Editing Cream (band) (section)

==Style and legacy==
The members of Cream were described by Richie Unterberger of [[AllMusic]] as "[yearning] to break free of the confines of the standard rock/[[R&B]]/[[blues]] group". He described the band's first album ''[[Fresh Cream]]'' as "electrified and [[amplifier|amped]]-up traditional blues", and described the band's second album ''[[Disraeli Gears]]'' as "invigorating, sometimes [[wikt:beguiling|beguiling]] hard-driving [[psychedelic pop]]" that used "expected, crunching" [[guitar riffs]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cream Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} All... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/cream-mn0000112462#biography |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> According to Hugh of ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'', "Cream pioneered a fusion of rock, blues and jazz that directly influenced an entire generation of musicians and therefore the course of rock music over the next decade. And the legacy continues to filter down." He also assessed, "Before Cream [formed] in 1966, most British pop music stuck pretty rigidly to a verse/ chorus format, and any instrumental solo was generally confined to repeating the melody. Cream changed all that. [...] They took the two-note riff that comprised Willie Dixon’s ''Spoonful'' and stretched it from two-and-a-half minutes to six-and-a-half, exaggerated it, and improvised all around it with a dazzling display of virtuoso playing." Baker and Bruce’s styles were rooted in jazz, while Clapton brought a blues background to the fore. Fielder wrote, "Clapton may not have had the musical knowledge and technique that Baker and Bruce possessed, but he had a God-given gift that enabled the group to justify their audacious name."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fielderpublished |first=Hugh |date=2020-11-26 |title=Talking about a revolution: the story of Cream and two years that changed rock |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/cream-two-years-that-changed-rock |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref>

Jim Sullivan of NPR conferred the titles of "rock’s most legendary power trio" and "arguably [rock music's] first supergroup" on Cream.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-09 |title=Music Of Cream Brings Sons To Carry Famous Fathers' Creative Lineage |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/10/09/music-of-cream-cream-kofi-baker-ginger-baker |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.wbur.org |language=en}}</ref>

Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction has cited Cream as an influence.<ref name=":0" />