Bayou Country

meeeh demasiado country para mi

Meh. The singles are great and the rest exists

I respect CCR, and this has some great stuff on it, but it isn't Green River. Worth a listen, though, and doesn't overstay its welcome.

From the days when rock could be gentle and tuneful until, oh no, the lead singer starts screaming out the vocals. The lyrics are non too inspiring either. But all the time the guitar sound keeps this album going with a laid back blues sound of quality. The guitar does some screeching too which is hard to take at points but I'm not a fan of the whole guitar solo thing. Proud Mary brings together the best features of this band's sound and appears on the album just in time to allow you to conclude that there's some real talent happening here - excellent. Overall it's probably best in class for a blues rock sound of this era.

No wonder The Dude wanted his Creedence tapes back

ok not for me tho im not really into country music

Wonderfully fun swamp rock. Great for what it is, but very setting dependent. Would blast this out of a helicopter flying through the jungle or an airboat cruising through the everglades, but not so much otherwise.

I love CCR

Usually not my thing. Had a good listen to this album. Maybe because the songs like Proud Mary is a song I've listened to a lot before.

Lots of classics!

I love CCR, a love that was instilled in me early from my dad playing their records. This is a strong album of theirs, and a frequent listen. Love it!

Super

sono felice di aver scoperto quest’album e questi artisti, l’album mi è piaciuto molto.

Pretty good

It got me nostalgic but in a good mood. I used to skate to Keep On Chooglin'.

Another solid Creedence album. Just a dead on 3.5 band to me. I’ll lean this one to 4 bc it put me in a good mood today.

repetitive, boring country music

Southern blues. Graveyard Train was ploddingly hard work. Rest were mostly fine. 3.

Superior blues rock. Fine not dazzling.

Definitely realizing I much prefer the muddier, murkier Delta Blues to its Chicago rival(?). This is great, sounds like a more accessible version of Beefhearts more accessible couple of albums...

A good inclusion, and worthy of familiarity, but not one to leave an indelible mark on me. Proud Mary is, of course, a classic, but I was left somewhat with the sense that this band were playing at being boys from the bayou rather than telling tales of a genuine shared experience.

Very good. CCR really helps me appreciate this type of rock.

Proud mary als single heel goed, rest van album minder

Great vocals, classic sound

5/5

viva el rock

First ever listen through. Not my usual thing but fun to listen to with undeniable influence

Solid vibes

7/10

gooood!

Love their sound.

Good Golly Miss Molly was a good song, not a fan of others

An excellent album, with great rhythm, strong songwriting, and impressive range. A curious mix of rock and jazz.

Música de se escutar tomando jack daniels

Pf barato entrega o basico

Too good!

Really really fun. Nothing too groundbreaking but just a really solid bluesy album, as expected from CCR. Great when it embraces jam elements more.

It was alright

CCR; there's a name I've heard. What am I expecting here? Some late 60s/early 70s classic rock, maybe a bit of psychedelia, maybe a bit of counterculture. Oh, and weren't these guys misappropriated by the alt-right or something? What I actually got: Blues-rock wig-out. Not bad.

Some nice guitar work and I like the CCR vocals, but this album doesn't really do a lot for me.

a fun listen with some already known classics.

If we'd simply listened to CCR we might not be in a fascist hellscape today.

This is a decent 2nd album highlighted by the cover of Proud Mary and the original Born On The Bayou. This album was a sign of great things to come.

Good but not incredible

1969 沼泽摇滚 南方摇滚

Grandes clásicos

My 2nd CCR album and it's another cracker. Not *quite* as good as Cosmos Factory for me, but still pretty great. Born On The Bayou, Bootleg and Good Golly Miss Molly are all fantastic but Penthouse Pauper is the best of the 7 songs for me. I could listen to John Fogerty sing anything, what a voice.

I’d say most of those songs are alright if you heard them on their own on the radio. But even this short an album is too samey for me

You know the drill.......helicopter blades chopping the humid air, jungle canopy below, some exhausted yanks staring out the door “Born on the Bayou” or “Fortunate Son” starts blasting....director thinks he just invented cinema

p158. 1969. 4 stars. Now we're talking. Possibly the world's greatest bar band on top form, with some classic songs. Point deducted for a redundant cover and for excessive late 60s wankage on some of the tracks, but on the whole this is fine.

me gusto, muchas canciones me gusto el ritmo y el estilo de musica esta bueno. Un par eran muy largas y con partes instrumentales medio repetitivas pero en general estuvo bueno. 6.5/10

Estuvo bueno, nunca había escuchado esta banda, le doy 3/5 estrellas, las canciones que más me gustaron fueron Good Golly Miss Molly y Proud Mary.

Viejita y rockera

I can taste cold beer I can hear mosquitos buzz Wait, that's Fogerty

I had no investment in this band, but it turned out I was familiar with a number of the songs. Unfortunately I didn't get particularly warm feelings from hearing them again. Some of those I hadn't heard before seemed like weak filler. I am no fan of this type of screeching vocals. One thing I found interesting was how distorted the lead guitar is, compared to how undistorted the rhythm guitar - feels like the lead belonged with a different band style - but this was not enough of a phenomenon to sustain my interest. I was also interested to wonder whether this album might be considered historically significant in terms of white American musicians playing blues pop, how were they influenced by black American musicians playing blues, and what else. I wouldn't really know about that. A third thing I found interesting was even more outside the album. I knew the song 'Proud Mary', had not known it was written by John Fogerty. I read a bit about how other versions of the song came about (Creedence to Solomon Burke, to Ike and Tina Turner), changes in style and changes in understood meanings, that was quite interesting. Signature, a barbershop quartet, won the 2019 international quartet championship of the Barbershop Harmony Society with songs 'including the Ike & Tina Turner classic “Proud Mary”, so there you go.) This album Bayou Country? Not a good name, not a good album, it's Pretty Poor, 3/10.

