Green River

A great album to listen to with fresh ears. Remove every association with classic rock radio, Vietnam movies, state fair cover bands, and just the general collective unconscious in America and this record reveals itself at its own pace. While it's clearly tied to its era there is still a timeless quality, a baked-in warm nostalgia to be played on the next road trip. It was my first time hearing many of these songs but they are all casually killer. Insert an offhand thumbs-up gif here.

CCR is like a good pair of worn in jeans. Reliable, comfortable, enjoyable.

Has anyone ever watched an episode of Ex on the Beach? Jesus Christ, is this what people are like now? Psychopaths. Back in my day instead of shouting "CUNT" at eachother every 5 minutes and shagging eachother's girlfriends, we would put on this album and just chill out...and then shag eachother's girlfriends.

This album that hit the scene the same year that my infant self did! All of this record makes me happy! Fogerty's raw vocals, songwriting, and guitar work, driven home by the rest of the band's rock & roll twang, are always welcome ingredients for anything from a workout to a road trip, frisbee in the park to a hammock in that same park :) Seeing John perform some of these songs live is on my bucket list!

The songs feel like they should rip. But they don't.

More genericana

For a 29-minute album, this was a slog to get through.

"Green River" is just a classic. It came out in a year known for its music and it still manages to stand out from the crowd. It's one of those iconic albums that is firmly pinned to the time. It's an essential part of any soundtrack from '69 along with "Bayou Country" which came out the same year. With two absolute beast albums in the same year, it's no wonder CCR outsold The Beatles in '69. I was going to give this a 4 but I realized that I can't justify knocking off a star. There's just not a bad track on the album.

I am reading "Our Band Could be Your Life" at the moment and I was really surprised by the amount of bands with hard core punk roots were name checking Creedance as a major influence. I wouldn't have picked it before then but now I have had a chance to listen to them I can see why they were such a beacon to disaffected kids of the late 70s. This is a raucous and powerful album and going on to my want list for a copy on Vinyl

Very good, reminds me of my Dad.

CCR is timeless. They will make love to your ears. The soul that comes out of four guys who look like they should be running a very successful auto body shop is unparalleled

They're BACK! I had my first Creedence album served to me here just two days ago (the disappointing Bayou Country), and this one, released just 8 months later, is miles better. It's the second of three albums CCR released in 1969 alone, which is insane. The title track is about as solid of an album opener as you'll ever hear, especially if you're longing for a place where bullfrogs call and kids play on rope swings. "Lodi" might be my favorite CCR song. Creedence Dudes swear by this album, probably because the deeper cuts hold up as well as the hits. The Spotify link took me to the 40th Anniversary edition, and I just assumed the two instrumental tracks after "The Night Time Is The Right Time" were part of the original album. They should have been because those 2 instrumental tracks slap. I like them more than most of the album cuts on Bayou Country. But that's me. Factoring in those 2 songs get this thing closer to 5 territory. Maybe without John Fogerty's vocals taking center stage, the instrumentals allow for the entire band to come in focus. Speaking of which, we need to discuss the album cover. It reminds me of those shirts for the band Stillwater in "Almost Famous" where Russell Hammond is prominently placed in front of the band to standout and overshadow them, causing the members to quarrel (particularly Hammond and lead singer Jeff Beebe) to the point where Hammond wanders off with teenage Rolling Stone reporter William Miller to a party somewhere in the Midwest where he can drop acid and scream Robert Plant quotes from the rooftop before jumping into a swimming pool. I hope the same thing happened with the Creedence fellas, but I'm guessing a pond was involved instead of a pool. Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and and Doug Clifford likely had no idea they'd be included in this photo. They don't even have their instruments. It's like John was having his own photo taken for a solo album and they're just photo bombing him. No wonder they hated John so much. Maybe it was a Stillwateresque fight that inspired John Fogerty to write "Have You Ever Seen The Rain". John was (and is) such a control freak he doesn't even let anyone besides him provide backup vocals. I've got this album somewhere between 4 and 5, and a good background story about the album cover would put it over the top. I guess what I'm saying is a 5 rating ultimately comes due to the fact that the album cover reminds me of a fictional band from Cameron Crowe's best movie.

