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

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Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005
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Live album by
Cream
Released4 October 2005 (2005-10-04)
RecordedMay 2–3, 5–6, 2005
Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Genre Blues-rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Length115:35
Label Reprise
Producer Simon Climie
Cream chronology
Cream Gold
(2005)		Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005
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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, [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. [4] 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. [5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

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" 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'" (Hambone Willie Newbern)  – 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" (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" 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; arr. Clapton)
  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'" (Newbern)
  11. "Stormy Monday" 2 (Walker)
  12. "Deserted Cities of the Heart" 1 (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" 1 (Bruce, Brown)
  5. "Toad" 2 (Baker)
  6. "Sunshine of Your Love" 1 (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) [6] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 51
Austrian Music DVD (Ö3 Austria) [8] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 77
Belgian Music DVD (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 10
Belgian Music DVD (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 7
Danish Music DVD (Hitlisten) [12] 5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 81
Dutch Music DVD (MegaCharts) [14] 6
Finnish Music DVD (Suomen virallinen lista) [15] 2
French Albums (SNEP) [16] 59
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 11
Hungarian Music DVD (MAHASZ) [18] 4
Italian Albums (FIMI) [19] 52
Italian Music DVD (FIMI) [20] 3
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] 23
Japanese Music DVD (Oricon) [22] 8
New Zealand Music DVD (Recorded Music NZ) [23] 1
Norwegian Music DVD (VG-lista) [24] 3
Spanish Music DVD (PROMUSICAE) [25] 10
Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan) [26] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [27] 61
UK Music Videos (OCC) [28] 2
US Billboard 200 [29] 59
US Music Videos ( Billboard ) [30] 1

Certifications

Album

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [31] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Video

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [32] Platinum15,000^
France (SNEP) [33] Gold10,000*
Germany (BVMI) [34] Gold25,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [23] Platinum5,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] Platinum50,000*
United States (RIAA) [36] 5× Platinum500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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