Bayou Country

exactly what it needs to be. Tight, spare. Proud mary. Good golly miss molly, pretty themed. the unkowns are tight. Keep on chooglin still silly

My favourite fake bayou band.

I liked it. Cool cover. I like JF’s voice

Creedence are just really good at what they do, and that was making southern bluesy rock albums that each had a couple massive hits on them with the rest being solid. They never blow me away, but listening to an album from them is never a bad time, always end up grooving along to a riff on each song.

Classic

The music snob in me wanted to like this less, but this is kinda amazing

Love Creedence, but they’ve got stronger albums. Still thoroughly enjoyed these 33 minutes, though!

Un segon disc que inicia l'any màgic de la banda. I ho fa d'una manera espectacular. Amb el seu primer gran hit, 'Proud Mary', i amb temes que marcaven l'ADN de la Creedence com 'Born on the Bayou' i 'Graveyard Train'. I pensar que el millor encara estava per arribar...

Som musiker i coverband har CCR ibland ett dåligt rykte och många av deras låtar dräms mest av. Men varje gång jag faktiskt LYSSNAR så fattar jag allt. Bra låtar, fantastiska musiker, grymt sound. Och detta är ändå långt ifrån deras bästa album!

Back to the sixties. A couple of classics a couple of covers a couple of fillers. Bang album done.

it's fine, has a fun sound and a few great tracks but i found myself wanting a bit of variation, Good Golly Miss Molly helped to break the album up a bit. definitely groovy but not really for me

Nostalgic

Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. Will have to come back to it again one day and see if my opinion changes.

Can't go wrong with some classic CCR

2,5

Great Classic Rock album

Stop trying to make "chooglin'" happen, Fogerty. It's never gonna happen. "Bayou Country" is an easy-going, decent record, but for me it's comfortably the weakest of Creedence Clearwater Revival's gold run. Most of this seems to boil down to some awkward pacing and a lack of sprightliness or variety in the music. It feels especially long for a 33-minute album, with three of its seven songs stretching into extended, swampy jams. "Born on the Bayou" sets the pace as an opening track: a steady mid-tempo rhythm, repetitive chord progression and verses, fairly stripped back instrumentation. The best feature is Fogerty's rugged vocal and a nice use of cowbell coming in about halfway through. "Bootleg" is fine, but insubstantial: a bit of a throwaway. But it's the lengthier numbers which "Bayou Country" seems to hinge on: "Graveyard Train" chugs along for eight-and-a-half minutes, losing me somewhere along the way, and "Keep on Chooglin'" is an underwhelming, rambling closing track. Even in what should be the light relief of "Good Golly Miss Molly", despite Fogerty's impassioned vocals, the band play a fairly stiff, rigid take on such a rollicking rock and roll track. "Penthouse Pauper" nails the balance with a good, raw bluesy jam, but the biggest hit here, which has eclipsed the whole of the surrounding album in the intervening years, is "Proud Mary". I'm sure many would argue that Tina Turner sullied the original by reinventing it so radically in her own image, but to me hers will always be the definitive version. But that's a me-problem rather than a CCR problem: Fogerty of course deserves praise for penning the song in the first place, and it's still the best track on "Bayou Country" by a fair margin. Aside from that, though, "Bayou Country" sees Creedence Clearwater Revival chooglin' on all the way to the superior efforts of "Green River", "Willie and the Poor Boys" and "Cosmo's Factory".

Pas trop mal mais pas l'impression de découvrir un truc, ça ressemble à des albums qu'on a déjà eu. La pochette est stylé.

Mon père écoutait cet album pendant les longs trajets en voiture. Je me souviens écouter Born on the bayou en regardant le soleil qui se couche.

J'ai pas trop aimé même si c'était fun.

This one was decent. Can’t say it’s really my style of music, but it was enjoyable. I liked Good Golly Miss Molly. I think some songs are worth revisiting

classic

Great album, been a long time since I'd listened to it all the way through.

Stop screaming, it's all going to be okay!

I can listen to this for a very long time. Feeling like a real dude here and there.

I love the gritty, raw, imperfect sounds of CCR. I love John Fogerty’s gruff voice, I love the loose snare sound, I love the guitar tone they use. And not only that, but there are some great songs on this album, in particular “Proud Mary,” which may be one of the greatest songs ever written. Though I don’t view this as one of CCR’s best albums, it is still an excellent entry in their impressive catalogue.

Huge w

Love CCR, this album was a great listen. Penthouse Pauper reminds me of a Led Zeppelin song Top songs: Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Penthouse Pauper, Proud Mary

Hyvää soitantaa ja miellekästä yksinkertaista musiikkia sopii soitettavaksi..

8/10

Some classics on this one.

first listen

It’s fun! Also nice to know the common origin of chooglin’. Not mind blowing or anything but there’s some good tracks and zero stinkers. Born on a bayou is a classsic.

