Green River

Unique style to play guitar, unique voice, easy to recognize amongst many and very good songs; CCR is worthwhile to revisit from time to time.

Tight little album by CCR with most of the best hits and a few solid tracks you didn't grow up to on the radio. CCR always brings the big Southern rock sound that they pioneered and did so much better than Lynyrd Skynyrd (who suck in the plainest of terms).

Our third from CCR delivers more of that signature southern swamp rock by way of California, just with fewer hits. I don’t think I knew any of these. “Green River” brings more of the same quality, as it was apparently part of an unprecedented two year blitz of stunning musical productivity. Maybe not quite as catchy, and unfortunately John Fogerty’s exaggerated southern accent is still too much at times, but otherwise very solid.

After three albums of CCR, I’m a fan. More than the greatest hits fan that I used to be. Their run of four albums in such a short time (1.5 years) from Bayou Country to Cosmo’s Factory is very good. Their 7 album career would be a 20+ year career for some bands these days. They put out 7 album in less than 4 years. I like the gritty, country, blues guitars with the vocals to match. It’s too bad they couldn’t squash their personal differences.

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lurv the vibes- nothing bad to say bout it

This is a great band and a great album. I think this gets forgotten nowadays with the strive for new sounds. If you can rise above any negative connotations and listen to it's confident, fresh and entirely original vibe then it's a treat.

Love it’s sound. Stays in the library. 4 stars out of five….and that’s unheard of.

Never really been interested in ccr but this was a decent album.

best song- bad moon rising

CCR always pleasant to hear, as classic as Stones or Beatles or Doors. This album I prefer over Cosmo's Factory, 4 stars

Great all around, with some peak CCR songs. Still like Cosmos better, but amazing what they put out in such a short amount of time.

It’s 29 minutes of CCR, and has Bad Moon Rising. You know exactly what you’re getting, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Classic Americana/blues rock. Probably their best record. Side note: CCR released 3 records in 1969! No wonder they outsoles the Beatles that year. Lots of quality cuts were being pushed out in quick succession. Very solid record.

Nice 60’s American folk style. A little past the due date, but still nice to listen to.

Some great songs, short enough that it stays interesting, will definitely come back to this.

I have one of their compilation CDs in the (old) car, so I'm quite partial to this stuff. They pioneered a certain classic rock sound. This is one of the better albums, which, according to Google, they were churning out at an incredible rate. Green River, Bad Moon Rising, and Tombstone Shadow are my favourites.

Had not really heard these guys before but I really liked the bluesy rock style. Definitely will be listening to their other releases. The album flies by in 30mins and I really enjoyed it.

Never listened to a creedence album before but liked the tracks I have heard. This sounded pretty much like I expected it to and I enjoyed it! Green River, Tombstone shadow, bad moon rising and sinister purpose were the highlights

Its hard to rate these CCR alcums. Theres some greatest hits on here. Some tunes that could be on the greatest hits. It feels like a greatest hits - its architecture is so simple

Gran sonido de Creedence aunque ninguna canción me brincó o se me hizo super memorable. 4 suena a mucho, 3 suena a poco. En general es muy buen disco pero algo plano. 3.5 que sube a 4.

I enjoyed it. Not perfect but still great

Love this! Bad moon rising is a banger. Never listened to any of their other stuff and wishing I had. Didn't get the chance to give this my full attention and will listen again. I like the album art a lot, I'd like to go there wherever that is! I love this combination of country rock blues folk etc which isn't too much of any one thing. I will listen more!

Ah it's just so good isn't it. I love CCR. My brother introduced them to me and they remind me of driving together. They're another one which makes me nostalgic for a time I haven't lived in, vintage and not necessarily that polished. Feel good

Twas good, twas fun, I do like CCR

4.5/5 One of the best, most unique, rock bands of the late 60s. Love it.

Love 😍

Great, classic rock album. CCR filled the niche that other California bands from that era left open. Pretty sure I wore out my copy of Chronicle back in the day.

4.5/5

LP

Who doesnt enjoy a spot of CCR?!

Great listen. Nice upbeat music that makes you happy

I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I love these guys.

Enjoyed this, thought it’d have had a few of their bigger hits on it but had only heard one track before today

Clássico listen, almoçar ALL songa até great

Great album with some classic songs like 'Green River' and 'Bad Moon Rising'. CCR at its best.

CCR is without a doubt one of the best rock and roll bands of all-time, and you can hear that with this album. I feel it's hard to achieve a better sound than them in the genre, and I feel bad for other rock and roll groups who didn't have a John Fogerty.

Very good album, very easy to listen to

CCR is feel good music. It seems like something you would put on after your last day at a job you hate. You walk out the door, get in your car, put on CCR, and drive out into the countryside on a deserted road on a sunny day and just cruise.

"Bad Moon Rising" was the most popular song on the album. Great vocals and very Americana sounding album. I will say, though, I can't stand the electric guitar a few of the songs. Just kind of ear piercing and almost amateur sounding? 7/10.

this is a classic band that has fans the world over. but apart from bad moon rising i had no frame of reference for understanding what was so unique abt their sound or them as a group. so this was the perfect album for me to give a listen to with ears as fresh as fresh can be. loved listening to this almost as much as i loved looking into CCR and stumbling across the term 'swamp and bayou rock'.

For max

Classic rock is classic. CCR must’ve seemed a juggernaut in 1969. What would’ve come of a decade of them?

