Bayou Country

John Fogerty and co dont have a lot of range, but what they lack in that department they just make up for in kickass rock and roll. This one doesnt overstay its welcome, just 34 minutes of good ol fashioned CCR. Its not as good as Green River but theres a lot to like

Real easy listening on this one. Penthouse Pauper stood out to me.

It sounded good, especially the popular songs that are already on the radio. Nothing that blew me away that I hadn’t already heard from their radio songs.

The description of this a s Swamp Rock is hilarious and somehow fitting in a serious way. Hard not to like it even if you don't want to.

Not a very memorable album. The last song was the best but I generally found his voice granting and most songs suffered from too many solos.

Pretty easy listening, don't have too much to say outside of that.

some parts are good but it's js not my vibe

Not their best

Swampy blues album. Not bad, but there are better blues albums. CCR are more appealing to me when they are more ambitious with their songs. 2.5/5

This made me feel like I was in a chopper over Nam

The classics are classics for a reason. The not classics are not classics for a reason.

Vana hea klassikaline kuulamine. Iga lugu on hea, mõni lihtsalt parem ja meeldejäävam (nt Proud Mary). Ma saaks CCRi ikka päris pikalt kuulata. 4/5.

CCR's albums are like the Strokes' albums: quick and you know what you're going to get. It really blows my mind that Creedence is actually a California band. This band was certainly not born on the bayou but they sure sound good (and great music for a summer cookout). Top tracks: "Proud Mary," "Born on the Bayou" (note: this is a lie), "Graveyard Train"

Spanking a child turns him into a snot. Fear, that's what makes him a man. I know a place where a man's worth is measured by the ears hanging off his dog tags. The real hardcore shit. A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done. If a story seems moral, do not believe it. If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, then you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie. There is no rectitude whatsoever. There is no virtue. As a first rule of thumb, therefore, you can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil. Feels like big rice paddy hours here. Knee deep in the shit. If this album had Fortunate Son it'd be a 4. Strong 3 otherwise.

--Born on the Bayou...John Fogerty was born in Berkeley, CA --Bootleg...nice swing and groove --Graveyard Train...plodding --Good Golly Miss Molly...now we're kicking --Penthouse Pauper...love that bass walk. great guitar, too --Proud Mary...solid --Keep on Chooglin'...I'll keep chooglin' if someone tells me how!

Ik heb onze vrienden van CCR al twee keer eerder behandeld en ze een 5 en een 3 toegeschoven. Dit album is dan ook niet heel verrassend. Lekkere gitaarmuziek met bijbehorende gitaarsolo's en een zanger die klinkt als een kraai met een poliepje op de stembanden. Een kort album van 34 minuten, maar omdat er een aantal wat langere liedjes op staan lijkt het iets langer. Verder is het precies wat ik verwachtte. Moerasblues. Wanneer Proud Mary begint heb ik zin om één a twee sterren minder te geven maar dat is vooral omdat ik een enorme hekel heb aan de Tina Turner cover versie van dat nummer. De CCR versie is wel prima. 4 sterren van mij.

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. So good!

My dad was a big CCR fan, and listening to them always reminds me of him.

I was happy when I saw that this was 33 minutes but then I realized there were multiple songs longer than 5 minutes. Album was fine. I did not realize that Good Golly Miss Molly was a cover the Little Richard version

Alexa loves CCR so I was like oh I'll listen to this but lowk I think it was mid. not bad but like It didnt excite me

Not a big fan of the word chooglin and also not super into proud Mary

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

fogerty's voice, my dad loved ccr good shit. i know the title track, pround mary, and p sure ive heard chooglin bc i know the name lol lets see title track could have been shortened but its a good song bootleg next isnt bad but its not gonna get listened to again. good vibe but not a lot of song k graveyard train is fuckin 9 mins long. oh boy. damn. didnt need to be. good golly miss molly was better by lil richard but deece cover penthouse pauper is pretty good. suffers from post-jimi guitar soloing where, while this shit was high level a few years prior, in 1969 you just want some more but whateva pretty sure proud mary is the winner on this bidge chooglin... jesus christ this album kinda sucks, good sound and vibe but like 20 minuters of this album is jamming on 1 chord better ccr songs but proud mary is the obvious highlight

No.

