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Length
  
115:35

Release date
  
4 October 2005

Label
  
Reprise Records

Artist
  
Cream

Producer
  
Simon Climie

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Released
  
3 October 2005 (2005-10-03)

Recorded
  
May 2-3-5-6, 2005 at Royal Albert Hall London.

Genres
  
Blues rock, Hard rock, Psychedelic rock

Similar
  
Cream albums, Blues rock albums

Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005 is a live album by the British rock band Cream, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005 during the band's reunion tour. As the title implies, the recording includes songs from their four reunion shows on 2, 3, 5, and 6 May 2005.

Contents

Within five months of these performances, this collection of recordings was released as separate double Compact Disc and double DVD sets. Two months later in December, a triple LP set was also released, containing tracks identical to the CD set. A Blu-ray version also exists.

The album reached #59 on the Billboard 200 album chart on 22 October 2005.

Critical

In his review for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the shows at the Royal Albert Hall did not live up to Cream's concerts in the past, including their performance for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is not necessarily all because of their age, although some of it was, but because they have not been together in a while. J. D. Considine spoke much more highly of the shows because Cream were not as fixated with psychedelic jam sessions and sounded better than before.

Compact Disc track listing

Disc one
  1. "I'm So Glad" (Skip James) – 6:18
  2. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 7:29
  3. "Outside Woman Blues" (Blind Joe Reynolds) – 4:33
  4. "Pressed Rat and Warthog" (Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor) – 3:21
  5. "Sleepy Time Time" 1 (Jack Bruce, Janet Godfrey) – 6:08
  6. "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 6:02
  7. "Badge" 1 (Eric Clapton, George Harrison) – 3:59
  8. "Politician" (Bruce, Pete Brown) – 5:08
  9. "Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey) – 6:28
  10. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Muddy Waters) – 5:02
  11. "Stormy Monday" 2 (T-Bone Walker) – 8:09
  12. "Deserted Cities Of The Heart" (Bruce, Brown) – 3:56
Disc two
  1. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) – 5:31
  2. "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce) – 8:26
  3. "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) – 4:25
  4. "White Room" 1 (Bruce, Brown) – 5:39
  5. "Toad" (drum solo) 2 (Baker) – 10:07
  6. "Sunshine of Your Love" 1 (Bruce, Clapton, Brown) – 8:46
  7. "Sleepy Time Time" 1 (Alternate) (Bruce, Godfrey) – 6:07

DVD track listing

Disc one
  1. "I'm So Glad" (James)
  2. "Spoonful" (Dixon)
  3. "Outside Woman Blues" (Reynolds)
  4. "Pressed Rat and Warthog" (Baker, Taylor)
  5. "Sleepy Time Time" 1 (Bruce, Godfrey)
  6. "N.S.U." (Bruce)
  7. "Badge" 1 (Clapton, Harrison)
  8. "Politician" (Bruce, Brown)
  9. "Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey)
  10. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Waters)
  11. "Stormy Monday" 2 (Walker)
  12. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" 1 (Bruce, Brown)
  13. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Jones, Bell)
  14. "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce)
  • "Sleepy Time Time" (Alternate Take) (Bruce, Godfrey) (Extra feature)
  • "We're Going Wrong" (Alternate Take) 1 (Bruce) (Extra feature)
    • Disc two
    1. "Crossroads" (Johnson, arr. Clapton)
    2. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Chester Burnett)
    3. "White Room" 1 (Bruce, Brown)
    4. "Toad" 2 (Baker)
    5. "Sunshine of Your Love" 1 (Bruce, Clapton, Brown)
  • "Sunshine of Your Love" (Alternate Take) (Bruce, Clapton, Brown) (Extra feature)
  • Interviews with Baker, Bruce and Clapton (Extra feature)

    • Credits

    Cream
  • Jack Bruce – vocals, bass guitar, harmonica
  • Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
  • Ginger Baker – drums, cowbells, vocals
    • Production
  • Simon Climie – audio production
  • Mick Guzauski – audio mixer
  • Alan Douglas - Recording Engineer

    • Songs

    1I'm So Glad5:27
    2Spoonful7:14
    3Outside Woman Blues3:58

    References

    Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005 Wikipedia
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