Bayou Country

It always amazes me that CCR came out of California. They seemed to master the essence of the "Southern" sound. As a child I always saw them as a "Southern Band". I have heard this album before but it was fun to revisit all the songs.

Great album.

Swamp rock. Proud Mary. Vinilo.

I am a sucker for anything blues based. It is the sound of America 🇺🇸

9/10. Great song after great song. More consistent than Green River. Could have put every song on the playlist, love the style they bring. Ended up putting 5/7 songs on the playlist.

Swamp Rock is fun. 5 stars. Favorite track: Graveyard train other picks: Born on the Bayou, Good golly miss molly, keep on chooglin

69 rock n roll

Quite a good album, the instrumentation is the best part. Favorite tracks: "Graveyard Train" and "Proud Mary."

Amazing that this band knocked out 3 all time albums in around a year.

Excellent

Arguably overrating it, but I can't help it. Maybe it's the nostalgia factor creating bias, but Creedence is always a good time. Love their cover of Good Golly Miss Molly. This isn't my favorite album of theirs, but it's still classic Creedence.

I probably would have given this five stars even if I liked it less simply because of the word Chooglin'. But as it is, it slaps so I have a clean conscience. Perfect crowning on a day of recitals :))

CCR is one of those bands that is part of the "All time greatest" this or that. Iconic.

Really Great album

I bought Thai album on Cinyl about 20 years ago. Just fabulous. 2 massive hits. Plus the Little Richard cover. And then just a bunch of great bluesy rock and jamming.

There isn't a CCR song that I don't love. For their 6 albums released over just 3 years of making music, it still endures half a century later.

Quite good

Any album with Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou on it is probably getting 5 stars. If it has these two tracks and a bunch of other really good songs, it’s a no brainer. Killer rock n roll from on of the all time great bands. CCR for all their popularity and influence may be somehow underrated still in terms of just being an excellent band. They were so tight, had incredible songs, great guitar work, a rhythm section that drove so much groove into their songs, and an all time great front man to boot. They may have arguably bested this later with Green River, Willie and the Poor Boys, and Cosmo’s Factory, but that doesn’t mean Bayou Country isn’t basically perfect.

I mean it's CCr, what else do you expect?

junamusiikiksi keksi laittaa tämmösen heh.. kyllä ne tietää, vitsailee vaan niillä indiepätkillä. laittaa hyvää kun tarvetta on. ja nämä pojat ei tosiaan mitään lutakkohirviöitä ole, mitään suistokammotuksia ole... kalifornialaiset perkele... musiikin tekee nii että pää hyrräksi heh.. a caen ĥuarh mæ howangd doawg baæhgkcin, cheş§yieng dœan ah huŭųduüdẹarŕ... musta mies aloitti blues...valkomies mestaroi sen heh... (mitä vittua) . kitaranpoljennasta ja apinankiekumalaulusta annetaan viisi tähteä born on the bayou

Heard of Creedence Clearwater Revival before, but must admit, with that name, I think I'd written them as likely to be bloated prog like music. Got that one wrong! Really enjoyed it, blues framed rock, no bloat in sight!

Must listen classic rock

A great early piece of Creedence. Perfect roots rock.

Awesome all the way through

I like it!

There are other CCR that I like more but...

Classic

Epic

Just a feel good time. Really transports you away. Groovy as can be. Short and sweet.

Keeping it under 45 ✅ ≤ 2 skips ✅

This is was the kind of music my grandfather used to play in the car when I was a kid. So much nostalgia when I listen to CCR.

I loved this album. Fun energy. Makes me want to take another trip to my favorite city, New Orleans. The way the gravely vocals pair with the twangy guitars just syncs up really well.

CCR nails the fusion of a classic rock, bluesy, rockabilly type sound that just goes hard. Fogerty's voice just fits the music so well, too. A thoroughly enjoyed album.

Absolutely blasts.

Album 361 of 1001 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country Rating : 5 / 5 Awesome album. Not much more needs to be said. Just listen for yourself.