I really like CCR. Just one of the most fun bands to listen to. Anytime their song comes on you know it's gonna be a good time. It's just the vibes, such strong positivity coming from all the songs. I like how they dive a bit into blues rock on this album here. Graveyard Train is such a nice jam, makes me feel like Im in the forest on the album cover. So many good melodies as well, Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Proud Mary... it's just a great time!

ok not my style

There was a lot of soul in the vocals which I really appreciate, and I liked how it very often traded spaces with the guitar. The bass was super melodic too. My favorite songs were "Born on the Bayou" and "Proud Mary".

Kinda fun. Didn't do much for me though. Nothing grabbed me.

Fun swamp rock album but not even in the bands top 3 albums for me. Good songs all and all but aside from the single nothing stands out.

Long time since I listened to this good to n listen again

this whole album is a vibe, and a damn good vibe, i might say

this guys vocals are a frickin bop sinister purpose is quite good and i was happy to finally recognize a song!! also bad moon rising is fun too af

??? no idea? c

I think I liked this more than I can admit to myself I did, but there's better versions of some of these songs elsewhere and I think this band and type of music are over represented here so that's a 3.

Even slower than previous CCR I've been handed, and it doesn't pick up til halfway. Lot of twiddling and faffing in this one too (and choogling, I guess). Cool as ever

Golden!

Solid work, and a classic record. I kind of lost some steam with the "Choogling" track, but overall, this was a great record. 4/5

Only 7 tracks, which is relatively sparse, but 4 of them are absolute belters and the other 3 are fairly good too. I've always been a big admirer of CCR after my elder brother introduced me to their music in the 80's. If you can't enjoy this then the problem lies with you, not the artist or the album!!!

Super

fine- nothing really called out to me. Maybe the style isn't my thing. "good golly miss molly" was fun though as well as "penthouse pauper". 3/5

I love CCR. Always have, always will

Very bluesy very country very swampy. Proud Mary is such a well written song, this version is very bare bones. I enjoy the first two tracks quite a lot. Dig it

They just sound like music that is successful and easy to listen to. Well done, makes sense, no notes.

Honestly they should have just put a CCR greatest hits on the list and called it a day. I gave the other two CCR albums 5s. This is also a pretty good listen, but doesn't quite get there.

Starts real strong with the bluesy swamp rock number Born on the Bayou (full of Southern references but band were born and raised in California). Proud Mary is another good track (although slightly slower and less rocky than I remember it). Overall the rest of the tracks don’t live up to those tracks - the drums feel a bit plodding and there isn’t the same intensity in the guitar and vocals.

I know its not meant to be a sexy song, but man Born on The Bayou has a sexiness about it. Anyway...

Love it!

Great album, born on the Bayou big highlight besides the obvious Proud Mary. Very nice listen and a classic for sure

This was a good one. Great grooves. Will definitely add to my playlist.

Add this one to the list of reasons why 1969 was the best year for music. I love the energy of this album and that singer's got one hell of a voice. Makes me want to keep on chooglin' through the rest of this record. speaking of chooglin', it's such a good word. I'm going to put it in my vocabulary to annoy people with later. Anyways, This album's just really fun. All of the shouting and blues and whatnot is fun, the word chooglin' is fun, it's all fun. Say it with me, chooglin'.

good. type of music to listen sometimes

Good. And clearly Beck

3/7 all time tunes and 33 minutes - recipes for a solid rating. Just not a huge fan or it'd be higher.

Classic rock in its most classic form.

another generic 60s classic rock

A fun ,rockin’, 34 mins. Nice album.

CCR are probably my favourite find through 1001 Albums. Could be completely wrong but they feel like proper vietnam era rock and roll. Their music is excellent even if it isn't what I'd usually listen to.

Fucking banga

It’s not bad by any means, but overall I find myself wanting Greatest Hits CCR versus album CCR. The hits on this album simply get me more excited than the lesser known tracks.

great

No skips.

