Fresh Cream

Fresh Cream
Studio album by
Released9 December 1966 (1966-12-09)
RecordedAugust–November 1966
StudioRayrik & Ryemuse (London)
Genre
Length37:48 (LP version), 40:39 (CD version)
LabelReaction
ProducerRobert Stigwood
Cream chronology
Fresh Cream
(1966)
Disraeli Gears
(1967)
Singles from Fresh Cream
  1. "Spoonful"
    Released: September 1967

Fresh Cream is the debut studio album by the British rock band Cream, consisting of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker. A mix of blues covers and originals, the album was a pivotal release in the history of blues rock, inspiring many further bands in the genre, as well as being instrumental in the development of jam rock and, later, heavy metal music. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked it at number 102 in their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.