Bayou Country

Classic CCR southern rock

I love me some CCR. Louisiana swamp rock made by some Bay Area California boys, and it’s awesome. And you gotta love John Fogerty’s voice, it’s perfect for this kind of music. This album did not disappoint. The only song I didn’t care for was Graveyard Train, everything else was rocking. And I don’t know what the hell “Chooglin” is, but I’m gonna keep on doing it. Never heard that song before and loved it. The harmonica “solo” was amazing.

This album is short and to the point. 7 songs, 30-something minutes of a sound that is distinctly CCR. Big rock that includes a variety of instruments all flavored with a taste of the deep south. Born on the Bayou, Proud Mary, and Good Golly Miss Molly are all iconic songs and classic sounds of the 60’s. Great album.

Let me tell you why I like Arby’s. When you go to the Arby’s, you know exactly why you’re there. Their slogan tells you everything you need to know. A cool guy with a deep voice says, “We’ve got the meats!” So, you go to the Arby’s, you’re gonna get meat. Roast beef, French dip, a chicken, whatever. Now, do you know what you can’t get at the Arby’s? A fucking salad - because salads got lettuce and lettuce ain’t meats. Just like at Arby’s, this album says what it is and then unapologetically over-delivers. When you title something Bayou Country with a fuzzy psychedelic cover photo of a band in the woods, you are promising something very specific - Swamp Rock at its finest - and this delivers. The massive hits carry this noticeably short album. This sweaty, dirty, bluesy classic rock is precisely what it should be - no gimmicks, no synthesizers, and no fat-free champagne vinaigrettes to be found in Bayou Country.

need me a side of croc with this

where's my skin shoes

Hell yeah

I can always enjoy some of this band

All the classics

I've been listening to Creedence for most of my life. Born on the Bayou - 9/10. Great guitar intro. This is a classic. Maybe not quite at the level of Fortunate Son or some of their other greats, but it's close. Bootleg - 7/10. Solid song. Great tone, the singing we expect from John Fogerty. Graveyard Train - 7/10. Some really good blues rock. Nice walking bass line, very simple. Good Golly Miss Molly - 8/10. Nice sound on this one. Classic cover. Nice guitar work in the Bridge. Penthouse Pauper - 8/10. Nice guitar work, good overall tune. Proud Mary - 10/10. A real classic. No notes for improvement. Keep on Chooglin' - 8/10. A bit long, but I like it. Overall Rating - 4/5. Solid album from CCR.

Good honest rock and roll.

Sehr entspannt und groovy. Perfekt für abends nach einem langen Tag zum Runterkommen.

Such a standout swamp stomp sound. Giving it a 4 mainly for the standouts Born on the Bayou, Proud Mary and Penthouse Pauper. I don't think I had listened to Graveyard Train before but it made me realize the similarities between Fogerty and Dan Mcafferty from Nazareth voices.

Dirty swamp blues rock jams. Keep on Chooglin' indeed.

• 4/5 • A bit uneven, but the jams are great and Proud Mary is exceptional

Dad rock

Wow. I loved listening to this. Great sound, great songs. 4.5

very fun

Not me waving a middle finger with one hand while holding my burning draft card in the other!

Such a great album - would give a 4.4. Was only really familiar with their greatest hits 1 & 2 - but there's equally as good songs on here. Will definitely play this a lot....

classic CCR!!! it’s so funny to think about how John Fogerty is singing about being “born in the bayou” when the band is literally from San Francisco. my longstanding gripe about CCR though is that after a while, the songs start melding together and sounding the same… they have one sound and then stick to it. but I’m not ruling out that this is a “me” issue.

1 ting jeg har til fælles med the dude er at jeg fucking elsker creedence. Deres næste 3 albums er alle en smule bedre end den her, men stadig virkelig fantastisk stemning og ingen dårlige numre på den her. Born on the Bayou er en af deres bedste numre. Tina Turner havde fat i den lange ende da hun lige tog en double time encore på Proud Mary

Det her er helt sikkert et hot take, men tror det er min yndlings CCR vi har haft. Vild med de lange jammy numre.

Really nice - loved the longer songs

Great band, wasn't my favorite album.

Solid roots rock with a very unique Louisiana style. Not better than Green River tho but CCR never miss

For the longest time when I was a youngling I'd thought "Proud Mary" was a traditional black spiritual. Honest to goodness truth, I did! In a similar way to how kid me had thought that Ween's "Ocean Man" was sung by a fat black guy! This ain't shit I'm makin' up! I mean, when I was young, I wasn't even aware of Creedence Clearwater as a concept, let alone the skin color of the guy who wrote it. I was too busy playin' 'Super Mario Galaxy' or something! And I know it didn't help that my first exposure to this song was via Tina Turner's cover — yeah, at the end of 'Flushed Away'. Until I saw people getting horny about the two leads, that song was all I remembered about the movie for years. And, like, I'unno. It just . . . sounded like a spiritual to me? Even taking into account that Turner's arrangement is wildly different, the lyrics: "Big wheels keep on turnnin' / Proud Mary, keep on burnin' / Rollin', rollin' down the river..." If I'd never found out what a Creedence was (and given the omnipresence of "Fortunate Son" in war scenes in movies it'd be a feat if I didn't), I'd probably still be believing what I did as a kid. But, thankfully, I've been aware for years now: "Proud Mary" is a Creedence song. (Sure spared myself the embarrassment, huh?) It's the second-to-last track and only single from 'Bayou Country', their first album of 1969. Of three. Absolute workhorse band in their day, lemme tell you. And I can safely tell you that they did not sacrifice quality with their speed, 'coz, mm, goodness. I'm very aware of Creedence these days, just as I'm aware of how much I damn dig 'em. It is not very hard at all to love Creedence. I mean, they're not really a complicated band! All I've ever come to Creedence for is rippin' swamp rock, complete with John Fogerty hollerin' over top, and I've always been very well provided. In my head, for the majority of their career, I kind of compare them to AC/DC and Motörhead for how consistent they are in doin' what they do and doin' it **good** — just without the "every song sounds the same" accusation you could lob at either of those other bands. There really isn't a bad song across this whole album. I think the worst it gets is "Graveyard Train", just for the fact that it's eight minutes and never really feels like it's going anywhere . . . but even then, I enjoy how slinky it is. A real "pop your fingers to the beat" kind of tune. Besides that, it's nothing but swamp rock goodness and nothing you hafta think too hard about. I mean, how hard do you really hafta ponder a song with "chooglin'" in the title? And did you hear that cover of "Good Golly, Miss Molly"? Talk about a barn burner! And "Proud Mary" . . . yeah, it's the best song here, easily. As if it was ever a competition. Listening to it again, I will say that I think I like the Turner arrangement of the song a bit better . . . I mean, it's surprisingly way more lowkey than I'd remembered . . . but all said, it's still "Proud Mary". I hate to ask "What more do you want me to say?", but seriously, honestly. I feel like I'd be hard-pressed to pass it up. But, yeah, that's Creedence fer yah. Never a complicated band, but a good-ass one nonetheless. Spoiling myself by looking ahead, I'm disappointed we're not gonna get my favorite album of theirs, 'Willy & The Poor Boys' (home of "Down On The Corner" and, yes, "Fortunate Son") . . . but Creedence is Creedence is Creedence. You pick any of 'em, you're hardly gonna go wrong — unless you pick 'Mardi Gras'. And if you do, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man. But seriously, a fun album with a great song by a great band. Now y'all go choogle on down and listen to this thing, honestly.

