The Very Best of Cream

The Very Best of Cream
The Very Best of Cream
Greatest hits album by Cream
Released	9 May 1995
Recorded	1966–1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock; blues rock; hard rock;
Length	1:10:42
Label	Polydor
Producer	Chris Griffin; Bill Levenson; George McManus
Cream chronology

The Very Best of Cream is a 1995 compilation album by the British rock band Cream; it is not to be confused with Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Wrapping Paper"	Jack Bruce, Pete Brown	Non-album single (1966)	2:21
2.	"I Feel Free"	Bruce, Brown	Non-album single (1966)	2:54
3.	"N.S.U."	Bruce	Fresh Cream (1966)	2:47
4.	"Sweet Wine"	Ginger Baker, Janet Godfrey	Fresh Cream	3:19
5.	"I'm So Glad"	Skip James	Fresh Cream	4:01
6.	"Spoonful"	Willie Dixon	Fresh Cream	6:30
7.	"Strange Brew"	Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins Pappalardi	Disraeli Gears (1967)	2:48
8.	"Sunshine of Your Love"	Bruce, Brown, Clapton	Disraeli Gears	4:10
9.	"Tales of Brave Ulysses"	Clapton, Martin Sharp	Disraeli Gears	2:46
10.	"SWLABR"	Bruce, Brown	Disraeli Gears	2:31
11.	"We're Going Wrong"	Bruce	Disraeli Gears	3:29
12.	"White Room"	Bruce, Brown	Wheels of Fire (1968)	4:58
13.	"Sitting on Top of the World"	Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. by Chester Burnett	Wheels of Fire	4:59
14.	"Politician"	Bruce, Brown	Wheels of Fire	4:11
15.	"Those Were the Days"	Baker, Mike Taylor	Wheels of Fire	2:56
16.	"Born Under a Bad Sign"	Booker T. Jones, William Bell	Wheels of Fire	3:09
17.	"Deserted Cities of the Heart"	Bruce, Brown	Wheels of Fire	3:41
18.	"Crossroads"	Robert Johnson, arr. by Clapton	Wheels of Fire	4:14
19.	"Anyone for Tennis"	Clapton, Sharp	The Savage Seven soundtrack (1968)	2:38
20.	"Badge"	Clapton, George Harrison	Goodbye (1969)	2:46

Chart (1995)	Position
New Zealand Recorded Music NZ^[3]	19
UK Albums Charts (Official Charts Company)	149

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Studio albums	Fresh Cream Disraeli Gears Wheels of Fire Goodbye
Live albums	Live Cream Live Cream Volume II BBC Sessions Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005
Compilations	Best of Cream Heavy Cream Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream The Very Best of Cream Those Were the Days Gold
Singles	"Wrapping Paper"/"Cat's Squirrel" "I Feel Free"/"N.S.U." "Strange Brew"/"Tales of Brave Ulysses" "Spoonful" "Sunshine of Your Love"/"SWLABR" "Anyone for Tennis"/"Pressed Rat and Warthog" "White Room"/"Those Were the Days" "Crossroads"/"Passing the Time" "Badge"/"What a Bringdown" "Lawdy Mama"/"Sweet Wine"
Other songs	"Four Until Late" "Rollin' and Tumblin'" "I'm So Glad" "Toad" "We're Going Wrong" "Outside Woman Blues" "Sitting on Top of the World" "Born Under a Bad Sign" "Steppin' Out" "Doing That Scrapyard Thing"
Film	Farewell Concert
Collaborators	Pete Brown Felix Pappalardi Martin Sharp Gail Collins Janet Godfrey George Harrison Mike Taylor Robert Stigwood
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