Amazing

Amazing CCR album.

Still listening to this but don't need to to know that it is a 5 for me. CCR all day!

Great album! Loved every minute of it

cinema

This sh*t gets me going. I just wanna run like lions and tigers and bears when i hear these songs. I will never stop chooglin Mr fogerty. I salute you.

Omg 5 ok bye.!!

Song No. 2 is considered the standout hit but "Death of a Party" is the high water mark in my opinion. Having gone backwards in Albarn's discography, I can appreciate the album in a way that I don't think I would have when I was younger.

a classic for the ages. in every way. not even going to try to explain. top 3: proud mary, born on the bayou, graveyard train honorable mention: keep on chooglin'

CCR does what they do very well. Might it all sound the same? Sure. But it's done so well we're there's no bad song on the album. 5/5

This album is just filled with tasteful guitar licks and soulful singing! CCR is just legendary!

What a great listen. I really like the back and forth of the guitar and lyrics on Penthouse Pauper.

7 tracks of blues rock perfection. They're all great tracks, but my new discoveries are Bootleg, Graveyard Train, and Keep On Chooglin'.

Honestly can’t really go wrong with CCR. Loved graveyard train which I hadn’t heard before. Straight up scroggly voice

YES! Great tunes

Feels very southern. In both tone and lazy laid back feel. Chill and groove.

A couple of all classics!

I like CCR, his voice is cool and their records sound sick. 4.5

Call me a CCR fan. His voice is great and I just love the way everything sounds. Heck yeah for writing Proud Mary. Graveyard train is the best.

Despite liking CCR a lot, I’ve always subconsciously associated Swamp Rock with the timbre of the muddy sort of stuff the Stones were putting out on Exile On Main Street. Getting the opportunity to listen to Bayou Country all the way through gave me a newfound appreciation for their clarity. This album is remarkably well produced, the musicianship is fantastic, with the longer tracks managing to produce a hypnotic quality in their simplicity, and the songwriting is as good as ever. It’s probably a bit premature to be thinking of the summer in February, but I will make sure I listen to more Creedence come July

Never heard this one before. Really good!

Cali kids playing southern sounds

John Fogerty wasn’t born on the bayou, but I didn’t know that as a kid. I just liked CCR’s music, especially when it soundtracked Scooby-Doo chase scenes. I always assumed Fogerty and CCR were from Louisiana or the South, given “Proud Mary” and “Born on the Bayou.” Turns out, you just need a vivid imagination to write great songs. And as The Dude knows, I hate the fucking Eagles, man.

I knew the band and the singles but had never listened to this album. It has a cohesive sound and felt like I was in a bayou.

Good stuff

This is the quintessential Creedence album for me. 5/5

I love the Creedence

Disco para tener

Lots of attitude from the singer, loving the instrumental solos, especially harmonica. Clearly high-quality improvisers. Up Around the Bend, Proud Mary - absolute classics. Though it seems Up Around the Bend was not actually on this album. Silly Spotify. Kept listening to CCR all day after this.

If there’s ever an album that makes u want to put a dip in, hop in the back of your red ford f-150 and watch the clouds roll by on a summer day, this is it (if that’s not your cup of tea then idk what to tell u). Y’all may be able to tell my preferences by now, but like the Fred Armisen meme from Parks and Rec, you play a harmonica solo, straight to a five. John fogerty(?)’s voice is just freakin incredible and I would go so far to say unmatched by any of his contemporaries. It’s cool listening to this early album for CCR and hearing the bones/formula for what will become a plethora of hits soon to come. Something I found interesting listening to this album (and I could be talking out my ass here) but something we take so for granted especially in live music is the concept of just giving each band member 64-128 bars just to go off, and I wonder if that tradition started around this time, not to say that CCR necessarily started it but maybe popularized it. Could be cool. Regardless, I don’t know what chooglin is but I will be sure to keep on doin it after listening to this album. (Bonus stars for using the word bayou, such a great word). Key tracks: born on the bayou, good golly miss Molly, proud Mary, keep on chooglin.