If you had asked me before today, I would have placed CCR as more of a 70s band - for some reason they always struck me as a little "crunchy", and as we all know, the 70s have several distinct different musical faces (disco, classic rock, crunchy and whatever the hell Muskrat Love is). But a little digging and listening to this album made me realize that the "crunchy" music I associated with the 70s (that would see a revival in the early nineties) was ACTUALLY mostly a 60s phenom. I mean, who is crunchier than a bunch of muddy hippies using a field in NY as a slip-n'-slide? I say this to preface that this album didn't turn out like I expected it would - I was expecting boot stomping, largely acoustic jams (based again on my erroneous view of the genre and their stereotypical boot-stomping, flannel-wearing, moonshine-swilling appearance). But, it turns out, late 60s hillbillies can ROCK. Several of these songs would have been right at home at Woodstock along side Jimmy Hendrix (and actually, that was the case - it turns out I'm not the only one with a skewed view of the boys from CCR - see here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/greg-kot/ct-ent-woodstock-creedence-clearwater-revival-0818-20190814-f7fgswmckbhstfm23gvcym6xxi-story.html ); all in all I liked this - I was sad that Fortunate Son wasn't included - it was from another 1969 album - because nothing evokes Forrest and Bubba flying low over the rice fields of Vietnam (rhymes with ham) than some CCR. But respect, CCR - you're more than just a bunch of dirty hippies!

Initial thoughts: very “nostalgic” sound. Use of reverb is strange for this style of music but it works surprisingly well to fill in the gaps. Final thoughts: all of the above still applies, the songs feel a little “samey” and repetitive, however the album was paced well. If it was too much longer it would’ve become an issue. Best song: Commotion, Lodi Worst song: Tombstone Shadow

Calm relaxing album. Pleasant ambient background music. Enjoyed overall but lacks a killer earworm for the first listen. However, no 'bad' songs and I'd happily listen to it again. Would be interested in listening to more by CCR though.

some of their best songs and a few clunkers

John Fogerty, man. What a treasure that dude's song catalogue is. Hard to believe he smashed out so many killer tracks on do many killer albums in just a few years. Real straight down the line songs, but with wicked hooks and that inimitable lion's growl/howl of a voice. One of the great rockers, for sure. This album is tops.

Just so good

CCR gets played so much that my rating has probably only decreased over time. I think the first time I heard them in college I thought they kicked ass. They still do, but less so. Still good.

John Fogerty could sing anything and I’d love it. CCR has a unique sounding vocalist but I also love their bluesy rock n roll sound. Lodi is one of my all time favorite CCR songs!

CCR classic, good stuff

Such a great album. Bluesy with incredible vocals.

Love me some ccr!

A short but sweet collection of river side tracks. Favorites: "Green River", "Wrote A Song For Everyone", "Bad Moon Rising"

The title track is immediately symbolic of the entire record: extremely simplistic, with a different chord only at the end of the third line, continuously repeated riffs, a minimalistic guitar solo, a rustic text full of country town pleasures, an accompaniment that has no frills – but it works. The melodies immediately stick in your head, bobbing along, the voice of Fogerty is honest and superb, the band swings and the overall sound is somewhere between rock and rockabilly, with a little less blues and a bit more country than on earlier albums.

Listened Before? N CCR was truly great as far as southern rock and blues fusion goes. John Fogerty had the perfect voice, and his voice added power and life to songs that otherwise wouldn't have been very exciting. This is a great record. Added to Library? N Songs added to Playlist: Lodi, Tombstone Shadow

Fogerty is always good for an album. A few of the songs do start to sound similar, at least in the intros. "Lodi" is probably one of my favorite of their songs, although I guess I did know it wasn't about the town in New Jersey, I secretly wanted to believe it was. Other random thoughts: I never really liked the big hit "Bad Moon Rising," it sounds too simple in comparison to the other songs. "The Night Time Is The Right Time"... Ray Charles does it a heck of a lot better. "Sinister Purpose" man, that is a damn good one. Should have caught on. So there's some good, and some "eh" songs. Still, I enjoy CCR so I can imagine putting this on every now and then, although skipping "Night Time".

A real solid album. I'm starting to learn more about CCR as they continue to show up on this list. Their music was always on in my house growing up but I didn't pay as close attention as now. I couldn't argue if all 5 albums from their 1969 and 1970 stretch made this list (well maybe not the last one). I love the more sombre tunes - Lodi, Wrote a Song for Everyone (might be my favorite). But you also gotta love the more up-tempo tunes - Green River, Commotion (nice bit of angry), Bad Moon Rising, Cross-Tie Walker. And I think they always do a good job of reverence on their remakes - The Night Time is the Right Time. Not quite over the top amazing, but few holes and a solid listen front to back.

I’ve always enjoyed Credence’s ‘raw’ sound. They are a quintessential rock band, and this album is a great example of their swamp-rock sound. It’s easy to just point out the famous tracks (“Green “River” and “Bad Moon Rising”) but take a good listen to the opening guitar on “Commotion” followed by that riff that drives the song. That riff takes you the whole way through. Credit to the rhythm section as well for being able to support both Fogerty brothers on each of the tracks. The Ray Charles cover that closes the album gets that Creedence treatment and although not as raw and raunchy as the original still pulls off a great rendition of it. The whole album is a fun 40-minute romp through the swamp, and I’ll glad that I took the trip.

