Horror writer and rock aficionado Stephen King has called this the greatest rock album of all time. Hyperbole or not, this is definitely where all of Fogerty's various...
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Throughout 1969 and into 1970, CCR toured incessantly and recorded nearly as much. Appropriately, Cosmo's Factory's first single was the working band's anthem "Travelin'...
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An even longer "Susie Q" than the one on the two-sided single--and naturally, it works even better here. He does the same thing to Screamin' Jay Hawkins's "I Put A Spell...
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Released in the summer of 1968 -- a year after the summer of love, but still in the thick of the Age of Aquarius - Creedence Clearwater Revival's self-titled debut album was...
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Hot Stuff is an entertaining but rather useless compilation of ten random highlights from Creedence Clearwater Revival's career, pulling both singles and album tracks. A...
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It could be argued that Creedence Clearwater Revival were the greatest American rock & roll band, and one convincing argument would be that no other of their peers had such...
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Creedence Clearwater Revival: 1968/1969 is a solid vinyl collection that contains the highlights from CCR's peak years. While there's a lot of great music here, most of it...
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Creedence Gold is a collection of Creedence Clearwater Revival's hit singles. Unfortunately, the album is a little too small to meet anybody's needs. A mere eight tracks are...
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The title track may be Fogerty's best moment ever. Every CCR album seemed to be a concept album of sorts, and this one was no exception, with every track seeming to follow...
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If anything, CCR's third album Green River represents the full flower of their classic sound initially essayed on its predecessor, Bayou Country. One of the differences...
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This album has often taken it on the chin from fans and critics who failed to perceive its value. Long regarded as an inferior release, mostly because it emerged at the...
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During 1969 and 1970, CCR was dismissed by hipsters as a bubblegum pop band and the sniping had grown intolerable, at least to John Fogerty, who designed Pendulum as a...
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Unfortunately, neither of their live albums adds much to the canon, as CCR live sounded a lot like CCR in the studio. Which is good, especially if you were there--but it...
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Originally released in 1980 as The Royal Albert Hall Concert but quickly retitled when the label discovered the show it captures was recorded in California at the Oakland...
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Make no mistake, Willie & the Poor Boys is a fun record, perhaps the breeziest album CCR ever made. Apart from the eerie minor-key closer "Effigy" (one of John Fogerty's...
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Chronicle, Vol. 1 contains every one of Creedence Clearwater Revival's original 19 hit singles -- including "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Green River," "Down on the...
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Opening slowly with the dark, swampy "Born on the Bayou," Bayou Country reveals an assured Creedence Clearwater Revival, a band that has found its voice between their first...
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