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idk
it's just good
It was fine, I really like their song "Fortune Son" but that was not included in this album.
It was okay blues rock!
I definitely liked some songs more than others, but not bad
A lovely little treat for an afternoon that wasn't all that interesting. I wasn't expecting to like it since it's not my genre of music.
I like graveyard train. Really cool solo.
I don't know how I feel about white men singing like black men. A little too repetitive. Okay, proud Mary is the song I knew, a classic nonetheless.
There are some absolute classics here, which I just learned came from this album. Great foot stompin' music. Favorite song: Good Golly Miss Molly
hm i like it but something keeps me from actually really liking it
I find it hilarious how this band from California is revered in the culture of Confederate South Eastern United States, a culture that is polar opposite of what California represents... It's kind of like how Kid Rock is a rich kid from the suburbs near Detroit, or how Bruce Springsteen is a "Blue Collar" musician... Maybe I'm wrong? At least they're music was pretty good some of the time
Didn't like this one as much as some of the other CCR on this list. Songs are more low key and meander a bit. It's still the classic CCR sound and it's a fun listen but not as impactful as other entries in their discography. Standouts are "Born on the Bayou" "Proud Mary" and "Keep on Chooglin'." It's a solid jam session, probably a 3.5/5 for me, narrowly missing out on a 4.
Not bad, kinda funky!!!
has potential bc i like one of their most popular songs. kind of all sound pretty similar. 2 that i liked. 1 that i knew. i know one other song by them. decent album just repetitive
Made me feel like I am in a movie, but not my style. I wouldn’t listen every day
Pretty good album! My first time learning about "swamp rock" and I enjoyed the dark mood and louisiana themes! Felt like reading a gothic short story. Also first time hearing the original proud mary which is such an iconic song for tina turner!
Quelque bonne chanson, mais assez répétitif.
I can definitely understand why people like this album. It’s a very groovy, fun album with a strong sense of movement. It feels like something you’d play with all the windows down while traveling or exploring, music that makes you want to move, dance, and just enjoy the moment. Outside of that specific setting, I don’t really see myself choosing to listen to it on a day-to-day basis. The songs were enjoyable and made my head bop, but it’s not an album I’d casually put on unless the situation matched the vibe. For me, it feels very situational but not something I’d return to on my own.
It’s alright. Good enough to not be boring but it’s not terribly interesting. Fine summer background music.
I'd have preferred Willy and the Poor Boys personally, but I can't really complain about the album that's got "Born on the Bayou" and "Proud Mary", now, can I? Plus it's got my favorite cover of theirs. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of long meandering songs, and here Fogerty's giving us *two* of them. Now that's just not necessary, dude.
Such a distinctive style and sound.
This truly was a collection of songs.
I’d love to have heard this music live in a dive bar in New Orleans. As an album it got a little redundant.
Swamp rock
Good Golly Miss Molly! Why’re these California boys making bayou music?
I can really only take so much of this stuff
Fav: Proud Mary, keep on chooglin Erinnert mich an eine Autofahrt in den 80zigern mit einem alten Auto bei Sonnenuntergang, westernstyle
Great by the boys!
gay
Not my cup of tea.
I think this is album three by CCR and it's another good one. Like the others, I enjoyed the the non-greatest hits songs like Bootleg as much as the hits.
Really good / rock and blues Proud Mary / Good Golly Miss Molly / Keep on Choogling my fav
Very mixed. Proud Mary and the title track are both great but a couple of others are too long and very simple repetitive blues
1. Good Golly Miss Molly 2. Penthouse Pauper 3. Born on the Bayou I liked the instrumentals a lot, voice gets a bit repetitive as there isn’t a great deal of range. I don’t think the lyrics are the first thing to grab your attention, but it leaves the impression that they would be meaningful if you read them properly. I think the songs sound more like short story telling rather than anything overly catchy which I like.
Twas fine
This is so close to being a 4 but I sadly just don’t think I’ll remember or revisit this album or any of its songs. A good time though! Felt like I should be riding a horse whilst listening to it
CCR has been one of my favorite groups for over 50 years. So, it's probably a little hard to be completely objective about this album. That said, there's probably 4-5 really good songs with the rest being album fillers.
This was alright. CCW has better stuff out there - this was pretty samey and unexciting for me.
Classic rock, cover is dope Stand-outs - Born on the Bayou - Proud Mary
Pretty good bootleg has good guitar part! like the instrumentals a lot, very classic rock like 3.5 stars if i could give like 6.5-7/10
already really like ccr. first time listening to this album for me. love how punchy the drums are
son buenas pero no sé si las escucharía seguido good golly miss molly tal vez si pero es como la tipica de rock and roll (ya vi que es la original)
🌟🌟🌟 really good but not my cup of tea, roadtrip movie vibe
not for me….. ⭐️ proud mary
Listening now
A raw rock blues album with country roots.