431/1089 - Better than the first one from them I think? I don't remember. This was a lot of blues jams in E with harmonica and crunchy guitars which isn't the most exciting or stimulating thing to listen to.

A beautiful classic rock album!

As much as I like the Creedence, I'd rather go with a greatest hits compilation

Keep on chooglin'

Good stuff 3

Hard to separate from the Gumpifocation of this boomer music, but these are pretty much all bangers.

Liked this one. Bluesy.

Nothing special but an OK bit of swamp rock, if that is such a thing.

I thought it was gonna be trash once he started singing but it was actually pretty listenable

Enjoyed it but certainly not CCR’s best. Top tracks were probably proud Mary and keep on Chooglin.

Blues

This was better than The Band's self-titled album which I reviewed right before it, but not by much. The hits (Born On The Bayou and Proud Mary) are the best things on here. Also, it's really short, only 34 minutes. A lot of nothing enhanced somewhat by John Fogerty's voice and some twangy guitar.

No CCR album is a 5/5 for me. There is always filler, but because of that their best of compilations are among the greatest albums released. There are still classics here, and the rest is great, but forgettable. 4/5

The generator giveth and the generator taketh away. The generator hath giveth me almost all the David Bowie albums and that hath causeth me to gnash my teeth. Forsooth the generator hath giveth me all three CCR albums and for that I thanketh it. For myself, I have not to giveth but the bestowers of heavenly luminence and I giveth them gladly...5 alligators.

After listening to so many random albums - I appreciate CCR more than ever

Too mellow for my taste. It tended to meld into the background even when I was actively listening. I only realized it was done when Greta van Fleet kicked in with a much more insistent guitar line

That kind of blues!

I love CCR. Not their best album but has Proud Mary on it. Still underrated as a band.

Ça doit être quand même cool d'arriver devant un micro pis se mettre à chanter comme John Fogerty.

Good!

Of course this is a classic, great driving and/or sunny music. Keep on chuggin’ 😎

8/10 It ain't meeee

Типичная "американская" старая музыка. В машину пойдет. Лайкнул трек "Proud Mary"

CCR is great. Solid record of favorites and new discoveries.

Not a bad album. Nothing inherently special but a good listen.

Blind album, dont live under a rock so I know CCR. Album was okay. Very typical style and was s good listen.

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

Was alright, only listened once so can't give a great review. Prefer Tina's proud Mary

I'm not sure there is a song I despise more than Proud Mary. I have heard it so many times covered by crappy karaoke level performers when I worked at the Tory club in Hexham when I was 18, literally every single Saturday night someone else would come and play it. The original version is easily the best version of this song and is actually listenable, way better than whoever has the popular cover of it. Some good songs on here too also, graveyard train drags a bit, keep on chooglin was nice 3

очень американский рок 60-х.

Chuck the 8 minute slog of a track out and this is a bona fide swamp rock classic

Another solid album by my favorite Bay Area bayou boys.

CCR brings another incredible song and otherwise consistent sound to an album. 3.5 rounded up

I mean, the main attraction here is a near-perfect song in Proud Mary, but I'm excited to see what CCR has here. I’d say it’s pretty good, but not quite as varied as their other work. I’ve heard them called the American Beatles, which is a bit much, but I think their capacity for just churning out a lot of really solid music without getting overly fancy with it is similar. Obviously the Beatles eventually got experimental. But this is just really solid basic music.

I know he defines the verb "to choogle" in the lyrics, but I still don't get it and don't think I ever will. Anyways, four stars.

wow he really does just sing like that all the time huh? not really the kind of music i usually listen to but i fuck w/ graveyard train incredibly. sometimes u just gotta yell. the harmonica solos on keep on chooglin(?) are fun too. other than that its like, fine? maybe a little samey but the way the album is laid out stops the tracks running together and its over before outstaying its welcome. i'd probably enjoy it a lot less if the weather wasn't as sunny as it is today,

Just fine

Good fun!

Not my cup of tea

Bluesy as all get out, it created the blueprint for Southern Rock for decades to come. It's simple, authentic, feel good and just rocks.

Off to a grand start. Good golly miss molly is top notch. Holy heck, is that a Flushed Away reference? Pretty good. Is this blues? Methinks it's blues.

Solid

Couple of classics here but it all kind of sounds the same.

Grew on me. Pretty cool.

It's classic CCR, but this is not their best work. Of the 3 CCR albums I've heard now, this is a step below the others. Still good, just not near as good.

This list probably didn't need more than one CCR album. There's not really much more that you're going to learn about these guys after one album. If you like it, you like it. But I'm not necessarily mad at having to listen to it. As far as Southern blues/hard rock goes, there's really no one better. I'm not even really a big fan of this subgenre, but it's hard to argue with the intensity of their sound and John Fogerty's vocal performances. "Proud Mary" is a clear highlight but there's not a bad track on here.

