Bayou Country

Creedence is a singles band for me, to the point where Chronicle is one of like three greatest hits albums I’ll unashamedly bump (Cosmo’s Factory might as well be a second greatest hits album). This one’s good for one new bluesy track I really liked, “Graveyard Train”, but otherwise it’s just them doing what they do pretty damn well, white boy blues & swamp rock.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

It’s all very well done. It just requires hard drinking. 3/5

3.5

I thought I liked this more than I did. Aside from the hits, this was a miss. Chooglin' is 5 min too long, and Graveyard is filler. These guys released 5-6 albums in 3 years, and this one shows that it coulda been merged with another. JF is a great songwriter, and a terribly underrated guitar player. He's also fantastic in concert. But it's evident why a lot of the back catalogue stays back.

Theres just no bones. just repetitive guitar riffs and no variance. no hooks, no sauce. im not mad cause its bad, im mad cause i know they can do better

This album may be up there for some, but not for me. I don’t particularly care much for this album. There is some solid stuff on this album, but something is just lacking in the song department. If I’m correct, “Graveyard Train” is one of the tracks that lands lower on the bands best songs, but for me, it may be the best song on this album. At the albums worst, it doesn’t do anything to stick like you’d like it to. At it’s best, it is fits with the album cover and manages to have this moodiness that does stick out (“Graveyard Train”), despite most of the songs kinda sitting in a neutral place. I just don’t feel too strongly about this album.

i have an uncle in a CCR cover band, which doesn’t really have anything to do with how i’m scoring this album. they wear wigs.

not what I was expecting from "bayou rock"

My uncle would've liked this. Maybe I would too in a few years.

Fine folk/rock. Not quite sure how exactly Proud Mary became as massive as it did.

Good.

Good, fun album. For such a short album, they should have cut the longest and least interesting song, Graveyard Train. There’s no way they needed filler at this point in their career. Also, it’s hard for me to get past the fact that these dudes are not from the bayou or any other southern state. Weird

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Getting their swamp rock sound together on this album, but still not doing anything super interesting with it. Does have the virtue of having their first really good single, “Proud Mary”, and “Born on the Bayou” is a good song. The two side-enders go on too long and they’re not all that interesting. 3.5 stars, rounding down. And I hope this album was not included at the expense of “Willy and the Poor Boys”.

Country music isnt really my jam

me gusto, soft rock y algo que me gustaria poner de fondo en un dia chill

sympa sans plus, bien ricain comme il faut

Not their best record, but solid. 3.5/5.

I like CCR but there's a lot of blues-slop here and I know things get a lot better after this record.

I was hoping to like this more. But aside from the two hits, the songs felt a little slight. John's a great singer, though.

I prefer CCR's Cosmo's Factory, but Bayou Country is solid as well. A good representation of their southern/bayou flavored sound that CCR really embraced.

It's definitely not bad, but I prefer my Bayou music to be made by some catfish-eating, Creole-speaking, fiddle-playing, Cajun dudes

Chooglin a little too close to the sun here

kinda enjoyable background music

Great cover! It’s so inviting. Maybe it’s the drawn out colours but it seems to draw me in - it looks more like an indie album rather than so rock but that’s what makes it extra cool It looks like auch a short album but it really isn’t. From the 1st track the album feels like my family home - I get the immediate feeling that my mum and I are cooking and my dad is making salad and laying the table. I like that some of the tracks are unusually long. They are very detailed and feel complex. They change within the song so it feels like you have 2 in 1. Walking out the tube station to good golly miss molly is A VIBE. Favourite track: graveyard train - I like the Mundharmonika bit

Very good just not my preferred type of music.

It's 69' and i'm driving down a motorway, the car hood open, on an exceptionally hot day. Just as I write this passage Graveyard Train comes on. 'On the highway, thirty people lost their lives'. The thick breeze provides no relief to the blaring sun. It is suffocatingly marvelous. My right hand holds a joint and i'll find myself wherever the road takes me. Well would you look at that, 'Good Golly Miss Molly'! That would be my name. Suprised I haven't heard this tune before. That riff has got a surf rock groove to it. The album sounds familiar. Probably all the 70s rock I've listened to. A yes, 'Proud Mary'. Damn, I thought this song was called 'Rolling on a River'. Update - i've found myself on a small beach with a bar resembling a hut with babes and surfer dudes walking about the place having a time. The vibes are immaculate.

