Heavy Cream is a compilation album of material recorded by the British rock band Cream from 1966 to 1968.
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.
The album reached #135 on the Billboard 200.
1. "Strange Brew" (Eric Clapton, Gail Collins Pappalardi, Felix Pappalardi) – 2:45
2. "White Room" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) – 4:37
3. "Badge" (Clapton, George Harrison) – 2:45
4. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 6:31
5. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Muddy Waters) – 4:41
1. "I Feel Free" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:54
2. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) – 3:08
3. "Passing the Time" (Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor) – 4:31
4. "As You Said" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:19
5. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:36
1. "Cat's Squirrel" (Dr. Isaiah Ross, arr. Clapton, Bruce, Baker) – 3:05
2. "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 4:13
3. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Chester Burnett) – 4:56
4. "SWLABR" (Bruce, Brown) – 2:31
5. "What a Bringdown" (Baker) – 3:54
6. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (Clapton, Martin Sharp) – 2:45
1. "Take It Back" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:04
2. "Politician" (Bruce, Brown) – 4:11
3. "I'm So Glad" (Skip James) – 3:55
4. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Brown, Clapton) – 4:08
5. "Those Were the Days" (Baker, Taylor) – 2:52
6. "Doing That Scrapyard Thing" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:14
Jack Bruce - Bass guitar, keyboards, vocals; acoustic guitar on "As You Said"; harmonica on "Spoonful", "Rollin' & Tumblin'" & "Take It Back"
Eric Clapton - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
Ginger Baker - Drums, percussion, vocals
Felix Pappalardi - Viola on "White Room" and "Deserted Cities of the Heart"; organ pedals on "Passing the Time"; keyboards on "Badge"; bass guitar on "What a Bringdown"
George Harrison - Rhythm guitar on "Badge"
