Wheels of Fire is the third album by the British
rock band
Cream. It was released in 1968 as a two-disc
vinyl LP, with one disc recorded in the studio and the other recorded live. It reached #3 in the United Kingdom and #1 in the United States, becoming the first platinum-selling double album. In May 2012 it was ranked number 205 on
Rolling Stone magazine's list of
the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was the world's first double album to be certified with a
Platinum disc.