Bayou Country

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

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 was bored.

Dull

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.

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

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

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

bunch a honkeys

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

its pretty good

Think I’ve been a bit harsh on CCR in the past; they’ve got their share of tunes and I’d like to upgrade their status accordingly from ‘meh’ to ‘good singles band’. But as an albums band? I’m still not sure. Take away Proud Mary and maybe Born on the Bayou and what are you left with, really? Too much chooglin’, that’s what. John Fogerty’s voice carries the weaker tracks, but only so far: 2.5 stars.

I'm not a middle-aged American father of five, so I sadly can't say that I enjoyed this. Somebody PLEASE get John Fogerty some cough drops.

Couldn't really get behind this dad rock.

THIS ALBUMS BORING.ITS SO GODAMN BORING.HOW IS ONE OF THE SONGS 8 MINUTES LONG WITH BORING DRY GUITAR LICKS GOING ON EVERY 15 SECONDS WHILE IT CHUGS ALING AT LIKE 80 BPM HOW DID ANYONE THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.EVEN PROUD MARY SUCKS.HOW DO YOU MAKE PROUD MARY BORING.ALMOST EVERY SONG LACKS ANY MOMENTUM OR ENERGY ITS JUST ALL BORING MID-TEMPO ROCK.ITS 1969 SHOUDLNT THEY BE DOING INTERESTING CREATIVE THINGS WHILE ON ACID?!?

Reconheci uma música, e continuo achando apenas agradável.

Uhm yeah was alright bit better than other 2 stars but nog quite 3

I like some of CCR's songs, but apparently only one on this album. Country and gangster rap are not my frequented musical genres.

Not really my kind of thing, to be honest. I don't hate it by any means, it's just boring. In some places really boring.

Old school rock and roll with a hint of country elements! Not bad but not planning on relistening.

This was kind of catchy... could see myself mixing this in during a road trip. More like a 2.5.

Kinda boring even though it was short it felt like it dragged

Fuck, how much Creedence is IN this list?

Low wpm repetitive music. It's probably influential and shit idk why else would it be on the list

it was ok

Nice Blues guitar, but not very impressive style/character

🤨

moar harmonica! moar!

Iets teveel CCR deze week wat mij betreft

Verdorie, weer dat belegen gedoe!

Highs are high, the rest is just meh. Interesting that this album is the origin of Chooglin. 2/5

I was honestly expecting more from the album. I really enjoyed the last CCR album by them but this was disappointing to say the least, and the third song took a lot out of me. It wasn’t awful but I thought it’d be more.

CCR - kind of a straightforward American band without too much outward complexity, standard four piece 60s blues based music that oh by the way my generation was completely overexposed to as kids and teenagers on classic radio. I would rarely keep them on the dial... and yet... I guess I'm kind of surprised that I don't entirely dislike this band. e.g. when it comes down to it "Born On The Bayou" is just kind of fantastic and I should probably finally admit I've always liked it. It's like...98% one chord for 5 minutes and some slow 7th chord riffing... and goddamn if it doesn't groove. I keep thinking about if this song were recorded today, it would be completely fkd up by quantization and perfection and tuning but it's entirely the human element that crushes this song. Unfortunately the problem with this album is that it never gets far beyond that simplicity and when it doesn't groove it's just terribly boring. "Graveyard Train" is a plodding waste of time and space. Uninteresting blues riffs with nowhere to go. There are two undeniably great songs in here; Bayou and "Proud Mary" which is such a classic that it almost feels like nobody wrote it, it just always existed - so it's worth a listen but the overall inconsistency makes it hit and a little more miss. There would be better albums to come (i.e."Cosmo's Factory") but save a few obvious tracks to your library from this one and move on. 5/10 2 stars.

Meh, maybe I need more time to get into this

Something about this album just isn’t clicking for me, even after 3 listens over a couple of days. I am not sure if it’s the album’s problem, or mine. I am not counting out CCR… this is just the first time I’ve given them a real, honest listen. There are some guitar parts that feel *awesome*, like they really get you going. The lead singer is selling it on those first two tracks. But I feel pretty distant from this music, like it’s a culture I will always be an outsider to, and I’m craning my neck for some vantage point to get a proper look in, but it’s no use. It all feels a little foreign to me. I think I need another entryway in, and maybe there’s another CCR album that gets me there. For me, 3 stars is “had a good time,” and I’m still standing outside the venue, trying to figure out what the whole thing is about.