Next 5 songs played by my Spotify Algorithm: Tom Petty and Heartbreakers - Breakdown Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Tom Petty - You Wreck Me Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not to Come)

4.0 - Rock solid as any CCR record.

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It does have one of my favourite CCR songs in Born On The Bayou. I liked it more than Green River but CCR are a singles band not an album band which explains the fact there's still too much filler. Also, what's chooglin? Don't answer that.

I love CCR, but this isn’t my favorite album. Proud Mary really saves this one.

Decent, but not great. Better CCR albums out there. Middle portion of album was mediocre, but it starts and ends well. Listened to with Jack and Cammie Listened to on 11/21/2023

A song off this album is in almost every movie about the 70s it feels like. Some just go on and on doing the same thing. I’m not much of a “jam” type so that’s a bit irritating to me.

Nr. 43/1001 Born On The Bayou 4/5 Bootleg 3/5 Graveyard Train 3/5 Good Golly Miss Molly 3/5 Penthouse Pauper 4/5 Proud Mary 5/5 Keep On Chooglin' 4/5 Average: 3,71 Really good Americana album

wooo

Pretty good

Makes me want to do dance in a swamp. Great album.

It was ok

What I think Classic Rock is

Mediocre mostly, apart from a good vocal performance nothing interesting.

Classic Americana.

I loved every second of this album. So good.

Great Album, especially I enjoyed Proud Merry

I’ve decided I quite like Credence. They’ve popped up twice now and I’ve enjoyed both of them. Does that make some sort of Dad Rock person? I’d certainly choose Credence over Velvet Underground (who have also popped up twice already). Straight forward, slightly sleazy sounding rock.

Half the songs are great and the other half a plodding bore.

4/5

It's CCR. It slaps.

Un excellent album de CCR, il y a probablement just Proud Mary que j'ai trop entendue, mais sinon c'est vraiment très bon. Pas tellement de négatif à dire. 9/10

Awesome rock voice. First song great. Fuck yessssss Born on the bayou Bootleg Good golly miss Molly Penthouse pauper Yesssss The first thing to make me dance for 20 minutes straight like a goofball. LOVEEEEE

Creedence eh excelente

3

an album where u feel like u already know every song. reminds me of poppy always

There’s no way they sound like that in Berkeley.

It was okay and a welcome break from the previous few albums that were painful to get through. I remember this album from years past, hits nostalgia notes

Was a very enjoyable listen.

I like some CCR hits, but this album doesn't make much of an impression.

I love CCR, even though I feel conflicted about them cosplaying as a bayou boys. And this album really plays up their deep south act. Bayou Country puts a southern twist on some of their contemporaries music. I hear influences from the Beatles and Blood Sweat and Tears on songs like Penthouse Pauper. Other songs, like Born on the Bayou and and Proud Mary feel CCR through and through. The only song I didn't really like was Bootleg. Keep On Chooglin' was also a lowlight on the album. Best Songs: Born on the Bayou, Penthouse Pauper Worst Songs: Bootleg, Keep On Chooglin'

3,5

Southern jams set the mood for Friday.

Born on a bayou, Proud Mary (Rollin on a river) good golly miss molly

Awesome album

High 3 Credence do alot of things I don't like others doing but I let CCR away with because they entertain me 3/5

Good Golly Miss Molly Proud Mary Eh its a vibe, but there are much bet Creedence albums Proud Mary is the only bop here.

Excellent album, testament to a certain period in time when rock music was still finding it's feet. I like the 'groovy' element in the songs, where the band takes it time to 'find' the riffs and groove. Solid 4.

Definitively 70s American. Bluesy as all hell. Southern vibes. Good golly miss molly

On first listen I really didn't like this. I ended up listening to this three times to give it a chance. In general, I have never liked Proud Mary. I found this album boring, especially the long, rambling tracks Graveyard Train (reading the lyrics for that one helped) and the ridiculous Keep On Chooglin'. I upgraded from an original 1 to a 2 rating as I don't hate it but no thank you, I do not want to Keep On Chooglin'. Please stop Chooglin'. Fave Track: Didn't like any, Penthouse Pauper appealed the most musically. Rating: 2 (below Blunderbuss though)

Opzich prima

Classic...absolutely slaps...would be a 5 but Tina does Proud Mary better

I loved this. What a nice surprise

CCR could have decided to release one amazing album in 1969. Instead, they chose to release 3 OK albums. Mo' money, I suppose. But it's going to cost them a couple of stars. I hope they can live with this while sleeping on their solid gold pillows.

A true classic

No interest in this. I am definitely not in the target demographic

Nice Vibe - a few classics on this album!

I actually liked this more than Cosmo's Factory. 3.5/5

3.5

Surprised how decent this sounds. I even knew some of the songs. Country rock style ok but a bit dated. Not a classic but enjoyable enough

Good old bayou rock. Liked their version of Good Golly Miss Molly better than Little Richards. Also learned what “chooglin” was.

