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On Tracking Angle! Cream at Royal Albert Hall 2005, 20 Years Later
- Feb 27
- 1 min read
Because really, who else was going to write this review?
"It’s funny to think of old, professor-type dudes in internet slop echo-chambers dictating what supposedly is and isn’t 'rock-and-roll,' when age is antithetical to the “rock-and-roll” ideal itself. When Grace Slick retired from music, she declared, 'All rock-and-rollers over the age of fifty look stupid and should retire.' Grace’s statement is faced with an immediate conundrum: the aging rock star. If these guys really look as dumb as she says they do on their reunion-farewell-reunion-farewell for real this time! tours (...okay, that cycle is pretty dumb,) then why do we pay to see it?"
I've made my 2026 return to Tracking Angle with an album in the Eric Clapton Extended Cinematic Universe...because of course I did.
Surfdog Records have reissued Cream's 2005 Royal Albert Hall live album for its 20th anniversary – the classic rock nostalgia cycle continues. How did Cream fare nearly 40 years after breaking up? How do these shows stand up to their studio material? Does rock-and-roll have an expiration date? tracking angle cream royal albert hall
I was there! Missed the first night, but caught the other three. Also flew to NYC to attend the final night at Madison Square Gardens. Never in my wildest dreams thought I would get to see Cream perform.
i can't comment with the benefit of having had the audio experience as you have AD. your review is balanced and discovers the positives in this reunion of three discordant personalities. as with the video Jack's bass seems to be relegated and that just isn't cream. i think Eric's playing does try to return the heady excursions of their back catalogue. i applaud his conscious attempt to turn back the clock.
and ginger behaves - what are the chances.
i think you are right to be aware of the circumstances in which this music is produced and the youthful explosiveness that was the essential factor in their original, remarkable, success. fans will want this music this product, maybe even reluctantly;…