Awesome album all around

Forget the car, "The dude" just wants his Creedence tapes back. You had me at track 1 "Born On The Bayou".

Made me feel like I was in the bayou. Also I think the ccr singer was born with a voice for 70s rock, it's so iconic.

When you think of old Vietnam rock it’s this. Best perfect album 5/5

Did Creedence make a bad album? I’m bias. Love them!

3 absolutely classic songs and other great deep cuts. What is not to love about CCR, iconic

Gosh this week is bangers. It’s CCR. Every song swings hard.

Familiar songs. Loved the beats especially on “keep on chooglin” which I haven’t heard before.

Some classics on this album. And each side is bookended up some in depth grooves.

CCR was not "Born On The Bayou"; they're Californian and CCR was their second attempt at a band. Still, their music is fun to listen to and their lyrics managed to connect to Southerners to the point that no one cares. At 34 mins, this is more an EP than an album, but whatever, I love it anyway. "Proud Mary" is an automatic sing along song.

Stan

Loved it!!

Enjoyed all. Very familiar as this is my generation’s music. Inconsistent levels in volume in some songs was disruptive of the vibe.

Excellent, I already knew a few songs but Good Golly Miss Molly had me dancing.

I enjoyed it. My dad loved CCR so it was very nostalgic

Not much other to say than classic. I guess for a reason.

Best known songs: Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising I cannot think about a classic rock world without both. The rest songs are even very good.

This is clearly the leading edge of the great albums to follow. The peak. It is singular in that Creedence perfected a raw, rustic, regional (of which they were not members) sound that remains unparalleled. All the songs stand out, but I'm particularly fond of 'Bootleg' and 'Keep on Chooglin''.

I really dig this album! It immediately reminded me of summer and I actually can't wait to listen to it then. I love the bluesy feel which you can tell they were inspired by. At first I was bothered with how long the songs were but the more I listen to this album I find myself okay with it! I feel like I'm listening to a story going back and forth between the singer and guitarist (not sure if it's the same person).

Loved this album! Keep on Chooglin!

Very enjoyable. 8/10

Great LP. Brings back memories.

Wonderful

Funky and fun! Creedence has a sound all their own!

My favourite fake bayou band.

Classic

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

Nostalgic

Great Classic Rock album

classic

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

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

I loved every second of this album. So good.

It's CCR. It slaps.

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

I loved this. What a nice surprise

A true classic

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.

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)

Loved it

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

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.

love ccr

What can be said. Excellent.

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.

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

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

Fogerty is such an underrated guitarist.

I <3 CCR

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.

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.

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

real deal

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

absolute classic

Classic

Just a good old swampy time.

I really really dig it. Love me some CCR

Swampy sweetness.

Favourite band with a great album, nothing more to say

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.

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.

Classic

9/10 - proud mary keeps on turning

17th March 2023 Listened on Sunday on the drive back from Rita rehearsals as the week got away from me. Swampy, sticky but tight blues from the masters.

Classic CCR. Love their sound.

Excellent

10/10, would catjam to Good Golly Miss Molly again

Yesterday I'd give it a strong 4 out of 5, yet today it's 5/5. Maybe it's my good mood, idk. Anyway! I had a great time listening to this album. Even the harmonica couldn't take away my pleasure.

I enjoyed this album as whole. Both music and vocal was just great. And it also had nice harmonica! I was thinking: "yeah, it will be solid 4". And then "Good Golly Miss Molly" came and well.. it is 5.

9/10 really good,

9/10. I'm starting to really warm up to CCR.

Very listenable. Concise without feeling incomplete much better showing for CCR than their previous album

Endlessly funny to me that these guys were 100% a California production rather than actual swamp people, but either way this album rules. Even though 1969 is basically the 70s already, I give a lot of credit to 60s bands that didn't just try to sound like the Beatles or Beach Boys

Wat een lekker album! Nog nooit echt CCR geluisterd maar ga ik nu wel vaker checken. Nice bayou vibes, voel me zo in new orleans. Swamp music good

Swamp rock. Proud Mary. Vinilo.

