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Sunrise on the Sufferbus

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Sunrise On The Sufferbus is a great forgotten album from the early '90s. With the legendary Ginger Baker on drums, many called Masters of Reality a '90s version of the great power-trio Cream. Googe's vocals and occasionally trippy lyrics are very similar to Jack Bruce. While the musicianship isn't nearly as stellar as Cream, some of the songs and the production are similar in style. Having said that, this is a great album with several strong tracks. "She Got Me (when she got her dress on)" is an excellent opening track carried by its catchy riff and Baker's excellent drumming. Ginger Baker's playing on this album continues to be very creative, even if it is not as powerful as it was in Cream or Blind Faith. Many of the tracks are blues-based here such as "Gimme Water", "V.H.V.", and the excellent "Ants In The Kitchen." The tracks "Jody Sings" and "100 Years (of tears on the wind)", with its strings and acoustic guitars, would have fit right in on Cream's Wheels of Fire album. Baker also performs vocals on "T.U.S.A." No, Baker isn't a strong vocalist, but like his vocal contributions on Cream's Disraeli Gears and Wheels Of Fire albums, it adds a diversity to the album. The short acoustic tracks "Bicycle" and "Madonna" also add to the album's diversity. Other strong tracks include "Tilt-A-Whirl", "J.B. Witchdance", and "The Moon In Your Pocket." Every track here is good and I'd recommend this album to any fans of Cream or late-60's hard rock music.

Yeah, I'm a big Cream fan. And most of the trio stuff those individual guys did after Cream's break-up (including the Cream reunion) had its share of pleasures and disappointments. But this CD - oh man - this is sheer perfection from beginning to end. First of all, Baker has never been better. Crisp, driving, swinging - always propelling the band forward without overwhelming the song or the other musicians. Rock drumming does not get better than Ginger on this album - and that includes anything Cream did in the studio. The songs are very well written - beautiful, melodious, and casual. Chris's vocal is a showcase of range and empathy - and everybody just seems to be so in the groove and having a great time. Whether you're into Cream, Baker, Goss, or Queens of the Stone Age, this CD should have massive appeal across age groups and musical tastes. It's damned near brilliant.

here is an album that music enthusiasts can appreciate in its entirety. whether it be "cream" sound, ballad, driving rock, or blues, you get your mix in this 14 song collection. a real inspiration and a rare discovery in this era of schlock.

all who purchase will enjoy.

This is the best MOR (Masters of Reality) album. The problem with today's hard rock albums is that most of the songs all rock to the same "thick" thrashing sound. Sure, it's heavy......but it all sounds the same. The Masters however make music the old fashioned way. Just as the classic rock bands of a few decades ago (The Beatles, Stones, Zep, etc.). They vary the songs. This is all heavy wonderful music, and it doesn't all sound the same. They really mix it up, but you can also imagine sitting in a dark smoke-filled club as these guys thrash thru these songs......and you're not just jumping up and down in some frenzy. Instead, you're actually LISTENING.......to the music, the words, and all the varied song styles they treat the listener with. GREAT STUFF HERE. Take the time to LISTEN............A+++++

"She Got Me" just jumps out of the speakers. I am glad I had my system up "loud" when this came on RadioParadise.com. When I first heard it, I thought it was "Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man" from Concrete Blonde. Then as it went on, thoughts of a the best of the 70's "boogie" bands crossed with some of the harder rocking alt.country seemed to me the best way to describe this.

This is really a cool sound.

I might have never discovered this great record if I had not been flipping through TV channels one afternoon with my roommate and saw three guys doing an acoustic jam on some obscure TV talk show. My friend said, "check the drummer out." It was Ginger Baker (we're both Cream fans) playing some cardboard boxes and a coffee cup. Pretty amazing stuff. Then he found the CD in a store and we both proceeded to wear the disc out for the next five years or so. We parted ways amicably and he took his CD with him. I hadn't heard it in almost a decade when I found it on Amazon and ordered it immediately. Still sounds as good as it did 15 years ago and even sounds great without weed! One of the best rock albums ever!

My iPod just got a little cooler.

Fans of Cream's best material (i.e., Jack Bruce's songs) and Ginger Baker's drumming will be blown away by this undeservedly obscure offering. Chris Goss, MOR's very talented lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter penned several great Bruce-ish songs for SOTSB, ranging from dark and panoramic to driving and comic, and Baker is in top form. This is clearly the best rock recording ginger has been in involved with since Cream and Blind Faith, and at its best, MOR rivals either band. (I also highly recommend Ginger's trio recordings with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell.)

Was it only yesterday that Kurt Loder announced on MTV news that Ginger Baker was added to the lineup.....and then I never gave it another thought. And then one day, a buddy running a record store got this cd in a bunch of discs to be sold as used. He instantly included it in a package of other stuff and sent it off to me. Upon my first listen, I became not only hooked, but convinced that this was one THE greater recordings out of the '90s. Very seldom does a a great band get reincarnated. For a fleeting moment, Cream was alive and well. Ginger (God, I love that name!) is drummin as well as ever (take a listen to BBM's Around the Next Dream for continued proof).

I bought this CD 'cause "She got me..." just grabbed my attention from the get go, and I figured if they rock this much the rest would be good. I was mildly dissapointed that no other track had the same driving beat, but that didn't matter anymore cause every other song kicks major butt. This is one you will listen to all the way through and not skip a single track...

I approached this album as a Cream/Baker fan. I've witnessed Baker getting hooked up into all types of unsatisfying bands and I didn't expect much from this. So I was really surprised, elated in fact, to hear this album. This album, rocks, it rolls, it swings. And it's a hell of a lot of fun. Both Bruce and Baker re-visited the trio concept many times after Cream broke up (occassionally together) but this is the best post Cream trio recording I've heard from any of them. The only exception would again be Baker with The Ginger Baker Trio (Hayden and Frissell). But that's jazz and this stuff - well it's good ole rock n roll.
The songs are great. The singing is wonderfully expressive and varied, the playing is tight and loose, urgent and relaxed, all at the same time. And Baker is....well...geez...he's Baker. Which is to say, "phenomenal". Constantly inventive, fully supportive, a team member and spiritual leader - it's a thing to marvel at by itself, but even more so in context with the other guys.
Not only do I think this is better than any West Bruce and Laing album, let alone the ... BBM album, I daresay it's better than Disraeli Gears.