6/12/2022 - ALBUM #136 Today's Album: "Green River" by Creedence Clearwater Revival - This album was somehow a huge surprise while meeting my expectations pretty perfectly. I had heard about this group through a lot of their big hits like Have You Ever Seen The Rain and Bad Moon Rising and I knew that they were capable of a really great sound, but whenever they got suggested to me I was always hesitant due to the very bluegrass/country aesthetic of their rock music. However, I knew that they were a very talented group deep down and that record pretty much confirmed all of those conflicting view at once. I think that although that hicky sort of aesthetic is present throughout much of the record, it is done in such an appealing way. I think it has a lot to do with the very raw lead vocal performances that edge the line between sounding very country, but having a strong blues-rock edge to it that makes it more exciting to me overall. The production overall has a very raw production to it that helps everything keep a sort of light tanginess that separates them from much of the other bands around at the time. Considering this album came out the same year as Led Zeppelin 1, it does make this album a pretty inferior alternative to the powerhouse of blues-rock Zeppelin's debut album in terms of much of the songwriting, but I think that where Zeppelin exceeds in pure songwriting and performance might, this album thrives much more on having a large range to it, traveling back and forth from really chilled out vibes to more exciting tracks. The guitarwork, specifically in the solos, on this album really stand out as being really well performed and I just admire the improvisational ability as a whole. Overall, this is a really great rock album for it's time and although I don't love all off the instrumental aesthetics, I appreciate the talent that went into such a unique sound, which is really well executed. Give this one a listen if you like any of CCR's hits or just want to dive into their music. Highlights: Green River, Commotion, Tombstone Shadow, Wrote A Song For Everyone, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, Sinister Purpose, The Night Time Is The Right Time, Broken Spoke Shuffle, Glory Be Score: 8/10 THE bluegrass-rock album

Solid outing by CCR

Very enjoyable to listen to. I think that this is my first time to listen to Swamp Rock.

Solid rock, enjoyed listening to it. "Bad Moon Rising" and "The Night Time is the Right Time"y favourite tracks.

tight as fuck

Much more enjoyable than the earlier one for me. Sometimes mainstream just ticks the boxes 👍

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Wrote a song for everyone, Bad moon rising, Sinister purpose

Seeing its cover I don’t think I’ve ever heard it in full but I know all of the songs lol My father is a great fan of this band, it brings good memories

4.1 - Solid rock. A few absolute classics. No real fat anywhere on the album - really good listen.

Another great relisten

Music from down at the Bayou: to disagree with Die Hard 4.0, this is classic rock. Lots of good cuts with Bad Moon Rising rising above the rest.

not gonna lie, was kinda scared to listen to this after hearing about the zach curse but it still slapped so worth the potential doom.

Classic songwriting and arrangement. It’s audio comfort food!

Imagine being able to release three albums in one year, and on one album you have Bad Moon Rising and Green River and you still had hit singles on the other 2 albums...hard to wrap your head around in todays music world. CCR is something you can just listen to... there's something about them that seems to hit the right mood somehow every time, happy, sad, angry, the songs seem to work regardless.

Enjoyed more than o thought I would.

Is John Fogerty the father of Alt County? Is it me? You could call this “CCR’s Greatest Hits” and not be wrong. This set is all Killer No Filler. I was totally sold even before “Bathroom On The Right” started playing. Tom, Doug and Stu may have been lousy writers but they sure could play...these tracks all SLAP and the live cuts on this edition ain’t chopped liver either.

I like CCR, and this is a very CCR album. The downside is, the songs all kind of sound a little the same. Green River, Tombstone Shadow, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi all kick ass -- others are more unmemorable, but still decent.

Gutes Album. Klassiker. Vietnam calling.

Love this album

There is just something about Creedence that feels special and pure and unique

They do this stuff well.

Listened to on 3/14/22 4.5/5 Favorite song: bad moon rising, Lodi Genuinely so good - the songs were all great with a few standouts. Turns out rock without drugs may be even better

3/14/22 I really enjoyed this more than I thought it would since it is kinda folksy. As Ben put it “Bad Moon Rising” is a bop. I want to give it a 4.5, but I am going to round down to a 4 because I didn’t add many songs into my playlists. Favorite Song: Bad Moon Rising

I can’t access the hype for them yet, but I got there with springsteen and I know these guys come up again on the list, so got high hopes.

Solid album. Would listen anytime.

Més enllà de 'Cosmo's Factory', que sobresurt de la resta i 'Mardi Gras', el contrari, se'm fa complicat distingir entre els discos que Fogerty and co van publicar en tan breu període de temps. Per mi tots estan a un mateix nivell, molt notable. 'Green River' és el primer d'una trilogia immensa, gairebé sense fisures, amb temes com el titular o 'Bad Moon Rising', que porten el rock d'arrels a un altre nivell en un context, San Francisco finals dels '60, que els fa més anticontextuals del que serien en qualsevol altra época, incloent l'actual

4.5

CCR nikad ne razočara. Još su mi draži sad kad znam da je cover slikan u hrvatskoj

nisam znao kako bih ovaj album opisao, kakav žanr, na šta me podsjeća, malo glupo, ali da. swamp rock mi se čini sasvim dobar naziv/žanr ovog albuma, općenito ovakvog zvuka. mogu reći pokraj klasike od Bad Moon Rising, tu mogu danas uvrstiti i Wrote a Song for Everyone - na repeatu je bila par puta. stvarno me je album zadržao cijelo vrijeme, kratak, a ima stvarno dobrih stvari, a neki čak vrijedne repeata. P.S. ovaj cover je ufotko "foto TREF" (tad nisu imali kamere pa je samo foto bio), ja se tad nisam rodio, ali moj tata i Zdravko Stipčić prije nego što su videoteku otvorili u centru Kapele su otišli preko pruge u šumu blizu autoceste na prijelazu za Seoce ufotkati ih, ali usputno jer su išli po medvjeđi luk. tak da ak me vidite da nekad platim piće, to je zbog ovog što su oni platili kad su postali poznati mom ocu određenu svotu novaca, mislim i Zdravko je dobio pare, ali ne toliko jer je on birao samo lokaciju.

I love CCR. This album is easy to listen to in the background while doing other things or something to just listen to by itself while hanging out on the patio.

p163. 1969. 4 stars Classic late 60s 'merican blues-tinged rock. The sound is dated, but you can't argue with the song writing, one of THE great rock voices, the energy, or the simplicity of great music stripped down to bare metal. 4 bangers on the album: Green River, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, Commotion. 1 star deducted for dated production and filler (Broken Spoke Shuffle, Glory Be). This album is a lesson for all the prog rockers: if you can't say it in a 4 minute song, don't bother saying anything.