I wasn't disappointed with this one at all. I loved the ones I knew and the ones I didn't...although that Graveyard Train was certainly a long track (uh-huh)...

“Proud Mary” would earn this album a 5 even if the rest of the tracks were recordings of a dentist’s drill. Fortunately the tracks still shine in the shadow of that iconic track.

Awesome album

that was amazing

This is getting a 5. First time listen and it makes me feel bad the other ccr album only got a 4. This is quality music. Only downside is Proud Mary reminds me of a work christmas do when i was the new team member and was forced to dance to the god awful ike and tina turner version. We were all in a circle doing this stupid hand motion and I must have been doing a brilliant job of looking like i was having fun because a woman from another table tried to dance with me and i full on blanked her. Her mates came and rescued her. It makes me cringe now. It would never have worked out, I hate dancing. So close to dropping this to a 4.

Awesome sauce.

The best gritty swamp rock that came out of Berkley California for sure. They had a theme and went with it, what is musical cosplay called anyway? Either way they are classic for a reason. Normal favourites Born On The Bayou, Good Golly Miss Molly and Proud Mary but a new favourite in Graveyard train for the dirty harmonica. Will listen to again, makes me want to get a pair of alligator boots.

CCR are awesome. This album has some loose and bluesy jams, and some ripping rock n roll. Great example of everything that makes them great. Sweet album cover too.

Killer American icon band and American classic. Steeped in blues rock and soul and yet still edgy at times and rounded off with the super tight crunchy vocals of John Fogerty - this band is one of my favorites of all time. "Born on the Bayou" and "Proud Mary" are true legendary tracks in rock music. This band and album are just tied into the heart of American sounds and culture and I love it. This is such an enjoyable album to put on no matter what you are doing. Active or passive listening- it doesn't matter! "Good Golly Miss Molly" --> sweet fretless bass. Hard to hear at first! Yea this is an easy 5/5 for me.

Grrrrttrreat

Love love love

Fogerty and crew craft a fantastic album. One where each song flows well into the next. All while sounding like the band, and like unique experiences all their own.

Basically no filler on this, their output was crazy.

Ooh this was a doozy. I liked Bayou Country better than Cosmos Factory but that's due to a consistent blues rock style and the long jams which were more prominent here. CCR are pretty good with short ones but they know how to make a song breathe, especially Graveyard Train and Keep on Chooglin'. I've heard Proud Mary various times but I never knew CCR wrote it or knew the song title so that was a welcomed surprise. Also a fantastic song. The title track and Bootleg were enjoyable tracks as well. And with Good Golly Miss Molly and Penthouse Pauper being decent, this album is definitely up there with the best I've reviewed so far. Makes me want to listen to Cosmos Factory again and see if I can change that review.

I think Green River is still my favorite, but this album is great in its own right and opens with possibly my favorite CCR tune. There really weren't any missteps I could hear, and I gave it two listens in a row because I enjoyed it so much.

The house band to the Vietnam War.

Get me a beer and a swamp boat with one of them big fuck off propellers on the back STAT

Good vibes and definitely a cover-to-cover listen.

This is a real Classic. Great Swampy sound all the way through and a couple of bangers. It's good to put on and let run.

Muito bom o sonzao

have heard most of this album over the years. I didnt realise rolling on the river was sampled from here

Great listen, feels like I’m in a chopper over Vietnam.

Album absolutely slaps. I could listen to all 7 basslines all day. Favorite track: Keep on Chooglin'

An interesting mixture of rock, blues, and country, which gives you energy and happiness. There really wasn't any bad song throughout the album. This definitely goes into my playlist.

great sunday

Awesome

5/5, penthouse pauper and good golly miss Molly especially are some of the finest blues playing I've ever heard. Perfect record.

I love their stuff, this one is a nice and tight album with some staying power and brilliant swampy blues.

