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

Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005
Type:live
Artist:Cream
Cover:Creamreunion.jpg
Alt:A psychedelic-style line drawing of the members of Cream (from left to right: Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, and Jack Bruce), circa the late 1960s. The band members are pink with yellow and red highlights and the logo of the band and album name are red on a blue background. The autograph of artist John Van Hamersveld is in the lower right corner.
Recorded:May 2–3, 5–6, 2005
Venue:Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Genre:Blues-rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Label:Reprise
Producer:Simon Climie
Prev Title:Cream Gold
Prev Year:2005

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.

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,[1] containing tracks identical to the CD set. A Blu-ray version also exists.[2]

The album reached No. 59 on the Billboard 200 album chart on 22 October 2005.[3]

Reception

Critical

In his retrospective 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 1993 induction performance for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, not necessarily all because of their age, but primarily having not played together for quite some time. 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, arr. Clapton)  – 4:33
  4. "Pressed Rat and Warthog" (Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor)  – 3:21
  5. "Sleepy Time Time" (Jack Bruce, Janet Godfrey)  – 6:08
  6. "N.S.U." (Bruce)  – 6:02
  7. "Badge" (Eric Clapton, George Harrison)  – 3:59
  8. "Politician" (Bruce, Pete Brown)  – 5:08
  9. "Sweet Wine" (Baker, Godfrey)  – 6:28
  10. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Hambone Willie Newbern)  – 5:02
  11. "Stormy Monday" (T-Bone Walker)  – 8:09
  12. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (Bruce, Brown)  – 3:56
Disc two
  1. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones)  – 5:31
  2. "We're Going Wrong" (Bruce)  – 8:26
  3. "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton)  – 4:25
  4. "White Room" (Bruce, Brown)  – 5:39
  5. "Toad" (drum solo) (Baker)  – 10:07
  6. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Bruce, Clapton, Brown)  – 8:46
  7. "Sleepy Time Time" (Alternate) (Bruce, Godfrey)  – 6:07

DVD track listing

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

Notes

The recording of "Sitting on Top of the World", the alternate takes of "We're Going Wrong" and "Sunshine of Your Love" and the interviews are exclusive to the DVD set. All other tracks are identical to the CD release.

Credits

Cream
Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005–2006)Peak
position
Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[4] 3
Danish Music DVD (Hitlisten)[5] 5
Finnish Music DVD (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[7] 59
Hungarian Music DVD (MAHASZ)[8] 4
Italian Music DVD (FIMI)[9] 3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 23
Japanese Music DVD (Oricon)[11] 8
New Zealand Music DVD (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 1
Norwegian Music DVD (VG-lista)[13] 3
Spanish Music DVD (PROMUSICAE)[14] 10
US Music Videos (Billboard)[15] 1

Certifications

Video

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cream: Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2005. 17 May 2021. Amazon.com.
  2. Web site: Cream - Royal Albert Hall - London May 2-3-5-6 2005. 4 October 2005. 17 May 2021. Amazon.com.
  3. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=cream|chart=Billboard 200}} Cream Album & Song Chart History ]. Billboard. United States . 7 November 2010 .
  4. Web site: The ARIA Report – 817. http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222429/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051120-0000/issue817.pdf. dead. 2008-02-22. Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. 22. 15 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Musik DVD Top-10: Uge 42 – 2005 . 17 August 2011 . 5 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005225128/http://www.hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=42&y=2005&list=v10 . bot: unknown .
  6. Web site: 43/2005 – Suomen virallinen lista . 15 October 2020 . 15 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201015121613/https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/dvd/2005/43/ . bot: unknown .
  7. Web site: InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste – Institut français d'opinion publique . 15 October 2020 . 20 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150720203219/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_C.php . bot: unknown .
  8. Web site: Archivum: DVD Top 20 – DVD 2005 – 41 . 15 October 2020 . 20 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130820114616/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/kereso-lista-es-datum-szerint . bot: unknown .
  9. Web site: Archivio: DVD Musicali: Settimana 42, 2005 . 17 August 2011 . 12 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120512101822/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_dvd.php?anno=2005&mese=10&id=147 . bot: unknown .
  10. Web site: Cream – Artist Ranking Album. Recording Industry Association of Japan. Oricon Style. ja. 15 October 2020.
  11. Web site: Cream – Artist Ranking DVD. Recording Industry Association of Japan. Oricon Style. ja. 15 October 2020.
  12. Book: Scapolo, Dean. The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Maurienne House. 2007. 978-1-877443-00-8.
  13. Web site: Topp 10 DVD Audio: 2005 – Uke 43 . 17 August 2011 . 3 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603123618/http://lista.vg.no/liste/dvd-audio/10/dato/2005/uke/43 . bot: unknown .
  14. Web site: Top 20 DVD Musical: Semana 40, 2005 . 17 August 2011 . 28 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120528181830/http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/dvds/historial/TOP%2020%20DVD%2005_40.pdf . bot: unknown .
  15. Music Video: Top Music Videos. Billboard. 117. 43. 93. 0006-2510. 22 October 2005. 15 October 2020.

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