Creedence! Love these guys. This isn’t their best work but it’s a wonderful listen. #310

Soooo much chooglin’ but yet I’m left wanting even more. Is CCR a top 3 US band of all time? I’ve never had a bad time listening to a Creedance album and I doubt I ever will. I wonder how people from Louisiana feel about them? California boys blatantly appropriating their culture. I’m consistently hypocritical on this topic. If you can’t pull it off it’s one of the worst things you can do as an artist, but if you can pull it off (CCR, Stones, etc) you’ll be one of my favourite bands of all time.

3.8 Thought the longer jams were pretty interesting. I once went to a Fogerty arena show and the crowd was at least 90% indigenous, took me by surprise,

So good I’m gonna listen to all their albums now

Ikke den verste av klassikerne dette. Men litt treig.

HOLY GOD ALL MIGHTY I AM NOT THE SAME

Ohh it was amazing good for boho music and also for day stories on insta. Love bootleg

Incredible album. Makes me look out for the vc. Can't beat the fogurt

Hillbilly

I mean what could I say about CCR that hasn't been said before? What a voice. Chords that turned into classics. 9958379 cover bands. But I would tolerate assholes blasting their bluetooth speakers out in the serene lake campsite 80% more if they played this whole album instead of Katy Perry interspersed by Born In The USA and Kid Rock. As far as the actual album goes, I like the flow of it. I especially like the energy shift from (my fav) Graveyard Train to Good Golly Miss Molly. And ending on instrument solos is just fun. 33 minutes of easy country rock is already my kind of thing so I enjoyed it. Even if I was missing a coors for the experience.

-about 40 minutes of music with about 10 minutes of ideas, a pleasant jaunt but ultimately a little repetitive for my tastes -it's a nice listen and i imagine it would be best enjoyed in an outdoor setting with a few cold ones -i listened to it while fixing my garbage disposal and doing some laundry and i found it was a pleasant background music experience -my personal bias bleeding through here but i thought the drumming was extremely boring which is where my ears tend to wander in general when i listen to music -Overall, an album I'd have no problem listening to again, but probably not one that I'd personally put on if handed the aux cord, with an exception made if I was in a bayou FAVORITE SONG: Born On The Bayou

Heard Before? Yeah. Notes: - as always with CCR, my enjoyment is inversely proportional to the song length, although on this album, none of the songs manage to justify their runtime. - terrible "let's all play all the time" arrangements, with every song immediately settling into a rut and going nowhere. - wonderfully recorded distinctive vocals. - the sole truly redeeming feature of this album is "Proud Mary", mostly because it was later performed by Tina Turner with stunning results. Verdict: Knucklehead rock suitable for all sorts of people, places and occasions that I'm delighted to avoid. Listen Again? If only it were so simple.

John Fogarty? I've played golf with him and you'd think he's some fucker who likes to bite the heads off of chickens but this guy can get it out of the sand trap like nobodies fuckin business

This is #day583 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to my second Credence album already, aka their first out of three released that year. Oh, what a year it must have been! I've probably already said that when I got Green River. Anyway, some good 'ol late '60s blues rock here, I don't mind. "Proud Mary" is, of course, a classic. This is a strong 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day584.

CCR doesn’t miss for me and I tend to hate this sub-genre of Swamp rock, country rock, whatever it is classified as. Every pick I’ve gotten of theirs has me rocking out and singing along. 4.5 / 5

Has classic CCR tracks and a few deep cuts. Like any CCR release, John Fogerty’s voice and guitar picking are front and center. Great dual effect on the vocals. 3.5/5.0

Know these songs well.

Great album. I'm not sure what swamp rock is exactly, but this is definitely it. John Fogerty somehow easily convinces everyone he's from Louisiana instead of California.

Graveyard Train

Same as previous album, some great ones, some are nothing burgers. I get why they are popular, but it's a bit redundant and cliché

Rolling on the river ja muut klassikot. Kuinka makee meno kokonlevyn ajan.

I hate to say this, but I found this album a bit boring... I feel like this is not going to be a popular opinion

Overly long song graveyard train with mouth organ solo just goes nowhere, incredibly boring, keep on chooglin is as bad. Poor bassist playing this crap, at least the guitarist gets a solo. Proud Mary elevates it to a 2, just

Maybe it’s because I once lost a bet when I thought Pink Floyd would have more listens on Spotify than CCR, or maybe it’s because 1/4 of this album is the plodding Graveyard Train. Proud Mary is a good song and his voice is great. Borderline 3, but 1 track doesn’t make an album.

I like this sort of thing. I liked this record. Proud Mary was my least favourite song. 4

A rock n roll au sec

.let see

I’ve always felt I ought to like Creedence Clearwater Revival more than I actually do…

10 out of 5 I would rate this higher if I could. Every CCR song and album kicks ass. The Dude agrees.

Very nice reminds me of my papa

3.5 - Another band I should probably do a deep dive on. I like all of these songs.

Love that band. Very blusey.

"Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Proud Mary" were my favorites by far. The rest I skipped about 2/3 the way through since the wailing vocals I just couldn't stand.

I was expecting this to be a bit of a one hit wonder album with Proud Mary but I ended up really liking it. Wouldn't really go out of my way to listen to the other songs but could see myself listening in full on occasion.

