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Wheels of Fire
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Wheels of Fire is Cream's third album and was released in June 1968 in the United States as a double album: one record recorded in the studio, one live. Unlike Disraeli Gears, which was finished in a few days, this album took almost a year, in short sessions with producer Felix Pappalardi and engineer Tom Dowd. For the live side Pappalardi recorded shows in San Francisco in March 1968. By then the tension between the band members was running high.
On the studio record we hear exotic instruments such as glockenspiel, calliope and cello, alongside three blues songs in the usual line-up. Jack Bruce wrote, with poet Pete Brown, among others, White Room and Politician. The live side contains Traintime, Toad, Spoonful and Crossroads. The album was a great success and became the first platinum double album. Immediately afterwards it was announced that the group would split at the end of that year.
Listening
Track list
- 1White Room5:03Apple Music ↗
- 2Sitting On Top of the World5:01Apple Music ↗
- 3Passing the Time4:37Apple Music ↗
- 4As You Said4:25Apple Music ↗
- 5Pressed Rat and Warthog3:18Apple Music ↗
- 6Politician4:17Apple Music ↗
- 7Those Were the Days2:57Apple Music ↗
- 8Born Under a Bad Sign3:14Apple Music ↗
- 9Deserted Cities of the Heart3:41Apple Music ↗
- 10Anyone for Tennis2:42Apple Music ↗
- 11Crossroads (Live)4:20Apple Music ↗
- 12Spoonful (Live)16:51Apple Music ↗
- 13Traintime (Live)7:04Apple Music ↗
- 14Toad (Live)16:16Apple Music ↗
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