Overall a good album, but not my vibe
nghe khá hay và organic. chắc năm 1969 chưa cắm 50 cục phơ nên 0 nhiều distortion, nghe tiếng bass tiếng guitar tiếng trống rất rõ. vocal hơi khàn khàn, kiểu mấy ông 50-70s. có âm hưởng blue, call and response giữa vocal và guitar, laid back drum, walking bass, có cả harmonica. chắc tao thích graveyard train nhất.
I’m definitely drawn into the music, and John Fogerty has a fantastic voice that gives the album a lot of character. The songs have a strong groove, and I can easily understand why Creedence Clearwater Revival became such a defining band. Still, there is something about the sound that gets a little too close to a pub or bar-band atmosphere for my taste. Maybe some of this music has simply been played so much over the years that it has lost a bit of its impact for me. I enjoy it while it is playing, but it never quite becomes an album I feel strongly connected to. 3/5
was not expecting to choogle for 8 minutes that was crazy, also didn’t realize they recorded proud mary first
Not bad.
Its very yehaw, wat niet erg is t heeft n nice picnic momentje vibe, jointje erbij warme zon erboven. Maar ja dit is echt zo n album die je niet in een playlist kan stoppen je moet t helemaal luisteren anders werkt t niet. instrumental is een vibe, de iron maiden syndroom stem niet.
decidedly “not my thing”, but i thought it was fine overall. ccr are a band where i’d rather listen to their hits as opposed to their actual records.
3.5 ersten paar tracks waren etwas langweilig, die restlichen gingen aber und waren relativ catchy. ich hatte irgendwie gehofft, dass ich ein rießiger ccr fan werden würde, sobald ich ihre musik kannte(weil sie einfach nen coolen vibe haben), ist leider nicht so. vielleicht liegt es aber auch einfach am album und sie haben noch zeug, dass mir besser gefällt. trotzdem solid 60s/70s rock
Overall, very solid album, lacking in its "arc". Many songs are somewhat same-y. When it hits it hits, and it rarely misses, never catastrophically. (3.5/5)
This was from still early in the band's career and even though it's pretty good, it's not their best. Fogerty is a peerless songwriter - there's so much soul in his work, even if they're not always top-ten tracks. Sure his vocal delivery can be a little affected and cringe sometimes, but the songs are clearly timeless. Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou are classics and banger grooves, but the Good Golly Miss Molly is a great interpretation too. The only track that feels like it phones it in is Graveyard Train. Proud Mary could have used another guitar solo instead. The guitar work on this one is stellar. The solos and fill licks are so sweet.
Crunchy guitars, gravelly vocals and a whole load of deep Southery. What's not to like?!
A bayou is brackish and boggy. Swamp rock rises like a black snake moaning and a rotten log floating and then the guitars start strumming in the long heat an afternoon. These southern boys rose from the vines and Spanish moss with songs as oozy and infectious as an Alabama afternoon.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Fogerty obviously has an incredible voice, but the blues rock on display here is pretty solid.
OK but not their best.
I CAN STILL REMEMBER
This was pretty boring. Liked the other obe better.
Not a very memorable album. The last song was the best but I generally found his voice granting and most songs suffered from too many solos.
Not their best
This made me feel like I was in a chopper over Nam
Spanking a child turns him into a snot. Fear, that's what makes him a man. I know a place where a man's worth is measured by the ears hanging off his dog tags. The real hardcore shit. A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done. If a story seems moral, do not believe it. If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, then you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie. There is no rectitude whatsoever. There is no virtue. As a first rule of thumb, therefore, you can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil. Feels like big rice paddy hours here. Knee deep in the shit. If this album had Fortunate Son it'd be a 4. Strong 3 otherwise.
I was happy when I saw that this was 33 minutes but then I realized there were multiple songs longer than 5 minutes. Album was fine. I did not realize that Good Golly Miss Molly was a cover the Little Richard version
Alexa loves CCR so I was like oh I'll listen to this but lowk I think it was mid. not bad but like It didnt excite me
Not a big fan of the word chooglin and also not super into proud Mary
Kinda fun. Didn't do much for me though. Nothing grabbed me.
Fun swamp rock album but not even in the bands top 3 albums for me. Good songs all and all but aside from the single nothing stands out.
I think I liked this more than I can admit to myself I did, but there's better versions of some of these songs elsewhere and I think this band and type of music are over represented here so that's a 3.
fine- nothing really called out to me. Maybe the style isn't my thing. "good golly miss molly" was fun though as well as "penthouse pauper". 3/5
Very bluesy very country very swampy. Proud Mary is such a well written song, this version is very bare bones. I enjoy the first two tracks quite a lot. Dig it
Starts real strong with the bluesy swamp rock number Born on the Bayou (full of Southern references but band were born and raised in California). Proud Mary is another good track (although slightly slower and less rocky than I remember it). Overall the rest of the tracks don’t live up to those tracks - the drums feel a bit plodding and there isn’t the same intensity in the guitar and vocals.