Not their best album and a bit formulaic.

Fucking loved it, Green River was great and Bad moon rising. Yeah, they're the biggest hits off the album but they are too fucking good. The whole project was great and, blending my love of folk and rock music. I am definitely biased here as this is my favorite era of rock, but it's my rating so who gives a fuck. I don't think it is perfect, but 5 stars because of the limitations of the rating system on the website. I will return to this in the future, 7.5/8.

Apple Music says “…if you had to pick just one CCR album, this should be it” and I believe them. Lodi is possibly my favorite CCR song, but there’s no denying the genius of Green River and Bad Moon Rising. The whole album is pretty great even if I wasn’t familiar with it beyond those hits. I read “formulaic” as a word to describe this album in a negative review. I guess if you want to call the original formula “formulaic” you can, but that would still seem to deserve better than a 2 rating. 50+ years ago the word formulaic probably would not have come to mind…

This is some really high-quality country rock. The album wears its California roots on its sleeve, which puts it both close to and a little distance from my heart. I can't quite say I love it after one listen, but it seems to last longer than its runtime in a good way: Every song is solid. It ends particularly well, on a bit of a twist. Which, written down, seems like a bit of a backhanded compliment, but is in fact sincere praise.

More great classic (and slightly sinister) bluesy rock. Love it.

Creedence Clearwater Revival can rock, they’ve got soul, they’ll get psychedelic, they play with purpose and a sense of urgency…they’re pretty much the perfect rock and roll band. Fuck me, did I just write a Wesley Willis song?

Putting my serious ears on for what I know is meant to be a classic, what caught me was the way J Fogerty’s vocals form little riffs that play off the guitars, rather than lay simply on top of them, and that the space they leave for their sounds is exceptionally rare for a four piece. The songs have a spiky, pugilistic motion to them: this is a song, you got a problem with that pal?

Absolutely amazing. These dudes continue to be one of my favorite classic rock bands. I’m not sure why, but something about the swamp rock style is really appealing to me. Maybe it’s nostalgic? You know, the war.

Shockingly great album. Not my cup of tea and one I likely won't be returning to any time soon, but I enjoyed the listen. 7/10 closer to an 8 than a 6.

It is so kind of John Fogerty to let the audience know where the bathrooms are during every concert (on the right).

Warm sound. Lovely hooks and licks!

Creedence released a string of really great singles in their peak years -- my favourite stat is that they are the band with the most singles to hit No.2 on the Billboard charts without ever having a No.1 -- but their albums can be a bit choppy. This album is basically the same formula as Bayou Country, but the execution is all around improved, and the record is blessedly free of extended improvisations. The band was tight from a few years of heavy touring. I love this quote from Doug Clifford (interview with Goldmine, 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." This makes this album sweet blessed relief from much of the unfocussed psych drivel of many of their contemporary bands, and explains how they released so much music during their peak (6 albums and 17 singles between '68 and '70). It's a fat-free 29 minutes, with most songs clocking at or under 3 minutes. That said, most songs are loose re-writes of standard blues numbers, continuing Fogerty's tendency to write about places he had never been. They have that great mix of a loose, funky feel, while being locked in as a tight unit, knowing what each other are doing. My mate Dave wonders what if Creedence had been a better band (like the E Street Band or Tom Petty's Heartbreakers). I don't think it would make a difference, because it is their chemistry, developed through years on the road, that really makes this work, not the technical skills. It's a great swamp rock sound (even though they hadn't been near a bayou in their lives), it's brief, and the singles are cracking! I have concerns about Creedence's musical appropriation, which makes me uncomfortable. I mean, this is a band that had never been to the south, and they built this swamp boogie sound based on a tradition that they were not part of. Also, Fogerty's "originals" are essentially loose re-writes of existing blues material. How come this bunch of Californian white boys got to sell a bazillion records, based on a sound that they emulated really well? I'm still thinking about that. Look, I like the sound, and a CCR greatest hits would be five stars, but this album is inessential.