Bila bi trojka ali radi Proud Mary ide na 4 ajde.

Liver credence, but definitely a front heavy album

Not their best but better than most. CCR always lays it down.

"Born on the Bayou" is one of those songs that I had an a mixed-tape that played over and over, so points for the nostalgia. The whole album is soooo....dirty (in a good way). I think the fact that these guys are from California makes it all the better and is amazing. Slight ding for the sub-standard version of "Good Golly Miss Molly", which is kinda frantic, but without the pizzazz of Little Richard. Some songs like Graveyard Train, do just seem like filler though. If you're going to have a 7 song, 33 minute album, don't have half of it be filler. Still Born on the Bayou and Proud Mary raise all boats.

This is probably my least favourite CCR album, and it's still excellent. It just has fewer hits than the others. Also, HOW MANY albums did they release in a two year period??

Hell yeah!! This is some solid Rock

CCR never disappoints. Though I think there's a better record of theirs that I hope to listen to soon!

Best ccr album imo

Decent album. Not stand out but very solid.

My third CCR album here. While Proud Mary is obviously one of their best songs, the rest were not on the same level as the other albums. Without Proud Mary, this would be a 3, but alas, still a 4.

This album earns its praise for “Proud Mary” and “Born on the Bayou” alone. Those two tracks are absolute classics that helped define Creedence Clearwater Revival’s sound and cemented their place in rock history. The energy, tone, and storytelling are all spot on. What really stands out is how John Fogerty, a guy from Northern California, managed to write such vivid and believable songs about Southern life. The way he captures the swampy, gritty atmosphere makes it easy to forget he was nowhere near the bayou when he wrote them. It’s not my personal favorite CCR album, but it’s still an impressive one. Bayou Country is short, punchy, and full of character. It’s the sound of a band finding their stride and creating something that still feels authentic decades later. Favorite song: Proud Mary

457/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Enjoyed this slice of Americana.

John Fogerty is an American treasure. He is also the only person I'm aware of to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Baseball Hall of Fame. "Proud Mary" is one of several amazing tracks, but unfortunately one that is probably known more for it's cover version popularized by Ike & Tina Turner. The original is better, sorry folks.

è bello bello che dobbiamo dire

Sarò ripetitivo ma a me questo tipo di musica fa impazzire, se con l’album dell’altro giorno sembrava di stare in Idaho, oggi stavo in Alabama. I ccr sono iconici e proud mary anche

I've heard this album on the radio throughout my youth. It's good music but it always makes me feel uncomfortable. It reminds me of drunk or high people out late up to no good.

Thoughts before listening: CCR is always a fun listen, with lots of all-time great classic rock songs. That being said, their albums often exceed even those expectations based off very strong deep cuts. I am always happy to listen to CCR. Review: Probably not my favorite from CCR, but still a very good album that contains two of their all timers: "Born on the Bayou" and "Proud Mary". In general this album is full of fun, country boogie tinged rock songs, with "Keep On Chooglin'" being my favorite of the deep cuts. Of course CCR was from San Francisco, and not the Bayou, so while they are not necessarily coming from an authentic place, they certainly embody the sound of that area. 4-stars

these guys are my jam. my dad's band. loved this growing up, all the way back to the Golliwogs. this has the tracks that would cement them in history. talkin about a bayou from Sacramento, how tf? still the vibe is on the pulse for '69. at 7 songs, this is the apex of garage rock's evolution. there is no fat to cut. i like the first record more, but it's undeniable this is them taking the style they've crafted over the years and committing to it. once Proud Mary was out, the game was not the same. again, this has less covers and more of what they had to offer. at such a concise length, and their 2nd album after all their hard work, this is for me a 4/5. no filler.

Songs: Born On A Bayou; Graveyard Train; Proud Mary

What a great opening track that really sets the tone for the rest of the album's swampy blues done well. Overall, this was very enjoyable.  Liked Songs Added Born On The Bayou Penthouse Pauper Proud Mary

Classic, easy to listen to, incredible, love

Enjoyed this quite a bit at first, they lost me a bit in the back half.

Classic americana rock. A very short album with distinctive sound

Undeniably talented songwriters and performers. These songs demand your attention. I can’t listen to John Fogerty’s intense vocal stylings for a whole album, otherwise it might be a 5 based on songwriting, performance, originality, and passion. It’s a 4.

Most people as they get older become more cranky but also tend to be more sentimental towards people they ran into in the past. John Fogerty becomes crankier and seems to hate people from his past even more, while giving himself more and more credit for accomplishments an entire group of people achieved. John Fogerty now basically says the rest of the band could just go fuck off and let him make all this wonderful music by himself. He does need the other three people in the band, including his brother, to play their instruments the exact way he wants them to play in a live setting. He wrote the songs and could do everything without them, absent the parts that he could not do without them. It's why Fogerty had such a successful solo career with many hits that sounded completely different from CCR's big hits. He's an egomaniac who writes good music. They are a dime a dozen in the music industry, except most lose part of the ego and try to reconcile with people from their past, rather than create more accomplishments in their mind as they become senior citizens. Not John Fogerty. For making the music better or making the ego worse as the music got better (then worse), this is the album where he took over CCR. I own this album, yet I am still not sure if I would place this in with some of the best work that CCR did. Perhaps the reason Bayou Country is in the book is because it really introduces CCR as a grungy bluesy rock band that mixes the blues, country and other genres into hit songs. Born on the Bayou is one of CCR's best songs and probably deserved to be on Chronicle I if that album had not been so dedicated to making sure only the big radio hits were on there. There are only seven songs on this album and four of them are absolutely great tracks. Born on the Bayou, Good Golly Miss Molly, Keep on Chooglin' and Produd Mary. There is only one album (Cosmo's Factory) where CCR managed to put all of their original song ideas and cover songs together into one cohesive "great" album. Green River is probably the closest after that. CCR was by nature a singles band, simply because they had so many great songs, it is easy to ignore the other good songs they had.

8/10

Good rhythm and rockin feel

A sophomore album that defined the band’s style. Raw and rocking with very obvious lifts from the greats of the delta blues

Die mondharmonica, bluesy souly solo op Graveyard train is absolute perfectie. Daarvoor vond ik dit al best een lekker album, maar holy shit, die solo maakt me eigenlijk een instant fan. Eerdere CCR albums was ik niet zo weg fan, maar deze? Pfoe dit vind ik tot nu toe echt heerlijk! Het langste nummer pakt me instant, en he het hele album duurt maar een half uur! Zouden we hier een topper te pakken hebben? Mag ook wel na alle post punk van de afgelopen weken! Misschien dat ik Graveyard train zo lekker vind omdat het het meest jazzy nummer van het album is? Dat klinkt wel logisch, het is basically een jazz/bass solo voor 8 minuten met af en toe wat honkytonk yeeehaaaawwww er over heen. Oei, de Proud Mary versie(het origineel blijkbaar) haalt het niet bij de Tina Turner versie. Geen schande, dat de Queen of Rock 'n Roll je nummer overneemt als het ware. Jammer dat dat de voor mij dan bekendere versie was met een flink stuk meer power. Wauw, als zelfverklaard antiprogrocker ben ik toch net ff te veel fan van de langgerekte nummers. De 2e nummers die samen bijna de helft van het album beslaan vind ik dus het vetste. Heerlijke gitaar riffjes, dikke mondharmonicasolo's, jup die vibe ik kei en keihard! FAVO: Born on the Bayou, Graveyard train, Keep on Chooglin

Zajebiste. O taki rock/hard rock nic nie robiłem. Krótkie, treściwe, warte odsłuchania jeszcze raz. 4/5

Good

Probably my least favorite of the '69 Creedence albums, and it's still awesome. I defy any other dudes from California (or anywhere really) to make a better Cajun bluesy rock record. Favorite track: Born on the Bayou

Goddamn do I love some CCR. The quintessential American band made up of two brothers who hated each other. And what musical dividends that divisiveness produced for us all! This is a damn near perfect album. God bless John Fogerty.