2* Not really my cup of tea

Not my favorite

Huh, I disliked this more than I thought I was going to. I knew southern rock wasn't really my thing, but even though musically it's impressive, it's also pretty boring. Non of the songs really stick out that much, other than perhaps Proud Mary (but that's because I already knew it), and the yell singing done by the singer even starts to get a little grating. None of it was BAD per se, just not interesting or my thing.

Jammy blues, southern swamp themed. Heard many of these songs before. Well put together but don’t love the music.

notes - ccr’s second album, first of 3 albums they released that year - “swamp rock “ , id say thats accurate - produced by ccr singer songwriter guitarist john fogerty - trying to follow up their first charting single - john fogerty has this super gritty and soulful sound that pairs really well with the “swamp” vibe fav - bootleg - cool acoustic guitar and repeating lead part least fav - keep on chooglin - just sits on the same chord for pretty much the whole song enjoyable songs in the background but not my fav, 2.5/5

CCR dad rock. Proud Mary

cool album cover

Love the album cover.

CCR could be the only artist to have two albums released in the same year included in the '1001 Albums...' book? Bayou Country (158) and Green River (163) are separated by only four pages. This fact is as baffling as it is impressive. It's a real struggle to see what it is about CCR's music that is particularly interesting, influential, or noteworthy. To me it just seems to be competent but unchallenging soft rock music. Added to that, I found this album to also be quite irritating and annoying, which I guess is at least something to mark it out as different to the other two CCR albums that have passed through my ear canals. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Proud Mary Date listened: 27/07/22

Creedance Clearwater Revival nous avait offert un premier album absolument minable, ils ne déçoivent pas avec ce second opus, qui est en tout point aussi affligeant que le premier.

Meh, je comprends pourquoi cet album est là. Proud Mary est quand même une chanson bien écrite et qui fonctionne, mais je ne suis pas un fan du style du groupe. Ça se ressemble souvent avec John Fogerty qui chante une mélodie et la guitare qui lui répond. Ça devient redondant.

Spell no Creedence, a!!!

Eh...

Meh.

Not as good as greatest hits.

I really like CCR - but I have never actually listened to one of their studio albums start to finish. This was all very bluesy which is OK, but not great.

Suena bien!

Too white for me 2/5

I don't really like CCR and this didn't change my mind much, most of the songs are pretty average. Also interesting they're not actually southern but from California

Bayou Country is the second album from CCR and it is certified double platinum. This album is significant for the band CCR because they found their sound with this second album. I don't believe this is their best album, so I am hoping some of their other albums are on this list.

Let's be real here - "Proud Mary" is the only good song on this album. Wikipedia definitely had it right in calling this genre 'Swamp Rock'. Listening to this feels like I've been transported to the deep American south where we're in either a trailer park or down by some swampy lake fishing. (If that's what they were going for then I guess they nailed it?). Two stars only for Proud Mary. Best: Proud Mary Worst: Graveyard Train Note: Spotify had the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - I only listened to the songs on the original album.

I understand that they’re a classic band but honestly the singing is not for me and the stories I couldn’t relate to despite the poverty. The one thing I will say is the guitar playing is top notch and fantastic most of the time, even though it lingers on the overindulgent.

Not really my thing but I get it

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Born on the Bayou, Penthouse Pauper Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Don't really have anything to say about this, it's fine country swamp rock. Graveyard Train might just be the longest song ever. 2.5 rounded down.

I must confess as I listened to this album nearly every song just reminded me of the hits I do know

I enjoy the general sound of the band and I the vibe they are going for. But the songs are SO BORING and mind-numbingly repetitive. With the exception of 'Proud Mary', you can hear everything that each song has to offer within 20 seconds of the song starting.

Not too bad. Classic stoner rock, I guess.

Ugh

not really my thing

Decent, but not really my thing

Country blues, slightly psych in places. Not that interesting.

Just generally a pretty boring album for my tastes. The later songs are actually more engaging than the first few songs, but somehow this 33 minute album plays more like an hour and a half.