Not my first time hearing some of the songs, but first time hearing the whole album. I didn't realize how rocking the entire album is and now it's one of my favorite jams.

Bayou country is good, kinda zone out on some songs tho

After first listen: Just love me some ccr takes me back to the days of sitting by Ethan’s pool getting high and listening to them. They got such a great groove and John’s vocals are always iconic for me, this probably isn’t my favourite album of theirs but I really loved their long jamming on here keep on chooglin was such a cool way to finish the album. I also tend to notice the bass a lot when I listen to them and found myself trying to listen to just the bass guitar a few times during my listen. Album covers hard af makes my tip wet. Giving this a five purely for nostalgic reasons but it also deserves it, it has such a great southern sound loved this album would love to have it on vinyl and would love to be sitting shirtless next to ethan again listening to it After second listen: Bayou country is such a fantastic title for this album it’s so mucky and dirty it just sounds like a swamp I love it this REALLY grew on me glad I listened to it again today makes my tip wet -B (ayou)

Enjoyed its brevity surprised it released in 1969. There’s actually a lot of variety here, which was something I was concerned about going in. Enjoyed the good golly miss Molly cover, keep on chooglin. Actually I enjoyed the more southern sounding rock songs like penthouse pauper too, I’m a sucker for that genre like allman brothers and that shid

Just want to say for the last Bruce Springsteen album the song “Darkness On the Edge of Town” was a banger. This was the first time I thought his voice worked. Drumming was great. I even added it to my liked songs 😳 I couldn’t go back to edit my review :( This album was great. I was a big fan of the mix of acoustic and electric guitar. Good golly miss molly was a banger. Singers voice was really unique and definitely fit the style. I would get this on vinyl.

Absolutely a banger album. Cajun as fuck. I listened to this album twice today and it put me in such a great mood. I feel like I’m on a raft going through rural Louisiana. Haven’t listened to CCR in a while and forgot how much I love them.

Funny to think of a time when music like this would be “hip” and what the people who enjoyed it were like. Good, but nothing special which I feel the urge to go back and listen to.

Live creedence, but this album was a little too repetitive for my liking. Still fun though

Loved it

Good album, Woodstock era rock

The album is a 4/5, but ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ is a 5/5.

6.5/10 Very solid CCR, but most tracks fall a tad uninspiring, especially considering Good Golly Miss Molly and Proud Mary being on the track list. I especially like the cover art in which the photographer dropped out of Star Wars hyperspace just in time to snap Credence chilling in a swamp One thing I am inspired to do by this album, however, is choogle. God damn, I will choogle to the ends of the earth. I will choogle high, I will choogle low. Choogle near, choogle far, choogle wherever the fuck you are, John Fogerty commands me to choogle, and I will follow him in chooglin' til the curtain falls and I choogle no more.

Decent, didn’t realise they originally did proud Mary 7.1

Its a sunny day and I am in the back garden. Budweiser in hand, proudly sporting my beer belly as I flip a burger on the barbeque. This is what being 40 is all about. Quite a short album, does not overstay its welcome. Graveyard train has no right to be 8+ minutes though. you could cut that song in half and this album could be one for regular rotation. Keep on chooglin' might also fall into this category but I'll let it slide as its the closing track and it has some ripping solos. Plus I like the word chooglin'. I have no idea what it means but John Fogerty seemed quite insistent that I continue doing it. I'll take his word on it, that word being chooglin'.

Love CCR! Great album from start to finish.

KEEP ON CHOOGLIN' this guy has the best voice.

SWAMP ROCK BABY

Classic band and a couple classics on this album. Fun tunes.

Doesn't have the consistency of Green River and it a bit more up and down, but it's CCR, so it's still pretty dang good. 3.5/5

Not behd, some of the slow songs were too long and the solos too long. Overall a banger though. Apart from the obvious ones, good golly miss Molly and penthouse pauper were good

Loved this, swampy, Americana Louisiana, psychedelic rock vibes.

Lebowski approved

Good, but not exceptional.

This is a great album, but I can not stand the word “Chooglin’.” As such, 4 stars.

Has some classic songs that I instantly recognized. Good sound and consistent

Fun party stuff

This is a decent album. Nothing more or less.

Bluesovy Graveyard Train super, ostatne fajn, niektore mozno trosku dlhsie (Born on the bayou), niektore dlhe tak akurat (Keep on chooglin), super juzansky mood, nastastie nie su juzania, vtedy by to asi nefungovalo :)

Never wanted to love in Bayou Country, when I want to I know the perfect music to accompany me

kinda boring

I was hoping to see some of the CCR songs I’ve previously listened to and enjoyed on this album, but alas the only one that I would probably listen to again with some regularity is “Proud Mary,” one of their more famous songs. I really didn’t like the first half of the album (was kind of bored tbh). Other standout tracks for me were “Good Golly Miss Molly” and “Penthouse Pauper.” I still like their sound and know they have better (for me) songs, but this one just didn’t hit for some reason. I’ll rate it 3 out of 5 swamp monsters!