This is the Family Guy Purgatory of Albums. It’s fine. It’s got some good stuff. It’s not that good, but it’s not that bad. Anyway on to the next one.

not my kind of music but i like the bluesy sound of guitars on the songs of this album

Love CCW! This album has several great hits. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Listened while cooking, excellent vibes

This album makes you want to go on a Roadtrip

What’s more iconic, the vocals or the guitar tone?

Really not my cup of tea. Super specific and repetitive. Saved by Proud Mary.

4.8

You will want to watch Waterboy after the first song starts

Love CCR, fogerty’s voice makes their sound what it is. The guitar and harmonica on this album is great

CCR rocks and the album rocks. Such a fun listen the whole way through, it keeps me chooglin. Short album leaving me wishing it was longer. Everything about it screams CCR. Vocal performance is fantastic as always with CCR, guitar tone is so good it feels palpable, bass in Graveyard Train slowly chugs along endlessly just like the title of the song

Not for me.

nice, some long songs, high 4

Not a big CCR fan but grew up with the parents loving them. I knew most of the songs but it still didn't move me.

Now this is more my speed. I was practically born on the bayou, but raised elsewhere. So I know about as much about bayou country as this band of Californians. Perhaps that’s why this album gives me a cozy feeling. I knew a few of tracks already, but the whole 34 minutes were very enjoyable. 4/5

I love CCR, but this one is not their best - I put it on in the background and it worked fine, but I don't care too much about any of the songs in particular.

This was meh. Very much a product of its time, and that does provide some highlights (Good Golly Miss Molly, Proud Mary). Still don’t know what chooglin is. 5/10

Better than I expected

This is great - I'm with the Dude.

This was pretty good, some nice riffs and funny lyrics in here but at other times it got way too repetitive for my liking

Ingen Fortunate Son direkt, men inte dåligt

Fattar typ varför det är ett klassiskt album o så, men tycker fanimej det är så segt att lyssna på, tyvärr.

Helt okej! Kanske lite ensidigt (Proud Mary sticker ut, men kanske mest för att jag känner igen den så väl) men föredömligt kort album.

Äh man ska väl inte tycka illa om creedence? det är härligt??

It’s a got a nice jamming groove, though this particular brand of Southern rock doesn’t do all that much for me. At least they keep it tight at under 40 minutes.

Wildly inconsistent in that there are a couple just straight-up duds, but there are more hits than misses and the hits are great - "Proud Mary" (good enough for Ike and Tina to appropriate), "Keep on Chooglin' (good enough for Zep to appropriate - listen to that harmonica and tell me "When the Levee Breaks" ain't going for the same damn thing), and "Good Golly Miss Molly" (appropriated from Little Richard but I might even like it a *little* better than his version). Who cares if they're fake Southerners - Dickens wasn't an orphan either.

I dig this sound, and there are some hits on here. Some misses too, but nothing egregious-a solid 3.5. Will round up for VIBES.

Classic rock is generally not my bag, maybe because it's generally overplayed on the airways but also because I grew up in the punk and post-punk era. Classic rock was just wrong on so many different levels.

113/1089 Rollin’ on the River is actually called Proud Mary and was a cover?! you learn something new everyday This was a fine album, it’s a genre that doesn’t excite, or really interest, me but listening to it didn’t feel like a chore, it was to the point and felt quite emblematic of it’s time 24/100

This album has an example of a cover being better than the original with proud mary by Tina Turner (and Ike I guess) being heads above, Creedence Clearwater Revival's original version. Overall an okay album was anything special but was not bad. Middle of the road. 5/10.

3.4 I enjoyed it, but it was let down partly by an unnecessary cover of good golly miss Molly and the fact that I sadly cannot stand Proud Mary. Dunno why, but that songs really winds me up. Graveyard train the best of the rest I think.