Et bah franchement, pour un album qui connait des pics à 400 millions de streams, c'est pas franchement incroyable. Ce qui m'amène à partager l'anecdote suivante : Quand j'étais au lycée et envisageais de devenir le prochain James Arthur, j'avais découvert la chanson "Have you ever seen the rain" du groupe qui nous intéresse. J'ai donc décidé de la reprendre à la guitare alors même que je ne trouve pas cette chanson particulièrement exceptionnelle. Croyez-le ou non, cette reprise n'était pas fameuse. Retour à la case départ, donc.

The B.B. King ("singer, guitarist, songwriter, bandleader extraordinaire") of white boy swamp rock. Incredible that CCR released three all-time classic albums in 1969. Keep on chooglin.

If there was a law that (1) bars can only play music by one select musical artist, and (2) each year one person gets randomly selected to choose the artist, and it was my year, I'd pick CCR.

My favorite band, smashing it.

Classic!

Forgery and the boys DO NOT MISS. A great album front to back. The late sixties and early seventies were dominated by CCR’s riverboat rock. An incredible band.

I love this band. It's another album where I wish I could have experienced what it was like to hear all of these hits on one album when it first dropped. I love the vocals, I love the twangy guitar. So different for what passes as "hits" these days.

Mostly simple, effective songs played well. A couple of standouts. Could have done without the instrumental jams to finish off but gladly they are mercifully short. Fave track: Wrote a Song for Everyone

A set of folky blues-rock tunes with a laid-back charm. The album is anchored by the classic Bad Moon Rising, which is the undeniable - and, to be honest: sole - standout. While nothing else quite reaches that level, the rest of the album has its moments - some tasteful bluesy guitar work and a warm, rootsy vibe throughout. If you grew up in the US during the late ’60s or ’70s, this probably feels like a piece of your cultural fabric. For listeners born elsewhere, it’s an interesting snapshot of its time - maybe not essential, but worth a listen.

I get how influential they are but to my ears, this stuff just hasn’t survived the test of time. It sounds tired and cliched. All it inspires me to do is to switch it off. In fact, listening to it now, it strikes me they well be partly to blame for Ocean Colour Scene, which is reason enough to wish this record out of existence.

Four guys from El Cerrito, California who had absolutely no geographic right to sound like this. The bayou atmosphere, the swamp rock groove, the Delta blues foundation — none of it came from lived experience of the Mississippi or Louisiana lowlands. It came from John Fogerty listening with the kind of obsessive depth that turns study into something indistinguishable from inheritance. CCR out-Southerned the South on sheer conviction, which is either the great American music story or the great American music mystery depending on how you look at it. Green River is the peak of a run that produced three records in a single year — 1969, when Fogerty had more songs than the calendar could reasonably accommodate and the band was locked into a groove that made the whole enterprise feel effortless. That it’s the best of the three is remarkable. That it runs under thirty minutes and leaves nothing on the table is the mark of a band that knew exactly what it had and didn’t waste a second of it. “Bad Moon Rising” is the radio staple that needs no introduction. “Lodi” is the quiet heartbreaker — a song about a musician stranded in a nowhere town that gets better and more honest every time you hear it, the kind of track that sneaks up on you while the obvious single is doing its work. The title track opens the record with a confidence that the rest of it simply sustains.

I had this album on vinyl. Terrific - I totally get why they have so many fans, though it's not a sound I personally enjoy on repeat. 4.5.

The most American band ever? Maybe. But definitely a great album, beginning to end. Practically a greatest hits album by itself. I don’t know if John Foggerty knows they ripped his sound off, though. He should sue them.