I listened to it back to back, that deserves a 4.

Great album minus Graveyard Train. That song just drones on for me.

Best Track - "Proud Mary"

Some classics. Good into to souther rock and carries to next level by Drive By Truckers.

I liked this but it blended together a little more than I'd prefer. Keep Chooglin, CCR

Favorite tracks: Penthouse Pauper, Born on the Bayou Solid CCR album👌🏼They do a great job of blending genres, I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't like them

God bless America

what can I say, great piece of swamp rock got me wide awake and footstompin while looking for a washboard and a thimble. Sorry not sorry if it woke next door neighbour at 5 am

This is awesome. I really like CCR, solid and consistent. Finally an album where the fella and I can agree on a rating.

Well never listened to a whole album of Creedence, and what a treat. They have an uniquebsound thatbis so soulful, definitely will get more of them in rotation.

Love CCR. Proud Mary definitely top song nom. Listened before? Y Saved to library? N Favorite tracks: Born On The Bayou, Proud Mary ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liked it so much. Saved several tracks.

Another great album by CCR. The longer songs are duller than many of the other longish CCR songs, but still good, with lots of energy. If one is a CCR fan, there is little new to hear here, but Good Golly Miss Molly is an excellent cover. 3.5/5

Never mad to listen to CCR. Missing a few of my favorites, but learned about Penthouse Pauper.

This is how I feel blues rock should be and only a band this good can make a rock n roll standard like Good Golly Ms Molly sound like a swamp song straight out of Deliverance. Only an assured band could leave a thunderhorse of a song like Proud Mary in the middle of side two. They are truly great. Hats off to them.

Rock solid swamp music

Very enjoyable listen. Good Golly Miss Molly and Proud Mary being highlights for me. Nearly a 5-star, there were a few songs that were just ok from my side.

I enjoy CCR, but it does all sound a bit samey

This was full of bops, I liked it a lot more than the previous CCR album I got!

Pretty cool, great 70s rock vibes.

Not their best album

Wow was I blindsided by this! The album coming up prompted a less than enthusiastic response but this is is just great swamp blues rock with such a strong vocalist and band. I don't know why I had a negative perception of them, Susie Q was somehow known positively from my childhood (must ask my brother why!) but I think I'm probably a bit snobbish about some US 70s blues rock (thinking it's boring wank jam fears) and need to be more open minded. There is nothing boring about this.

Has one goal in mind and hits it. Solid if not spectacular.

CCR is one of those rare bands that will only satisfy when you're in a CCR mood. There is no sound quite like it. This album is a perfect representation of that. Filled with greatest hits and extended jams alike, it's an incredible trip back to the 60s and a great primer for what this band is.

I really loved this album. I do struggle with albums that are hardcore to one sound, but there are times, like this one, where that works regardless. Much like all their albums, this contains a ton of actual hit songs mixed with a few hidden gems. Honestly my only problem with this album is that there was alittle filler but easily one of their top 3 albums.

Good-to-very-good throughout. The best known tracks ("Born on the Bayou" "Good Golly Miss Molly" "Proud Mary") all still pop. I wasn't bowled over by "Bootleg" or "Keep on Chooglin'", principally because they practically sounded like Fogerty was trying to scat or something, but the other two tracks ("Graveyard Train" "Penthouse Pauper") rip. The whole thing is all extremely Creedence. If you're into that sort of thing (I am), very enjoyable listen.

I love CCR and though SOME people don’t get the 7 minute jam sessions, I enjoyed all 33 minutes of this album!

Classic RnR. Gotta appreciate the classics. Born on the Bayou let you know what you were in for. Powerful vocals in your face / my earphones as a surprise. There is always a temptation for these albums to be 2hours long - but this one was ironically a little short. Nice album that I can keep chooglin to

CCR always brings it. If I had this on tape I'd be sure to keep it somewhere safe, probably in my briefcase with my business papers. That would ensure that nobody could steal it.

Great, solid album No particular standouts, but all of the songs were good

Some good old fashioned rock n roll. No further notes.

Love these jam songs. Not everything here is a hit but I wouldn't turn it off either. Fogerty's growls, the driven guitars and just the right dose of harmonica and chooglin make this record great for driving.

Can't go wrong with CCR. Their unique blend of rock, blues, and country was a huge influence in the music world.

Always cracks me up that the best Southern Rock, swamp rock band is from California. This album is amazing though, quite a few tracks I’m not too familiar with. Booglin is great. Sound just reminds me of the Vietnam war.

Amazing album. Pure rock n roll!

Hell yeah!

I know full well that Fogerty and the crew weren't born on the bayou, but that doesn't get in the way of my rampant admiration for CCR, perhaps the most effective political act in the history of rock-n-roll. Their invention is always reinvention, their innovation always a throwback: they're hard-nosed hippies w/ enuf swampiness to induce some sort of peace-and-love-psychedelia. Above all, they're hit-makers, but their prophetic angles have an almost hip-hop agitation. Like Mos Def's 'New World Water': 'Take you a glass of water / Make it against the law / See how good the water tastes / When you can't have any at all.' Bayou Country isn't their best album, but it is essential, setting the stage for their next two, the greatest of their career.

Never been an overwhelming fan of CCR, just haven’t been that interested in them. Yet, I can admit that John Fogerty has a super cool voice. This album was good. Not amazing, but good. Born on the Bayou is a rock classic. Excellent song and a great way to kick off this album. I liked Bootleg. Good tune, felt like a fast blues song. Graveyard Train is where I start to have a problem with this album. 8 minutes? Long songs aren’t inherently a problem, but this was very repetitive to me. Combined with a remake of Good Golly Miss Molly and the fact that this album is only 34 minutes, it leaves the impression that these guys just didn’t have enough creative spark to create a full record. Which is too bad, as songs like Penthouse Pauper and especially Proud Mary demonstrate some excellent song writing and playing. I enjoyed both of these tunes a lot. Also, creating a word for a song like Chooglin’? That is certainly original. This is a 3.5 star album for me. Just too short with some holes therein to be considered amazing and a 5 star record. Rounding up because Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou are truly great songs.

