1 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/disraeli_gears_2255.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:320:''Disraeli Gears''.]] |
3 | |
4 | ''Disraeli Gears'' is the second studio album by Music/{{Cream}}, released in 1967. It is generally considered to be their strongest and most popular release. Upon release, it hit number one in the Australian and US (Cashbox) charts. |
5 | |
6 | The album is most famous for the hits "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine Of Your Love", the latter of which is essentially Cream's SignatureSong. It was also subject of a documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album in the series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. |
7 | |
8 | ---- |
9 | !! Tracklist: |
10 | |
11 | [[AC:Side One]] |
12 | # "Strange Brew" (2:46) |
13 | # "Sunshine Of Your Love" (4:10) |
14 | # "World Of Pain" (3:03) |
15 | # "Dance The Night Away" (3:34) |
16 | # "Blue Condition" (3:29) |
17 | |
18 | [[AC:Side Two]] |
19 | # "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" (2:46) |
20 | # "[=SWLABR=]" (2:32) |
21 | # "We're Going Wrong" (3:26) |
22 | # "Outside Woman Blues" (2:24) |
23 | # "Take It Back" (3:05) |
24 | # "Mother's Lament" (1:47) |
25 | |
26 | ---- |
27 | !!Principal Members: |
28 | |
29 | * Ginger Baker - drums, percussion, backing and lead vocals |
30 | * Jack Bruce - lead vocals, bass, piano, harmonica |
31 | * Music/EricClapton - guitar, backing and lead vocals |
32 | |
33 | ---- |
34 | !! World Of Tropes: |
35 | |
36 | * CoverVersion: "Outside Woman Blues", "Mother's Lament". "Strange Brew" started as a cover of a blues called "Lawdy Momma" before changes rendered it completely unrecognisable and it became another song entirely. |
37 | * DancingIsSeriousBusiness: The narrator of "Dance The Night Away" intends to vanish from the world as a whole, living in the sea or the sky, ''just to dance uninterrupted''. |
38 | * DesignStudentsOrgasm: The psychedelic album cover. |
39 | * FaceOnTheCover: The band shown in close-up, in a psychedelic cover. |
40 | * GratuitousPanning: On most songs off this album, all the drums are on the right channel. Also, on "Mother's Lament," the reverb on the vocals is only on the right channel. |
41 | * Myth/GreekMythology: "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" is based on ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. |
42 | * NewSoundAlbum: Less blues, more Psychedelia. |
43 | * NonAppearingTitle: "[=SWLABR=]" |
44 | ** FunWithAcronyms: "'''S'''he '''W'''alks '''L'''ike '''A''' '''B'''earded '''R'''ainbow" |
45 | * ThePowerOfLove: "Sunshine Of Your Love". |
46 | * ProtestSong: Possibly "Take It Back", which was inspired by [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar students burning draft cards]], [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation though there's also room to read it as about self-defence or outright cowardice.]] |
47 | * RaceAgainstTheClock: The band only had so much time to finish recording - their visas expired the very morning they finished the last song. |
48 | * RereleaseTheSong: A salsa-styled version of "Sunshine Of Your Love" appeared on Bruce's 2001 album "Shadows In The Air", with Clapton guesting. Both played it on multiple live albums as well. |
49 | * ShoutOut: |
50 | ** To UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli on the title. |
51 | ** Clapton's solo in "Sunshine Of Your Love" is patterned after the 1930's Rodgers and Hart song "Blue Moon". |
52 | ** "Sunshine Of Your Love" was covered together with Music/JimiHendrix' "Purple Haze" on Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/TheBestBandYouNeverHeardInYourLife'' (1991). |
53 | * SomethingBlues: "Outside Woman Blues". |
54 | * StandardSnippet: The opening riff of "Sunshine Of Your Love" has become associated with any media set in the late sixties. |
55 | * StepUpToTheMicrophone: Eric Clapton sings lead vocals on "Strange Brew" and "Outside Woman Blues", as well as co-lead vocals on "Sunshine Of Your Love", "World Of Pain", "Dance The Night Away" and "Mother's Lament". Ginger Baker sings lead vocals on "Blue Condition" as well as co-lead vocals on "Mother's Lament". |
56 |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Music / DisraeliGears
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load