A bit inconsistent and lacking lyrical on a few tracks. But the rest is great

I've never listened to a full CCR album before. This should be interesting. Track one, Born on the Bayou. I fell like this song needs no introduction. Track two, Bootleg. More hillbilly blues, I l like it. Track 3, Graveyard Train. Hillbilly blues with a slow groove. Excellent flow between the first three songs. Eight and a half minutes might be a little longer than this one needs though. Track 4, Good Golly Miss Molly. Classic rock n roll cover. Nice tempo change after the previous song overstayed it's welcome a bit. Track 5, Penthouse Pauper. Really feeling this bluesy one. Track 6, Proud Mary. This song is fine but it's definitely my least favorite so far. I just prefer the bluesier stuff. Track 7, Keep on Chooglin', whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean. This is basically the anthem of what I have now dubbed hillbilly blues. This one clocks in at 7:41. I feel like I'm these longer tracks, not enough is happening to justify their increased length. This might just a product of the age of the record. I'm not really sure. Solid 3 star album .

This deserves 4 and a half because its real good but not quite 5 stars

Not too bad

J'aime pas

The Dude is right - CCR is so much better than the fucking Eagles. Normally country/blues rock isn't my cup of tea, but CCR is great.

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard Creedence Clearwater Revival, despite knowing the name. I will admit I never knew how popular they were given they are still in the top 200 most listened too artists on Spotify. Given the recent 60’s rock albums that have been thrown up by this site I did not have my hopes up. Thankfully I was very pleasantly surprised and enjoyed this album. Might even listen to some of their other albums at some point.

Best to stick to the singles

As seems to be quite common - I enjoyed the album but it hasn't made me want to track down more of their stuff.

Classic CCR southern rock

I like it, i love it, i want more of it!

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.

Damn fine album. Fits any mood. Can be enjoyed in a dark smelly bar with a shot and beer. Or top down cruising down the highway on a beautiful day. You know nearly every song on the album, and even the couple you dont know have you singing along to the chorus by the end. Rewriting this last bit. Initially I was lamenting going with a 4 rather than a 5. I couldn't do it. For me this is genre defining, influential, timeless, and so much fun to listen to. A damn fine album.

need me a side of croc with this

where's my skin shoes

Hell yeah

I can always enjoy some of this band

Just not a huge CCR fan

I hear the appeal of Creedence right on the first track which immediately introduces John Fogerty as having one of the most striking voices of his time. Born On The Bayou is a slow ride taken through smooth and easy (years before Foghat). From what I hear, a part of these tracks are based on repetitive themes that may work but wear off if repeated for too long. There's a difference between Graveyard Train and Keep On Chogglin' where the former gets annoying at some point and the latter ups the sonic intensity a bit. Proud Mary is a classic of course, but the rest tends to pass me by with a good impression. Just not a great impression. I do enjoy this album in general, but I sense that there's better work by this group later on. This was only their second record and they would follow this up with 3 other highly acclaimed albums in the months following. I will give this the score I think it gets on the star rating, but it's going to go on the mid 7 range for me (7/10, 4/5 on this scale) (Update: 3/5 now, but Proud Mary keep on turnin')

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.

Nice collection of blues and rock , well constructed songs which are very relaxing and lightly enjoyable

Good honest rock and roll.

I love John Fogertys voice! Though the selection of songs on here isn’t the greatest it was still an enjoyable listen. I also never knew that he wrote Proud Mary.

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.

This Album is sick!!! This is a classic in every sense.

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

As much as I love them I’m embarrassed to admit that this is the first Creedence album that I’ve listened to. Everything else has always been a compilation/best of album. Very good album 3.5 stars.

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

Liked it added good golly miss molly

Didn't listen to the whole thing, wasn't great in my opinion, but that doesn't make it bad, would listen to it every now and then

I'm thinking my best bet for this band is to buy a Best Of album, there is rarely more than one song on any of their albums that I like

Amazing, I literally added all the songs to my playlists

Dad rock

Perhaps I'd need to expose myself to more blues and rock to appreciate it, but I was just bored. Nothing stood out to me, the songs are pretty simply composed and the instrumentation is traditionally barebones.

Solid rock album, standard stuff.

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!

I wasn't born in Bayou Country. The nearest bayou is around 4,500 miles from me. Still I quite enjoyed this swamp-y record.

9/10… southern rock / bluesy

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.

Solid album from the period, stand out track obviously Proud Mary. But generally pretty good.