A couple of decent songs doesn’t make a great album.

Proud Mary aside, this isn't the Credence you're looking for. Besides, let's be honest, Ike and Tina Turner's version of "Proud Mary" absolutely destroys CCR's original. There's much better Credence to come. Aside from the two hits everyone knows and a decent cover of "Good Golly Miss Molly", there's not much here. Actual rating is 2.5. My first time getting into Credence outside of their hits.

It was okay.

Dirty fuckin' hippies. CCR, will always occupy that space on the other side of the peace, happiness and 'love -will-save-us-all' flower power movement for me. Just over that line resides the stinky, up-all-night, bloated excesses with a dirty harmonica in a shirt pocket, otherwise known as Creedence Clearwater Revival. Though listening to this album did not change my, albeit narrow view of the band, it was nice to listen to some of the underplayed songs from this album. I appreciated the late night, drunken Graveyard Train blues-y tune and to a lesser extent, the harmonica-laden Keep on Chooglin' song at the end. However, there are three things going on here that prevents me from ranking this album higher: 1. FOGERTY SINGING - (not sure which one 'cause I don't care) and his fake-ass southern drawl. These guys are from Cali. 2. That twang-y, shit-guitar sound. 3. The dirty fuckin' hippies.

Born On The Bayou: C'ha l'arpeggio di chitarra che è stranamente moderno, me piace. Graveyard Train: Vabbè praticamente è un'improvvisazione blues co un minimo di struttura. (Un po' due palle, diciamocelo..) Good Golly Miss Molly: Classico pezzo dell'epoca e del genere, sfizioso ma insomma è difficile esaltarsi oggi. Penthouse Pauper: Carina, un po' più movimentata. Proud Mary: La odio, l'ho sempre odiata, l'ho dovuta suonare un sacco di volte nella mia vita e non m'è piaciuta manco una volta. In Conclusione: E' tosta perché sto album non andrebbe giudicato con le orecchie di oggi chiaramente, però oggi lo sto a giudicà. Diciamo che dopo i Creedence secondo me diventano più interessanti ma sto album è proprio in piena fase '60 e sarà perché è un'altro di quei gruppi super abusato dagli adolescenti (e perchè ce sta Proud Mary in questo album) non posso dire di essermelo goduto più di tanto.

I like a lot of CCR stuff, none of it seemed to be on this album. This seemed just too much CCR, it was overrun with high levels of CCR-ness. Someone turned up the CCR to 11. It's an overbaked cake, a hat on a hat, CCR squared. Even the voice was too much for me. Too CCR, too American, too much.

Some good old rock

Boring!! Didn't like the main vocalist's voice

It's fine, but it's boring. Probably won't listen again.

Interchangeable with any other 60's rock album. Tedious.

Thought it was average

I like a lot of CCR stuff, none of it seemed to be on this album. This seemed just too much CCR, it was overrun with high levels of CCR-ness. Someone turned up the CCR to 11. It's an overbaked cake, a hat on a hat, CCR squared. Even the voice was too much for me. Too CCR, too American, too much.

Not really my thing

Not for me im afraid.

eh, CCR is so generic

Pari hittibiisiä joista en ole koskaan tykännyt. Levyn muut biisit eivät yltäneet edes tuolle tasolle.

I'm giving it two stars, but only because I think Green River will be on here and it's their better album?

demasiado song of the south pa mi gusto

I don't care for it

notttttt my vibe

Lame ??

I liked some of it. Not bad.

Simplemente no es para mí. Bastante zzzzzz.