Did these guys ever make a bad song??? Despite all odds of my being a CCR fan… 3.5

Love CCR, just a fun album all around

It always slightly surprises me how much I like CCR

It's hard to review a classic. This album is filled with hits that reflect that unique Creedence sound. CCR was both prolific and original. The music holds up very well after 50 some odd years.

Great voice and I loved the big songs like Bad Moon Rising!

looking back - a cali rock band that tries to sound like their from Louisiana is really really bad. it feels like an imposter band. like a weak cover band. the music isn't bad per se, just sounds fake. from wiki: Belying their origins in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, the band often played in a Southern rock style, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River and other elements of Southern United States iconography. as a southerner this is what I hate about them

Great stuff - there's always been something special about John Fogerty. He makes unforgettable music that get inside your head and stick.

1969 was an amazing year for John Fogerty. He wrote hit after hit after hit. No exception here. A collection of great songs that is pure rock and roll.

The second CCR album I've been presented, and it was another pleasant surprise. Not sure I'm becoming a big fan or anything, but it's decent stuff for sure. Particularly liked the instrumental tracks near the end.

Awww, CCR. I have to admit I have a bias in favor of this album because my dad likes it and he played it a lot when I was a kid. BUT. I maintain that there are some jams on here that hold up, bias or not. Songwriting is good and for whatever reason this is one of my comfort albums. Fave track: Lodi

Feel good Americana

Nice, old thing

CCR is always good, catchy and simple songs that are always enjoyable. This album however did miss the last bit to propell it to a 5

Southern rock always feels like a misnomer, because the country elements are still on display, but the energy and vocals are very rock & roll. Perhaps, the high profile of Elvis, a truly Southern person, is what made murky the waters of country and rock. In a way, could have a few fingers put on it, whether it be country, country rock, or the ubiquitous designation of Southern Rock. "Bad Moon Rising" the most recognizable on Green River, is certainly catchy with discernible intention. It is a rock song, with country music. Further showing the diversity of CCR between the two genres, we get to "Cross-tie Walker" and it is the song one would expect to hear from a local band performing country at a Southern bingo tournament. Either way, if the mood is country or classic rock Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival will scratch both itches, and scratch them well.

Lovely album that evokes a time and place that I have never experienced but undoubtedly yearn for.

I wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck. Or the Creedence.

CCR on ruvennu tippuu yhä kovempaa iän karttuessa. Ukkoudun.

A mixture of blues and gospel elements accelerated according to the same practice of Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, more and more immersed in sinister voodoo nightmares. (7/10) FT: Bad Moon Rising

Very groovy. Some werent a good, but I liked this a lot.

Good tunes, songs start to sound a bit similar.

Another album to cement CCR as the gold standard for swamp rock.

alot of vietnam

Fun to listen during in the background. Good mood music

I don't listen to CCR these days like I did when I was young, but hearing this album again reminds me why I liked them in the first place. Super-catchy riffs and melodies, good steady rhythms, and evokes long stretches of highway in that road-tripping American imagery (might be just me, but that's how I've always heard their music). Other than listening to their music and knowing John Fogerty's name from his later work, I knew very little about the band, so I'm glad I clicked on the Wikipedia entry. This tidbit it particularly interesting to me: ***The band's single-mindedness and work ethic drew the ire of some other San Francisco-based bands, with drummer Doug Clifford recalling to Jeb Wright of Goldmine in 2013, "We went to see the local bands and they were so stoned they weren’t even in tune and they were really terrible...We made a pact on the floor of the Fillmore, right then, where we would do no drugs or alcohol. We decided to get high on the music, or get out of the business." Going against the grain at the times, Creedence eschewed the acid-inspired free-form jams favored by many rock bands, for tightly-structured roots music with an unmistakable rockabilly edge. "I didn't like the idea of those acid-rock, 45-minute guitar solos," Fogerty explained to Uncut's David Cavanagh in 2012. "I thought music should get to the point a little more quickly than that." *** Much as I personally make no judgment on bands who decided to go deep into the very route these guys veered away from, I like the band's contrarian ethos. I imagine it was particularly bold for a Bay Area band in the late 60s/early 70s to make that choice -- even amongst peace-loving hippies, there is still peer pressure (speaking from experience here). Really solid album here. Very tight, well-written, well-performed, catchy, and enjoyable.

Hi: Green River, Wrote a Song for Everyone, Lo: None, really The twangy dive-bar staple swamp rockers CCR were at the peak of their heyday in 1969, and Green River is wall-to-wall greatness, with a well-rounded variety of honky-tonk, blues, ballad, and not a single song about rain. The record opens with the raucous eponymous track, takes a breather around Wrote A Song for Everyone, then picks back up for Bad Moon Rising and finishes the album on a call-and-response high note with The Night Time is the Right Time. It's a well-crafted album that's a might bit too short, which can be forgiven in that CCR dropped 6 albums of better-than-average quality in the span of 2 years.

Really enjoyable listen throughout.

7/10

60's Country Blues/Rock at it's best. CCR were frontrunners in this style of Southern Blues music later championed by so many others, real pioneers. Love "Bad Moon Rising" of course as it is a classic but also the Lennonesque vocals on "The Night Time Is the Right Time" and the Lowell George Influencing slide guitar on "Broken Spoke Shuffle" all round a very very positive addition to anyone's vinyl collection.

CCR rule, dude. As long as it's not called "Mardi Gras," you can be assured an album of theirs will be at least "Really Good." Like this one!