I know so many CCR songs. How can this album only have that song I know way better from Tina?

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

5/1001 неплохое, хотя и затянутое, звучание, но это надрывное и хрипящее исполнение все портит музыка для родео

нормальный, обычный, ничего особенного, но от прослушивания не тошнит хотя бы

This slaps so hard, Good Golly Miss Molly, what a banger.

Great band, wasn't my favorite album.

Would recommended it if I had a father working as a farmer

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

This is one of those albums that works with an extremely limited sonic palette, which can be great if there's enough interest in the performances, compositions, or just the general vibe of the record. Bayou Country is a bit of a mixed bag in this regard. Obviously Fogerty's vocals aren't a univeral preference, but they don't bother me too much. However, there's just not enough variation for me to really get into this album - or really most of CCR. Like many bands from this era (or any era for that matter), specific singles taken in isolation can hit pretty hard, but there needs to be somthing more to hold my attention for an entire album.

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.

Might just be leaning into my sensibilities, but this is a damn good version of the blues sound, especially Penthouse Pauper. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5, though I do sort of wish I could just leave it there. It’s a good album, but it certainly takes a little bit to get going. “Born on the Bayou” is a good opener, but the solos in the track do go a little long & get a little stale which does sort of stunt the progression / momentum of the track. “Bootleg” is fun, but the last minute or so is just a little repetitive. “Graveyard Train” is… not a bad one, but it’s an 8-and-a-half minute track defined by a bassline melody that may or may not hypnotize you into enjoying it. I found some pleasure out of it by just walking around to the rhythm of it and sort of trancing my way into a groove, but for the most part, I think it’s just deathly long. The storytelling is nice & I do like what it’s going for, but it’s definitely the weakest track here, and I’d easily skip it on any future relistens. With the first 3 tracks here all having nitpicks / issues like this, I’d be very inclined to bump this down to a 4 if not for the final 4 tracks here all knocking it out of the park. The cover of “Good Golly, Miss Molly” has an infectious energy, and they sure do Little Richard justice. “Penthouse Pauper” feels structured similarly to a Hendrix track (my brain specifically went to “Voodoo Child”), and the lyricism is strong as hell. Mix that with some strong vocals from John Fogerty (who delivers in spades on this album), and the track just works really, really well. “Proud Mary” is exactly what it is; not the most special track in terms of instrumentation, nor the most dazzling showcase here, but lyrically, it’s a wonderful slice of ‘60s Americana that must’ve just struck the right nerve at the right time. “Keep on Chooglin” is just fucking rad. I got fully entranced in the groove / energy of it, and even though it’s a 7 minute closer, I could’ve easily sat in it for double the time. Apparently, it used to close out CCR concerts while going even longer, which makes sense to me. It’s a super strong closer track to cap off a 4-track run that just elevates the album really nicely. Is it enough to *really* bump it up to a 5? Admittedly, it feels like a bump up as more of a vote of confidence for how strongly the album closes as opposed to a fully rewarding album experience, but given that I couldn’t find any real flaws with the final 4 tracks to my ears, & the fact that I liked the first 2 tracks even with their minor issues, I feel safe with a bump up. The only real dud here is “Graveyard Train”, and even then, there’s probably a version out there that cuts down a lot of the filler time to make it more focused, which would help a lot of my issues with the track (it really is a nice bass melody if you can let yourself get into it). So, yes, I’ll bump this up to a 5, though I’d rather let it sit at a 4.5 if I could. If nothing else, it’s told me that my smaller knowledge of CCR (“Fortunate Son”, “Up Around The Bend”, & “Have You Ever Seen The Rain”) should’ve been met with full listens to these albums years ago, as opposed to just some of the singles. I’m glad they’ve got two more on the list after this one, and I’m just glad I got to hear one that has two pretty-well known tracks on it. It’s a good album, it’s a fun listen, and at only 33 minutes (even with 3 tracks taking up 21 minutes of that run time), it’s a well-paced breeze, save for one track. Pretty nice stuff all around, and a fair bump up to a 5. The floor is probably a 3, I dunno.