I know its not meant to be a sexy song, but man Born on The Bayou has a sexiness about it. Anyway...
Classic rock in its most classic form.
another generic 60s classic rock
It’s not bad by any means, but overall I find myself wanting Greatest Hits CCR versus album CCR. The hits on this album simply get me more excited than the lesser known tracks.
This is the Family Guy Purgatory of Albums. It’s fine. It’s got some good stuff. It’s not that good, but it’s not that bad. Anyway on to the next one.
This album makes you want to go on a Roadtrip
I love CCR, but this one is not their best - I put it on in the background and it worked fine, but I don't care too much about any of the songs in particular.
Better than I expected
This was pretty good, some nice riffs and funny lyrics in here but at other times it got way too repetitive for my liking
Ingen Fortunate Son direkt, men inte dåligt
Helt okej! Kanske lite ensidigt (Proud Mary sticker ut, men kanske mest för att jag känner igen den så väl) men föredömligt kort album.
It’s a got a nice jamming groove, though this particular brand of Southern rock doesn’t do all that much for me. At least they keep it tight at under 40 minutes.
This album has an example of a cover being better than the original with proud mary by Tina Turner (and Ike I guess) being heads above, Creedence Clearwater Revival's original version. Overall an okay album was anything special but was not bad. Middle of the road. 5/10.
3.4 I enjoyed it, but it was let down partly by an unnecessary cover of good golly miss Molly and the fact that I sadly cannot stand Proud Mary. Dunno why, but that songs really winds me up. Graveyard train the best of the rest I think.
A bit inconsistent and lacking lyrical on a few tracks. But the rest is great
I've never listened to a full CCR album before. This should be interesting. Track one, Born on the Bayou. I fell like this song needs no introduction. Track two, Bootleg. More hillbilly blues, I l like it. Track 3, Graveyard Train. Hillbilly blues with a slow groove. Excellent flow between the first three songs. Eight and a half minutes might be a little longer than this one needs though. Track 4, Good Golly Miss Molly. Classic rock n roll cover. Nice tempo change after the previous song overstayed it's welcome a bit. Track 5, Penthouse Pauper. Really feeling this bluesy one. Track 6, Proud Mary. This song is fine but it's definitely my least favorite so far. I just prefer the bluesier stuff. Track 7, Keep on Chooglin', whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean. This is basically the anthem of what I have now dubbed hillbilly blues. This one clocks in at 7:41. I feel like I'm these longer tracks, not enough is happening to justify their increased length. This might just a product of the age of the record. I'm not really sure. Solid 3 star album .
Not too bad
As seems to be quite common - I enjoyed the album but it hasn't made me want to track down more of their stuff.
I hear the appeal of Creedence right on the first track which immediately introduces John Fogerty as having one of the most striking voices of his time. Born On The Bayou is a slow ride taken through smooth and easy (years before Foghat). From what I hear, a part of these tracks are based on repetitive themes that may work but wear off if repeated for too long. There's a difference between Graveyard Train and Keep On Chogglin' where the former gets annoying at some point and the latter ups the sonic intensity a bit. Proud Mary is a classic of course, but the rest tends to pass me by with a good impression. Just not a great impression. I do enjoy this album in general, but I sense that there's better work by this group later on. This was only their second record and they would follow this up with 3 other highly acclaimed albums in the months following. I will give this the score I think it gets on the star rating, but it's going to go on the mid 7 range for me (7/10, 4/5 on this scale) (Update: 3/5 now, but Proud Mary keep on turnin')
Nice collection of blues and rock , well constructed songs which are very relaxing and lightly enjoyable
I love John Fogertys voice! Though the selection of songs on here isn’t the greatest it was still an enjoyable listen. I also never knew that he wrote Proud Mary.
As much as I love them I’m embarrassed to admit that this is the first Creedence album that I’ve listened to. Everything else has always been a compilation/best of album. Very good album 3.5 stars.
Liked it added good golly miss molly
Didn't listen to the whole thing, wasn't great in my opinion, but that doesn't make it bad, would listen to it every now and then
Solid rock album, standard stuff.
I wasn't born in Bayou Country. The nearest bayou is around 4,500 miles from me. Still I quite enjoyed this swamp-y record.
Solid album from the period, stand out track obviously Proud Mary. But generally pretty good.