Excellent classic rock album. CCR churned out great music and this album was a prime example. This may be the most complete of their albums having some of their best hits. 8.3/10

I think they have a great sound, still sounds good 50+ years later. I appreciate their political content. Catchy and poignant tunes.

Heel nice, wil ik nog eens beluisteren

More fine swamp rock from these talented musicians. Sign me up. Fantastic sounds, exciting vocals, bluesy, folky, gritty, catchy. Thoroughly enjoyable.

this album had amazing tracks, but some tracks were dull

muy buen álbum, algunas canciones me parecieron mejores que otras pero nada que me dedagradara exactamente. 3.5/5⭐

I always appreciate it when an album is short and isnt full of filler for expanding its runtime. This one is a great example of this. Great songs, a lot more `straight to the point` than Bayou Country. Good album, but its my least favorite of the 3 CCR albums on this list (they all got 4s though)

Classic

Immediately recognizable classic rock tracks all around on this one.

guitarisk rock/country

CCR. Such a specific tentpole band in the classic rock pantheon. Nobody else sounds quite like this, and I think it's the voice. This is a solid album, only one big hit but the rest of it is pretty strong too. Even a blues cover to close things out. Nothing really groundbreaking, but I can imagine hearing "Bad Moon Rising" in 1969 would've been a game-changing moment. Very solid album. Favorite tracks: Bad Moon Rising, Tombstone Shadow, Sinister Purpose, Commotion. Album art: Band photo, but the nature and natural look gives this a nice touch. Pretty much impossible to read the red text on top of the picture though. 4/5

Another amazing CCR album part of their short but incredible stretch over just a little more than two years. Absolutely love the roots rock blend of rockabilly, blues, and country that really did give CCR a distinctive swampy sound. Hifi production with cohesive track listing consisting of easily identifiable vocals and murky imaginative descriptions that sharply contrast with the busy energetic instruments. Perfect opener sums up the Bayou Country / Green Album albums. Not a single bad song. Whereas other artists like Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin were taking a hard rock approach to blues, CCR went for a form that was more true to its original form. That and the atmospheric swamp imagery make CCR stand out. You can let this album play on repeat without tiring of it.

Lots of the iconic songs and some nice ones I wasn't too familiar with. Brilliant

Solid effort from CCR. Lodi is the best song here but the whole album sounds clean and solid.

Klasse!

Super evergreens

Great classic rock with a country flavour. The non-famous tracks held up really well to the classics.

Classic swamp rock. Almost comforting at times. Lodi is super underrated. 7/10 if I could.

3

Songs I liked: "Green River," "Commotion," "Wrote A Song For Everyone," "Bad Moon Rising" "Lodi," "Cross-Tie Walker," and "Sinister Purpose" -"Commotion" is solid. Great intro riff anmd good groove throughout. -"Cross-Tie Walker" and "Sinister Purpose" have solid basslines. The bass is slowly growing on me as I listen more -I added "Broken Spoke Shuffle" and "Glory Be" to my instrumental study playlist -"Bad Moon Rising" and "Commotion" stand out as strong tracks -Overall very nice, just a little slow and lower energy than I prefer. Comparing to "Fortunate Son," which I had heard previously, these don't quite get to the same level

The only thing that keeps this from a 5 is “Wrote A Song For Everyone” which I found absolutely unlistenable especially after how good the first few tracks are. Love the rest of the album though!

Always down for CCR

I like Creedence and always have. Probably because they were featured at the beginning of Twilight Zone The Movie. Regardless, three of their best songs are o here - Green River, Lodi, and Bad Moon Rising. The other ones are good, too, so what can you do?

Some fantastic swamp rock. 8.5/10 Best Tracks: "Green River" "Bad Moon Rising"

Just a really solid slice of Creedence. Some of the tracks are a little samey but there are some stone cold classics on here.

Foot tappingly good

4/5

You know half the songs already. Country rock at its finest. Solid.

Bayou Country, Green River, Willie and the Poor Boys - 1969, Cosmo's Factory, Pendulum - 1970 - Fogerty was a prolific songwriter and recording artist. Next to the Beatles CCR was my favorite band for those two years, with their swampy groove they were completely different from anything I had heard. Suzie Q, Proud Mary, Born on the Bayou and then this album hit. The first time I heard the opening guitar riff of Green River I was hooked! Commotion ( B sIde to Green River), Bad Moon Rising and Lodi (the B side to Commotion)it was crazy. It seemed like a new single hit the radio every few months that year (Proud Mary, Born on the Bayou was release in January with the two singles from this album hit in April and July). Every Album released by CCR was Fogerty upping his game! Down on the Corner w/b side Fortunate Son came out in October 69. Beginning with the release of this album we spent a good chunk of our spare time sitting in my friend Charlie's basement - black light posters all lit up - listening to the 3 albums released that year by CCR. Green River lead right into the prime of CCR's output with Willie and the Poor Boys and Cosmo's Factory. Favorite Songs: Green River, Commotion, Lodi, Bad Moon Rising - 4 out of 5.

A classic album.

CCR produced a lot of masculine/bayou rock in their day, pumping out a lot of albums in a short period of time, but they always felt more like a singles band to me. Their performances are always muscular and filled with emotional intensity, but there are always a few tracks that tend to stand above the rest. For me, Lodi, Sinister Purpose and Bad Moon Rising have always been the trio of songs that have stuck with me. Great record overall. Fav Tracks: Lodi, Sinister Purpose and Bad Moon Rising

This record feel likes the definitive representation of CCR's Louisiana-inspired bayou rock and roll. The performances and production are outstanding and the feel is unassailable. At the same time, I can't help but feel that, for all of its stone-cold classics, this album has a few weak tracks as well that make me reluctant to give it a five. I find myself more drawn to Cosmos' Factory and Willie and the Poor Boys for that reason. Favourite tracks: "Green River", "Commotion", "Lodi", "Bad Moon Rising", "The Night Time is the Right Time"

Enjoy the second part of the album best so far

It's good music, I enjoy listening to CCR. But most of the songs drag out a bit too long without much to keep them interesting. Therefore, not quite good enough for a 5.

the dude abides. good album, teeter totters near the full whack for me, if it had a couple more of the big uns on it'd be up there.