The people's Champs! CCR are perhaps the best American band of the late 60's. Fogerty has such tasteful chops, that subtle pushing of the 2 and 4 on the acoustic guitar propelling the title track is exhilarating. This is the best CCR album in my opinion because it doesn't have 16 minute blues jams, bare bones no messing around rock and roll. Sorry haterz.

Utterly unfuckwithable. The amount of great music they put out in literally 2.5 years is absolutely insane.

I feel this music in my soul. 5/5

I don't know what happened between this and Cosmo's Factory with its 11 minute Heard It Through The Grapevine, but this is great. No pissing about, just 29 minutes of good music. Who doesn't like Bad Moon Rising?

It's remarkable how much John Fogerty's voice makes the songs blend together into a sort of musical blob. I don't mean that in a bad way. I like the album but there are definite times I find it hard to separate differences in songs. From the wikipedia article on this album. Hot damn that's some work ethic. "Producer and primary songwriter John Fogerty was the driving creative force behind CCR, which would record three albums in 1969 alone." At the end of the day, the album is only about 30 minutes long. It goes down smooth

Pretty solid Creedence record; it’s funny that the worst song on here might actually be “Bad Moon Rising”. In general I find Creedence to be better when they’re playing more bluesy and less jingle-jangle country oompa-loompa stuff. Thankfully this album has a lot of good blues that showcase John Fogerty’s talent. It’s short and sweet, decent cover at the end as well. Can’t complain.

John Fogerty's voice is expressive, and his songwriting really feels like storytelling, also Tom Fogerty's melancholic, piercing and rythmic guitar often take centrer stage allowing music and lyrics to converge really well.

Just got out of a nine inch nails concert so not the album I wanted to see but definitely what I needed. It’s 10:41 on a Tuesday and I have a ap calculus test at 8:05 in the morning. I usually would hate on an album only 29 minutes long but it’s just energy after energy. So fun and can’t deny green river and bad moon rising energy! CcR was the band that got me really into classic rock back in like 6th or 7th grade so I love this. Still remember hearing have you ever seen the rain that time and remembering all the days of working with dad listening to 60s 70s 80s on pandora.

starting to feel alive after a run of dogshit albums

Put me in a Smokey road house. Put me on a road trip. Take me to when the album came out and let me smoke out with pops. This will be introduced to regular rotation.

Objetivo: ouvir esse álbum dirigindo em direção ao Lake Tahoe.

Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would, would listen to it again

I realized we were fed a version with live versions at the back so went back to find the og album, which is only 29 minutes. 29 minutes is a much more reasonable amount of time to listen to ccr.

The CCR sound is great, the songs are very decent and partly classic.

I like CCR and this album is really solid. Also, this is impressive: "It was the second of three albums they released in that year"

This was a good album that really helped open me up to southern and blues rock. For anyone who really enjoys classic rock, this is definitely a good album to check out.

A classic for a reason

I've been a CCR fan since I was a kid, though mostly through their Chronicle comps (Vol 1 = 5 stars, Vol 2 = 4 stars) and not their albums proper. There were only two tracks on Green River I couldn't sing along to (I say this sort of tongue-in-cheek, since depending on which version of GR you listen to, you could have as many as four non-Chronicle tracks, but two of them are instrumentals). CCR was a soundtrack to many excursions with family and friends, so their music always conjures a good time feeling for me. Anyway, seems to me you either like the CCR sound or you don't, and I do.

It's Green River time, a 1969 album from Credence Clearwater Revival (CCR). Much has been written about the band, so I'm not sure what else new I might have to say. This music was easy to connect when I was a kid. The music had great hooks and it sounded like all the country music and rock and roll my parents always listened to. I enjoy a lot of the music from the late 60s, but there is a special place for this music that went against the grain. I don't know. It's just enjoyable on a different level than most other music at the time. There is something deep and spirited about this music; like it organically grew out of the soil in America. And it had all of our experiences baked into the music. I've always enjoyed this music and nothing has changed to this day. It's silly I haven't listened and enjoyed all the music on this album. The curse of the greatest hits collection that often feels arbitrary on what tracks are chosen.