Some massive tracks, enjoyable jams and tones that cut like a buzzsaw on Keep On Chooglin. Only let down by two blues by numbers style songs in the middle

Good album

As widely appreciated as Creedence Clearwater Revival is, I still kind of think they're underrated. In about 2.5 years from their debut in May 68 to (the crazy underrated) Pendulum in December 70, these dudes churned out like a dozen or so stone-cold classic tunes that people still connect with and crank up to this day. The collection of jams alone is remarkable, but the pace at which they constructed that all-time great resume is absolutely staggering. Bayou Country is not the band's best album, but it's awesome without a doubt. It's got some of their biggest bangers in "Born on the Bayou" and "Proud Mary" but this band was not strictly singles, man. Far from it. Their "Good Golly Miss Molly" cover and "Penthouse Pauper" are some sparkling deeper cuts from this one, for a small example. However, I have to say that I have absolutely no idea why "Graveyard Train" needed to be eight and a half minutes long. It's a fun enough tune, but no way should it have taken up 1/4 of this album. For that, I must dock it a star.

CCR reminds me of my dad. This is the band at their finest, before egos destroyed them.

This is no Cosmo’s Factory, but Bayou Country is a solid album all the way through. It’s got that swampy, CCR sound, and a couple of singles that just about everyone knows. Not their absolute best, but still a very good record that shows why the band became so iconic.

Not quite a five from me, solid album though

Chooglin' to a 3.5 but I'll give it 4 since they created a new word

Classic sound, but its more of a play it in the background type of sound. 7 minutes and 40 seconds is too long for any song I will say, but in this instance (it being 1 of only 7 tracks and being the last track) I didnt mind it as much as I usually would. Solid 3.5-4 if you like the genre. I only give it a 3 for length (only being a 30 minute album) and for a lack of difference in the sound of each song.

Pure swamp boogie Liked the tracks I’d not heard before more than the ones I know from the radio

4.5 nincs. inkább 4 mint 5. de azért ez elég jó szvsz

**** CCR always works! This one is really good, they had even better ones though.

one of their best but it’s not the best. still great tunes all the way thru this record n i have it on vinyl 4.15 for guys from san fran these guys bring the bayou vibes

Grew up with my Dad listening to CCR, definitely enjoyable. I was surprised how bluesy the album was.

Swampy Southern Grooves

3.5

One of those albums that’s so good that you’ve heard it all before. Hard to judge on its merits because of overexposure damn near every single track. Still holds up though.

Thought these brothas were black

-ya, this is fire -perfect amount of songs to listen to John sing, his voice doesn’t get old or oppressive -overall imma re-listen to this one again..and then maybe again. I like

Perfect plaatje voor in de auto. Wederom levert CCR vrij klassiek klinkende rock en bluesrock met de dik aangehaalde zang die we van hen kennen. Ten opzichte van het debutalbum en Cosmo's factory springt er minder echt uit. Maar een vergeetbare 3 wil ik het niet noemen. Gewoon een sterretje minder dan de genoemde albums. Nog steeds een mooie 4..

3.5 - Good

Swampy! Evokes a bayou feel

It's hard to really dislike this. Short, fun, higly energetic.

With 1001 great albums from which to choose, I get two CCR titles in a row! Not complaining, though. "Bayou Country" has such classics as "Born on the Bayou" and "Proud Mary." And I'm particularly fond of some of the longer, folksy jam songs, as well. I get the Bluesy Southern notes much more on this album than the last, and for that reason, I really like this one better. Just an incredible LP!

A complete atmospheric album. Sixties Swamp Rock. Pretty good stuff.

This band just knows how to do it. Not always in the mood for CCR, but the band is just so tight and to me is quintessential Americana bluesy rock and roll.

Timeless

Great album. Grew on me as I listened. We’ll definitely be listening again.

Excellent from start to finish. CCR is one of the best. A couple of songs on here I hadn't heard before which were almost as good as the hits. 8/10 (4/5)

Fun stuff

Old timey awesomeness.

classic

I have mixed feelings about this one. There are some really good tunes here, but then you got Graveyard Train and Keep On Chooglin’ that just seem to drag on and on and on. Those 2 songs make up half the album, it’s nuts. If each of those songs were about 4 minutes shorter, this album would be 5-stars. Everything else was upbeat and catchy. Standout Songs: Born On The Bayou Good Golly Miss Molly Penthouse Pauper Proud Mary

Its Creedence. Banger. No notes

I enjoy CCR so I'm bias on this one. It's a solid album and is pure Americana. It sounds like the bayou based on all the lyrics yet they are from California. It works because no one really sounds like them. Great album.

Born On The Bayou and Proud Mary are great, the everything in-between is good, but the biggest problem with this album is Graveyard Train. It is almost 9 minutes, which is about 1/3 of the album, and nothing happens during it. It isn't bad, but man it really drags the album down. Mid 4.

I think i gotta give this a four! Born on the bayou is my favorite ccr song.

Not many artist immediately transport you to a specific place when you hear one of their songs. Shortness keeps it tight and brings up the average due to the big hits with Born on the Bayou and Proud Mary. This was a fun deeper dive on a band I knew a little bit about already.

Love listen to it when i was driving

Steady rhythm, bluesy guitar. Solid recording, nothing too exciting, bit slow for my liking. Nice background music.

Love that he talks about stealing cherry pie on ‘Bootleg’ Genre: Bayou country I would listen to certain songs on repeat 7.5/10

classic southern rock

This one is felt in the bones. How become the river.

Nothing but net. No pomp. No flash (for better or worse). Just quality a** rock n roll. No muss no fuss. I think it's the voice. It just sound real even in it adherence to various musical stylings. And the production is solid solid solid. No missteps. It's like a comfortable couch in the best possible way.

Like the songs, hate the vocals

A few CCR bangers with some other chill tracks to spread things out.

Generally great music with a singer who sings just a little bit too over the top many times.

Awesome.

Good ole rock and roll. CCR is one of the best.

My father-in-law is either playing CCR or Metallica, so I've heard this album plenty of times through. Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou are the standouts, but the entire thing is an easy listen. American BBQ music. - mitona Never listened to a full CCR album but I’ll have to agree. Easy listen, bluesy… can definitely eat a hamburger to this - spacecrabs This is easily the weakest CCR album. Wtf is up with this list serving mid albums by amazing artists. Any real CCR connoisseur such as my humble self will tell you their best album is "Green River" - germ

Hell yeah

Fogerty’s voice at its prime. Great bluesy rock n roll. Born on the Bayou is one of my favorite CCR songs.

I want to say that Creedence is a guilty pleasure band but they’re too good that. Every song is listenable. Proud Mary is great.

The most Bayou Rock sounding album from a band founded nowhere near the Bayou. CCR is more southun' rock than most southern rock that hails from the south. 4/5

This was really good! Im obviously aware of Creedence but hadnt listened to an album before. Their sound really engages you and carries a whole album really well. The quality of the songwriting is top notch, the musicianship was great and the vibe was perfect for a sweltering summer day.