Would recommended it if I had a father working as a farmer
This is one of those albums that works with an extremely limited sonic palette, which can be great if there's enough interest in the performances, compositions, or just the general vibe of the record. Bayou Country is a bit of a mixed bag in this regard. Obviously Fogerty's vocals aren't a univeral preference, but they don't bother me too much. However, there's just not enough variation for me to really get into this album - or really most of CCR. Like many bands from this era (or any era for that matter), specific singles taken in isolation can hit pretty hard, but there needs to be somthing more to hold my attention for an entire album.
This album wasn’t bad but I wasn’t rocking out either. The harmonica wasn’t annoying in this compared to the Bob Dylan album. Favorite songs: Good Golly Miss Molly, Proud Mary
Couple of good songs, but a lot of boring blues...
Easy does it. Kind of samey.
It's Creedence. It rocks/choogles. It's great. Favourite tracks: Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Penthouse Pauper
It's good, but man is it short.
Not bad. Not bad. But not my favourite CCR album. An easy listen, if nothing else.
Some good songs. Classic album
A band I am always meant to check out. Never got a round to it. This is so so, couple of great tracks, some interminable jams. 2.5 rounded up Heard before? The singles Owned: No 19/1001, 19/77 (24%) Will I get? Probably not
EEEEEEYYYYYAAAAAH
Nice late 60s swampy blues rock.
I really enjoy the strong blues element in this band, but I have to admit that southern rock isn’t usually my go-to. It definitely wasn’t a bad album, though. As a South Florida guy, if I ever find myself down in the Everglades on an airboat wrestling alligators, this will definitely be my go-to background music.
I love when bands have their own theme songs.
not crazy abt it
This was fun! I like keeping it to the original 7 inch experience, it's just right for what it is. Impressive! Very clear, rugged, dirty, modern rock and roll. I would love to have someone else say they'd like to listen to this or some CCR in general. Because I don't think it pulled me in enough to make me come back to it. 3.3/5
Born on the Bayou caused me to check where they are from (NoCal). And while they still made catchy, bluesy rock… Doesn’t hit the same.
Fun one! Vocals were very grassroots and I felt like I needed to be doing manual labor or swinging a pickaxe or something while I listened along.
Second CCR album and I enjoyed this one too. Not as much as green river. But still, a nice surprise.
2nd album by CCR and have enjoyed them both. Marking this one down slightly (vs Green River) because i could have done without 25% of the album being taken up with ‘Graveyard Train’ plodding along but getting nowhere. Liked the other 6 songs. Can see myself coming back to this.
It's gatorin' time! With all the noodling that drags on, turning a short album into something that feels far longer, this risks being self indulgent. However, with guitars that sound this swampy it's hard not to feel the vibes, even if all a bit one note.
Nice old school rock I guess
I'm in the Midlands of England, I don't drive so I could never experience a highway. This album is fascinating to me. There's a lot of meaning and dialect I'm probably missing. This is probably pretty close to the ultimate blues record. I was listening to this in the park, it's Autumn, and this is vibing well with Autumn. The vocal knows where his wheelhouse is and it's so powerful, he rocks out in his groovy power every track, which is great. I look for variance though, when I've already been impressed. I don't get this Blues sad when I get sad, I get sad girl sad. I really itch to hear a Blues compilation firstly. I don't think I like the cover! "Chooglin'" is a term popularized by John Fogerty in his Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Keep On Chooglin'," and it generally means to have a good time, to keep going with energy, or to move with a strong, steady rhythm. The meaning of "chooglin'" can be interpreted as a positive affirmation to persevere through hard times and continue to enjoy life." That's very heartwarming, lovely. "You got to ball and have a good time, and that's what I call chooglin'." Keep on chooglin'! I was done by the end of this, it choogles, all the performances are excellent, and there's nothing to knock, its all powerhouse. It's all great and its all a powerhouse, which of course is brilliant. My mind interprets it as a lack of variety and range. I can't help that when "Bootleg (Alternative Take)" begun on the streaming version, my mind held quite a heavy sigh for hearing it again. The score will just weigh in a "not quite for me" factor. If it were live I'd be going crazy in the loveliest sense.
Bon vibe
Ca rock pi ca roll. Fun et groovy mais assez conventionnel.
Thought I was going to like this one more than I ended up. Iconic voice but the songs are pretty uneven
would listen again if i feel swampy
Sympa mais pas incroyable
It was ok not my kind of music
Never did love never did hate. Great mix of well-known classics and obscure. 5.5
Good Golly Miss Molly and Penthouse Pauper are terrific, blistering and high energy. Some are duller but they do rock.
Dad- 7 Mom- 5 Mike- NA Lori- 6.5 Michael- 7 Miles- NA Cole- NA Avg- 6.38
I like "Keep On Chooglin'". That's fun to say. Chooglin. Chooglin chooglin chooglin. Chooglin!