Good album, a lot of familiar songs and I do enjoy CCR every once in a while

Soundtracky AF

Great, gritty, not-so-southern rock! These guys shaped Americana forever and gave power back to the rockers!

Some great. Some weak.

Love me some Creedence. The hits, the jams it's all good for me.

Yet again… not a CCR fan. Or so I thought. I haven’t heard this record end to end before. And have intentionally avoided these songs because I heard them too damn much on FM a rock stations back in the day. But I really enjoyed it to my surprise.

The singles are just classics at this point. A quality listen all the way through.

Some classic songs on this album. And it's really good. But I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Cosmo's Factory even though it's a really good album.

5.5/7

Probably not the best Creedence album but it's still pretty solid. I will admit the songs where it felt like they were a jam band grooving in someone's garage for example Graveyard Train and Keep on Chooglin'. Just didn't work for me despite normally being into that kind of stuff. I think it just goes to show that (unsuprisingly) that John Foggerty absolutely carries this band. Either way I'll probably give it a high 3 low 4. There's just better Creedence albums out there than this one here despite the fact they'll probably all get 4 stars.

I love southern rock in general, but Creedence Clearwater Revival is quickly becoming my favorite band in the genre

- expected something else - surprisingly good - solid 3/5

Ok

Me gustó bastante, los toques de rock y blues, un toque clásico pero a la vez suena contemporáneo, divertido de escuchar y al ser corto se me pasó volando

Really good album. Tons of sick solo's. Favorite track: Proud Mary

great but sounded very similar

Fun listen gives “dad rock” vibes if dad rock was actually cool. many classic tracks I’ve heard before but nice to hear them in the context of an album. also didn’t know they were from el cerrito interesting

And yet another band better served by a greatest hits compilation. Proud Mary is a monster of a song - pretty damned perfect. Both Tina turner and the Ohio players prove it if the original doesn’t convince. Well produced. But a full album? Give me the singles. Averaged to three but proud Mary itself is worth fifteen.

I clearly remember attending a Saturday night dance somewhere in Bankstown, where the band that night was Tamam Shud. And they played covers of a bunch of early Creedence tracks that I wasn’t familiar with (some could have been off this album & some off the 1st lp). Up to that night, all I knew about CCR was Proud Mary. I soon acquired the early records & still enjoy them immensely. John Fogerty was a great songwriter. And a terrific singer. The opening & closing tracks are probably my favourites off this. Personally, I’m still chooglin’ as much as I can get away with.

There are a few things I quite like about this album; it's a great swamp rock sound (even though they hadn't been near a bayou in their lives), it's brief (although still manages to have filler on it), and the singles are cracking! It must be said that the Ike and Tina version of Proud Mary is definitive. I am also more fond of the Beast of Bourbon version of Graveyard Train than this original. Born on the Bayou is a pretty good song. They cover of good golly Miss Molly is completely listenable, but doesn't in any way replace Little Richard. But given that Graveyard Tarin and Keep on Chooglin' are essentially one-chord vamps and fill up half the running time of the album between them. You can see that this album is pretty non-essential. Dimery's allergy to compilations is really hurting us here. CCR are one of the great singles band (with the all-time record for most US #2 singles without ever reaching #1), so a best of is a terrific listen, but really, the albums are inessential. I assume that is partly a result of pushing out albums at a rate of knots (6 albums and 17 singles between '68 and '70). The singles are terrific, but the albums are rushed. Look, I like the sound, and a CCR greatest hits would be five stars, but this album is inessential.

Classic, a little bit slow, but probably perfect for the bayou.

*raspy vocal* *guitar fill* repeat for 33 minutes Pretty good though, wasn't familiar with their work beyond the hits

Gritty, classic country vocals. Evolution of late 60s to 70s.

I don't remember any of the songs I listened to so i guess I didn't like them or dislike them

love ccr

I already don't like this album nearly as much as the last one. But it's possible that I just don't care for "Born on the Bayou" I just am not super into his voice. The drums on "Good Golly Miss Molly" 10/10. "Penthouse Pauper" also has really good drums. I also like the bluesy vibes on this one. 10/10. "Proud Mary" A classic. This is the CCR I like. I know Born on the Bayou is a classic as well, but this one is legitimately groovy. "Keep on Chooglin" is not all that great. It is far too long. I also have no idea what 'chooglin' means.

Love the album and rate 8/10. East listening and very fun.

What can be said. Excellent.

Muzak boring muzak

Proud Mary is a rightfully popular tune, the entire album has a coherent sound and makes you think if a simpler time

i like the music it sounds nice to me

Heard a lot of tracks already. Born on the Bayou is classic. Also Good Golly Miss Molly. Really liked Penthouse Pauper.

An absolutely solid 34 minutes of zero filler. Didn't realize how many bangers were on this album.