Ah yes, the Bay Area boys born on the bayou. This is just good, old-fashioned American rock. They evoke the swamp, or at least the stereotypical mythology of it. The greasy clubs, mud, mosquitos, hanging trees branches. Fogerty channels Screaming Jay Hawkins or Howlin Wolf as his growl is completely over the top, and the spooky hoodoo blues works its magic. "Proud Mary" stands out here as one of the best American rock songs ever, perhaps the quintessential CCR song. The opener "Born On the Bayou" is a banger, sets the tone, and has a great guitar tone and effect. I think "Graveyard Train" lags a bit, and "Good Golly Miss Molly" isn't very interesting as a cover, so it's not as though the album is perfect. "Bootleg", "Penthouse Pauper", and "Keep On Chooglin" are solid blues songs, strong but not exceptional. Good CCR album, but I'd put other albums above it.

Fine album.

After a run of mostly great albums wondered if this one signified a bad moon rising. Actually pleasantly surprised. An album that I had not taken any notice of or had any previous knowledge of but on listening every track seemed familiar and homely. Knew Proud Mary of course but every other track carried the distinctive trademark John Fogarty singing together with some great southern guitar licks. An album to spend a pleasant hour with. Strong 3 star and just a gnats cockhair off being a 4. 3/5 8/7/25 Later addit - after a further listen - Fuck it give it 4. Superb guitar playing and some mean mouthorganing made it so. 4/5 2359 hrs 8/7/25

Listened to it twice in a row.

I mean, Creedence always maintain a pretty high standard. I don't think this album has as many hits as, say, Cosmo's Factory, but it's still a good record. Fogerty's vocals are as strong as ever, and the guitars sound great. I really enjoy the general bluesy Creedence sound. My main gripe is the Little Richard cover, "Good Golly Miss Molly," which is subpar compared to the original. Also, I think "Graveyard Train" drags a bit. Still, you get treated to "Proud Mary" and "Born on the Bayou," among other hits. The album deserves a 4. I just think there are some better Creedence albums out there.

It just moves at a different pace. The whole album feels like it’s not running on anyone’s time but it’s own. There’s a delightful sluggishness, a swampy feeling. John Fogerty is on his game, vocals cutting through with raspy righteousness. This album makes you want to move and groove. Extremely well recorded.

Boppin'. I'd add these songs to a playlist. Every song is a good time, even if I don't relate to the lyrics.

Creedence Clearwater Revival serves up audible nostalgia in "Bayou Country". Their second album, this is the one that put them on the map, and rightfully so. The singles off the album, namely "Proud Mary," are heavy hitting blues rock tracks that deserve to be classics. While the rest of the album is more varied in quality, overall CCR brings a great performance.

Despite not being an America I am familiar with, it manages to make me nostalgic. The perfect blend of looking back to a simpler, almost happier time while embracing the problems with it. Wartime is the time to reminisce while still striking back.

Great great album - bluesy, dirty, down-in-the-bayou rock music from, unexpectedly enough, a bunch of California boys. A discount Ringo Starr somehow singing like he's been gargling swamp water for 50 years. It all comes together beautifully. I will choogle to this any day!

Terrific album!

Gode låter. Likte de to lengre

My favourite CCR album for a long time, this sees the band at their swampiest I think. Graveyard Train is probably the epitome of that, a grimy 8 minutes of twanging guitars and harmonica. This album exudes exactly what I think of when I think CCR John Fogerty is as personable as he always is, with his funny pronunciations all over. There are great, creative guitar parts all over this album. I especially love the vaguely psychedelic guitar on Born on the Bayou Hard to go wrong with Creedence (other than one obvious exception). 4.5 Highlights: Born on the Bayou, Proud Mary, Keep on Chooglin', Bootleg

Classics

3.6/5 an overall nice album, i enjoy the guitar noodles. graveyard train did feel like it dragged on a bit after a while. loved the first track a lot, i must’ve heard that one before, surely! also really enjoy the proud mary original version. love the guitar tone in the solos on “keep on chooglin’”

Good stuff. 4/5

4/5 love Creedence!!!!

Nice to have on, didn't blow me away but that's because it's over 50 years old, think it would have at the time. Particularly if I was being force fed Beatles and kinks in the UK. Writing proud Mary is a big one, probably an essential album on that alone. Think the covers have probably improved it mind, it wasn't my favourite track on here. Not going to rush back but glad to hear it, like all the other CCR albums we've had it's a 3.5

Good Golly Miss Molly, Penthouse Pauper, Proud Mary, and Keep On Chooglin' is a great end run to the album, which starts off a bit dull. I think you know what you get with this era CCR. Really solid, choppy guitars, chugging drums, and a very distinctive vocal performance. Very decent album overall. Probably on par with Cosmo's Factory, which I overmarked because I undermarked Green River. Either way, 4 stars.

This was pretty great. I prefer this sound of theirs to what was on "cosmos factory", although the global reviews would suggest I'm in the minority there. Think I liked Green River more than this but not by much I did think there were a couple of tracks that were a bit too long but overall thought it was very good. I wasn't aware they wrote Proud Mary. I also want to know what "chooglin" is.... I like it At least 4. I'll be back

Æ hørte på det her to ganger, og med unntak av at det va gøy å høre Proud Mary i kontekst, og at ingen av sangan stakk sæ nevneverdig ut satt sammen med den, så va det forbilledlig kort og ellers helt ok.

I love CCR and always have. It’s like the very definition of ‘dad’. Just rocks and rolls the right way. Also ‘choogling’ is an objectively funny word.

I liked it. Right up my alley, very comfortable.

Gott mýrarberg. Hef alltaf pláss fyrir Creedence og þetta flýtur mjög vel. Gat alveg leyft þessu að rúlla í gegn 3-4 skipti og fannst það á engum tíma þreytt. Proud Mary auðvitað meistaraverk og Born on the Bayou er geggjað lag.

Solid CCR

Little to slow for my tastes but I like the voice and guitar quite a bit.

*If you like CCR, you’ll like this. *Short album at 33 mins, and every other song is a hit. *Fave track - Keep on Chooglin’ (longer and more jam band-y than the others here) RATING - 7.5

Joojoo! Kunnon bayou-osaston siksarirokkii. Onhan tää hyvä! Parempi ku muistin 4/5

Ei mielestäni paras CCR:n levy, mutta on se hyvä silti! 4/5

Bog rock

Pleasant rock, but a bit boring. Proud Mary is a classic!

Qué bueno.

Ain't nothing wrong with this here album. A solid. SOLID. 4.

Easy listen and mostly bangers Favourites: Good God Miss Molly, Proud Mary

An excellent album, some real bangers! Fav songs: Born on the Bayou, Good Golly Miss Molly, Proud Mary

Una onda bluesy devuelta tipo rock blues. Me ENCANTÓ Penthouse Pauper. Estructura de blues y unos solos de guitarra bien crunchy distorsionada y las letras me re gustan tmb, como que tiene un re ego la canción. Banco la armónica de keep on chooglin (y el tema en general), creo que me gusta la armónica en el blues nomás. Bootleg tiene su encantito. Proud Maryyyy (la de rollin... rollin on the river) me había olvidado, buen temaa y tiene mas el estilo de los albumes de Creedence de después.En general buenos temas pero no suuuper memorables así. Muy buen album igual. Buenas vibes. Bornnn on the bayouuu

Is this the most one dimensional popular band of all time? Quite possibly. When that one dimension is this good? Keep on Chooglin’ indeed

Our Great American Rock Band. It feels very American that a bunch of San Francisco boys could ape the Deep South this successfully. They've always felt a little like an anomaly, I can't think of a band that evokes the Sixties and Vietnam more than these guys but they don't really sound like anyone else from that era. Graveyard Train could've been 2.5 minutes instead of the 7.5 they give it but this is me quibbling, Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Proud Mary, and Keep on Chooglin' more than make up for that shortcoming. Bootleg is a goddamn banger. Maybe with more familiarity and time with Graveyard and the Penthouse Pauper this can get to a 5 but this is a solid 4.5.