Another CCR album only eight days after getting Cosmo's Factory? I would have probably preferred someone new to start my work week, but I suppose I'll take it. I enjoyed Bayou Country about the same amount as I enjoyed Cosmo's Factory (three stars), though I do feel like the songs here have a little more identity compared to the 1970 album. BC is also a few minutes (and four tracks) shorter than CF, so I'd say I'm slightly more likely to return to this one in the future, but not enough to give it four stars. My main takeaway from Bayou Country is that Creedence Clearwater Revival wrote that "rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river" song and that it's apparently called "Proud Mary?" I might have gone my entire life without knowing that and I've heard the song at least a dozen times (probably more). Highlights: Graveyard Train, Good Golly Miss Molly, Proud Mary, Keep On Chooglin'
not really bad but also not really my kinda music (feel like i said this to quite some albums here haha)
Proud Mary was good and enjoyed this overall. Not my favourite, but a good album.
Let's keep on choogling in 2025!
I really enjoyed this more than I expected. I can see cypress trees and Spanish moss hanging from the trees. I can orange sunset over the swamps and hear the putter of boats fishing or pulling up shrimp traps. This band seems like they would be great live.
I don't know have much to say about CCR -- who certainly deserve their spot and I can completely get how someone stan for them -- but one thing that occured to me is that I can't hear their music without picturing a montage of Vietnam movie scenes.
Lowkey solid.
- can definitely see why it’s a classic. their claim to the title ‘greatest rock ‘n roll band of all time’ in their spotify bio is however entertaining to me. loved to learn that fogerty’s writing process involved staring at his blank wall, and that he had never lived in the bayou. not particularly drawn in by it but i like it well enough! spectacular guitar for sure.
Soft and rocky, not very exciting, Proud Mary revives karaoke memories...
CCR was a great singles band but imo they don’t have a truly great album. And if they do, it is definitely not this one. Bootleg, Graveyard Train, Good Golly Miss Molly (Little Richard should have sued them for this abomination), and Keep On Chooglin are bad. Then there is Born on The Bayou (solid) and Proud Mary (one of the greatest rock songs ever). I don’t get it either. But go listen to Chronicle, you do not need to hear this before you die, because it may kill you
Solo un poco repetitivo pero el pantano es el pantano
Starts out strong - I have always dug the solid groove of Born on the Bayou. Maintains its energy most of the way but by the end I was hoping that he would stop chooglin'.
Everything apart from the hits is standard southern blues-rock. Yawn. (It's never a good sign when the music improves when the album ends--I got Cinnamon Girl.)
I continue to be surprised that CCR albums are just alright.
Pleasantly surprised by this album as I am not a big CCR fan. This album, however, is them the best. Good, clean southern rock with a bit of an edge to it and not a lot of instances of Fogerty blatantly mispronouncing words.
If you've heard one CRR record, you've heard them all. They write songs that are fun for like, 30 seconds, then they drag that out for a lifetime until you're bored out of your mind. And by "fun," I mean "innocently intriguing." You might say, "Oh that riff is cool," or, "Huh, hooky chorus," but your life is not going to be changed. It's beer-drinking, dive bar-conversating, pool-playing, cigarette-smoking music. Great for the background, not for primary listening. And that's why every Boomer Dad loves CCR, and everyone else doesn't give a fuck. I do like this one better than Cosmo's Factory. Mainly because it's not half-filled with covers. That doesn't mean I adore it, and I think the "good" songs– and I use the term loosely– are significantly weaker here. And worse, the few covers on here are the best songs here. But the all-around package is more tolerable, so that counts for something. Maybe not a higher score, but still, something.
Not really into the down-home country boy 1970s rock aesthetic tbh.
Not sure I've ever listened to this record. Obviously the lead tune is nostalgic and deeply ingrained for me, as are the 2 covers. Upon listening straight through though, all I could think was how fun it would have been to sit around while they played through this short record beginning to end. I would love that version of these songs. As is, it's choppy and sounds like they were told to write a radio hit and a radio ready cover so they could get the rest of the songs out there.
Definitely has the distinct CCR sound! I enjoyed it. Especially the first song
Not a bad album. It gets a little "jam band"ish which is alright by me. Obvious hits on here that land this album on the list on their own, the rest is probably not as notable. Still choogles!
This album is pretty alright.
- estilo fundador do rock sulista dos eua - muito imersivo e descontraído, porém curto - faltou as músicas animadas que a banda tem no catálogo
It was also a fine album. Solid as fuck classic rock and roll. Theres parts in that album where i loved the soloing and i could tell the historical "fuck the Vietnam war" the whole album pretty much marinated itself within
6/10
Also didn’t expect to like this at all but I really enjoyed 1 or 2 songs. Overall an enjoyable album but not really for me
Background, can't imagine ever playing this with the intent to listen to the songs.