Opgewekte muziek, typisch geluid. Fijn om naar te luisteren.

Already loved this album

Een half uurtje aangename roadtrip muziek.

sounds a lot like john fogerty. somebody should sue

Pure distilled Southern Swamp Rock. Best Tracks: Green River, Wrote a Song for Everyone, Bad Moon Rising,

A lot of hits on this one. The band knows how to play and are very tight. 

Amazing guitar rift and lyrics. Captures the 60s very well.

Sounds like a greatest hits album, but it was just a great album from 1969!

8/10 Not really my style but I like it as an album

Good tunes!

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Enjoyable light weight background music

My sort of roots based county, blues rock n roll music. Can listen to this sort of thing forever. Probably the first album we've had that i didn't already know (other than Bad moon rising) which i love. Highlights: Wrote a song for everyone, Lodi 4/5

Fuck I kinda forgot about this website for a couple days but this album is sexy

4.0 - CCR all day, everyday! (Except their cover of “Heard it Through the Grapevine”)

Another solid album from these guys. John Fogerty was quite prolific. Love the rootsy bayou sound and it's funny that they're from San Fran.

Muy buen disco de rock clásico, con grandes influencias y con un estilo y voz muy fácilmente identificables. Pioneros de un estilo propio. Le ha faltado algo para llegar a ser un disco excelente en todos los sentidos

So good. On the surface the music is fairly meat 'n' potatoes, but there's a real groove and intensity to much of what CCR does that it's infectious. John Fogerty has an amazing voice, of course. And the song 'Green River' is the quintessential swamp rock track. Takes this particular Limey back to the bayou, mentally, at least!

Impecable àlbum de rock ple de temazos. Coneixia un parell de temes només i el conjunt m'ha semblat d'allò més potent. Unes cançons molt inspirades, una veu brutal, i unes guitarres que t'agafen i no et solten. Un disc de rock gairebé perfecte. Tanques els ulls i et porta a les carreteres dels EEUU.

Short and sweet. 8

Short album that gets to the point. Great road trip jam. Easy to groove to.

great classic rock

Cant go wrong with Creedence. Pretty solid album and very listenable.

What I think of when I think classic rock.

Can't go wrong with CCR. Good album.

My childhood right here!

A classic! Loved hearing this one again

Good "Classic Rock" album.

Their best album

it was alright

Quite good, I can see why its on this list but it didn't blow my mind. still very good though, I really enjoyed "Can't stand the rain."

I knew some of them, he's good.

Again, revealing my general proclivities in music (not punk) I am all over this. I had this on a cheap department store cassette tape as a teen and played it until it fell apart.

Not the best CCR album (that would be Cosmo's Factory) but it's not far from it. Great record.

A classic album. You have to wonder what more they might have done had they not disbanded so early on.

Essential. Perfect for sunny summer mornings.

Really solid bluegrass album.

Sans surprise, très bon album. Pas le meilleur de CCR mais contient plusieurs morceaux classiques. Après les albums précédents c'est assez rafraîchissant

Likely the MOST influential rock band of the late 60's. Great album.

WAY more ccr hits than I thought

Awesome album

I've liked some of the other music that I've heard from Jesus and Mary Chain, but this left me a little flat. I'm not sure what it was, but it didn't really grab me this time 3/5

Another classic from them tons of great songs!!

Not their best work but still a classic in my book

Can never say no to a CCR record. The fact that they were able to record so many classics in such a short amount of time is staggering, especially when you consider Fogerty was doing all of the writing. Favorite tracks: "Lodi", "Commotion"

8/10

Classic Creedence, great guitars throughout, love the instrumental tracks, who doesn't love bad moon rising?

I’ve got a soft spot for good folksy Country tunes. Standout Tracks: Tombstone Shadow, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, Sinister Purpose

Good stuff, enjoyed this. I would pick this up if I saw it at a record store.

hi jessica, i hope ur doing good!<3

Good and bad songs. One legendary of course.

Good music, not my jam.

Classic, blessedly short kind of a break I’ve had a couple long ones recently.

Decent album, I'm happy that it's not too long.

Этот альбом меня не выбесил, но и не очаровал. Просто ничем не примечательный диск

Some highs but I felt generally average for the genre. I was new to this album and it didn't really grab me like Pendulum did when I first listened to it. John Fogerty has a wonderful voice and that held my attention, but not enough for me to run out and buy a copy on vinyl.

Classic rock, more standard blues than I was expecting. Good vocals, tinny lead guitar

It's sure Creedence. Roots-y rock. Warm, crunchy guitar this is nice but it is some 60s-ass rock

country i don’t like so much

good shit boys

Peak CCR

Always liked Creedence and some of John Fogerty’s solo material like Almost Saturday Night and Rockin’ All Over the World. Bad Moon Riding and Lodi are standouts here.

I grew up listening to CCR's Greatest Hits. I've always loved John Fogerty's voice and straightforward rock and roll arrangements. This is a short album! 9 songs under 30 minutes. They paved the way for The Strokes' Is This It album! Almost every song is great but I'd say Lodi is my favorite one from this album. I'd give this album a 3.5 stars.

Creedence Clearwater Revival just embodies "summer" to me. It is September right now, but the weather has been so nice that the vibe feels just right. Fav Tracks: "Wrote A Song For Everyone", "Bad Moon Rising" and "Lodi".