Some very good songs sandwiched with some more forgettable ones. Four stars seems low for an album with Proud Mary and Born in the Bayou on it, but it is what it is.

Yeah pretty good! Easy listening, very enjoyable. We've listened to Creedance Clearwater Revival in this house before so it's but unfamiliar

Reminds me of my childhood, hearing that in my parents car all the time. Fav: Proud Mary

LOVE Good Good Miss Molly bass riff, wow. Not a huge fan of the lead's voice, but I love the country rock vibe. Ohhh I know Proud Mary chorus, so that's where that's from.

Standard. Der Sound ist jedem ein Begriff.

I kind of take these guys for granted since they've been around my entire life, but they have a pretty unique and cool sound. I enjoyed most of these songs but because they're so familiar without any sort of nostalgia attached, they don't do a ton for me.

Groovy, powerful, rock and roll. John Fogerty’s voice is full of soul. An album you can dance to, head bang, or sit down in a quiet room and ponder the lyrics. Excellent.

This album is great.

Enjoyed that specific American rock sound that is straight out of the soundtrack of every Vietnam War film. Cool riffs but I wasn't expecting so many covers for such an acclaimed album. I briefly saw John Fogerty at Glastonbury so this made me appreciate the significance of him as an artist performing there that I had initially overlooked. Rating: 3.5.

A band that I only really know from Chronicles, an incredible collection of their greatest hits. Tellingly, of that album's 20 songs, only 1, Proud Mary, comes from this Bayou Country album. I'm all for exploring bands through albums as opposed to hits collections, but this album could do with a few more top tier songs. 3 out of 5 stars.

Let it Bleed came out in the same year as Bayou Country. I love them both, they aren’t both 100/100 albums. But they are both 5/5 I always think of this quote from Mark Kozelek: “It sounded like basic fogerty rock, the war on drugs can suck my co(k.” I love CCR, and this album will get thrown on the turntable from time to time until I’m in the graveyard. The song Graveyard Train is a slow groove, and my favorite. I put the pitch down on the turntable it sounds kind of muddy. This is truly an album that is way cooler on wax than Spotify. Sometimes they sound like the Grateful Dead. Bootleg is so sick. Owned on vinyl, classic pressing, has a 33 minute run time, and the vinyl version I own is a super thin. It sounds sooo good on vinyl. 5/5 S Tier of classic American rock

kinda all sounded the same but a good groove solid listen overall

This album was decent, but a bit uninteresting for me. I really like the vocals, but overall most of these tracks didn't quite have enough energy to keep me captivated. I didn't entirely love the direction of their sound.

A bit repetitive for my taste, but a couple real legendary tracks. Favorite song: Proud Mary.

3eme album proposé par le générateur, il se situe chronologiquement entre les 2 précédents, que j’avais notés 2/5 (Green River) et 3/5 (Cosmo’s factory). Celui-ci tombe plutôt du côté du 2/5, qui m’avait si peu inspiré que j’en avais oublié son existence quand j’ai écouté le 3/5 … Rien de bien intéressant donc, à part peu être ‘Proud Mary’ que je connaissais déjà. Il ne m’en restera donc pas grand chose ! =>2/5

Love me some CCR, solid album overall. Graveyard Train is hella long though.

Pretty diverse set of songs with big changes in the sound between tracks. Fogerty is a great guitarist and his growly voice is distinctive. Didn't know he was from California and the whole Bayou persona is a character.

Album # 33, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Born on the Bayou ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I was only delighted to see this come up this morning. I fucking love Creedence Clearwater Revival. They’re easily in my top 10 favourite bands of all time, and I regularly binge them throughout the year. I’ll probably end up on a bit of a binge now after listening to this. They’ve written some of my all time favourite songs. Run Through the Jungle, Born on the Bayou, Ramble Tamble. I regularly play these and never get tired of them. I just can’t fault this band. I love all the individual parts of them. Their guitar playing is class. Their riffs are so memorable. And John Fogerty’s voice is just iconic. One of the most unique and best singers in rock music, I think. I saw him live about seven or eight years ago and he still had it. Still great. Great lyricist. Wonderful songwriter. I love how danceable they are. No wonder they had such huge hits, because there’s such a groove to their music. On the longer tracks, like Keep On Chooglin’, you’ve got that repetitive rhythm in the back and you just get sucked into it. This isn’t their best album. That’s probably belongs to Cosmo’s Factory or Willy and the Poor Boys. But it’s still Creedence, and it’s still great. It’s got some iconic songs like the title track and Proud Mary. Some great deeper cuts like Bootleg. And Penthouse Pauper is just a gas tune. It’s funny and it makes you think. It does have a weak spot. Really only one, but it’s a long one. Graveyard Train is just too long. I get it, and it is a suitable change of pace, but for me it’s not very interesting. It’s their Muddy Waters blues jam, but it’s not the best of their long jams. Nor is “Keep On Chooglin’.” I wouldn’t rank that as highly as something like “Ramble Tamble,” even though it is still very good. Those two tracks take up a lot of the album, so that weakens it and probably takes a star away. But you still have John Fogerty absolutely ripping it, and for that alone it has to be at least four stars. If you don’t really know Creedence, I’d actually say start with a greatest hits. Even though the albums have great deep cuts, I’d argue they’re the best greatest hits band of all time. They were a hit machine and wrote some of the best singles of that era. So I’d seek out a compilation before diving into the albums.