Here’s a band that I’m familiar with, for sure. When I briefly took guitar lessons in high school, the tutor I was working with had actually given me “Bad Moon Rising” as one of the pieces to work with first. So I’m definitely familiar with the blues rock sound of CCR. And my classic rock radio listening certainly meant I was familiar with the opening track here, “Born on the Bayou”. Likewise, while I’m not someone who lives in the titular *Bayou Country*, it’s hard to be even a little media-aware and not be familiar with the general shape of the culture. And we’re definitely getting a crash course, anyways, with the second track celebrating bootlegging along with a bit of sleeping around and… ok, on the surface that’s some Tom Sawyer hijinks in the third verse but I’m not sure I needed to think too hard about that suggestion there. OK, let’s not dwell there. We can move on to… aw hell, it’s a broken heart song featuring a suicide. All right then. The B-side of the album is a bit more upbeat. It opens with a nice 12-bar blues in the form of a “Good Golly Miss Molly” cover that leans more fully into the blues than Little Richard’s original, but still manages to be a higher-beat song than most of the rest of this album. We then move on to “Penthouse Pauper”, which is… weird. It’s a song about how the singer would always be the best of anything that he could be… then reveals that he’s got nothing to his name. It doesn’t really feel like it’s one of the stronger songs on the album, particularly when it’s bookended by the Little Richard cover and “Proud Mary”. Gimme that Mississippi riverboat action, yeah. And then we wrap with what became the usual CCR concert-closer and “Keep On Chooglin’. Not that we get much more about how to do that beyond that it’s what you do when “you got to ball and have a good time”. So it’s like the opposite of Jerry Garcia’s ‘Truckin’’ I guess. Anyways. Got some really good tracks here, but also some kind of weak tunes that seem more focused on pushing the theme of the opening tune about being from Bayou Country and everything else being explorations of that regional life. And yet, not a lick of French. So they’re bayou folk without a lick of Cajun or Creole to them? I think I’m hitting this with a 6.5/10. It’s inoffensive, and has some songs that I do enjoy, but as an album I’m not sure it’s really getting the job done.

Pretty decent swamp rock

great sound CCR seam to have made a career out of about 3 tunes on repeat

Perfectly fine. Nothing about this album feels amazing to me.

Decent swamp rock, tho some songs didn't really stick with me. Highlights-Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Graveyard Train, and Proud Mary.

more fun than i thought it would be

CCR is underrated in my opinion. A unique sound, very classic bluesy. Good album

Although this is not Creedence at their best, it’s still a solid listen. A song like “Proud Mary” has taken on a life of its own and it’s fun to see where it all began

I'm pretty sure at one point on the first song he said he's "chooglin' on down to New Orleans" and then it ends with a song called 'Keep On Chooglin'. That kinda sums this up. Great chooglin', I love the choogle as much as the next choogler, but is chooglin' alone enough to make an album great? I don't think so unfortunately. This was enjoyable enough to work to though apart from Proud Mary which I just don't like as a song in general sorry. So y'know three stars I think. Not really relevant but I was reading the wikipedia and this band used to be called 'The Golliwogs' because the label insisted on it even though they didn't want to??? uwotm8?????? The 1960s truly was one of the decades of all time.

The tracks that Spotify chose me after the album were better!

Enjoyed this as far as it goes. Which isn't very far. 3*

Wederom een plaat voor witte mannen van middelbare leeftijd. Toch merk ik dat ik dit muzikaal aantrekkelijker vind om naar te luisteren, dan de afgelopen WMvML plaat. Ergens tussen een 3 en een 4 in.

Als ik een ding heb geleerd van al deze albums luisteren is het dat er betere blues/rock albums zijn dat dit. Mijn verwachtingen waren hoger omdat het een hele bekende band is. Maar misschien komt het omdat deze band gericht is op hitjes voor de radio waardoor het heel veilig is allemaal. Als ik het vergelijk met het album van the Allman brothers is dit een stuk saaier. Proud mary is natuurlijk de grote hit van dit album. Ik vind hem niet heel sterk. Ik had meer verwacht.

Tis ok. Beetje maf dat je over het zuiden zingt zonder er gewoond te hebben. Nemen de muziekstijl over van het zuiden maar gelukkig coveren ze niet oude legendes (zoals de stones) maar maken hun eigen materiaal. Zal het niet vaker opzetten.

Het is wel oké, maar ik moet zeggen dat ik de manier van zingen oprecht irritant vind. Het wordt er zo oude lullen muziek van, en dat is ook wat het is ik heb er drie sterren voor over

Just fine. Didn’t think it was special.

I liked it, but I didn’t love it. Better than fine, but not amazing. 3.5⭐️

gud

well crafted, not completely sure it's my kind of jam but surely coherent

For a band from Northern California, CCR definitely infused a good amount of swamp feeling in this album with “Born on the Bayou.” If the only thing that came out of this was “Proud Mary” for Tina Turner to cover, that would have been enough to justify the record’s existence. Happily, there is more than that to like.