A timeless classic with some of their biggest hits. CCR is and always will be a unique band with a unique sound.

Fuck yes! I love me some CCR. This is the soundtrack of my early childhood, my dad in the kitchen cooking up dinner for his three rambunctious daughters, the shitty Sony radio on the countertop with this tape in it filling our house with good time tunes. They are the most classic of all the classic rocks for me because of the way they take me back to that place in an instant. John Fogerty has one of the all-time greatest voices because of the way it fuses blues/rock/country sounds into an unforgettable gritty rasping growl. The lyrical content and themes are perfectly complimented by the badass honky tonking guitar work. It's a whole ass mood of down home fun. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin', chasin' down a hoodoo there.

Love credence and even better to listen to sitting by a pool 🔆

Debatía entre el 4 y el 5, pero la neta es que sí es muy buen disco y no hay razón para no darle la 5 estrella. La voz de John Fogerty es una chingonería que marcó un estilo y sus solos en la guitarra también son de lo que más vale la pena de esta banda. Me sorprendió lo cortito de este disco, aunque en realidad trae dos canciones que pasan de los 7 minutos aunque no se sienten pesadas. También me llama la atención que traiga un cover, que ya para estas alturas de su carrera no todo mundo haría.

Awesome album. Love Creedence

Great album. Different. Enjoyed it.

CCR! True Classic.

CCR !

Ah, CCR. Such unmottled genius

5 fucking stars baby!!!

They still sound edgy somehow, which is quite a feat half a century later. "Born on the Bayou" is ELECTRIC. It does get too jammy at times, but then they'll come back with a ripper. Real vitality and soul on this album.

I haven't listened to this album as much as the other two Creedence albums on this list, but still a 5 for me. A bit heavier and looser than their other albums. Some serious jams.

a couple of super 5-star evergreens and some very solid songs; if played on a decent hifi the album sounds as great as ever (and there are even a couple of better CCR albums around..)

Join Fogerty is a genius. Every creedence album gets full points. This is just half an hour of non-stop hits. 5/5.

I loved every track on this album. The CCR sound is so unique.

okay

Uma banda, três álbuns, todos explêndidos.. não tenho muito a dizer.. a guitarra de Born on the bayou é um riff, uma basee um solo, tudo ao mesmo tempo!

5/5

5/5. Short n’ sweet. Great performances, packed with bangers. One of the best CCR.

Groovy bluesy legendary. These swamp rockers are from California lol.

5/5

I love CCR!

pretty short album, all good songs as usual.

How have I never listened to this masterpiece before

Excelente rock sureño de los años 60 interpretado por una banda muy reconocible

Absolute classic. It's been awhile since I've listened to these guys and it just reminds me of how awesome they were are still Are!

Excellent album

Creedence, forever.

I used to think of Creedence as just a greatest hits band. While I was listening to this album though I really enjoyed the tracks that I didn't know. They really rock on here. I especially like the longer bluesy Graveyard Train and Keep on Chooglin'. Easy 5 stars again.

Great!

Love it.

CCR baby!

The start of CCR becoming one of the greatest bands of all time. Seriously, if they were able to exist for more years then I’d say they would’ve gone down in history as one of the greatest bands ever.

Killer blues beats, road driving music, Uncle Miguel would approve.

Love me some Creedence

S.O.S

Fuck yeah. Five stars baby. I've never listened to this whole thing but it has some of my favorite songs on it.

Classic. All killer no filler

what a classic

Love this kind of music, very old school and VERY well sung

Very short (7 songs 33 mins). But it’s awesome.

Absolutely Slapsssss

Short and sweet. Love CCR.

A classic. Loved all the songs. CCR has such a distinct sound that I really like.

I loved this album! Bluesy rock, and a little bit folk, and country. Great sounds and the voice of the lead singer is incredible.

I needed some CCR this monday morning. Proud Mary is an all timer, but it was great to hear some new tracks that aren't on all the greatest hits albums.

imprescindible

Classic

Chooglin

Oh this album is great! 10/10 not a bad track here

So brilliant

BOOLAY BOOLAY, BOOLAY HUH!

