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Goodbye [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered]

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  • Audio CD (9 Mar 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Polydor Group
  • ASIN: B0000067L4
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,529 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. I'm So Glad 9:13£0.89
Listen  2. Politician 6:20£0.89
Listen  3. Sitting On Top Of The World 5:04£0.89
Listen  4. Badge 2:47£0.79
Listen  5. Doing That Scrapyard Thing 3:18£0.69
Listen  6. What A Bringdown 3:57£0.69

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After less than 3 years in existence, and some 15 million albums sold, GOODBYE was Cream's farewell release. Baker, Bruce and Clapton indicated at the time that they were burned out on the concept, the touring, the improvisational "battles", and each other. The live cuts ("I'm So Glad", "Politician" and "Sitting On Top Of The World") are indicative of how the band's concert chemistry had evolved from earlier live recordings (such as those on WHEELS OF FIRE and LIVE CREAM, VOLUMES 1 & 2).
But what's most striking about GOODBYE is the charm and craftsmanship of their last studio tracks, indicating that Cream was far from played out creatively, and illustrating how strong their songwriting skills really were. The Beatles' influence is readily apparent on each studio track, the most famous being Clapton's "Badge", featuring George Harrison. Bruce's "Doin' The Scrapyard Thing", with its mixture of funk and the English music hall, points to the directions he would pursue on SONGS FOR A TAILOR and his other underrated solo albums, while Baker's use of odd metres on "What A Bringdown" anticipates "Do What You Like" on BLIND FAITH.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Fourth Great Cream album, 14 Nov 2002
By Mr P "radletteer" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This album was released after the band had already split.
Three great live tracks and three great studio tracks.
I'm So Glad, Politician and Sitting On Top of the World are the live cuts and splendid they are too. Great trio interplay with guitar and bass slightly better recorded than Gingers drums. Jack's tonsils get some work out.
Badge is Eric Clapton's studio track and is a really fine song with some fine pumping bass from Jack behind Eric's singing.
Doing That Scrapyard Thing is an off the wall belter from Jack Bruce with completely silly lyrics and a cheeky vocal performance.
What A Bringdown penned by Ginger Baker is a winner too. The album sleeve credits Ginger with vocals but it sounds like Eric to me? Jack wails the loud bits. Its a very percussive track as one would expect. Fine work from Jack on piano and organ.
The fourth of four fantastic Cream recordings.
At their best one of the most exciting groups ever. Cream used improvisation more than any other group outside of jazz. I guess thats why most so called rock journalists dont like them now. They were far too adventurous and unpredictable. Not for them the never ending cliches of the so called superstar groups who went on for years playing the same stuff year in and year out.
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 35 years later, it still sounds great!, 24 Jan 2004
By bobobob5 "bobobob5" (london england) - See all my reviews
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Cream's studio music falls, at first sight, into three periods. The first ('Fresh Cream') was when the band were trying, with varying degress of success, to establish their sound. The second was the psychedelic 'Disraeli' one, when they gained their commercial success (the earlier 'Fresh Cream' material didn't sell very well). The third was the progressive material, represented by 'White Room' and so on. Then the band split, and this 'posthumous' recording was rather ignored by record buyers at the time, though a fair number of keen Cream fans bought it.

In my opinion, 'Goodbye' suggests that the band made a really big mistake in splitting when they did. There are some truly great tracks on here, easily as good as anything on their other albums, and in several cases considerably better. In some ways it represents a fourth type of Cream music, totally proficient technically, with great songwriting that had left the Blues way behind and was taking them far beyond what they'd already achieved on their earlier albums. 'Badge' is just one such example.

Personally, I think that Jack, Ginger and Eric all went downhill after this album. Blind Faith led nowhere; the Baker Gurvitz Army were interesting, but perhaps the earlier Gun were better; Jack sacrificed sheer excitement for jazz and complexity; Ginger headed into jazz, but it's a very challenging style in which few can be true masters; and Eric became very popular, but with his amplifier turned down and many fans longing for blistering 'Bluesbreaker' type material that never truly re-materialised.

Creativity often relies on tension, and there was tension a plenty in Cream, thanks to Bruce and Baker's arguments and fistfights when they were in the Graham Bond Organisation. Maybe this album is great because those tensions helped drive the creative process, and when Bruce and Baker went their separate ways, the energy was somehow lost. In some ways this album reminds me of Abbey Road; both the Beatles and Cream were supposedly finished, but both their final albums were stunningly good. How many other artists have gone out like that? None that I can think of. One can't imagine Cream going all through the Seventies banging out 'Sunshine of your love' and so on, so maybe it was time to say goodbye. But the entire heavy metal/hard rock scene derives, in large part, from Cream, even if people don't want to admit it. So in that sense, Cream might have found continued success. We'll never know. At least they never made a bad album, and this one is as good as any. If they had to call it a day, this was the best way to bow out.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A pleasing end, 16 Jun 2000
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The last album proper (save compelations ) by Cream is divided up between live and studio recordings. The live tracks show Cream's admirable jamming skills. Whilst the studio tracks are all average save "Badge" with George "L'Angelo mysterioso," Harrison on rhythm guitar which is a classic. Overall, a pleasing end to an illustrious career.
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