74/100 not a crazy amount of music actually here, just a handful of songs, some being quite long nothing crazily special takes place in this record but that's okay you don't always need that, sometimes you just need good music that you can enjoy in nearly every setting, and that's what this is
Good, 33 mins. 6/10. Couple bangers. Upbeat.
I like this much more than the other CCR album I've listened to. I can hear the blues and it still has a distinct rock sound. 3.5 stars rounded down
Eu quando vaquejada
Decent "jammy" record from Creedence. The record that confused people into believing this was a group out of the bayou, but undeniably great sounding with fantastic song writing. A little less versatility displayed on this one, but for the second of three records released in one year, what could one really expect?
Buen álbum, interesante descubrir mas acerca de la discografía de este grupo
I like some CCR, but apparently I can't lie on my bed to listen to them exclusively because I will fall asleep. Graveyard Train felt a lot longer than 8:37. Proud Mary definitely the highlight for me. Classic. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite tracks: Born On The Bayou, Proud Mary, Keep On Chooglin'
Noen kule låter. God instrumental og vokal. Kan av og til bli litt jokkete. Ikke beste albummet fra CCR
Guitar on good golly miss Molly is pretty sick. Penthouse pauper cracked me up. In general, a bit too country for me?
57 albums in and 3 of them have been CCR. The Brits love them some Creedence don’t they?
This is a decent album but not CCR’s best
I like some CCR, but apparently I can't lie on my bed to listen to them exclusively because I will fall asleep. Graveyard Train felt a lot longer than 8:37. Proud Mary definitely the highlight for me. Classic. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite tracks: Born On The Bayou, Proud Mary, Keep On Chooglin'
I'm realizing that CCR isn't really all that great at making albums. This one is at least very consistent and maintains a good vibe throughout. And, honestly, in the context of the album, "Proud Mary" doesn't even stand out as much as I was thinking/hoping it would. By default, it is my favorite song on the album still.
Very solid CCR outing. 3.5
I’ll give them Proud Mary that’s it
Wonderful cover, ok songs. Not my usual style, but it was a good listen
Pleasant enough album but it dragged on a bit in parts. Not my favourite of the 3 of their albums I've heard either 3 ⭐️
Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention, but it seemed kind of repetitive.
Happy vibes, rock/blues. Fav : Proud Mary.
The album's biggest fault is that it can be better (which CCR pretty promptly resolved)
Good vibes, good guitar, not something I'll add to my collection but you can never really go wrong with CCR. Also Keep on Chooglin is such a funny name for a song.
Nothing wrong - just samey and overly long.
I like CCR. This is fine, fun, but nothing really stuck to me.
Highlight Song/s: Proud Mary This album was pretty bleh. I guess that's what happens when you pump out 5 albums in like 18 or so months. CCR has some other albums on this list, so I will see in due time if they are more like a singles sort of band instead of an album-oriented band - I'm thinking they might be a singles sort of band.
This country rock sound isn't my go to but it's done well. Proud Mary is one I'll go back to though. 6/10
Uvijek se žalim da mi albumi zvuče previše američki i da mi to smeta ali mi je kod njih sasvim ok. Prolazno.
Not familiar with a lot of Creedence outside of their big hits but this had their classic sound and was pretty solid.
Bayou Country has some killer tracks and a great vibe, even if a few songs feel a bit repetitive and drag on a little too long.
I’m chooglin
Turns out Im a new big fan of this great band. All albums are good and well produced and their sound is unique. This is not the best yet still really good
muy rocanrolero yanki, esta piola aunq es lo mas dad music yanki q hay, la voz me la baja un toque pero los pedacitos medio psicodelicos la suben
Bluesy, country rock/swamp rock/American roots music from the late 60s. Proud Mary is great, the other songs are good musically though not really my kind of music. They had a distinctive sound and I like Fogerty's singing. But from this band I would rather listen to a best of album than any of the studio albums.
Had no idea that Proud Mary wasn't by Tina Turner. Actually quite like this album which is a surprise for me!
not my type
Rock n roll for cowboys - blues and country
I enjoy some CCR now and then, but rarely a full album. It's not a horrible listen, but there's too much country/folk in there to deter me off.
eh
Like the hits
5/10 definitely not creddences best by far
It’s CCR.
Really liked this one, though a couple jam sessions dragged too long.
Ehhh it's enjoyable enough, some nice sound to it, but none of it really sticks with me.
Country bumpkin rock but not their best album
Damn what a way to open an album, I wish the rest of the album reached that high. When the songs arent as good or memorable the vocals start to be a little more grating, I find. Its unfortunate, I like this kind of deep south rock, but this was a bit of a letdown. That being said, if you're a CCR fan you'll most likely love this album. Even the side of me that loves long drawn out blues riffs got a bit tired by the end, which is unfortunate because I'm sure they could've tightened this up. I liked the Good Golly Miss Molly cover way more than I thought I would, but it wouldve been nice to see the same effort from the rest of the album.