Born On The Bayou — очень неплохо. Дам 7/10, отдает вайбом The Beatles. Слушала бы на постоянной основе Bootleg — 6/10. Нормально, сказать нечего

Last CCR record I listened to was Green River, and judging by my last review, I really did not like it. I kind of like most of the songs on this record other than Good Golly Miss Molly and Keep on Chooglin. I really don't like most covers on an album.....Especially a 33 minute long album where half of the album time is 2 tracks. Sticking in the Little Richard song is just kinda bleh. You couldn't think of anything else? Maybe don't come out with 3 albums in a year. Proud Mary......wasn't as great as I remember....dare I say it's one of the weaker tracks on here. I think Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Graveyard Train and Penhouse Pauper are all better, but I guess Proud Mary has it's place....if you're rolling on a river. Actually, I think it's stronger if it's on a "greatest hits" type album...which feels weird to say. But by the time I get to it on this album, I just feel "bleh". I dunno, I guess CCR just hasn't won me over yet. They're all exceptional musicians and Fogarty has a great voice.....but maybe this genre isn't for me.

50 percent great, 50 percent meh. The great stuff really is great, though.

Fairly straightforward and repetitive. Enjoyed some songs, others not so much. Would listen to this album if it was already on but wouldn't go seeking it.

A classic album that I didn't enjoy all that much. The famous songs from this are good, if a bit time-bound. And the deep cuts overstay their welcome a bit (Keep on Chooglin' in particular). I wouldn't mind if this came on, but I wouldn't put it on myself.

esses albuns tão ficando repetitivos já

good creedence

This was surprisingly good. A lot stronger than a lot of similar albums that Ive been having to listen to in this genre. I particularly liked the vocals incorporating really interesting pauses. Surprised because I expected to hate this. I think that the fewer streamed songs in this album were particularly good. Might come back to this rating

This was alright. It didn't leave much of an impression on me but I had a decent time listening to it.

I see this as good background music and by this I mean that it's kind of boring and wouldn't spend time on this alone but pleasant either way.

Not as distinctive as some of their later stuff but you can see how they develop from here to get there. A nice listen

Good album, could use some more vocals

Okay

Love it

I didn't really like it that much.. not bad by any mean but is not something that I will listen again by my choice 3/5

happy care free nice rhythm crazy for their time a bit country / southern gritty vocals

feels like eating bbq outside on a sunny, clear friday or enjoying people watching with your nosy grandma. i actually really like this 4 stars.

Another album that isn't my favorite, but don't know a CCR album that would be rated below a 4. 4/5

Good

A little too “living on the swamp” for me but so good

rock n rollll

Sure its good, but CCR isn't really my favorite band of this type, that whole notion around southern bluegrass, rock, folk, and such is a good genre, but not my absolute favorite. I'm almost not soundtracking a movie set in New Orleans or about Vietnam, so I don't need that sound. Decent listening to, but maybe wouldn't be a repeat listen.

The album where John Doherty really found his way. Completely inauthentic of course, but that doesn't really matter. Great songs delivered with full-on energy.

Graveyard train tyckte jag om. Bra munspel. Resten var helt ok.

Alltid varit svag för John fogertys röst och Creedence träskrock. Men behöver mer ”militärhelikopter-i-vietnam”-feeling för högre betyg.

Precis som föregående skiva gick jag in med orimligt låga förväntningar och dom infriades. Sömnpiller!

äntligen lite swamp rock

Gåjj icke att föjneka att det finns jå eneji här. Sjukt att Fogerty tydligen häjstammaj fjån San Fjan! Inte typ Louisiana. Nämn en mej basic klassikej än Pjoud Majy!

Proud mary + 6 (cumple)

Good album all around, interesting to hear how well the twangy, country-style guitar worked with the gravelly vocals of John Fogerty.

Great. What a voice. Loves it

Found myself chooglin’ along to this one.

Love the opening track and a couple of others. Bit of a meh middle and I prefer the Tina Turner cover of Proud Mary - never though I would say that!

I didn’t think the Cosmo album we’ve had in here was that great. This one, however, is much more what I was expecting. It’s a real victory of rhythm, swagger and groove over any overly complicated songsmithery or technical skills. Just a nice fun laid back listen, what’s not to like.

For being a group that formed because of the Vietnam war, they could really jam out

Love the album cover but music left quite a bit to be desired for me personally. Still, I feel I need to go strutting round town listening to this.

no es realmente mi estilo de música, demasiado yankee en lo que me gusta escuchar de rock, pero no voy a negar que son buenos

So many iconic songs!! I’d love to be at an outdoor venue high on 70s weed in bell bottoms and a peasant top with little yellow glasses just jamming to this from front to back. No wonder the boomers yearn for this time.

Prefiero los singles por separado que los discos.

padrea más si eso, Fogerty

La ciudad no es para mí. 1969 Bayou Edition

Queda inaugurado este pantano (#24 dos 1.001 discos que escoitar antes de morrer: 3,5/5)

more cowbell

Típico grupo de padre, excepto si tu padre está loco y no hace más que escuchar free jazz. Yo como salí punki no me acerqué a ellos hasta que tenía 30 años y, joder, que puta banda. Probablemente, junto a los Byrds y los Beach Boys el más importante grupo que dio USA en los 60, con una influencia inmensa (también en el mal sentido, como ocurre con todos los grandes grupos). Este no es ni de lejos su mejor disco –demasiada turra blues y menos singles que en los tres siguientes– pero tiene Proud Mary que, pese a la brasa que han dado con la versión de Ike & Tina, sigue siendo un temón.