CCR fuckin' rules

Good album. Needed more of it.

A 60s classic

I love me some CCR, rock radio staple since I was in diapers. This album includes classics "Born On The Bayou", "Good Golly Miss Molly" and the constantly covered "Proud Mary". That lineup alone makes this album worthy, then you add the glue tracks in... "Bootleg" is instantly recognizable as a CCR track, it fits their mold, and delivers. "Good Golly..." has some kickass guitar work, it's not the Little Richard version!! "Keep In Choogin'" is too long at nearly 8 mins, but has it's moments. Great musicianship on "Bayou", it's a bonafide jam. This album has a fat listen count. 162M for "Bayou", 444M for "Proud Mary" and the only track with single digit listens is "Graveyard Train" at 'only' 9M, and at 8.5 mins it is the worst song on the album. Top 1001, barely, but it does deliver some huge songs that are still in heavy rotation today. Influence, check. Popularity, check. Longevity, check. 3.5-4 stars from me.

great listen, i was kinda bummed it ended.

Funny thing this. I am NOT a big fan of "classic rock" nor "southern rock." I don't reject it outright, just find it ... less interesting than other stuff, other genres, and this other stuff is not vastly overplayed like so much "classic rock" is. However, that is overstated and it should not be that it is torture or that I hate any of it. You could say I just got kind of bored with it. Now. CCR is and always has been just an outlier for me. Maybe when southern rock goes so deep south as to become kind of bayou folk or in how they have that nice raw, real feel. Whatever it is, this album is actually pretty great. Sure, heard it all a thousand times before, but it really doesn't alter the reality that CCR will always remain a beloved band in music history.

This was good. Of course I've already heard many of these but hearing the whole album end-to-end just added more context that I never knew about. Saved a bunch of songs from this one!

muy guay no lo habia oido al completo y me ha sorprendido, muy rock n roll blues para echarte unos bailoteos todo guapossssss 7/10

damn thisbis good as fuck

Good.

Lots of blues inspiration. Songs with catchy tunes and stories. People will be “discovering” this music as long as music exists.

Solid late 60s rock and roll album from a legendary band.

First thought is geez, these guys are Popular. Nearly 30m monthly listens, 55 years after this album and I’d never even heard of them before. Gritty vocals, great groove and soulful. Very pleasantly surprised and hard to not pull a gritty face and neck groove! Keep on Chooglin’! ‘Graveyard train’ a bit draggy and long, but brings another type of tune to the album. Short, punchy, efficient album that is consistent throughout and doesn’t overstay its welcome. And ‘Proud Mary’ did not know this is where it originated!

hell yeah dude

Great swamp music! Love John Fogerty! Classic!

Man. I am well overdue for a Creedence Clearwater Revival album! It's finally time for me to listen to my first album of theirs, that being their second album, Bayou Country. It's good! I've only ever heard good things about CCR, and it's fair to say that my expectations for a solid album were met. The album's pretty short, sitting at only 7 songs with a 33 minute runtime. That time is spent very well though, as all 7 songs are pretty great. John Fogerty's songwriting is solid. It's fairly simple on this album, but still sufficiently effective in sending a message. I like all of the sounds. The guitar, bass, drums, and vocals all work well together, unlike the people behind them apparently. This album isn't going to blow anybody's mind away or anything like that. However, it is a remarkably strong showing that has stood the test of time and barely aged a day. It's some good stuff. I'm quite excited to hear what came later. 4/5.

pretty good 7/10

Good rock and roll

That slapped!

Paru en janvier 1969, “Bayou Country” est le deuxième album studio du groupe américain Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) et constitue une pierre angulaire de leur discographie foisonnante ainsi qu'un acte fondateur pour le genre qu'ils allaient populariser : le swamp rock. Enregistré aux mythiques studios RCA à Hollywood, en Californie, cet album affirme avec force l'identité musicale unique et la vision artistique de John Fogerty, leader incontesté du quatuor, qui prend avec “Bayou Country” les rênes créatifs. Il signe la majorité des compositions, définit les arrangements et coproduit l'album, imposant une direction artistique claire et un son qui allait devenir leur marque de fabrique. D'une durée d'un peu moins de 34 minutes, “Bayou Country” est un concentré d'énergie brute et d'authenticité. Il s'éloigne des expérimentations psychédéliques alors en vogue sur la côte Ouest pour proposer un retour aux sources du rock 'n' roll, du blues, de la country et du R&B. Le son est direct, sans fioritures, porté par la voix éraillée et puissante de John Fogerty, ses riffs de guitare incisifs et une section rythmique d'une efficacité redoutable. L'album s'ouvre sur l'emblématique "Born on the Bayou". Avec son introduction atmosphérique et son riff hypnotique, ce morceau de plus de cinq minutes plonge immédiatement l'auditeur dans l'ambiance moite et envoûtante des marais louisianais. Il deviendra un classique du groupe et un incontournable de leurs concerts, illustrant parfaitement ce "swamp rock" dont CCR devient le fer de lance. Les paroles évoquent une enfance mythique dans le bayou, créant une imagerie puissante qui marquera durablement les esprits. Vient ensuite "Bootleg", un rock'n'roll plus enlevé qui maintient l'énergie, suivi de "Graveyard Train", un long blues lancinant de près de neuf minutes où l'harmonica de John Fogerty tient une place prépondérante, évoquant les vastes étendues et la mélancolie du Sud. La face A se conclut, et la face B s'ouvre sur une reprise survitaminée du standard de Little Richard, "Good Golly Miss Molly". CCR s'approprie le morceau avec une fougue communicative, démontrant leur capacité à insuffler leur propre style à des classiques du rock. "Penthouse Pauper" offre une critique sociale avec un rock teinté de blues, décrivant l'ironie du sort d'un homme riche tombé dans la misère. Puis arrive le joyau de l'album, la chanson qui propulsera Creedence Clearwater Revival au rang de superstars internationales : "Proud Mary". Sortie en single en janvier 1969, cette chanson est un chef-d'œuvre de composition et d'interprétation. L'idée initiale de John Fogerty était de raconter l'histoire d'une blanchisseuse, mais c'est Stu Cook qui lui suggéra le thème du bateau à aubes naviguant sur le Mississippi. Avec sa mélodie accrocheuse, son rythme entraînant et ses paroles évoquant le labeur et l'espoir d'une vie meilleure sur le fleuve, "Proud Mary" devient un succès planétaire, atteignant la deuxième place du Billboard Hot 100 aux États-Unis. La chanson, écrite peu après que Fogerty ait été libéré de ses obligations de réserviste dans l'armée, est devenue un hymne intemporel, repris par d'innombrables artistes, dont la version explosive d'Ike & Tina Turner. L'album se clôture par "Keep On Chooglin'", un autre long morceau instrumental et vocal, sorte de jam session endiablée qui permet à chaque musicien de s'exprimer et qui capture l'énergie brute du groupe sur scène. Le terme "chooglin'" lui-même, inventé ou popularisé par Fogerty, évoque une sorte de danse ou de mouvement rythmique et insouciant. À sa sortie, “Bayou Country” reçoit un accueil critique globalement très favorable. Les journalistes musicaux saluent la cohésion de l'album, la puissance des compositions de John Fogerty et l'authenticité du son "roots" du groupe, si différent de la production musicale californienne de l'époque. 50 ans après, “Bayou Country” s'en sort avec un 4 sur 5.

