All Songs, Best to Worst: Cream

There have been a lot of great rock supergroups over the years, but none of them quite measure up to the high standard established by the first successful supergroup, Cream. The number of bands and artists that have drawn influence from Cream defies quantification. Their soothing, exciting, unorthodox blend of blues and psychedelic rock created a wonderful sound that was often imitated but never duplicated. It also helps that each of its three members – guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker – were masters of their respective instruments, giving the band a unique talent for free-form instrumental jams. They're a band that I listen to constantly, so to round off this second trilogy of every song countdowns is my list of all of Cream's 34 songs from best to worst. This list includes all of their studio songs from their four albums. The live songs form those albums don't count.

1. “Sunshine of Your Love”, Disraeli Gears (1967)

2. “Toad”, Fresh Cream (1966)

3. “White Room”, Wheels of Fire (1968)

4. “Strange Brew”, DG

5. “Spoonful”, FC

6. “I Feel Free”, FC

7. “Tales of Brave Ulysses”, DG

8. “Sitting on Top of the World”, WoF

9. “Sweet Wine”, FC

10. “NSU”, FC

11. “World of Pain”, DG

12. “We're Going Wrong”, DG

13. “Deserted Cities of the Heart”, WoF

14. “Cat's Squirrel”, FC

15. “Born Under a Bad Sign”, WoF

16. “Dance the Night Away”, DG

17. “Outside Woman Blues”, DG

18. “Those Were the Days”, WoF

19. “Dreaming”, FC

20. “Rollin' and Tumblin'”, FC

21. “Four Until Late”, FC

22. “What a Bringdown”, Goodbye (1969)

23. “Sleepy Time” FC

24. “Blue Condition”, DG

25. “Pressed Rat and Warthog”, WoF

26. “Politician”, WoF

27. “Badge”, G

28. “I'm So Glad”, FC

29. “Take It Back”, DG

30. “As You Said”, WoF

31. “Passing the Time”, WoF

32. “Anyone for Tennis”, G

33. “Mother's Lament”, DG

34. “Doing that Scrapyard Thing”, G