Art and Paul were the soundtrack of my childhood. I never listened to the entire album before and it was an interesting mix of mellow and lively.

BORN IN THE BAYOU

all of it is very good

hitazos

One of my favorites!

A classic. So many good songs.

One of my favourite

Fun, solid, and short. This album ends barely after it begins.

Favorite Song: Bootleg Notes: I've never listened to any full albums from CCR, but it was certainly up my alley. You can hear the bountiful influence from their music and style on country, folk, bluegrass, you name it, from then on. I'd venture and say a good majority of people may recognize them from 'Fortunate Son' or 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain?', but this was absolutely a great listen for anyone who enjoys those songs

Love this album. Decent Southern Country Rock. Honest, bluesy New Orleans tunes. Moody guitar. Driving drums. Streetwise vocals. Great music.

Born on the Bayou is a fantastic first track. I just can imagine me riding a helli headed into Nam. Who am I kidding, I would have been shot down already. Still love this album. 8/10 Top song... Born on the Bayou

CCR is the peak dad rock

It's CCR what do you expect. This is classic CCR

Mm liking the vibe, from the title and akbum tracks to the cover, to finishing off with a bang on the last 2 tracks. Tight!!

[Born On The Bayou]* #1 [4.0] #2 [4.5] #3 [5.0] [Bootleg] #1 [3.5] #2 [] #3 [] [Graveyard Train]* #1 [4.5] #2 [] #3 [] [Good Golly Miss Molly] #1 [4.0] #2 [] #3 [] [Penthouse Pauper]* #1 [4.5] #2 [] #3 [] [Proud Mary] #1 [3.5] #2 [] #3 [] [Keep On Chooglin'] #1 [4.0] #2 [] #3 [] Review: jammin' Favorite Track(s): Graveyard Train, Penthouse Pauper, Born On The Bayou Least Favorite Track: Bootleg Perfect Track(s)? Born On The Bayou Bad Track(s)? NO Listen Again? YES Final Score: 4.0/GREAT

BURN ON DA BY U

Nice

La serie de 6 discos que publicó la CCR en apenas 2 años son un hecho excepcional. En el 69 publicaron 3, y todos excelentes, obviaremos Mardi Grass por razones evidentes. Aquí, segundo disco, pero el que les abrió las puertas a la gloria tanto con Born on the Bayou como sobre todo con Proud Mary. Graveyard Train es una rara avis en la CCR, con esa duración tan larga y desarrollos improvisados. Cierra la cara A. En la B tenemos en el mismo estilo Keep On Chooglin, mejor elaborada. La B empieza a toda pastilla con el clásico de Little Richard Good Golly Miss Molly. Penthouse Pauper tiene un brío excelente, con un John que está soberbio a la guitarra y destaca también el bajo de Stu. UN clásico.

Turns out I've been chooglin' my whole life. Nice to finally have a word for it.

such a distinctive sound these guys have

Creedence lives

Love me some creedence

Full of joyous southern feeling groove. Its loose, funky and on of the best feeling albums you’re likely to hear. Loved it in all its unfussy wonder.

Unobtrusive folky rock What isn't to love

Great listening, love that it introduced me to swamp rock and there are some stand out songs but ultimately it all sounds the same

Not their finest work but still very good

Album Americana Rock, ternyata musik kayak gini yang sering terdengar di film² amerika (60s ish vibe??)

CCR is a great band. This one had some good rocking going on along with some of their big hits

There are some pretty cool jams on here in addition to the classics. I’ve always enjoyed CCR so it’s interesting to hear what they were creating beyond their greatest hits. This was solid!

Chooglin' along

Swamp boogie from some Cali kids. Has a handful of huge hits and some cool deep cuts. Just a great classic rock album

A good solid rock album that I’m sure everyone knows and most people like.

8/10 historical

Hardly their best but a damn good album. I think CCR works better as a single band and the difference in level between the songs here (listen to Proud Mary / Born on the Bayou and any other song on the album) proves that.

