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  "slug": "cream",
  "name": "Cream",
  "description": "Cream appears 2 times in our Psychedelic Rock and Sung to Someone lists, placing as high as No. 8. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/cream/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1967,
    "last": 1967
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 8,
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  },
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      "slug": "psychedelic-rock",
      "name": "Psychedelic Rock",
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      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "sung-to-someone",
      "name": "Sung to Someone",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/sung-to-someone/",
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    {
      "trackKey": "cream--sunshine-of-your-love",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/cream--sunshine-of-your-love/",
      "title": "Sunshine of Your Love",
      "year": 1967,
      "label": "Reaction",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The heaviest riff of the era and a drummer playing against it rather than with it. The point where psychedelia starts turning into something louder and less interested in colour.",
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        {
          "kind": "curator",
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          "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/sung-to-someone/"
        }
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Cream%20Sunshine%20of%20Your%20Love",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=f3y8jf01UY8",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
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        "slug": "psychedelic-rock",
        "name": "Psychedelic Rock",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/psychedelic-rock/"
      },
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    },
    {
      "trackKey": "cream--sunshine-of-your-love",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/cream--sunshine-of-your-love/",
      "title": "Sunshine of Your Love",
      "year": 1967,
      "label": "Reaction",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The riff is what everyone remembers, and the reason it belongs here is the line underneath it: \"I'll be with you, darling, soon.\" The heaviest record on this list, and its actual subject is an appointment somebody intends to keep.",
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          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/psychedelic-rock/"
        }
      ],
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        },
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      },
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      },
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}