Disraeli Gears

chronology
Disraeli Gears
Cream studio album
Publication ; (s)	November 2nd, 1967
admission	April 3, 1967 - May 15, 1967
Label (s)	Reaction , Polydor , Atco Records
Format (s)	LP , CD , MC , SACD
Genre (s)	Blues rock , psychedelic rock , hard rock
Title (number)	11
running time	33:37
occupation	Ginger Baker - drums , percussion , vocals ; Jack Bruce - bass , piano , vocals , harmonica ; Eric Clapton - twelve-string guitar , lead guitar , rhythm guitar , vocals ;
production	Felix Pappalardi
Studio (s)	Atlantic Studios, New York City

Disraeli Gears is the second studio album by the British blues - rock band Cream and released in November 1967 on the labels Polydor and Atco Records . There are influences of American psychedelic rock on the album .

Disraeli Gears was number 5 on the UK album charts and in the United States it even reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 , making for the trio's breakthrough there. The tracks Sunshine of Your Love and Strange Brew were released as singles. They make it clear that the supergroup had developed from the blues-influenced sound of the previous album to more psychedelic sounds.

The cover of Disraeli Gears was designed by Martin Sharp , an Australian cartoonist, songwriter and filmmaker. It was also he who gave the song Tales of Brave Ulysses its textual garb. In this song, among other things, Eric Clapton used the wah-wah pedal for the first time (before Jimi Hendrix ).

The album title "Disraeli Gears" is based on a joking mixture of the words "Derailleur gears" (derailleur gears on bicycles) and "Disraeli" (British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli ).

The US edition of Rolling Stone chose the album at number 114 in its list of the 500 best albums of all time .

In 1999, Disraeli Gears was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame .

Track list

Strange Brew ( Clapton , Gail Collins Pappalardi, Pappalardi ) - 2:46
Sunshine of Your Love ( Bruce , Brown , Clapton) - 4:10
World of Pain (Collins, Pappalardi) - 3:02
Dance the Night Away (Bruce, Brown) - 3:34
Blue Condition ( Baker ) - 3:29
Tales of Brave Ulysses (Clapton, Sharp ) - 2:46
SWLABR (Bruce, Brown) - 2:31
We're Going Wrong (Bruce) - 3:26
Outside Woman Blues ( Reynolds , arr.Clapton ) - 2:24
Take It Back (Bruce, Brown) - 3:05
Mother's Lament (Traditional, arr.Bruce, Baker, Clapton) - 1:47

Deluxe Edition

In 2004 a deluxe edition of Disraeli Gears was released as a double CD. In addition to a stereo and a mono version of the album, it also includes outtakes , demos and various recordings for the BBC from May 1967 to January 1968.

Outtakes

Lawdy Mama (Traditional, arr.Clapton) - 2:47
Blue Condition - 3:09

Demos

We're Going Wrong - 3:49
Hey Now Princess (Bruce, Brown) - 3:31
SWLABR - 4:30
Weird of Hermiston (Bruce, Brown) - 3:12
The Clearout (Bruce, Brown) - 3:56

BBC Recordings

Strange Brew - 3:00
Tales of Brave Ulysses - 3:39
We're Going Wrong - 3:25
Born under a Bad Sign ( Booker T. Jones , William Bell) - 3:42
Outside Woman Blues - 3:19
Take It Back - 2:18
Politican (Bruce, Brown) - 3:59
SWLABR -2:32
Steppin 'Out (James Bracken) - 3:36

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	56,900
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,156,900