Great album 5/5

Good

I'd never heard of this band but did recognise so of the songs from the main playlist. This album is right up my alley. Great 60s hippy vibe, one that you can take a nice toke to and mellow out to. Didn't know Proud Mary was their songs. Overall this is a good album and shows me how good John Fogerty is as a writer. 7/10. Will listen to this again and I'm sure I'll love it even more over time.

Theyre good culture vultures

Short and sweet

love the album cover. good vibe

I thought they were just the Vietnam band, I didn't know they were this groovy

A classic album. I've once heard that Creedence would have been big as the Beatles... If it weren't for the Beatles. This album somehow shows it.

Yeah, I really liked this to no surprise. I love southern rock and really enjoyed the jams. Highlights were Good Golly Ms Molly and Proud Mary. Album is short and sweet, never wears out its welcome

good

choogle out of 5

Aside from A3, an excellent album all the way. B side was nothing but heat. No wonder everyone loves CCR.

*reads album name* "Cool I really hope Born On The Bayou is on this album." *clicks play, instant gratification*

Just ok swamp rock. Maybe slightly above average bc they’re a classic band.

Very good, bit repetitive at times tboich

Despite being aware CCR this was the first time I’ve listened to a full album and I was pleasantly surprised. Love the title track and bootleg is pure Tom Waits

raucous fun. proud mary is *such* a banger.

70s vibe, really nice to listen to it while drawing or cleaning :)

Born on the Bayou Good Golly Miss Molly Proud Mary Keep on Chooglin’

Wonderful.

Send me to Nam

Yeeeeeehaw?

Two and half years. That's all it took for CCR to build pretty much their entire body of work (the less said about Mardi Gras, the better). Incredible. Kinda shocked all 6 of those records aren't on the list. I wouldn't call this my favorite (Graveyard Train is kind of a slog, and way too long), but this has Proud Mary on it........... so.......

I regret giving the other creedence album a lower score, this one was great

Love this album 👍

I wonder if he actually knows the words to any of these songs.

A damned fine album.

3.5 rounded up for Proud Mary

Born on the Bayou is in my StoryWorth list of fave songs of all time. Proud Mary is a classic. Good Golly Miss Molly is a decent cover, and Keep on Chooglin’ has it charms. The other tracks are sos-so. 3.5 rounded up for BOTB.

This was looking like a 4, with some possibility of a 5, until the last song extinguished that possibility entirely. Artists of the 60s and 70s: I know I’m 50 years too late, but I do not want to hear your one boring idea extended for 7 minutes. [cut to dead heads, offended]

Now I too can pretend I was born in the bayou. This is a solid album with a few all timers on it (Born in the Bayou and Proud Mary mostly), and the rest of it is solid and fun. Can not tell you what chooglin' is for the life of me but I will never stop it.

I love CCR’s bluesy, swampy sound. JF is a genius musician. This was a solid, fun album. A couple weaker tracks kept it from a full 5. 4/5

Really like Fogerty's voice and Proud Mary is an all-timer - fun and concise album. Really liked Graveyard Train and Keep On Chooglin'

Sometimes the history I read about the band and album after listening is more interesting then the album itself. Three classic albums in one year is insane. What do you mean these guys are from California? How does one keep on chooglin? I've always enjoyed the heavy usage of guitar rifts and long solo's frequent in Southern Rock. Fogerty excels at this and adds a dirtier tone to it and creates swamp rock, and it feels like your in the swamp with him.

The singer has an amazing vocal range. It was pretty familiar, then it started "Good Golly Miss Molly", got it! it was similar to Little Richard. Then, when the album ended, "Fortunate Son" started and everything made sense. I was like "Oh! it's that one song used in Vietnam war edits" pretty nice. About the instrumental, it was really interesting. Felt like a country blues rock. Pretty chill and energetic at the same time.

Brill Album

Bring on the swamp rock!