3. Great voice but samey as fuck

Tæpur þristur. Proud Mary er fínt, Born on the Bayou líka. Ágætis fenjasound og grúv, en lögin eru ekki eftirminnileg. Good Golly Miss Molly má svo missa sín.

Fav: Keep On Chooglin' LF: Graveyard Train Eh like a low 8, great vibe

CCR has a great sound and great songs. Especially enjoyed Proud Mary and Down on the Bayou.

Love it. Pure classic rock.

Awesome swamp rock but not Creedence best album in my opinion. Some classic songs like Proud Mary.

liked it. would blast it on the route 66. good length and guitar solos

Great rock and roll

This is the album that makes you really wanna dance in the streets

Rocking in all the best ways. Takes one to the time when today's dad rock was for the youth!

Heard it before?: Yes Enjoy it?: Yeah Favourite song: Track 6 - Proud Mary

It's a really nice mix of genres and the singer has a great voice. As far as folk rock goes, it doesn't get much better than this band. This has a couple of outstanding songs but the rest are fairly average and unmemorable. A high 3 from me.

Good blues & rock n roll infusion. Wife liked it too

3.75

Decent rock album.

Seems like more of a historic pick. CCR has lots of songs I really like but none of them are on this album. Graveyard train would’ve been a jam for me but it really over stays it’s welcome imo. Expected more for this list.

Born on the Bayou // Bootleg // Proud Mary 2.5/5

Nostalgic. Reminds me of war movies when I was a child. Feels like wasting away in a dive bar in the south with no AC. Classic rock with a dash of Mississippi Blues. Proud Mary is one of my least favorite songs, ever. But overall, decent listen.

Hello

CCR is always great!

Meh, this was bang average. Couple of my colleagues were loving it but they’re wankers so it doesn’t count.

Favourite songs: Proud Mary, Born on the Bayou, Good Golly Miss Molly, Bootleg, Keep on Chooglin', Penthouse Pauper Least favourite songs: Graveyard Train 5/5

Never met a Creedence record I didn’t like

Meh

Basically the same as Beggars Banquet but better

2/3* I struggle with the older style but liked some of the backing music

Surprised this is on here, you'd think one of their other records would be here over this, this is good but not their best! They are really comfort food and have just banger after banger, you never realize it until you go down a rabbit hole and find out how many great songs they have! Their cover of Proud Mary is great...oh what's that, they wrote it? Well goddamn I feel like Tina Turner said, nah, fuck that, that's my song now and never looked back! There is a nice cover on this so I'm half right!

Heard this described as swamp rock Very consistently good songs, can’t believe they did fortunate sons and I didn’t know it No idea what lyrics were about, but enjoyed the listen

So far two listens and just a phenomenal record. Proud Mary will always be the number one CCR song, but this album has a lot of good tracks. "Born on the Bayou", "Bootleg", "Graveyard Train", "Penthouse Pauper". Fantastic record.

Fogerty is such an underrated guitarist.

Ja prima, beetje saai maar wel gewoon heerlijk blues achtig. Proud Mary natuurlijk een knaller, maar dat nummer van 8 minuten mag er ook zijn.

Dit is een album dat ik dagelijks kan luisteren. Ik hou het simpel. 4 reeten

Some really classic songs, but otherwise not my thing.

Excellent

Not bad, but sounds like a jam session by some (albeit, talented) guys in a pub. Few obvious stand outs from clearly a great singles band.

I <3 CCR

I like a lot of Creedence songs. I feel like this album doesn't reflect their best work, but it's still pretty good. Graveyard Train was the only real down note and was a real slog at over 8 minutes. The album beyond that was nice and groovy. Proud Mary is obviously pretty iconic.

A very chill and upbeat album with a great mix of genres

I was bored.

Bayou Country by CCR delivers that unmistakable southern sound. 'Proud Mary' is a timeless standout, and while not every track hits the same high note, the album's charm is undeniable. 🐊🎶 Rating: 4/5

i like CCR a decent amount and know a handful of songs from their other albums, but not this one. I've heard born on the bayou and proud mary, and of course good golly miss molly. those are really the only standouts, as much as I wanted to like a song called "keep on chooglin'". we really didn't need three out of seven songs to be over 5 minutes long on this album, and they didn't really go anywhere in that time. meh favorites: born on the bayou, proud mary, good golly miss molly

Dull

I listened to a lot of CCR in my wanna-be hippie college days (I went to college in the late 80s, so anything hippie I tried to be was wanna-be level), but I haven't really listened to them in any manner since then. Hearing their music again for the first time in a mighty long time reminds me why I liked them. Good music that's played very skillfully. Fun stuff!

Really quite like this, but not enough to put it on my 'listen again' list

Mostly gritty southern rock. The 2 singles are more polished, and the rest of the album sounds like it could have been recorded in a barn (in a good way). On the shorter side, but it was nice to hear some CCR songs that aren't on the chronicles album. Not the strongest throughout, but liked the album. 3.5/5. Would listen again

CCR, jam band music that you've heard a million times but now with more jam! So bored listening to this album. Not for me.