They are like a good friend, always there for you when you need them. It's CCR, you might not get along with all of the tracks, but I guarantee there will always be one that you do. You can't go wrong with them.

Someone save me from these old albums!!! This is nice and short, and has some big hits on it. But I don't like it. Even though 'Commotion' was in an episode of Parenthood. Fun fact: I used to use "there's a bad moon on the rise" being misheard as "there's a bathroom on the right" in my classes but I had to retire it because my students now have never heard of the song.

Grand enough. Enjoyed it more than I imagined I would. Heading up North into the DMZ tomorrow for a raid on Vinh Moc. I hope they know we’re coming and have cleared out. Day by day, I struggle to maintain not only my strength but my sanity. It's all a blur. I have no energy to write. I don't know what's right and what's wrong anymore. The morale of the men is low. A civil war in the platoon. Half the men with Elias, half with Barnes. There's a lot of suspicion and hate. I can't believe we're fighting each other when we should be fighting them.

I sincerely didn't understand what is so great about this, feels pretty generic?

not beating the singles band allegations

Very stereotypical “classic rock” record. But to be honest, doesn’t really grab my attention like other “classic” albums. Pretty middle of the road for 60s/70s rock. Short record and consistent sound throughout with nothing pushing too far out from the rest in creativity—so much so that I might even call the songs repetitive. Not sure if there is anything on this record that find the need to I’ll revisit. The recording sounds nice. Like a lot of classic rock. I give it a 5-5.5/10 Standout(s): Green River Bad Moon Rising

When marrying your own sister, this is the music that's played. Maybe not my bucket of hot leaves.

Ugh. With the exception of Bad Moon Rising, not a single track here had anything memorable about it. A middling rock voice, sub-standard guitar solos, and not a lyric of note. It's not offensively bad, but I can't ever imagine coming back.

It's not bad. I just don't care for it much.

Not my style

Some Alabama trailer trash women have been impregnated by their cousins to this album. Its red, white and blue vomit in musical format. Tough listen all the way through

DNF. Just not really my thing.

Didnt like it too well due to its genre I think. Great tracks, just didn't stick with me due to a clash of personal liking. I hate to give it a low rating because of this reason but this is not a good review but instead of how much i liked it

Awful country music

So John Fogerty played an hour over at this music festival called LOCKN in 2017 and he made Widespread Panic come out much later and shorten their show and I’ll never forget it and how Fogerty ruined the whole vibe and maybe the night although not the whole festival I mean the panic fans were more drunk than usual including a middle aged dad with his eight year old son nearby so I’ve held a grudge against Fogerty ever since. One star.

not for me NNN

They might make a fairly decent pub band if they keep working hard.

There are TOO MANY CCR albums on this list. They all sound the same already. I don't want to hear the same thing again

Meh.

A bit too much country and harmonica for my taste

Swamp rock at its best!

This was great.

Tää on HUIKEE! Oli todella nastaa kuunnella tätä aamutuimaan työmatkalla! Pommin varmasti tulee kuunteluun tää albumi ja ostettua varmasti vinyylinäkin.

Classic rock that doesn’t stand out but it’s pretty good.

