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Cream - Goodbye (1969) [1998, Remastered Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 25 Sep 2018 18:49:05

"Goodbye" (also called "Goodbye Cream") is the fourth and final studio album by Cream, with three tracks recorded live, and three recorded in the studio. It was released in Europe by Polydor Records and by Atco Records in the United States, debuting in Billboard on 15 February 1969. It reached number one in the United Kingdom and number two in the US. A single, "Badge", was subsequently released from the album a month later. The album was released after Cream disbanded in November 1968.

~Wikipedia

After a mere three albums in just under three years, Cream called it quits in 1969. Being proper gentlemen, they said their formal goodbyes with a tour and a farewell album called what else? Goodbye. As a slim, six-song single LP, it's far shorter than the rambling, out-of-control Wheels of Fire, but it boasts the same structure, evenly dividing its time between tracks cut on-stage and in the studio. While the live side contains nothing as indelible as "Crossroads," the live music on the whole is better than that on Wheels of Fire, capturing the trio at an empathetic peak as a band. It's hard, heavy rock, with Cream digging deep into their original "Politician" with the same intensity as they do on "Sitting on Top of the World," but it's the rampaging "I'm So Glad" that illustrates how far they've come; compare it to the original studio version on Fresh Cream and it's easy to see just how much further they're stretching their improvisation. The studio side also finds them at something of a peak. Boasting a song apiece from each member, it opens with the majestic classic "Badge," co-written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison and ranking among both of their best work. It's followed by Jack Bruce's "Doing That Scrapyard Thing," an overstuffed near-masterpiece filled with wonderful, imaginative eccentricities, and finally, there's Ginger Baker's tense, dramatic "What a Bringdown," easily the best original he contributed to the group. Like all of Cream's albums outside Disraeli Gears, Goodbye is an album of moments, not a tight cohesive work, but those moments are all quite strong on their own terms, making this a good and appropriate final bow.

~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Release of the album: 1969, February, 5 [LP Polydor Records, Cat.# 583 053, UK]
Release of this CD: 1998, April, 7 [CD Polydor (USA), Cat.# 31453 1815-2 /UPC: 731453181526]
© 1969 PolyGram International Music B.V.
Manufactured and Marketed by A&M Associated Labels, a Division of A&M Records, Inc., a PolyGram Company.
Printed/Made in the U.S.A.

Credits:

Art Direction [Original] – Haig Adishian
Bass – Felix Pappalardi (tracks: 6), Jack Bruce (tracks: 1 to 5)
Design [Original Cover Design] – Alan Aldridge
Drums – Ginger Baker
Engineer – Adrian Barber, Bill Halverson, Damon Lyon-Shaw
Guitar – Eric Clapton
Illustration – Roger Hane
Mellotron – Felix Pappalardi (tracks: 4, 5)
Organ – Jack Bruce (tracks: 6)
Other [Produced By Arrangement With] – Robert Stigwood
Percussion – Ginger Baker (tracks: 6)
Photography By [Front Cover] – Roger Phillips
Piano – Felix Pappalardi (tracks: 4), Jack Bruce (tracks: 5, 6)
Producer – Felix Pappalardi
Rhythm Guitar – L'Angelo Misterioso (tracks: 4)
Vocals – Eric Clapton (tracks: 1, 4), Jack Bruce (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6)

Tracklist:

01. I'm So Glad (09:12)
02. Politician (06:17)
03. Sitting On Top Of The World (05:01)
04. Badge (02:45)
05. Doing That Scrapyard Thing (03:14)
06. What A Bringdown (03:58)
07. Anyone For Tennis (02:36)

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Cream / Goodbye Cream

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Dynamic Range Meter log

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