DNF'd halfway through this is just NOT my thing ngl

Classic

Ridiculous amounts of “choogle” from the boys who invented the thing. Swampy, catchy, overflowing with energy. Album dips in the middle from Graveyard Train to Penthouse Pauper but it’s still got the choogle. I will never shut up about how their “classic era” consisted of five 5-star albums in 24 months. Insane productivity. I think arguments could be made for The Beach Boys and Velvet Underground, but my personal vote goes to the boys from the Bay Area as the greatest American rock band.

Fun. Rockin'. Iconic.

Good blues record. Was fairly familiar but good to listen thru.

Always make sure to keep some Creedence tapes in my car. When it got stolen the last time, the tapes were the only thing of value that I reported to the police.

Enjoyed Born on the Bayou & Good Golly Miss Molly

Love CCR

"Proud Mary" is the obvious standout here, but the rest of the album's solid swamp rock. Let's call it 3.5.

Such a damn good album. This is Southern rock at its best - swampy, full of grit & soul. 5 stars, easily.

A little CCR is fine, but after awhile it all starts to sound the same to me.

I like CCR a lot they have a raw naturalism. (...and obv much better than the Eagles man) Whoa that sounds pretentious. The long tracks in this tend to run a bit too long. Safe 3

Great album. Love CCR.

Like it a lot, no bad songs

It’s a bluesy beaut

Liked Good Golly Miss Molly. The other tracks needn't have left the bayou.

Not my favorite CCR album. A couple pf classics but sort of wish it was combined with CCR.

Proud Mary alone is enough to put this album on this list, and the rest is solid enough.

All the essence of CCR in a 34 minute brilliant album. The strong vocal, the simple melodies. It has everything to come back and listen to it again. Very non-stressful and easy-going.

It's a bit funny that a band who apparently wrote the earliest form of Swamp Rock was actually from out around California. This was pretty fun as a listen, you can definitely hear a rockabilly element fused up with some bluesy riffs and a dash of soul. Proud Mary is the one which everybody knows, but I think God Golly Miss Molly is my favorite and the best culmination of the sound of this whole record.

I think what this album showcases are credence clearwater revival are a great jamming band.

That voice! Blues-Rock. I really liked the album - I especially liked the laid back "Graveyard Train" and "Keep On Chooglin'". The album also features their hit "Proud Mary".

You don't need me to tell you this album is good. You've probably already heard the whole thing played throughout 20 different Vietnam War movies

real deal

This is a fun album. I had never dug into CCR's deeper catalog much but have always enjoyed their music when it comes on. They have a great, raw sound on this album. The guitars sound amazing and they have a couple of long, jammy songs on here, which I didn't realize was part of their sound. Standout Tracks: Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Good Golly Miss Molly, Proud Mary, Keep On Chooglin'

Cat: CCR is definitely a vibe! Bluesy and gritty. AJ: muddy swamp blues. Songs about hound dogs and moonlight and hound dogs in the moonlight. And trains. Rhythm section is rocksolid, and I was pleasantly surprised by some of the guitar jams. CCR is for everyone. and everyone should listen every once in a while. #Chooglin

1 = Turned it off, couldn't handle it anymore 2 = Listened to it fully, but I didn't really like it 3 = Ok I guess? 1 or 2 interesting songs, but that's it 4 = Multiple good songs / I would listen to the album again sometimes 5 = I will listen to this on repeat for the foreseeable future + Can't buy me love + Any time at all 4/5 I like their songs enough that I wouldn't mind playing it in the background again, but I was sick of love songs at the end of the album.

One thing I like about this project is that it allows you to join the dots: I had no idea CCR did "Proud Mary." The rest is pretty good; solid and consistent like a nice poo.

Everyone knows CCR and this album is a must listen! Glad to see it included in this list. Favorite song pick: Born on the Bayou

Classic CCR. Too bluse-y for my everyday.

pretty good

Classic CCR.

I really don’t like CCR. They are an annoying band with a distinctly annoying sound. But this album is kind of good. I don’t like saying it but I have to acknowledge that it jams.

Solid but not green river

Born On the Bayou is about as CCR as things get. Great little melody with Fogerty's gravel-soaked voice crooning over top. Bootleg turns over to an acoustic strum intro with a gradual build. Features call and response between the vocals and lead guitar. Good song for driving down the road to and bobbing your head. Graveyard Train is a blues song propelled by a slowly walking bass guitar line. Kind of goes nowhere for 8 minutes. There is a harmonica interlude, but in general this is just ambient mood music. Not bad, but nothing interesting either. Good Golly Miss Molly is a ripper. Standard rock riff and progression with some slick, effective guitar work. Jam. Penthouse Pauper follows up in a similar vein with some slick licks over top of a rather standard 60s rock rhythm. Groovy little number. Proud Mary is a fine song -- not my favorite of their hits, but it certainly hits a spot. Album rounds out with Keep On Chooglin'. Kind of dropped into the background, but it is a lengthy number featuring all of the CCR goodness you come for. I have mostly experienced CCR through radio hits and haven't dug into an album front to back. This was a solid listen, but nothing revolutionary. CCR had an aura about them and certainly the skills to pay the bills. Soft 4/5 mostly on the atmosphere alone.