4/5

Born on the Bayou 4 Bootleg 3.7 Graveyard Train 3.6 Good Golly, Miss Molly 3.6 Penthouse Pauper 3.8 Proud Mary 4 Keep on Chooglin' 3.7 Score: 3.771428571

4,5, cómo atraviesa creedence e

Three classics on one album, the rest wasn’t as memorable but still a good listen overall. Might be a bit much for those who aren’t into the longer jam tracks

Listens: 4 Standout tracks: Graveyard Train, Proud Mary Nice, quick and easy listening album. 7 songs. 34 minutes. :ChefsKiss: I don't, and haven't listened to CCR before, besides whatever gets played on the radio, and while I probably won't put this into my rotation, I enjoy most of the songs and am inclined to rate this higher than I otherwise might have. 3.75

Short and sweet. Jamming blues guitar and John Fogerty howlin’ like no one’s business. It always amazes me that this band is from the Bay Area and we’re arguably the best southern rock band of all time. Fogerty knew what could be and took charge. It cost him a lot over time but was just an unbelievable run of great music. This album is great but not even their best from 1969. 8.5/10 #47/1001

There’s not much to say about classic rock albums like Bayou Country. They’re classics for a reason.

Was so ready to hate on this, but it's just good ol' boys having fun and who can hate that?

PRE-LISTEN: Is this our first repeat artist? I gave the previous album 3 stars - I liked it but it didn't have enough songs that I consider "CCR classics" on it. Looking at the titles on this one, I expect to feel about the same but we shall see... POST-LISTEN: So I looked through our albums so far and this is NOT our first repeat artist - I had mercifully forgotten that we had two days in a row of Hole, lol. Also, I like this album more than the last one we had. So 4 stars it is.

Iconic.

Today I learnt that CCR released three albums in 1969. I had to do a double take since I swore I’ve done a CCR album from 1969, which I did. It was Green River, which felt similar to this one. I thought Graveyard Train lasted a bit too long and I can do with a little less Chooglin. But everything else was pretty solid. I’ve actually forgotten how good the original Proud Mary sounds. I think it’s really to pick if I prefer it over Tina Turner’s eccentric version. Overall, CCR still proves to be the epitome of the Americana genre. Favorite track: Proud Mary Other hits: Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Penthouse Pauper, Good Golly Miss Molly

At the beginning it left me a bit weirded, but damn this is a good album. Good old dirty swamp/blues rock, and a big part of this are the raw vocals, wich are still capable of building very catchy hooks and an overall enjoyable experience

Graveyard train goes hard Proud mary too

I’ve never listed to a creedence album. Only the hits and singles. This one was really damn good! I liked it a lot…and then we got to the last song…”keep on chooglin’” and I loved it even more. That song was only 7ish minutes. I wanted to keep on chooglin!

i always get bayou country and green river mixed up bc they’re both just pictures of them in the woods. northern ca boys in the “swamp.” who you fooling? you jokers are in el cerrito. zep knew about myth; sabbath too (and a lot of metal bands); so did creedence. creating a world and living inside it, sending out dispatches from middle earth or the lower circle of hell, or in this case, the humid swamps of an idealized american south. cynics might call it a gimmick, but it gets to the core of something human: we love fantasy. crave it. need it. i love the first creedence record. it's raw and they're still thrashing around trying to perfect the sound. "born on the bayou" is the pivot where it really snaps into focus. establishes the myth not only in sound but in words, too. dead perfect tremolo too. does graveyard train need to be that long? probably not. they could have set the tone in less than 8.5 minutes. good golly. back to the source. fogerty with a fuzz pedal, a wicked combo. "penthouse pauper" is similar to one of my fave tracks from the first record, "the working man." call and response blues song, fogerty talking with his guitar. i love the third verse in particular. after the hacksaw line, his guitar rasps and cuts; after boasting about moving up to the house on top, a scale that builds from low to high. not tricky or fussy, but just what the song calls for. i've heard proud mary too many times, but it's so very good. fogerty plays the right guitar for the moment again. the solo doesn't rip or tear, but laps up against the riverbank. chooglin'. talkin' bout sex, compadre. slightly too long a bit too aimless? probably. but choogle is also the perfect verb to describe creedence's sound. fogerty's guitar tone is nasty. ever hear anyone covering creedence? it's usually bad. tina turner could do it. you need a force of nature to cover a force of nature. not their best or my favorite, but still very good. it's probably on this list because of "bayou" and "proud mary", but if this is here, that means the next three albums are too because those are even better. so i’m saving some creedence headroom with a 4. ooby dooby what a band.

I have had a run of albums that were better than I thought they were going to be, and it continues with Bayou Country. I had consigned CCR to the 2nd tier of 60's bands with a few overplayed hits. But this album is pretty great, his voice is raw and powerful, and the sound really choogles along. I'll come back to this

Really like this one I was already familiar with it but the first two tracks are great and the cover of “Good Golly Miss Molly” is fantastic. The album ends on an especially high note with “Penthouse Pauper”, “Proud Mary”, and “Keep On Chooglin’” back to back to back. The only one I didn’t care for was “Graveyard Train”. This is a great one but I do prefer most of their later output

Give this album a listen and just Keep On Chooglin’

...Rolling on the river...

A classic blues rock album. These guys know what they are doing. So far at least. I do find that some of the songs carry on for a bit too long for my liking but this is a perfect outdoor cookout soundtrack. Even your grandma would find something to groove to.

Yeah not bad at all. I can see the appeal. Very well put together.

I have a weakness for CCR. Best bar band ever. That said, only need Green River on here.

Very nice album! 4/5

Another good album by CCR, but one can tell that it is slightly lacking in quality. Couple great songs, consistent style throughout the record, but ultimately it's a bit underwhelming. Great band, but somehow something is off for me.

Not my favorite CCR album, but still great.

I liked it better than I thought I would, although I'm still not huge on Proud Mary.

Born on the Bayou is a great song. Proud Mary is not one of my favorite CCR songs. However, the swamp boogie is infectious. Solid album from beginning to end.

4/5 - nice easy listening, classic sound.

7.5/10 - 7 songs is a bit lazy and Tina Turner version of proud Mary is better but other than that a solid album.

Amazing vocals, pretty standard old bluesy rock songs. Vocals remind me of beefheart (this came out less than a year before trout mask). The energy and the vibe also reminds me of a prerequiste for the stooges who also released their first album a year after this. Guitar playing, expectingly, remind me of old Blues kings. Good Golly Miss Molly in particular reminds me of Muddy Waters(favourite on the album). Solid.

Yeah, it's CCR.

Great stuff, hadn't listened to all of it before but a great jam

4/5 good old fashioned rock and blues

Hell yeah CCR

Because I've this album I'm making it my life mission to play Born on the Bayou for an alligator (in the Bayou obviously).