Alright, there was better CCR on this list though.
Highlights are Born On The Bayou and Proud Mary. The lead guitar is surprisingly good throughout. Still, it's overall less interesting than the other CCR album on the list (Cosmo's Factory).
не в восторге.
looking at the auto generated playlists this album is in doesnt fill me with hope, it more fills me with trepidation for what is next when twin fantasy finishes. I don't really think classic rock is for me, i haven't been a man from the sixties that runs a starship for that long (jim cites his fave band being queen (will shatner civered bohemian rhapsody but thats the closest thing i can find)). Like i can enjoy ac/dc enough, but this this is jus kinda like stale bread, its flavorless. I guess the riff in graveyard train was fine, this whole thing could be described in that one sentence, its like a good riff and then they forgor to make the rest good. overall it was fine, nothing id return to though.
I feel like I’m missing the key thing that this band thrives on which is me being 50 and my dad having been a really big fan of them when I was born. Idk, born on a bayou is the stand out obviously but nothing else really did it for me. There were a few moments I got hit with the “oh they wrote this song, cool!” (Did not know proud Mary was called that, didn’t know they wrote it, good song). I’m teetering between 3 and 4. Oh also sick album art for 1969
When a song's lyrics includes "rockn' n' rollin'", I instantly think it's cheesy. For as much hype as this band gets, I thought it would be a little bit more interesting. There are a couple of classics on here, but other than that, it's pretty mid and boring. Classic white boomer music. Weak 3 is generous
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essa capa eh bacana, hein mas de resto eh rock normal né, estadunidense até o cu fazer biquinho. meio xoxo
The original Proud Mary is still the best one, fight me!
Fun. Sometimes boring. 3/5
w/e
Some good southern rock. Great musicianship and a couple of really good tracks. The guitar work is really good. Just not the biggest fan of Fogerty's voice.
Don't mind me a bit of Credence
As far as CCR records go this is a weaker one imo but not bad at all. Guitar playing was killer
Instrumentally great, and oddly kind of relaxing to listen to. Highlights: Proud Mary, Born On The Bayou
Dragged after first 2 songs.
Awesome bluegrass instrumentals. Proud Mary definitely stands out as my favorite track.
Not my style, lot of soul, some pretty neat songs.
I think you have to love graveyard train to love the album. I don't but this is still very solid work
good songs but i've just heard them in so many places like grocery stores that it feels like background music
It's like it read my review of last week's CCR of "a little goes a long ways" and decided to give me a lot more CCR.
Fantastic Album, love this sound.
Including Bayou and Green River on this list and not Willie and the Poor Boys is a crime.
not bad, i think? Nothing memorable, just went by in the background before i realised it's finished
Listened Before? N Pretty good. Standard CCR stuff. I like the lead single more than almost all of the rest. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Born On The Bayou
It’s alright. Very very 1968. Maybe if it was my first time listening to CCR or rock music I would be blown away, but as it is I’m not really sure this is required listening.
again not really my style but it was better than the other one by them
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Cool to hear more shades of CCR beyond the hits that get used on movie soundtracks. More groove and soul layers than I would have expected. Definitely iconic sound.
Proud Mary is decent, but there are better CCR albums
Nothing really grabbing me here. Think I prefer the hits. Simpsons: Just going to assume Fortunate Son was used in some sort of Vietnam parody.
This was ok, I could listen to John Fogerty all day. This feels like a jam session where a couple of the songs go on for a little too long. Proud Mary and the cover of Good Golly, Miss Molly were probably the highlights for me.
Pretty good shit, not much variety but it does what it does well.
Ei paras CCR.
Better than I expected, but this is still weird republican uncle rock in my book
Very pleasat.
Pretty consistent and rocked out well.
Proud Mary (Big wheels keep on turning, Proud Mary keep on burning) Rustig, gedateerd maar wel erg melodieus album
Not my style but has some bops! Misogyny tho
John Fogert is a legend!
Great vibe, classic tunes, was great to listen to but I won’t return to it.
Alright
Very good.
some fun CCR mixed with some overlong non-standouts; might warm up to this more in the future.
Solid psychedelic cruisin’
Very good swamp rock/blues album, although not my favourite CCR
An album that enjoyable from start to finish. Sixties towards Seventies country rock with touches of psychedelia around the edges. A perfect album to return to on long drives. Favorite track: Proud Mary, that just eases up to the last track.
Hits are amazing. Other tracks are bluesy vamps that were probably great live.
I don’t dislike this band. I just don’t want to listen to them. It’s all very well done. It just requires hard drinking.
Interesting album, I recall hearing some of it in my youth. Just not too exciting.
