Fresh Cream

album by Cream

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Fresh Cream is the debut album by the British rock band Cream, released in 1966. The album features a blend of rock, blues, and psychedelic rock, with a focus on improvisational solos. While it retained the bluesy sound the members were accustomed to, it still charted in the UK and US. The band itself was a pioneering "supergroup," formed by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker, all of whom had achieved fame independently before coming together.12

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…on the band’s first album, Fresh Cream (1966), still retained the bluesy sound that its members were accustomed to producing. Although widely considered mediocre by rock critics, it appeared on the top 100 album charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
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…on the band’s first album, Fresh Cream (1966), still retained the bluesy sound that its members were accustomed to producing. Although widely considered mediocre by rock critics, it appeared on the top 100 album charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
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