I've always loved this album. It's just a little dirtier than their later, more acclaimed albums. But that's part of the charm of this album. The only song that's even a little weak is the Good Golly Miss Molly cover, which is still good. Both Born on the Bayou and Proud Mary are great hits. Penthouse Pauper is one of my top 3 favorite deep tracks from Creedence. Bootleg, Graveyard Train, and Keep on Chooglin are awesome too. Underrated and overlooked album by Creedence. It's up there with their best work.

Well, it's CCR isn't it?

There are lots of bands of which I am only familiar with their most popular songs and generally indifferent to. Such as the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Rush, etc.. As I am exposed to a broader array of these bands songs through this project, I usually ending up going end up discovering a new appreciation for their music or I ended up shifting that indifference into, well, maybe not hatred but into a don't really need to hear their music anymore category. After a couple of Creedence albums I can safely say that I remain fully indifferent to them and their music.

Álbum com uma identidade sonora muito característica, sobretudo a bateria. Reconheci logo a sonoridade dos pratos da música "proud mary" ainda na primeira música do álbum; pouco definidos mas com bastante personalidade. existem músicas mais paisagísticas que não me puxaram tanto, mas no geral, é um bom álbum

Great album! Got to love a bit of creedence.

134/1001 First listen. I’ve never listened to these guys beyond their greatest hits. An enjoyable listen when you’re in the mood for this sort of thing. 5/10

A good reminder when you've forgot to choogle to keep on chooglin'

Summer of '69. I could have guessed that they were at Woodstock. Huge Vietnam-sounding influence. "Fortunate Son" would be written later that year. Born on the Bayou is probably the best. Rolling on a river. TIL this is "Proud Mary" These guys did a Susie Q cover. Looks like there are two other albums I'll be listening to.

4.5

Not my favorite, but still a rock classic.

Awesome

Creedence es una banda que nunca le presté la atención suficiente y la que se merecía. Muy buenos riff de guitarra tienen su mística de la época.

idk about this

esta bueno, muy lineal osea que todas las canciones tienen el mismo nivel. Me encanta la voz y buenos ritmos

very simple song structures. melodies are very blue-sy and seem to keep in single key (idk tho). lots of call and response, walking bass, etc. rhythms are steady and keep consistent. lyrics seem to be rather generic. i found the lead singer to be grating. i would probably rather listen to SRV or some other electric blues. penthouse pauper fav song. i found that cosmo's factory was much better.

I've always enjoyed CCR, and this album's got some of those songs that I'd already learned to love, like Born On The Bayou and Proud Mary. I definitely enjoyed myself, but it felt like some of the other songs didn't hit as hard, which was a little disappointing, as I was coming on in this album expected something amazing, and got something great instead. Probably deserves 4.5, but rounding down to 4. UPDATE: finished the album and thought about it again. This deserves a 5.

what can you say about CCR that hasn't been said. Love "Born on a Bayou". i also really dug "Bootleg" and their cover of "Good Golly Miss Molly"

Love love love love love this album. Born on the Bayou is my favorite CCR song. Not a bad song on here. Keep on Chooglin is a great deep track. I love their early swamp blues sound before they went straight commercial.

Loved this alblum. Not quite a 5 but awfully close. Could almost be a Greatest Hits alblum.

Typical CCR. Some classics with a hidden gem. Can’t go wrong with CCR

This album was such a good time, I felt like I was in the swamp in the south. My favorite tracks were Born on the Bayou and Proud Mary

Let's make that an 11-streak of 3* albums. Kinda disappointing because I do like CCR. But mostly, the hits are great on this one (Born on the Bayou, Proud Mary), and the rest are just fine. Like I've mentioned before, blues rock is just exhausting to me nowadays. I've been overexposed to the point where if I never heard it again, it would be too soon. Graveyard Train is a vibe, but eight and a half minutes is just brutal. I'll be in the graveyard by the time that song ends. The instrumental to Good Golly Miss Molly isn't great though.

Hard to rate something so familiar. But I do love this album.

Awesome roots rock and blues album. I greatly appreciate the grit on this album, from the awesome and deep guitar tones, to the gravely vocals and the occasional harmonica. Everything about this slaps: I especially love Born On The Bayou, Graveyard Train, and Keep On Chooglin. The outro on that last song is just so insane. Fantastic album from front to back!

Proud Mary is a good song. Everything else filler. Unimaginitive, hack songs. So fake - young man trying to soundly worldly. A cliched version of one of the fifties rock's worst songs - Good Golly Miss Molly, shows that this band had little taste and no quality control. Between July 1968 and December 1970 they released 6 albums but only had an albums worth of good, original songs. On some of these tracks you can hear the bottom of the barrel being scraped.