This album wasn’t bad but I wasn’t rocking out either. The harmonica wasn’t annoying in this compared to the Bob Dylan album. Favorite songs: Good Golly Miss Molly, Proud Mary

I'm pretty sick of CCR.

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

Couple of good songs, but a lot of boring blues...

Easy does it. Kind of samey.

CCR just don’t appear to miss. I’ve had this and Green River in this challenge so far and loved them both. I could have picked almost any song from this album to choose among my favourites. The blues-laden groovy riffs are just a joy and my only complaint about this album is that it isn’t longer, although I’ve listened twice today. Didn’t know that Proud Mary was their song either, so I’ve learned something today.

Liver credence, but definitely a front heavy album

It's Creedence. It rocks/choogles. It's great. Favourite tracks: Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Penthouse Pauper

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

It's good, but man is it short.

Not bad. Not bad. But not my favourite CCR album. An easy listen, if nothing else.

"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!

Otro más de CCR? Tal y como dije en el anterior, hay géneros y grupos/artistas que están seriamente sobrerrepesentados en este listado.

Some good songs. Classic album

A band I am always meant to check out. Never got a round to it. This is so so, couple of great tracks, some interminable jams. 2.5 rounded up Heard before? The singles Owned: No 19/1001, 19/77 (24%) Will I get? Probably not

Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of those bands that I love to hear. There is something comforting from their version of 'southern rock' or 'swap rock' or whatever fake genre you want to come up with. It's been years since I heard this album and I love the cover of Good Golly Miss Molly on there.

Best ccr album imo

Decent album. Not stand out but very solid.

EEEEEEYYYYYAAAAAH

If there's one thing y'all need to know about me it's that I loves me some chooglin'. I might need to choogle on down to New Orleans in 2029.

Nice late 60s swampy blues rock.

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

I really enjoy the strong blues element in this band, but I have to admit that southern rock isn’t usually my go-to. It definitely wasn’t a bad album, though. As a South Florida guy, if I ever find myself down in the Everglades on an airboat wrestling alligators, this will definitely be my go-to background music.

All the songs sounded the same

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 love when bands have their own theme songs.

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

Too redneck, and podunk for me.

not crazy abt it

Great band but average album

Fun album and I feel like I'm going through gator country. My only issue is how short this album is. Funny thing: ended up holding an actual gator the same day

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.

This was fun! I like keeping it to the original 7 inch experience, it's just right for what it is. Impressive! Very clear, rugged, dirty, modern rock and roll. I would love to have someone else say they'd like to listen to this or some CCR in general. Because I don't think it pulled me in enough to make me come back to it. 3.3/5

Born on the Bayou caused me to check where they are from (NoCal). And while they still made catchy, bluesy rock… Doesn’t hit the same.

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

J’suis vraiment surpris qu’il n’y ait pas Willy and the Poor Boy dans la liste, mais ne vous méprenez-vous pas: ça reste un banger, surtout pour Penthouse Pauper

Not bad

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

Fun one! Vocals were very grassroots and I felt like I needed to be doing manual labor or swinging a pickaxe or something while I listened along.

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.

Second CCR album and I enjoyed this one too. Not as much as green river. But still, a nice surprise.

2nd album by CCR and have enjoyed them both. Marking this one down slightly (vs Green River) because i could have done without 25% of the album being taken up with ‘Graveyard Train’ plodding along but getting nowhere. Liked the other 6 songs. Can see myself coming back to this.

I really enjoyed Cosmo's Factory more. Memorable mention to; Born on the Bayou,Proud Mary & Keep on Chooglin'.

It's gatorin' time! With all the noodling that drags on, turning a short album into something that feels far longer, this risks being self indulgent. However, with guitars that sound this swampy it's hard not to feel the vibes, even if all a bit one note.

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

I should listen to this band more than I do. Great album and crazy to think that this was the first of three albums they released in 1969, and perhaps the worst. The Dude abides. Great music.

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

Who doesn't love a little CCR? Supremely fun, danceable music. Not *quite* as good as Cosmo's Factory, but then again what is? fav tracks: Born on the Bayou, Graveyard Train

I love Creedence Clearwater Revival. You just immediately feel like a red-blooded American out on the Bayou. Idk how they do it. They're not even from there, they're from California! Wild. Amazing guitar and overal instrumental skills.