# Creedence Clearwater Revival - *Green River*: An In-Depth Review Released in August 1969, *Green River* was the second of three studio albums Creedence Clearwater Revival would release that year—an extraordinary feat of creativity that cemented their place in rock history . The album represents the full flowering of CCR's signature "swamp rock" sound and remains one of the most concise and potent statements in their catalog . ## Lyrics: Nostalgia, Darkness, and the American South John Fogerty's lyrics on *Green River* are deceptively complex. On the surface, the title track evokes an idyllic childhood reverie—barefoot girls dancing in the moonlight, rope swings, bullfrogs calling, and catfish biting at the log . Yet Fogerty himself has admitted that much of this imagery came not from actual experience but from a blend of memories (a family cabin near Putah Creek in California) and imagination (he stared at a Green River soda syrup label as a child and thought, "I'm gonna save that. That's important") . But beneath the nostalgic surface lies a darker current that runs throughout the album. As one analysis notes, *Green River* contains "fear, anger, dread, and weariness creeping on the edges of gleeful music" . Consider: - **"Bad Moon Rising"** contains the ominous line: "Hope you've got your things together / Hope you're quite prepared to die" . - **"Green River"** itself includes the warning: "You're gonna find the world is smolderin' / And if you get lost come on home to green river" . - **"Lodi"** expresses a working musician's existential dread of being stranded in a dead-end town. - **"Sinister Purpose"** and **"Tombstone Shadow"** explicitly invoke darker themes of death and foreboding . This juxtaposition of joyful, danceable music with lyrics reflecting the turmoil of 1969—Vietnam, political assassinations, social unrest—is one of the album's defining characteristics . Fogerty essentially created a mythic, idealized American South as a refuge from a world in crisis. ## Music and Performance: The Essence of "Swamp Rock" The album is remarkably tight and focused. Unlike the extended jams on their previous *Bayou Country*, *Green River* features no track over five minutes, with most songs clocking in under three . This concision works in the album's favor, creating a relentless momentum. John Fogerty's guitar work is crisp and evocative, with his Rickenbacker through a Kustom amp producing that distinctive twangy, biting tone . The interplay between John and rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty evokes early Southern rock pioneers like Dale Hawkins and Duane Eddy . The rhythm section of Stu Cook (bass) and Doug Clifford (drums) is locked-in and propulsive, driving what Fogerty famously dubbed "chooglin'"—a hypnotic, groove-heavy style . Clifford's deep, low-tuned Ludwig snare drum (switching from a 5" Supra on earlier albums to a deeper 15" wood snare) contributed significantly to the album's unique percussive texture . Standout tracks include: - **"Green River"** – features one of Fogerty's most memorable guitar riffs and a vocal delivery that practically conjures the humidity of the bayou . - **"Commotion"** – a relentless, rhythmic workout with scratchy, screaming guitars . - **"Bad Moon Rising"** – deceptively upbeat and bouncy despite its apocalyptic lyrics . - **"The Night Time Is the Right Time"** – an all-out barroom blues cover showcasing the band's versatility . ## Production: A Self-Contained Vision One of the most remarkable aspects of *Green River* is that John Fogerty produced it himself . Without an external producer like The Beatles had in George Martin, Fogerty was entirely responsible for the band's sound and vision—a responsibility he handled with extraordinary success, rivaling The Beatles in consecutive Top 5 hits in the US from 1967-1970 . His approach created a consistent, raw, and immediate sound that feels both vintage and timeless. However, some critics note the production can feel "basic" at points and lacks variance, though this rawness also contributes to the album's charm . ## Themes: Escape, Anxiety, and Myth-Making The central thematic tension of *Green River* is the pull between the desire for a simpler, more innocent past and the anxious realities of the present. The album's vision of the South is a "richly imagined" construct—one that may "never have existed in fact, but is drawn with such vivid strokes that it's hard to imagine it isn't out there somewhere" . Fogerty, like William Faulkner, conjured a place that feels deeply authentic precisely because it's invented . The "Green River" itself becomes a metaphor for a safe harbor, a place to return to "when the world is smolderin'" . ## Influence and Legacy *Green River* was a massive commercial success, reaching #1 on the album charts and producing hit singles that remain classic rock staples . Its influence on country rock and Americana is profound, with the band's "unique sound of Blues and Swamp Rock" continuing to inspire artists decades later . The album's brevity and focus arguably made it more accessible than its predecessor, establishing a template for the band's subsequent releases . Fogerty's creative peak during this period has "never been matched and probably never will be" . ## Pros and Cons **Pros:** - **Concise and focused:** No filler or overextended jams; every track earns its place . - **Exceptional songwriting:** Fogerty's blend of catchy hooks and dark, layered lyrics is at its peak . - **Timeless production:** The raw, immediate "swamp rock" sound remains distinctive and influential . - **Contains multiple classic singles:** "Green River," "Bad Moon Rising," "Lodi," and "Commotion" are all certified hits . - **High replay value:** At under 30 minutes, it's a perfect quick listen . **Cons:** - **Lack of stylistic variety:** The consistent sound can feel a bit "safe" and doesn't stray far from the band's comfort zone . - **Production can feel basic:** Some listeners may find the production lacks polish or variance . - **Several tracks are less memorable:** Songs like "Wrote a Song For Everyone" and "Cross-Tie Walker" have been described as "milquetoast" and "generic" compared to the highlights . - **Vocal limitations:** While Fogerty's voice is perfect for this style, some find the vocals "not really much" and merely "okay" . ## Final Verdict *Green River* is a masterclass in economical rock songwriting and a definitive statement of CCR's unique vision. It captures a band at its creative peak, balancing joyful, swampy grooves with an undercurrent of anxiety that perfectly reflects its turbulent era. While it may be too consistent for its own good and contains a couple of weaker tracks, its strengths far outweigh its limitations. This is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand American rock music of the late 1960s—a concise, evocative, and endlessly listenable classic.