Love this album. Makes me want a beer and to play some cornhole

Tons of hits of this one. Really like how short this one is. Guitar shreds. Little to complain about on this one.

I'm definitely going to keep on chooglin' CCR is great not much more that I can say

Gimme some of that swamp rock! Born on the Bayou is great. Great songs all in the middle of the album and then another absolute fire track in Proud Mary. It's too bad these guys fought so much and broke up because they made some really good jams.

Sounds like one of those bands you see at 3pm at a local music festival when you've had one too many beers.

Good old rock n roll

Good old rock n roll

I like it but not all at once kind of like.

It's OK. more misses than hits but the hits are pretty good.

Proud Mary proud

Damn, these guys just knew exactly how to write concise, effortless rock.

absolute classic

bunch a honkeys

The first great album from CCR. Cosmo's Factory is my favourite but this is the start of CCR being the biggest band in America for a few years.

CCR have always been a staple for 70s southern rock. The best track on this album, Proud Mary, has been severely overplayed on the radio. The rest is just middle-of-the-road radio friedndly rock by the numbes - quite a bit boring and predictable. 2.5/5

There is something interesting here, but I'm probably missing something for being too young, non-American or both. Either way, the raw feeling of these songs are not easily found anywhere else. Specially Bootleg, but I guess that was the point. Either way, some worthy mentions are Graveyard Train, for the perfect haunting vibe it transmits, and Good Golly Miss Molly, that guitar riff makes me wanna dance. Proud Mary was also nice, but it may also just be bias from the countless covers I have heard before. Overall a great album.

Classic

Maybe not their strongest, but still a good time.

I like CCR but this was pretty meh, only proud Mary really stood out and even that wasn't as good as the Tina Turner version

Not a big fan of this, but at least it wasn't super long, and I didn't actively dislike any of the songs.

2.5

Classic rock with the CCR twang

A handful of classics that I was already familiar with, which made it a much easier listen than I expected it would be. Super accessible combo of jammy poppy bluesy 60s music.

I don't know what "chooglin" is and I'm afraid to ask why I should keep doing it. Also, it's hard to separate CCR from the context of being the band that soundtracks every Vietnam sequence in a movie. My favorite of theirs is "Travelin' Band" which isn't on this, but it's still decent.

Songs about the Deep South and the Bayou written by a guy born and raised in California. Starting your career out with the first 6 albums going platinum in the US. Easy peasy, keep on Chooglin' John.

A Southern sounding album if there ever was one. Played by four California guys. What a marvel! As CCR was nearing its end the rest of the band wanted more individual songwriting credits. Fogerty (you know which brother) allegedly replied: “My voice is a unique instrument, and I will not lend it to your songs.” Granted. He may sound like a douche. But listening to “Born On The Bayou”… I kinda get him.

Fun southern rock. Wild to realize this tone and style were around in the late 60s. I'm learning a lot doing this lol.

Ei ehkä kovin CCR mutta eheä kesäinen teema-albumi

Rakastan "tunteita herättävä perusrockbändi"-CCR:ää, kun taas "junnaava blues rock"-CCR on mielestäni vain hyvää. Ja hyvää se toki on. Mutta levyn biiseistä vain Proud Mary on yksi yhtyeen parhaista.

Just another solid CCR album, not much more to say.

this one didn't touch me. nothing really stood out

Listened twice. We all know Proud Mary but was anything else supposed to stand out?

I liked this, but apart from the hits it didn't blow me away.

For an album that only clocks at in at around 33 minutes, two songs, ‘Graveyard Train’ and ‘Keep On Chooglin’ take up about half the runtime, and both run way longer than they need to. And while CCR’s rendition of ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ is good, it’s still a cover, so hardly original. ‘Proud Mary’ is obviously the standout composition here, and opener ‘Born On The Bayou’ rocks as does ‘Penthouse Pauper’. But aside from these three highlights, the overall sense here is of a band that didn’t have enough material to properly fill two sides of an album.

Empieza bien con "Born in the Bayou". Otra buena es "Good Golly Miss Lolly" y por supuesto "Proud Mary". No será perfecto pero si es imprescindible.

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3.5

California is my favorite famous swampland.

Just a good old swampy time.

These dudes are from El Cerrito...

John Fogerty was born and raised in Berkley, CA, not the bayou. So, you know, do with that what you will. Any way, this album is a good collection of blues songs with some catchy hooks. Pretty harmless and fun.