Cool album. Has a nice sixties vibe to it.
Good southern swamp rock
i've been holdin out hope for the Creedance, man. CCR and their stripped back no bullshit sound has always connected with me. I'd suffer through hotel california on the local classic rock radio station 95.9 the river while driving around in highschool to get a sniff of Fortunate Son. And play it super fuckin loud. I love CCRs music, but moreso than I actually like Bayou Country as an album. It as a collection doesn't move quite like blasting Bad Moon rising or sitting around in the heat and listening to Lodi. I feels weird saying this but it's a 3 for me. Still love CCR man.
Got a bit bored by this
short and sweet
Rocking
CCR is a really good band and this is a really good record
I feel like every blues album sounds the same. Luckily its an ok sound.
Started slower, liked the second half of the album. Felt like a solid combination of blues, bluegrass, rock, and country. 3/5
Not the most varied, but still quality stuff
Some pretty sick guitar solos here and there but overall didn't leave much of an impression
It's exactly what I expected from Creedence, that raw Southern state sound. It's the real iconic sound, but not groundbreaking like some of their other stuff. I would go back to this if I were on a long road trip, especially if I were in the South.
I like his voice Cool harmonicas/folky instruments
Pretty good, and I liked the “swampiness” of it all. Not particularly my thing, though.
1. I enjoyed the second half of this album more so than the first, it seemed to pick up. My favorite from the album would be 'Good Golly, Miss Molly' Overall pretty solid, but not sure there are many songs that I would go back to organically.
3.5
Okay-ish. But nothing special
Classic CCR, really only one or two songs I know
Loved: Good Golly Miss Molly, Proud Mary Decent: Born On The Bayou, Bootleg, Penthouse Pauper Didn't Like: Graveyard Train, Keep On Chooglin'
I love the greasy blues sound of Fogerty. CCR is one of my favs. The LP is so-so for me. That year for the group is historic.
It was fine.
Yet another nostalgia trip inducing classic rock album. It makes me think of warm summer days in high school; getting high, jamming, going for a swim in the river close to our jam space, inevitably waking up my friend’s parents by playing drums too loud past curfew. Favourite tracks: Born on the Bayou, Proud Mary, Keep on Chooglin'
Good. Loved the intros to each song probably more than the song. I heard it through the grapevine - finally know who sings it.
Deserves 3 stars just for using the word "chooglin'" in a song title.
kinda a 2.5 to me but i’ll round it up to 3 bc im feeling nice :) it definitely is of the era and drags on a bit at times but its a cool groove that i can vibe with all the same
Solid
I find CCR cheesy. I know it's (hallowed) classic rock, and I used to play a lot of CCR covers, and they certainly go off. I have just never really understood their place in classic rock folklore. Its OK - just a 3.
CCR’s albums function better as a collection of songs. Settling aside the fabrication of their connection to US South / Bayou, this is one of thier better albums. Some strong material overcomes their issues as a limited singles band.
Good rock!
CCR at its bluesiest? Still good stuff
Decent. Always like the vocals for CCR This album is a bit of a mixed bag of great songs and endless blues numbers.
CCR has a handful of good singles and only one of them is on this album.
This was pretty fun. “Born on the Bayou” and “Proud Mary” are good songs of course, but I also enjoyed the rendition of “good golly miss Molly” and “keep in chooglin”. Also, chooglin’, what a word. I think the only real boring song on here is “graveyard train”, it just went on too long and didn’t have enough going on.
Now when I hear Born on a Bayou in a movie I'll say, "Hey, that's Creedence Clearwater Revival."
5/10 6/10 5/10 4/10 6/10 7/10 5/10 Total score: 38/7/2 Stars: 2.7
Test
Good album.
two songs were wayy too long, otherwise very good
This was not what I expected. Mostly good solid rhythm and blues. One or two tracks more like the classic CCR sound. Enjoyable
I did not use a private Spotify session for this one. CCR, southern fried bayou rock from a bunch of Northern Californians. They had a thing they were going for and nailed it, then stuck with it.
These guys are awesome. I will say that this is one of those greatest hits those bands - don’t care about individual albums, give me the bangers. If it was greatest hits I may say 5 stars. This is probably give three. CCR isn’t one of those let’s check out the progression of this bank from album to album.
Fun but a little boring at points 6/10
Pretty good, but I wouldn't want to listen to it all day. Seems like good music for an hour or so but after that I think it'd get old
BORN ON THE BAYOU. Nice tunes. Very bluesy. Laid back vibes to some songs. Not quite my tempo but I liked it
Amazing how relatively unremarkable instrumentals can be completely saved but a unique and talented vocalist. Pretty repetitive instrumentals for the most part. The song that I enjoyed the most was actually the song with the least amount of instruments playing in “Graveyard Train.”