| 5. | "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Hambone Willie Newbern) | Fresh Cream | 4:41 |
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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| 6. | "I Feel Free" (Bruce, Brown) | Fresh Cream | 2:54 |
| 7. | "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) | Wheels of Fire | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Passing the Time" (Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor) | Wheels of Fire | 4:31 |
| 9. | "As You Said" (Bruce, Brown) | Wheels of Fire | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Bruce, Brown) | Wheels of Fire | 3:36 |
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| 11. | "Cat's Squirrel" (Dr. Isaiah Ross, arr. Clapton, Bruce, Baker) | Fresh Cream | 3:05 |
| 12. | "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) | Wheels of Fire | 4:13 |
| 13. | "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Chester Burnett) | Wheels of Fire | 4:56 |
| 14. | "SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) | Disraeli Gears | 2:31 |
| 15. | "What a Bringdown!" (Baker) | Goodbye | 3:54 |
| 16. | "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton, Martin Sharp) | Disraeli Gears | 2:45 |
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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| 17. | "Take It Back" (Bruce, Brown) | Disraeli Gears | 3:04 |
| 18. | "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) | Wheels of Fire | 4:11 |
| 19. | "I'm So Glad" (Skip James) | Fresh Cream | 3:55 |
| 20. | "Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Brown, Clapton) | Disraeli Gears | 4:08 |
| 21. | "Those Were the Days" (Baker, Taylor) | Wheels of Fire | 2:52 |
| 22. | "Doing That Scrapyard Thing" (Bruce, Brown) | Goodbye | 3:14 |
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