Songs for a Tailor

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Songs for a Tailor was released in September 1969, shortly after Cream broke up. It was the first Jack Bruce solo album to come out. The title is a tribute to Jeannie Franklyn, Cream's clothes designer, who was killed in a car accident two days before his twenty-sixth birthday. The lyrics were written by the poet Pete Brown. Most of the tracks revolve around Bruce, the guitarist Chris Spedding and the drummer Jon Hiseman, who were given no arrangements and worked out for themselves what fitted. On Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune, George Harrison plays guitar.

The record reached number 6 on the British album chart. Rolling Stone found it a disappointment on release, but later critics wrote with great praise, and the BBC called it groundbreaking. Pete Brown's literary lyrics remain controversial. Theme for an Imaginary Western, famously covered by Mountain, is regarded as the best-known track.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune3:38Apple Music ↗
2. 2Theme for an Imaginary Western3:27Apple Music ↗
3. 3Tickets to Waterfalls2:59Apple Music ↗
4. 4Weird of Hermiston2:20Apple Music ↗
5. 5Rope Ladder to the Moon2:52Apple Music ↗
6. 6The Ministry of Bag2:47Apple Music ↗
7. 7He the Richmond3:34Apple Music ↗
8. 8Boston Ball Game, 19671:45Apple Music ↗
9. 9To Isengard5:25Apple Music ↗
10. 10The Clearout2:35Apple Music ↗

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