I don't know what swamp rock is, but by golly is it good! 4/5

5/5. How is their 3rd or 4th best album this good

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

6/10

*Great early CCR album *Proud Mary is a classic *I prefer Cosmo's Factory

there are some great moments here but a lot of of the song kind of just meander and get really boring. feels long as hell for an album thats only half and hour long

good album, psychedelic but not pretentious. Nice that it was a little over 30min, too

I’m in Louisiana

Second album I've gotten from this band. I think it shows as a debut. It shows promise while still not being up there with my favorite of CCR.

Bayou Country has a guitar sound that I really like — dry, simple, and riff-driven. At the same time, the vocals feel very intense and almost overwhelmingly American, which makes the overall atmosphere a bit heavy at times. It feels very much like the 1960s, and its relatively short length keeps that intensity from becoming too overwhelming.

Another good album from Creedence Clearwater Revival, however I don't see as much replay value in this one as I do with others. It's a good album, sure, but compared to their other stuff, it's not that interesting. However, I don't think that speaks a disservice on this album, more so that their other works are just that good. 8/10

Норм, но недотягивает до Green River.

I've never had much attitude for this sort of music - simple, repetitive and unimaganitive. But at least it was short.

I discovered CCR when I bought Cosmo's Factory on vinyl for 2 pounds from a record fair in Bolton a decade ago. Despite loving that album and playing it fairly regularly, I haven't listened to anything else until now. This coming out the year before that one, it wasn't going to sound massively different, although there were two more albums between them, which is pretty incredible! It is a similar vein though of swampy, bluesy, roots rock, perhaps just more raw and not quite as accomplished. That's no bad thing though, this is a great listen and I'll be looking out for it at record fairs and car boot sales in the future.

People my age only say they like Credence because of the Big Lebowski. They have some bangers in their catalogue but this album is mainly just bland blues jams. John Fogertys voice carry’s it and

Can't really go wrong with Creedence. They have their sound and style and they do it very well. Always warms the heart.

Opzich oke album, allemaal vrij t zelfde. Proud mary lekker hitje

Excellent

Classic

Primo ascolto non mi ha dato niente in particolare, tranne l'ultima, Have you ever seen the Rain, che però probabilmente avevo già sentito. Rettifica: non è nemmeno di quell'album, è partita in automatico

8 out of 10, really enjoyed the consistency of the guitars and I felt like I was in a bar in the deep south and just wanted to dance

Fun, very well written

amazing

Great

Probably their 3rd or 4th best album— so not a home run, but a solid double. Would be higher if there were more than 7 tunes (one of them being an unnecessary, jammy Little Richard cover).

Listened twice as only 33 mins, then Cosmos Factory and Green River (favourite). 1. Born On The Bayou 2. Graveyard Train 3. Proud Mary 4. Keep On Chooglin'

What a fire album. Such a consistent style yet all the songs are unique. Great guitar, great drums, great album.

So here we have the original Proud Mary before Tina Turner reinvented it as a showtune and karaoke standard. And it sits nicely on a more mainstream blues album than has been churned out of the 1001 randomiser before now. It's all a pretty chilled, gentle push back against 'the man' with a few songs that will go onto the liked list, such as Born On The Bayou and Bootleg. Some of the tracks are a bit more forgettable and I'm not a fan of the Good Golly Miss Molly cover, but there's enough here for a solid 3 stars.

I don’t know how to chooglin’ but if I did I would keep on

The is album makes my choogles choog:

Pleasantly swampy.

Fine as background music to some sort of Route 66 type American roadtrip....

Fair

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

classic!!!

That was a nice surprise, really.

I gotta admit: I really dig John Fogerty's voice. It's got such character and distinct feel. Like I know what CCR is doing overall isn't original per se, but they sound really fuckin' good when you listen like you haven't heard certain songs a million times. The overall tone is great and the band is locked into the groove, like not distinct musicians but a unit. It's like two elements: the sound and Fogerty's voice. I dig this album. Skipped "Good Golly Miss Molly" 'cause I really don't need to hear it, but dug all the other tracks.

Офигееееть КАКОЙ БАС!!! БОЖЕ НЕ ЗНАЮ КТО БАСИСТ НО БАСИСТУ РУКИ ЦЕЛОВАЛА бас партии на высоте. Барабаны вроде ранних квин, ГИТАРА! Гитара это второй Джимми хендрикс!! Что по эффектам что по технике и стилю! ЭТО ОФИГЕННОООО. Вокал как будто я слушаю Роберта Планта из 60 ых. Так похоже на его голос, только мощнее

I enjoyed this one. I think everyone my age has heard the two singles thousands of times, but there are some interesting songs that I had never heard. Not all of them land, but overall a good album

I like some CCR but this album didn’t do much for me. I liked the swampy Graveyard Train and the blues influence was clear-but for a band from San Fran it seems a bit strange that they assumed these deep southern identities. Proud Mary is a classic by any metric/ and a yacht club staple. But I barely finished Keep on Chooglin, with its (never ending) 7 minute harmonica/guitar jam that lost my attention within 30 seconds

Achei um bom álbum, nada mais do que cultura americana, 3 estrelas apenas.

Some classic songs on this album, including Proud Mary (big wheels keep on turning).

Led Zep like - I enjoyed

4/5. A great swamp rock album. CCR is a remarkable band. They do so much with relatively little in the way of instrumentation, and Fogerty's vocals are in a class of their own. There's a few songs on here that have serious staying power, like "Proud Mary," "Born on the Bayou," and "Good Golly Miss Molly," but the rest of it is great too. It's not CCR's best album, but it's a damn good one and worth a listen or two.