Favorite Track: Born On The Bayou

Good

There are several Creedence albums better than this one — two of which were also released in 1969. Aside from “Proud Mary” and to a lesser extent “Born on the Bayou,” nothing notable here. A very boring 8 minute blues song that goes nowhere (“Graveyard Train”) and a surprisingly heartless cover of “Good Golly Miss Molly.” They would shortly up their game quite a bit.

mid

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.

Sadly another case of white boy got it.

Best Track - "Proud Mary"

Nice old school rock I guess

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

I'm in the Midlands of England, I don't drive so I could never experience a highway. This album is fascinating to me. There's a lot of meaning and dialect I'm probably missing. This is probably pretty close to the ultimate blues record. I was listening to this in the park, it's Autumn, and this is vibing well with Autumn. The vocal knows where his wheelhouse is and it's so powerful, he rocks out in his groovy power every track, which is great. I look for variance though, when I've already been impressed. I don't get this Blues sad when I get sad, I get sad girl sad. I really itch to hear a Blues compilation firstly. I don't think I like the cover! "Chooglin'" is a term popularized by John Fogerty in his Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Keep On Chooglin'," and it generally means to have a good time, to keep going with energy, or to move with a strong, steady rhythm. The meaning of "chooglin'" can be interpreted as a positive affirmation to persevere through hard times and continue to enjoy life." That's very heartwarming, lovely. "You got to ball and have a good time, and that's what I call chooglin'." Keep on chooglin'! I was done by the end of this, it choogles, all the performances are excellent, and there's nothing to knock, its all powerhouse. It's all great and its all a powerhouse, which of course is brilliant. My mind interprets it as a lack of variety and range. I can't help that when "Bootleg (Alternative Take)" begun on the streaming version, my mind held quite a heavy sigh for hearing it again. The score will just weigh in a "not quite for me" factor. If it were live I'd be going crazy in the loveliest sense.

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

Bon vibe

God bless America

Ca rock pi ca roll. Fun et groovy mais assez conventionnel.

Thought I was going to like this one more than I ended up. Iconic voice but the songs are pretty uneven

would listen again if i feel swampy

A 30 min album?

Short sweet and good with some classica

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.

Sympa mais pas incroyable

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.

I like CCR all the way. This album has two great classics, but it's solid and consistent the whole way thru

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

It was ok not my kind of music

This was my first start-to-finish listen of a CCR album that wasn't a greatest hits. The "swamp rock" drone bored me after a while. This album has 2-3 really terrific songs (and 1 of them is 1 on the greatest songs of all-time) but that doesn't save this full album for me. I'd still rather listen to the greatest hits.

Never did love never did hate. Great mix of well-known classics and obscure. 5.5

The best song on here was a cover. Songs ranged from fine to boring.

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.

CCR rules!

Good Golly Miss Molly and Penthouse Pauper are terrific, blistering and high energy. Some are duller but they do rock.

Dad- 7 Mom- 5 Mike- NA Lori- 6.5 Michael- 7 Miles- NA Cole- NA Avg- 6.38

A very well-written and executed rock album. I have never heard a full album of this band before and I was quite pleased by the experience. I think Fogerty's vocals shine throughout the album and the riff quality is solid throughout.

Rock solid swamp music

I like "Keep On Chooglin'". That's fun to say. Chooglin. Chooglin chooglin chooglin. Chooglin!

Another CCR album only eight days after getting Cosmo's Factory? I would have probably preferred someone new to start my work week, but I suppose I'll take it. I enjoyed Bayou Country about the same amount as I enjoyed Cosmo's Factory (three stars), though I do feel like the songs here have a little more identity compared to the 1970 album. BC is also a few minutes (and four tracks) shorter than CF, so I'd say I'm slightly more likely to return to this one in the future, but not enough to give it four stars. My main takeaway from Bayou Country is that Creedence Clearwater Revival wrote that "rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river" song and that it's apparently called "Proud Mary?" I might have gone my entire life without knowing that and I've heard the song at least a dozen times (probably more). Highlights: Graveyard Train, Good Golly Miss Molly, Proud Mary, Keep On Chooglin'

not really bad but also not really my kinda music (feel like i said this to quite some albums here haha)

A couple of interesting songs (Good Golly Miss Molly probably the best) and Proud Mary is a classic, but not enough to get over the slow filler in the rest of it. Not a big fan of the "cowboy American" rock genre and this seems to be a typical bit of that.