I like CCR in moderation Obviously their bangers are bangers for a reason

it was good

Bad Moon Rising is a classic track, enjoyed the album, but nothing spectacular

3,5 stars

Ah, un groupe que je connais ! Pas ultra-fan, mais c'est du rock bien d'époque, très cool et plein de personnalité. J'y reviendrai très probablement.

CCR stands for Cool Cool… uh… Rhythms. have always enjoyed this band's hits so it feels good to finally give one of their albums a full listen and find that their other songs are also very very good.

Commotion and Bad Moon Rising are good. i'm still not the biggest CCR understander but that's okay. can't win em all. deserves to be one of the 1001? yea probably

More like two or three songs you must hear before you die

hits were strong, others were mid

Not much to get too excited about here. 3/5 Highlights: Green River Bad Moon Rising The Night Time Is The Right Time Glory Be

Love Creedence, but this list has 3 albums. Would've been better to just have Chronicle.

carino, non necessariamente il mio genere ma ci sono alcuni pezzi che ho apprezzato

Decent, about 50% good songs

Favourite Tracks: Green River Wrote A Song For Everyone Lodi

Yet another unexciting CCR album. Nice tunes but they all sound identical. Just listen to their greatest hits, no need for anything beyond that

I love this album! I have always loved this album since I first saw it and heard it playing on the turntable growing up. That said, I am legitimately not sure why this album is on here. CCR is a legendary band BUT not every album is a “Must Hear”. This album lacks the protest punch of Willy & the Poor Boys or Cosmo’s; it wasn’t the revolutionary Southern Rock sound of their self-titled; nor the refined Americana of Bayou Country; or the very personal Pendulum leading to their desolution. This album sits in a pocket of comfortable success. Still a great album, just not as remarkable. There are great songs: Wrote A Song; Green River and my album favorite the dirty blues The Night Time Is the Right Time. Audible, this album deserves a four. Comparatively to their own discography, it deserves a two. I’m splitting the difference but, if I was to cut a CCR album from this list, it would go Mardi Gras and then Green River. Sorry guys. Still love you!

OK

I can vouch that it is great to cook to.

Bad Moon Rising

Good

Fun listen, but don’t see three of their albums as essential. Not even really needed as an honorable mention, this is just more music for fans I feel

Credence are good 'ole boys aren't they. If they are good enough for the dude, they are good enough for me. A solid album.

me gustan los instrumentales. creo que mezclan rock y country. la voz en un principio se me hizo molesta. no sé si fue cosa de la primera canción o si simplemente me impresionó y luego ya me acostumbré. sigue sin ser de las mejores que haya escuchado, pero es aceptable. las letras están bien.

Other than the big hit, this album was forgettable, but enjoyable.

Green River is just a decent southern rock album just like their album that came right before this one. This one already draws a lot of comparisons to Bayou Country but that should be obvious since they were by the same band and even came out the same year. This album just has that sort of country southern rock sound when it comes to every aspect. It is also a very short one clocking in at 29 minutes which was nice since the music didn't really have enough happening to really justify being longer. I still think it is a very basic album and doesn't really do anything that other bands like them haven't done but as it still stands, It's a decent album. Best Song: Sinister Tone Worst Song: Tombstone Shadow Side note: Time to rank the Creedence Clearwater Revival albums: 1. Cosmo's Factory 2. Green River 3. Bayou Country

Wouldn’t be my go to but a decent album, Bad Moon Rising being the obvious stand out. 3/5

Habe mit der allerersten Schülerband, in der ich war, mal "Bad Moon Rising" gecovert, von daher Nostalgie bei mir. Das Album finde ich in Ordnung, aber auch nicht sonderlich spannend.

This was the sound of the 60s-early 70s, the hits played on and I knew them. Listening today the tense, plucking guitar riffs are too strong for my listening pleasure.

A good album to drink to, but otherwise quite forgettable

I know this is an influential album. It was nice to hear songs outside of Bad Moon Rising. I thinks generally done well. It's just not my jam.

Very good, calm album. 3.5/5

Some classics sounds

I like ccr

Review - a reasonably good CCR album. Score - 6.5/10 Need to listen? NO

Some songs were good like green river. sounded the same mostly 3/5

Always loved that CCR was from California

Bad Moon Rising is a banger rest of the album is ok

Classic creedence, no surprises here

Decent fun rockin 'n rollin' music.

A Classic

The Dude abides...

Didn't mind this at all - also it breezed through at 32 minutes. In the words of Marley and Marley .. "it was... short?... I loved it!"

The most solid three stars of the adventure so far, it could quite conceivably turn out to be the most solid three stars of the whole experience. Three stars. Tom.

Good band, kind of a mid album. Only song that stood out was Bad Moon Rising.

War ganz gut. Country ja eigentlich nicht so meins aber ging fit

Nothing special. A nice little 30 minutes blues rock album with a few excellent songs Commotion and Bad Moon Rising are the highlights

Absolutely classic band that I have a lot of nostalgia tied to. I’ve been listening to CCR for years but never got around to listening to an album. Green River is a super accessible and fun classic rock/folk album. I enjoyed it although I definitely feel like I would need more time with the album. Mainly to get a better understanding of the songs that aren’t stand out hits that I’ve listened to and know literally all my life (Green River, and Bad Moon Rising). The songs that I wasn’t as familiar with upon first listen seemed a little flat compared to the ones I knew. Overall still a very enjoyable ,short, and accessible album with the occasional surprise I wasn’t expecting! I’ll definitely be coming back to the Green River every once and awhile.

Some serious firepower on this one

Creedence week? Fear overload. I am not enjoying this as much as I did Bayou Country. It has its moments, and Lodi is epochal. Bad Moon kind of bores me and a couple others left me dulled.

