Smallman1 This thread is an absolute abomination.

And itā€™s all Hugoā€™s fault.

Potential name change to HuSTOPpal

    whatever
    Good man.

    The whoppers need educating though, itā€™s a great responsibility!

      Mad_Cyril Would say this was Creams silver period, downward trajectory

      I might be a bit too close to it to tell to be honestā€¦

      92 - 95 Just mental, the place was such a visceral experience, rare as fuck vibes
      96 - 02 Oakey, Full On, Bugged Out, festival line ups, absolute carnage every weekend, proper ā€™avin it stuff, boss vibes
      03 - 08 It struggled the way the rest of the industry did, not sure what to do with itself post trance, still some great nights

          Amps 92 - 95 Just mental, the place was such a visceral experience, rare as fuck vibes

          Golden period for me (other opinions are allowed)

            By 04 Cream was just bad most weeks, I remember the flyer girls coming in a bar in Concert Square once when I was out with boozers (maybe Modo) and them desperately trying to get people to go. I did end up in there once and it just seemed sad. Chibuku was better for a while.

            The whole superclub thing had died almost overnight (well, in the space of two short years), it seemed.

            Around that time, I had started usually going to the Lemon Lounge, Korova, places like that.

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              My first time in Cream was ā€™97 and it was fucking outrageous. Midway through my sixth form. I just decided ā€™Iā€™m doing this every fucking weekā€™ (as we all do) and from there it was basically three years in GodsKitchen, Atomic Jam and Sundissential (as I was in the Midlands) ā€™98-2001.

              And trips to London for the Gallery @ Turnmills as my cousin was down there. Then moved onto Fabric and The Cross.

              Never liked Rankeyā€™s - always hated it. The Phoenix was the club in Manchester IIRC.

              bosstrabs Chibuku

              Did a great job of copying the Bugged Out model to an extent.

                ScottBailey as per my earlier post - one of the Ferry Corsten tracks which I think is too good to warrant a ā€œguilty pleasureā€ moniker.

                  bosstrabs I never said it was a classic.

                  Your post was listing tracks which there may been an expectation you might have had some ā€œparticular fondnessā€ for. I was just pointing out that Diving Faces looked a bit out of place alongside the other tracks mentioned as having been particularly popular.