Best listened to on an airboat in Louisiana or helicopter above Vietnam.

Nice blues, raw sound, good album.

Nice but feels a bit same same after like the 3rd or 4th song or so, proud mary and Born On the Bayou are both brilliant songs tho

I really really dig it. Love me some CCR

Swampy sweetness.

Favourite band with a great album, nothing more to say

Kinda very repetitive to the point where it’s disappointing because I know they can do more. Nothing incredibly wrong with this album, I enjoyed it very much. Just wish there was a bit more. 3/5

CCR isn't typically in my wheelhouse. i enjoy their hits, and they have some fantastic songs. i wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as i did! this genre is formally called swamp rock, but to me it's just a combination of rock, blues, and a good amount of country. i mean, of course it's swamp rock when you have the album opener called "born on the bayou." i'm reminded of tom petty and the heartbreakers, though he was more southern or americana rock, so i'm not sure if that connection works. bayou country is a remarkably even album--this stands out to me after listening to metallica, so maybe some context will help. it's still rock but it's a chill kind of rock music. "graveyard train" is an example of that; it doesn't get very excitable but the bass and the lyrics catch you. the cover of "good golly miss molly" was interesting. while it's still a cover with the slightly changed lyrics, CCR made it their own with their swampy music. and, of course, a special mention: we have to thank john fogerty for tina turner's "proud mary." a delightful 4.5!

Second time was the charm, but CCR nailed it here. This album definitely launched them into stardom and set them as a fixture of a specific brand of folky bluesy rock: swamp rock. This album set an entire trajectory for the band; they would go on to make a massive career from this sound and would just continue tweaking it and developing it over time. They have an entire discography of well-known swamp rock sounds that ultimately found their start with the success of this album. Other bands who would come to seek similar sounds also found inspiration here, so this was definitely an influential album.

Brilliant. This is one of the first albums I had - it was recorded on a reel-to-reel along with 'Green river' and I played them both constanrky. The guitar solo from 'Good golly miss molly' is still one of the most exciting things I've ever heard. John Fogerty's voice, guitar and songwriting never fail to thrill.

I'd throw it on, not amazing but good fun

That voice will always do it for me. CCR stayed in their comfort zone for this one but that’s good enough.

Amazing how many great songs this band produced in such a short period of time. A couple of those standouts (Proud Mary, Born on the Bayou) are included here. Too bad they didn't last longer.

Exactly what I expected to hear when I pressed play. Not a bad thing just an observation. These guys have a clear sound and vision for what rock and roll should sound like and it works most of the album. The first and last tracks were the highlights for me.

Classic CCR

It's alright

23.05.2023

Loved: Bootleg, Good Golly Miss Molly Disliked: none Graveyard Train was great I felt the length was a little bit long Overall: 8/10

Brilliant album. Reminds me of the nelson.

Objectively 3.5

Fake southern accents and the whole Bayou schtick aside, there are some nice, cool, atmosheric songs on here. That, plus it's an album that gave us Proud Mary. Givin it that 3 ol timey steam boats outta 5 y'all..

Love CCR but this isn’t there best imo, Proud Mary carries

Starts strong but a lot of the album gets lost in Fogertys incomprehensibly lyrics Proud Mary does a lot of heavy lifting for the 3rd star before Keep on Chooglin' tries to gaslight you into thinking you're listening to a real song

its pretty good

Nice

I am already pretty familiar with this band as I have 2 or 3 of their songs on a playlist. They even have the Vietnam War protest song turned pro-war song turned meme "Fortunate Son." This album unfortunately does not have that song on it. They've got a good sound: their instrumentation is usually pretty good, and the lead singer has a very distinct and nice voice for rock. This album has some pretty good cuts on it, and others that aren't as good, but still not bad. It is wild that find out that they are the original performers of Proud Mary (rolling on the river) Despite it being mostly known as a song performed by Tina Turner. Kind of like "I Will Always Love You" turned into a Whitney Huston Song even though it was originally a Dolly Parton song. I want this to be a 4, but the other mid cuts that surround the good ones bring this down ever so slightly. It's a high 3/5

relisten?

With a name that screams Bay Area, it’s surprising how unlike their peers CCR sounded. Singlehandedly bringing a swamp rock sound to the Beatle-infested charts, the frères Fogerty and their school pals blast out alternating hits and jams, the first of three (!) records that year. If you’re looking for the hits you’d do better to grab a best of, but there’s something about throwing on the full record on a hazy afternoon and enjoying the ride through a mythical bayou. Allons-y!

pretty good, nice memorable songs. creedance clearwater revival stan

Slimy, greezy swamp funk with assertive, gravelly rock n roll vocals. My grandads favourite band - for him Creedence were the culmination of music and nothing of note happened since other than, perhaps, Abba. Foggerty's presence is effortlessly, unobtrusively cool. The only band universally accepted as excellent.