CCR was an important band as it might be the best example of a successful combination of many of the truly American roots music into a widely accessible form. That success was driven by songwriting prowess - proven by the timeliness of the surprising number of hits that came from a relatively small catalogue. This album features two such examples: Born on the Bayou and Proud Mary. This album feels very New Orleans, especially for a band from San Francisco. All of that said, I think this album is uneven. There are two songs that go on and on and provide not much more than filler. Since it's only 33 minutes long, almost half of the album feels that way. Now, when it was released, it may not have been viewed that way. Not everyone in the audience for CCR was familiar with the Black American music that informed rock music. The strength of the record, aside from the songwriting of the two major hits, is John Fogerty's vocal quality. It's a compelling, convincing performance, and CCR has been considered one of the best American rock bands of all time for those reasons. I can't give it five stars, but with Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou, it's impossible to give it less than four.

Nice, not my favourite CCR but quality

It may not be Cosmo’s Factory, but Bayou Country is yet another masterclass album by John Fogerty and the good old boys of Creedence Clearwater Revival. This is the second of 3 CCR albums I have rolled for this project, following the previously mentioned Cosmo’s Factory, which I gave a glowing 5 star review. In comparison to that album, this is like a 3. When comparing it to every other album on the site, it’s an easy 5. In general though, I think a high 4 is warranted. I can’t believe I ever considered giving it a 3 at one point, I was singing out loud at work to nearly every song on this album. In fact, this has to be in contention for the hardest album to pick a favorite song on in general. At the end of the day, I had to do a full tournament style bracket because I didn’t want to count any of them out. I could go for the super obvious fan favorites that everyone knows, “Proud Mary” or the opener, “Born On The Bayou”. The former I’ve always considered rather overrated commercial music, and the ladder one is in contention for favorite song, I’ve heard it a thousand times but it’s still just so good today. I could also go for the super weird but very charming and catchy “Keep On Chooglin’”, despite not knowing what the hell Chooglin’ is. I really think they wanted that one to catch on, and I kind of wish it did. Going to make it a new challenge to randomly start introducing Chooglin’ into my vernacular and randomly try to start Chooglin’ it into places where it doesn’t belong. Nah, not that one. My silver medal this time goes to “Penthouse Pauper”, and it was CLOSE. I think that song is the one I was singing the most. It’s just so catchy, has some awesome riffs, and just the overall story it tells is fun. He makes the guitar literally sing with him, and it’s awesome. It was very hard not putting that at number 1. Taking that spot, at number 1 this time, is none other than “Good Golly Miss Molly”. It might be a bit simple, but it’s also very singable, and the guitar playing on this one rivals their very best, even if it is a cover. The little guitar solo in the middle of the song is just awe inspiring. Best single moment of the entire album. As a whole, this album is very disjointed. The songs don’t really all flow together, but that’s actually why I like it so much, believe it or not. It might not sound like praise, but I hate when albums have a general theme, and all of the songs end up sounding exactly the same because of it. The theme of this album is just “B A Y O U”. Not only do they do a great job of portraying this theme, but they manage to do it in a way where not every song just sounds like a copy and pasted version of the last song. Which is funny, considering the trifecta of rain based songs in their catalogue, none of which feature in Bayou Country. Man. I kind of want to give this one a 5 too to be honest with you. It’s really another great one, and I only have praise for it. Maybe I’ll come rebalance it to a 5 at some point. Who knows?? Either way, this was a hell of a good weekend album and I greatly look forward to Chooglin’ out to their third album on here as well. I started out this project only just knowing CCR by name, and now twice they’ve surprised the hell out of me, especially with how many songs I recognized going in. They won’t surprise me a third time though. I’m going to be expecting excellence the third time, and I’m probably going to get it too.

Swamp rock, blues rock, Americana.

Me encantó es un álbum súper simple directo pegajoso con una atmósfera pantanosa increíble. No puedo ni imaginarme cómo sería escucharlos en vivo y claramente formaron una identidad con sus sonidos.

Pretty kickass not gonna lie