One of the best albums by one of the best bands

Wow ! What an album!! Fogerty is a God. He produces and arranges Green River. He writes most of the songs. He plays lead guitar. This album was released in 1969. It was the psychedelic era.Woodstock national. Fogerty ignored that and went back to basic rock a roll. Everyone thought CCR was from the south. Actually, they were from San Francisco. Fogerty was a great vocalist. He is like an Old Testament warning people about the future. Key songs. Green River: great opener. Back to nature feel. Tombstone Shadow: sounds spooky. Sing a song for everyone: everyone loves it. Bad moon rising: Fogerty predicts bad things will come soon. Really? Nixon, Vietnam, Cambodia, Kent Stare, Watergate. The list goes on. Sinister Purpose: doesn’t sound good. Night time is the right time: great closing song. An American masterpiece. Five stars

Falar de Creedence é chover no molhado. Uma das maiores bandas de todos os tempos, com uma das discografias mais 10/10 da história. Green River não é meu preferido deles mas nem por isso deixa de ser 5 estrelas with no fucking doubt.

Took a day and a half to convince myself that this is a five and now it's so obvious.

Classic Creedence... Classic Album. As it should be.

Hell yeah. Fogerty and co. may be posers but they pose so well.

Always liked this album cover! Favorite track: Tombstone Shadow

This shit is in my blood.

Every song a hit

Classic

Amazing album! One of the best Creedence Clearwater Revival albums ever! It continues the Swamp-Rock sound that they've established on previous albums. Great album by a great band!

As an ALBUM it's interesting. Nearly every song is a hit and a half, but when I noticed the six-note-riff in Sinister Purpose, it really took me out of it. Having a throughline for an album is a good thing, but when it's so prominent that it pulls you out of the groove? I think I have to dock the album as the whole a little something because of that singular moment, sadly. This REALLY makes me wish for half stars. There's no way this is a 4, but I don't feel like 5 is right either. Overall score: 9/10 (my KINGDOM for half stars!)

Nothing beats a Creedence album

CCR will always get 5.

I LOVE this album and CCR! This album has their unique sound that is all their own. It invites you in to join them but has a "don’t mess with us" attitude at the same time. Love it!

Have heard of them before. Have heard some songs before. But this was my first album. Wow. I absolutely fell in love with their unique sound. They sound badass and like they take names. Will be getting this album on vinyl :)

lodi

Foundational. Blues country fusion emblematic of southern rock sound

I love a bit of Creedence.