J'avais hâte d'écouter un album avec peu de morceaux. Je ne peux pas dire que j'avais vu juste. En trois mots : long, ennuyeux, répétitif.

sto country mannaggia a diooo

pretty ass

meeeh demasiado country para mi

3/10 - how is this generic hilly billy music on this list? Can't believe this group has 3 albums here

idk about this

Holy shit they wrote Proud Mary! I fucking hate that song. Don't think Creedence Clearwater needed reviving tbh

Lackluster, some of the soloing was cool with the first and last track being the highlights… but god do I loathe proud marry as a song

I just dont like this type of music i hated his voice im sorry

dont like country best to worst Bootleg 2/10 Golly Miss Molly 2/10 Born On The Bayou 2/10 Penthouse Pauper 1/10 Graveyard Train 1/10 Proud Mary ?/10 Keep On Chooglin' ?/10

Proud Mary makes this not a zero star album. Otherwise horrible. Fortunate Son is the only reason these people didn’t die in a bog undiscovered

Imagine the highlight of your album being a harmonica solo

Not really a genre I look forward to but the songs were great for the genre, i'm just not really into country rock music but it was a nice album to listen to. Also, i dont really like the length of these songs as they were quite long, but i do believe they are a great band, just not my cup of tea.

It's a no from me😭😂

i am extremely uninterested in this entire album so far, not a single song is standing out to me this is like the shit they play in a bar for middle aged white guys in leather jackets

not my style

Wow, 60's country is far from my cup of tea. This has not regenerated my will to live.

I grew up hearing a few of these songs on the radio and couldn’t stand them. The full album is just as bad for me.

jaime pas trop mince

Donde esta el country? la portada mola mucho pero el album es muy repitivo, despues de 4 canciones me sigue sonando igual, las canciones en si tambien son muy simples, lo salva un poco "Proud Mary". Menos mal que dura poco.

Not for me.

Too redneck, and podunk for me.

2/10 I just don’t get CCR. This was boring sludgy blues jam that would have been torture if it went on longer. Only decent songs were pub band covers of decent rock & roll songs Best: Good Golly Miss Molly

ruim dms

I can't stand Creedence. Proud Mary is passable, the rest is torture for me to listen to

longos solos de guitarra não foi meu gosto

CCR is from Oakland and thats not anywhere near a bayou

Corny. Turned it off immediately.

Excruciatingly dull.

Did not enjoy

a little boring

I didn't like CCR then and still don't like them. This first album sounds like a second rate garage band. I've had to suffer through three of their albums so far. I'm sure there's more to come.

not my style at all tbh

So fun fact, I can't stand Creedence's music and have been dreading their appearance on this list! It's like this weird aversion that's beyond my control. Sorry!!!! Gave it a shot, but his voice grates on me. PROUD MARY KEEP ON BOYNIN'. Also, chooglin'? What are we doing here?? I fully acknowledge this is a Me Problem, but I will be true to myself and give this one star.

хмммм, скукотища

Proud Mary is a classic, but other than that this felt one note. Other groups did this style of music better in my opinion. And CCR has much better stuff

born on the bayou... the instrumental is groovy. not a fan of the country voice. very weak song and its not going anywhere. 3/10 bootleg...there is a nice call and response from the vocalist and the guitar. nothing too innovative with the lyrics. this is npc music from the 69s. 1 bar solo 😭😭 2/10 graveyard train... 9 minutes huh. idk whats up with country rock but it sounds so annoying and i hate their voices. and the harmony is too basic. nothing sophisticated. ive sat for 8 minutes and this song hasnt moved anywhere yet. not even a chord change. 2/10 Good golly ms molly.... this has slightly more variation but still lacks any emotion. the solo is nice. also the little rap-ish breaks give the song more dynamic. this stands out from the rest 4/10. penthouse pauper...more groove and it feels like we left the old ass farm and we are now in some sort of bar. his voice is slightly more tolerable on this song. I've heard worse. 4/10 proud mary...this one is honestly quite good. his voice sounds amazing on this and there SO MUCH movement on the guitar. very groovy and full instrumental. it serves its purpose. amazing solo and amazing chorus modulation. this has color and emotion. the sun dawning on their old ass farm. human. 5,5/10 keep on chooglin... the backing track is annoying since its only 1 bar repeating itself. feels like listening to a broken record. im getting tired of the samesounding blues improvisations. 4 minutes solo 😭😭. horrible way to end the album. 4/10 overall 3.5/10 album. would never listen again

Not for me. 1/5

All these years I thought I liked CCR 🤔 John Fogarty’s voice is unbearable. The instrumentals are awesome, but the singing. It’s just…annoying I only got halfway through the third song before I called it quits. I’m sorry America. I just don’t like Creedence Clearwater Revival. There I’ve said it

Barf. All sounds the same, I can see why southern idiots love this

Not my genre, too classic. I liked some guitars but no thanks.