Some great blues here. A cracking voice and great guitarwork. A few well-known tunes (Good Golly Miss Molly, Born on the Bayou, Proud Mary) alongside some complimentary counterparts. Enjoyed. Would listen again. Who has time for more than 30 minutes of music anyway.

Great stuff

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

Really enjoyed it, not very long, very rock and rolly and bluesy, Born On The Bayou, Bootleg, Proud Mary are all bangers.

Proud Mary was good and enjoyed this overall. Not my favourite, but a good album.

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

Let's keep on choogling in 2025!

The start of greatness.

chooglin' verb • to ball and have a good time | I'm just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans. Origin: John Fogerty I woke up this morning and saw today's album. I said to myself "hell yeah". Needless to say, I've been chooglin' all damn day.

Pretty cool, great 70s rock vibes.

Not their best album

I really enjoyed this more than I expected. I can see cypress trees and Spanish moss hanging from the trees. I can orange sunset over the swamps and hear the putter of boats fishing or pulling up shrimp traps. This band seems like they would be great live.

I don't know have much to say about CCR -- who certainly deserve their spot and I can completely get how someone stan for them -- but one thing that occured to me is that I can't hear their music without picturing a montage of Vietnam movie scenes.

Lowkey solid.

Repeat

- can definitely see why it’s a classic. their claim to the title ‘greatest rock ‘n roll band of all time’ in their spotify bio is however entertaining to me. loved to learn that fogerty’s writing process involved staring at his blank wall, and that he had never lived in the bayou. not particularly drawn in by it but i like it well enough! spectacular guitar for sure.

Soft and rocky, not very exciting, Proud Mary revives karaoke memories...

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.

This was a great album

Cosmos Factory would also be a five

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.

CCR was a great singles band but imo they don’t have a truly great album. And if they do, it is definitely not this one. Bootleg, Graveyard Train, Good Golly Miss Molly (Little Richard should have sued them for this abomination), and Keep On Chooglin are bad. Then there is Born on The Bayou (solid) and Proud Mary (one of the greatest rock songs ever). I don’t get it either. But go listen to Chronicle, you do not need to hear this before you die, because it may kill you

Raw, elemental and earthy. Tight songs and performances. No psychedelic excess.

I feel like I can never get bored of CCR, constant enjoyment throughout

I have always thought Cosmos Factory was my favorite Credence album but this is quite good.

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.

Some fairly fun bops here, but the whole thing sounds pretty cheesy/cliché by today's standard. Probably totally unfair since this was released in 1969, but here we are. Favourite track: Graveyard Train.

Very cool, bluesy swamp rock. Amazing vocals and guitar solos. It's definitely an album i want to go back to soon. Keep On Chooglin is one of the coolest songs ive heard in a while.

Lots of chooglin' in this album. It's solid but nothing spectacular. 3/5

Solo un poco repetitivo pero el pantano es el pantano

This album is just perfection to me. Not a single bad track. Fantastic vocals, great musicianship, endlessly catchy, versatile, I could go on. I went back and listened to a majority of it multiple times throughout the day. It's just the perfect package. If you asked me to pick a favorite song from the album, I don't know if I could manage to. Born on the Bayou, Good Golly Miss Molly, and Proud Mary are probably my top contenders.

This was in my dad's record collection, and was one of our favorites. Five stars just for the memories, but I think it still holds up.

Starts out strong - I have always dug the solid groove of Born on the Bayou. Maintains its energy most of the way but by the end I was hoping that he would stop chooglin'.

Everything apart from the hits is standard southern blues-rock. Yawn. (It's never a good sign when the music improves when the album ends--I got Cinnamon Girl.)

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