A band and sound I was somewhat familiar with and can appreciate. Interesting to read about the creation of this album and the creative differences. Not much to the lyrics, but enjoyable all the same.

these guys don’t miss

Just listen to all their discography. It's worth it, and this album is no exception

3.5/5

I was quite happy to no longer be chooglin' when this ended.

Typ två bangers sen resten fillers... och kort album dessutom. Kan tyvärr inte ge mer än 2

When did we stop making songs eight and a half minutes long?? We lost something as a society with the growing ubiquity of the under-three-minute-song, I'm certain. Give me thirteen minute ruminations or give me death! There are some bops on this album but I got hella jumpscared by Proud Mary. Probably my favorite song on the album--that or Graveyard Blues. Some banging bass and guitar riffs. Overall: I liked this album! Might put it on for study music. You can definitely tell it inspired a lot of later music.

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

I'm wondering if there really are 1001 great albums in existence. This is boring, chugging, white blues by people who have clearly smoked too much weed. It can only really be included in this list because of Proud Mary and even that was done better by Tina.

me gustó!!! not much else to say. me gusta este tipo de rock

Como grande parte da música desta altura, acho que tem potencial para bater bem mais noutras condições que não o comboio de regresso a casa.

Para mim não é o melhor álbum deles, mas nao deixa de ser um álbum muito bom. E para mim é um throwback de ouvir álbuns deles durante viagens de carro

O álbum tem um som mesmo emblemático e o timbre das guitarras é 5 estrelas. Peca talvez por algumas músicas serem "só" mais do mesmo.

The second in a six album run of perfect/almost perfect recordings. This is the album that broke them into the mainstream. Born On the Bayou, Proud Mary and many more. Every song on here is a banger. One of the greatest American bands of all time. One of the greatest bands of all time.

after a decade of struggling along under different names with varying degrees of success, Creedence Clearwater Revival first hit the big leagues with a rendition of "Suzie Q" from their 1968 self-titled debut LP. the chart success of that single laid the groundwork for their follow-up album, Bayou Country, which peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and gave the band its first top-ten hit, the iconic feel-good tune "Proud Mary". CCR's critical and commercial success, particularly their three-album run in the year of 1969, is largely credited to John Fogerty's decision to step it the hell up as the band's de facto leader. he wore a number of hats I'd personally feel way out of my depth wearing: lead guitarist, lead singer, producer, arranger and main songwriter. this is also the album where CCR really hit on the sound they would become most well-known for, fully dropping any hints of sixties psych to pound out a series of no-frills Southern blues tunes (despite being from the Bay Area of California!). Fogerty's tendency as a songwriter is often to stick for a long time on just a single chord or riff, almost turning it into a drone of sorts; it makes it so that, when the chords finally do start moving more quickly, they feel really impactful (check out the chain of harmonic cadences that interrupts the static D major chord of "Bootleg", for example). subsequent CCR albums would fine-tune the formula they created here, often to even better results, but this has to be acknowledged as the solid foundation from which they built. decent 8/10.

pretty easy listen

Buenazo. Una mejor que la otra. Rocksito 70s del bueno

not something i would listen to on the regular, but i enjoyed it. My dad likes CCR so this album reminded me of him :)

Intressante Musik

This is fine but I don't see what's special about it and this is retreading ground already covered by other later Creedence Clearwater albums on this list.

3.5

*Bayou Country* I got to say one thing about the first two Creedence albums is that this they really show how great of a guitarist John Fogerty is. I don't think any album afterwards comes close to showing his Fierce guitar playing. (9.8) ★★★★½

My favourite Creedence album! Great guitar work, very swampy. 4.5 stars

3.5/5

I think this is the worst CCR album they released in 1969, but still solid enough. "Born on the Bayou" and "Proud Mary" are the stars of the show here. The rest is fine enough, but doesn't touch those two songs. 3.5 stars.

3.5

Light 3.5. Has Proud Mary but doesn’t have Fortunate Son which is what you’d really want on one of the three must-hear CCR records before you die. This album would have been better if they collaborated with Carole King and turned it into the Bayou Tapestry.

1, 2, 6, 7

Love love love. Wanna have vinyl or CD now

Review - an ok album that has some of their memorable songs on it, but probably not the CCR album you need to listen to Rating - 6.5/10 Need to listen? NO

The Dude listening to Creedence dot gif

Bom álbum. Me passa uma boa sensação de abrir uma cerveja e curtir um som enquanto observo o entardecer no interior. Celest Gumiho.

This is another one I don't have a ton to say for. CCR are one of the few bands who put on the blues rock aesthetic in a really convincing way. And Bayou Country is honestly played pretty straight. This is basically the theme upon which Cosmo's Factory is a variation. This is basically just 33 minutes worth of swaggering, hard hitting blues rock. CCR has great performances, great songs, and they really sell the aesthetic. Born On The Bayou is great, Graveyard Train is too. And Keep On Chooglin' captures a slightly jammier form of the band that they wear well. But I do like every song. I do slightly prefer Cosmo's Factory to Bayou Country, but either way, Creedence has *it*. And whatever *it* is, it's enough to sell me on 60's blues rock.

i really like this kind of vibe. "proud mary" is my fav and i love its message. but i a bit struggle with long songs. probably a 3.5 ·˚ ༘