C'est pas leurs meilleurs chansons Mais c'est hyper ok Pas un groupe super fun à voir apparemment mais bon john Forgetty est top

6.5 / 10

Decent & classic

Another dubious honour of the "why is this here" award. Everything great about CCR is at a bare simmer here.

it wasn't bad at all and tombstone shadow & bad moon rising were my favourites but i wouldn't necessarily listen to it in my free time.

First time listening to CCR outside of Fortunate Son -- I dig most of what this record was doing. Don't know that I'll go out and buy their complete discography, but I'm sure I'll check out some of their other material at some point. Standouts: Bad Moon Rising, Lodi

Bad moon rising is a classic, pretty good

Not bad! I was expecting a bunch of over pronounced singing, like he does on “Heyrd it through the grapevine” but it was all just good, clean rock.

Great music, but not for me. Maybe would listen to some on a road trip.

Good stuff, classic stuff. Not amazing stuff, but good stuff.

I feel like I having nothing bad to say about this album, but it didn’t really stand out to me either. Maybe with a few listens it’ll grow on me, but I thought it was just fine.

Bad moon rising is great. I think there was one other classic song on hear. The rest was southern flair of rock I'd expect from CCR, but it didn't hit me the same way Cosmo's factory did

Four dudes in a room, sweating, smoking, slinging notes vaguely practiced, with assured melodies, cocksman vocals, and lyrics about death and memory. Won't change your life, but apt company if you're on the move and hot. "Wrote a Song For Everyone," "Bad Moon Rising," and "Lodi" are all excellent.

short, sweet, and to the point. Some good folk/rock music.

A good background playlist, and that’s it!

When I was 10 I thought CCR were the greatest band in the world. Listening to them now, I think they sound like a good school band playing Blues Rock….

La conexión que tiene Argentina con esta banda no tiene sentido ni se puede explicar. Te atraviesa. Gran álbum de blues rock. Todas canciones para escuchar chill y mover la patita. No podía no elegir para la playlist otra que no sea el "River decime qué se siente" 6/10

Songs sound the same lowkey, still bangers

Heard of band, never listened to album. Love the guitar on green river. Good vocals too. Commotion is another really cool song. Same good elements. Catchy chorus, simple but effective guitar. Cool harmonica with the guitar solo. Love the guitar riff on tombstone shadow. Production much better on this one, vocals were a little too quiet for the first couple songs. I just love early electric guitar songs. Wrote a song for everyone is really well written but too slow for me. Nothing special with the production. Fine song. Just an OK solo too. Underwhelming. Bad moon rising is an all timer. Commercial song. Radio song. Just a banger. Lasts the test of time. Just great songwriting. Hard to follow that up but Lodi is really good too. Better production on this one. Really good songwriting again. Nice change of pace with cross tie walker. This is a classic 70s southern rock song. Can’t help but tap your foot along to this one. Great guitar and songwriting again on sinister purpose. I want more of it. The outro is so good. This really should’ve been the last song. Night time is fine. Production is very 60s/70s. Good vocals/lyrics again. Good guitar solo too. Just wish they flipped the order of the last two songs. This probably gets a 4 if they did. But they didn’t. Fun album. 3.4/5 stars.

Premier album de Swamp Rock que j'écoute de ma vie. Je suis pas habitué à écouter du country rock mais de ce que j'ai compris yen a quelques uns sur le site donc ça va m'y introduire. L'album a des moments qui envoient de fou je m'attendais pas à autant d'énergie. Sinon à part ça c'est exactement ce à quoi je m'attendais au vu de la cover et du genre dans lequel ça s'inscrit.

I had an ex-boyfriend that was obsessed with this album. Highlights: "Tomstone Shadow" "Wrote a Song For Everyone," "Bad Moon Rising" "Lodi"

Pretty good

lately i've come to realize that i'm not a huge fan of the blues and its genres adjacent, so while this album wasn't bad, it wasn't my cuppa. nevertheless it definitely did have its highlights. wrote a song for everyone immediately stood out to me as the best song on the album by far. it's quite beautiful and i think i'll be coming back to listen to it pretty often. that followed shortly after by lodi definitely made me enjoy the album a little more. favorite track: wrote a song for everyone

boring

Although it obviously inspired both the first GRUNGE band and Gary Ridgeway, the Green River Killer, I quite enjoyed this. 3 This is excellent and I have all the more admiration for CCR because they often steer so perilously close to being barroom boring. When Tombstone Shadow’s guitar solo squats like a toad on a single wobbly note over and over again at 2 minutes I felt like applauding. It is an invitation to reflect on how little and simultaneously how much CCR have done in keeping the listener hooked for two full minutes through the most procedural of Blues progressions. Cross-Tie Walker kids you for a minute that it is going to be a witless retread of Bad Moon Rising, then that brilliant little bass run-down with comic cymbals at the end appears and becomes definitive. If the oppressive spectre of something like Neil Young is briefly summoned by the folk rock of Wrote a Song… or Lodi, it is banished by the subtleties and economy of the arrangements - even at their driest CCR are closer to the elegant lightness of The Kinks than to Young. After a few hundred albums I would rank CCR (Bayou Country and now this) among my favourite discoveries. John Fogerty is wonderful.  3.5/5

Another album from the dad-rock genre. With this band, I have a strong association with a university professor of mine — he had some Creedence song as his ringtone and would always wait for the chorus to kick in. The album is okay

3.5

It doesn’t stir any emotions. Music may be nice but wasn’t “woah significant”

Sinister purpose was good

Good album from CCR

I think they should've combined this and Bayou Country (minus the lamer tracks) into one album instead of releasing them both in the same year

It really says something about an album when you can't tell which songs are the singles, and I don't mean that in a good way. Still though, it wasn't that bad and I enjoyed the guitar bits