Meh... Beginning to think that apart from some very specific albums/bands, I'm not a fan of the 60s/70s!

Nope

(Mai ascoltato prima) Canzoni troppo lunghe senza che succeda molto, mi ha annoiato. Alcune sono carine, ma niente che risalti particolarmente.

Never was a CCR fan and listening to this album confirms it

I hate country-fried rock, and this is one of the worst offenders: the raspy voice, twangy guitar, and oh yay - a fucking harmonica. Absolutely not.

Boooooooring.

Great background music while vacuuming. Zero non-fillers and a 2:40 cover on a 34 minute album. You may start to suspect this is definitely not my kind of music and you'd be absolutely right, but that only proves my low musical event horizon

Bay area boomers pretending to be cajun swamp guys - what a wierd premise. The vibrato-tremelo guitar tone is pretty cool, even though it sounds like Austin Powers. Has this band been ruined by pop culture? Probably, but was there ever really that much there to begin with? Not really. It's not that there's anything really to dislike, just that there's nothing there. It's such dull plodding blues rock with no real stand out elements in terms of performance, song-writing, anything. It's like a high school jamband that hasn't learned how to move beyond a vamp + solo. They put out 3 albums in one year - terrible idea. A tight 30-minute 7-song best of CCR album would be a fine 2* entry in over-played classic rock lane, but 2 of their mid hits and 5 tracks of good ol' chooglin' not so much.

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

Muzak boring muzak

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

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

Yeah I only like Fortunate Son

Swamp rock is really not my thing. Just couldn't do it.

borrrrrrin

Not for me.

I remember when AC/DC came on the scene. It was like nothing else. And I remember seeing documentaries later that described the shock wave of that guttural voice, screaming out songs like Back in Black. We all thought it was something totally new. But now I realize it was just an echo of John Fogarty from Creedence Clearwater Revival. It’s funny, if you go back and listen to Little Richard‘s version of Good Golly, Miss Molly, even he uses guttural vocalizations from time to time, so it’s nothing new. But even he didn’t sing that way all the time. That seems to be what John Fogerty brought to rock ‘n’ roll. Long before AC/DC and all the Cookie Monster metal bands that would follow. I must say I do like the harmonica in some of these Credence songs, and I appreciate how bluesy they are, and just like Wikipedia said I could hear them trying to imitate Steve Cropper‘s guitar (he of Blues Brothers fame), just not as well. Proud Mary is the best effort here and it still sounds like something you would see in a movie made for boomers. Credence has a dozen or more really great songs, but they’re all on other albums.

Just dreadful. So slow. Other than proud Mary this album really does not do CCR justice

it's nice but it ain't my thing at all

neei ikkje detta igjen send hjelp

Das ist ja mal echt scheiße. Und ich bin erst beim dritten Song. Ich denke, diese Platte hätte verhindert werden MÜSSEN. Ein kollektives Versagen der beteiligten Musiker, Produzenten und Tontechniker. Da spielen echte Menschen auf echten Instrumenten bestenfalls mittelmäßige Songs mit vorhersagbaren Arrangements und es ist eine Qual, ihnen dabei zuhören zu müssen, weil NICHTS dabei rüberkommt. Eine Platte, die mich wütend macht. Ich hasse sie inbrünstig.

Best thing I can say is that the running time of 34 minutes made the miserable listening experience as short as possible. It got ever so slightly interesting with Good Golly Miss Molly. Never trust a hippy.

Nahhh couldn't get into it

bruh

Такое, практически не зашёл, не знаю в какой ситуации он понравится.

"Keep on Chooglin'?" Lmaoooooo

Como me sigan mandando estos discos me voy a dar de baja en el servicio. Me gustan menos del 10% y el resto son una verdadera tortura.

throw it in the trash

Åhh vad jag har svårt för Creedence alltså... Av albumets 7 låtar tål jag inte 3st :) Graveyard train var en plåga. Good golly känns inge kul och Proud Mary har jag aldrig kunnat med hahaha. Jag har svårt för deras swamp rockabilly blues boogiewoogie. /M

Not for me

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