Solid again. It’s a 4 but barely because there are just too many covers on this one.

Some great guitar and rhythms. Had me bopping my head a lot throughout the listen.

8/10

4/5

Such an iconic, recognizable voice and smooth bass grooves run through this album. Proud Mary is a masterpiece.

I just unashamedly enjoy CCR - I know they are a bit daggy, but so am I! Give me some swamp rock any day!

Everything I have to say about CCR, I pretty much said in my review about "Green River." They know who they are, they don't apologize for it, and they hit their sound hard every time out. Ever their covers ("Good Golly Miss Molly") are excellent and feel original. They feel like they were originally CCR songs. They're an excellent band that produced excellent albums and I really think you'd be hard pressed to find another band who was as consistent as CCR was. Four stars once again to the great CCR. Standout Tracks: Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Good Golly Miss Molly, Penthouse Pauper, Proud Mary

Hace muchos años fui, solo porque sí, a un concierto de Creedence, sin conocerlos. Me pareció de las bandas más divertidas que he visto en vivo. El disco es un hitazo tras otro, y dan ganas de estar en un pantano del Bayou viendo flotar a los cocodrilos mientras se esucha un poco de blues.

Really enjoyed this whole album. Despite not having heard iit before, I knew most of the great tracks.

starts and finishes strong, mid section is a bit weaker but overall a good album

CCR comes through with a solid project. Basically, Swamp Rock at its best. Great grooves great guitar. What's not to love.

A strong sophomore release from arguably America's best band, did these guys ever put out anything that wasn't excellent? It's short but it's got all the stuff that makes CCR great. I don't know what Chooglin' is but after listening to this, I did have a strong desire to keep on doing it...

It’s chooglin time

homey, southern, indie could be played during hot summer or Gilmore girls autumn

The two 7+ minute songs (graveyard train, keep on "chooglin", together approx half the album by length!) keep it from a 5. Hit or miss but when they hit...

Not my favorite CCR record, but it does have my favorite track of theirs, ‘Born on the Bayou.’ John Fogerty’s vocals and guitar playing are incredible. CCR was one of my Dad’s favorites; I grew up listening to this band and this album particularly. 4⭐️

Didn't realise I knew so many songs by them

Nice album by a nice band.

"Proud Mary" is one of the GOAT modern American standards - the 12 minute Ike and Tina live at Carnegie Hall version that spans two sides of an album is one of my favorite incarnations. Creedence is just a very consistent band, all the songs sound similar but they are all good and have that little something that somehow sets them apart from other classic rock/roots groups.

dad rock

Proud Mary is such a good song, it probably makes this album good by default. I'm gonna give it a 4.

Great album. Had a high energy all the way through. The last song was pretty bizarre. I hadn't listened to anything but the hits from CCC, so it was nice to hear this one.

Good album, heavily blues inspired.

This made me realize I haven’t heard much music from them and now I feel compelled to do a deep dive. Favorite Song: Penthouse Pauper

As an LP, this is a new one for me. Not CCR's best, but, at the very least, they continue to deliver a good time. To be fair, it's hard to fuck up something called swamp rock. Can't afford an air boat, but I'm sure a Jon boat will do. Rating: 7.7/10 Favorite Song: Good Golly Miss Molly/Penthouse Pauper

8/10 I love CCR. This is not their best but I still love it. It’s cool listening to this and knowing how they’ll expand on the good parts of this to make masterpieces down the line. I also enjoyed their heavier focus on blues on this one. How did tbese Berkeley boys figure out how to be good southern folk? Favorite Song: Proud Mary

Back when music was music Great album, couple of long songs that I felt dragged, but other than that I really enjoyed this one. Good energy and the hits hit. Probably would've given it a five it it wasn't for Graveyard Train. Favorite song: Penthouse Pauper

Call me Creedence Clearwater because this revived me Just good rock. It gets a little repetitive, but what can you expect from these fellas?

TBH all I know about CCR is fortunate son, this album slaps!!

I like.

They are just fucking jamming on this shit. I was not a fan of green river but this, with it's long song lengths, and heavy percussive element and large sections of noodling... just amazing

I love CCR and I have listened to them a lot throughout the years since my parents listened to them when I was young. This album have some absolute classics on it like Proud Mary. Its easy to see where their classic sound has come from. I was going to write something about maybe choosing another of their albums personally but the songs I feel are CCRs best are so spread out through the years that an early album like this is a good way of showing how good they have always been.

Previously listened to: Cosmo's Factory (5/5) Green River (4/5) ************************ I listened to this a few days ago, and I don't remember if I was going to give it 4 or 5. I'll just go with 4. I knew Born On the Bayou and Proud Mary of course. Not sure if I had heard Good Golly Miss Molly before. It was OK. Keep on Chooglin' (whatever that means) was the best one I didn't already know. It's a basic CCR album. You know what you're going to get.

i don't necessarily like this bluezy-jazzy music, but it's nice enough!

Du rock bien sudiste, bien marécage, ça s'écoute par temps humide en faisant la sieste avec son alligator.

Another really solid entry from CCR. Definitely not their best project but they’re younger on this one. I also wish they had a bit more variety between albums as this is my third on this list.

A solid album as you’d expect from CCR. Always enjoyable.

What a voice. Fogarty is an amazing songwriter. This album misses a five because I don't think there is enough variety to show the breadth of his craft. Saying that though the album oozes southern charm and you can feel the bayou in every beat

Enjoyed this! As I only knew Proud Mary, which I'm not keen on due to the Tina Turner version being massively overplayed and over-covered, I wasn't expecting to like it. But I found their sound pretty cool: grungey and rocky enough to keep me interested. Some nice wandering bass at times. Even the more straightforward blues-y ones like Penthouse Pauper threw in a few extra chord changes to keep things interesting. (I'm not sure we needed to keep on chooglin' for nearly 8 minutes, though.) It's always nice in this project to be able to see how musical pieces fit together, and I could definitely see where CCR fit into the picture of late 60s music, with their particular blend of blues, rock and psychedelia.

This sounds less polished than some of their other albums that are loaded with hits, and I mean that in the best way possible.

A favorite

Solid album.

I liked this a lot. Some really good songs on here and I listened to this several times. 4.5/5

my faith is restored in america, get me the gun

banger, reminiscent of the grateful dead

Good music, very good recording.

Grew up with this and I love it

Really good stuff - didn't expect them to have this hard a sound.

Very easy listening. Would listen again.

The "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" is not 42, as previously thought. It is, in fact: Keep on Chooglin'

I really liked this CCR album as well. It was not quite as good as Cosmo’s, but certainly a solid 4. I enjoy John’s vocals and the instruments are great.

Very solid. They are good enough to the point that you don’t realize they are from California

Okay so second CCR album in 5 days which is awesome. Fogerty's voice is incredible, lyrics are great. Instruments are played masterfully. I don't even mind the harmonica which is strange for me. Best track is "Good Golly Miss Molly". However, some of the tracks could be trimmed down, mainly tracks 3 and 7. That is why it's not getting a 5 cause I never thought that on any of the tracks on Cosmo's Factory. They just kinda drag on a bit. They sound great on them they just drag and make the songs feel long.

Great, classic album

ccr fuckin rocks