Pleasant enough but coming on the back of a few American jamming style albums it wasn’t the best time to appreciate its strengths. The musicianship is good, it’s all very pleasant. Overall a bit like ordering a chocolate brownie at the end of a nice pub meal. You probably didn’t strictly need it, it’s not going to blow your socks off, but you enjoy it nonetheless.

I do love Creedence but in my mind this is a good album but not a great one. They are notable for thier unique sound. A gritty southern American blues comes to mind.. Its all there in that regard. Where it slightly misses the mark for me is the combination of diversity and the qty of quality songs. Some songs are good in parts but the song "Graveyard Train" was an example of taking the riffing to excess which makes the songs blend into 1. They dont have a unique soul as often as I came to expect from Creedence but ironically its whats gives them their appeal just not well adjusted overall for the album. Maybe its that blues style shadowing you get with this type of music where you sing a word(s) and then get a guitar answering jingle. Probably they could do with more vocal variation on many sections of the lesser songs as makes one song to the next similar. Excellent harmonica at times as well for worthy mention. Strong 3 / weak 4 would be my conclusion. Difficult album to review as I love them and their sound and they are legends to me but trying to be critical. Its all there just not landed as a whole album in my view.

A decent but fairly plodding American blues-rock album. If you like that sort of thing, which I do, this albums delivers it. I didn't think it was anything particularly special, though, and it did all seem very low tempo. There are some good licks and soulful vocals all the way through, just lacking a bit of energy.

My biggest takeaway from Bayou Country is that is demonstrates how great John Fogerty's voice was. Even when these songs are less than inspired, the vocals make it at least enjoyable. The album starts strong with "Born on the Bayou" but quickly falls off. "Bootleg" never really gets started and "Graveyard Train" is a blues tune that's stuck in the same mode for far too long. The blues influence on this is stronger than on their later albums, and that's not always a good thing. Thankfully the second half is much stronger; the songs feel livelier, even if they still feel very linear. It's striking how much "Proud Mary" stands out from the back - it's basically a pop song next to the others, and it foreshadows how their songwriting would improve. Not a bad album but certainly less interesting than their later work.

Decent CCR album, not their best, has some of their hits on it but not that great.

Love the sound of their music, a fun listen.

I don't vibe with their music 100 %, but I have to respect that the totally nailed that swampy bluesy vibe.

Decent

ну совсем какой-то рокнрол, очень мне скучно это

Classic blues rock. Heard many songs before.

Not the best CCR album. 2.9/5

Good

Pretty ok. Short.

Not my genre but I quite liked it

I got another CCR album (Cosmo's Factory) earlier that week which was much better. Proud Mary is great of course.

Not bad. Very very American but it has catchy hooks and strong vocals

me gustó.

It’s just so classic American rock. How could anyone not like this??

A short, enjoyable album though I didn't like it as much as the last CCR on this list. Favourites: Keep On Chooglin'

det er et meget country album, men det er ikke overaskende siden det hedder "Bayou Country" forsangerens vocal fry syndes jeg er ret sjov, det giver en god tekstur til musikken born on a bayou: 3,8 bootleg: 3 gravyard train: 2,5: virkelig lang og i min mening ret intet sigende good golly miss molly: 6,2: faktisk en ret god sang, første gang jeg for alvor hørte, at de var et rock band penthouse pauper: 5,8: minder meget om miss Molly, men jeg kunne bedere lide miss Molly end den her Proud Mary: 7,1 virkelig god, noget man kunne hører i radioen i minasota (jeg har aldrig været i minasota, men det gav mig bare den fornemmelse) keep on chooglin': 2,1: virkelig ikke fan af den her sang, jeg tror det var den blanding af den ret ekstreme mengde harmonika, der var plus bare den måde han udtalte chooglin' på, det var bare lift mærkeligt

Famously, Creedence released three albums in a single year. This is the first of them and you can't help but think that they were holding back the best for later, because this album doesn't scream "overflowing with exciting new ideas". For a start it has seven songs spread over 30 minutes. And since 15 of those 30 minuted are taken up with what are essentially 2 jams, it's not promising. And a cover version of Good Golly Miss Molly doesn't make it seem like you've got so many songs you don't know where to begin. A couple of the other songs seem a bit like filler. Penthouse Pauper is competent blues, but not much more than that. Okay it's got Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou, but after that it gets a bit thin. It's an enjoyable listen and never less than that, but there are certainly other CCR albums you'd reach for first.

Most of my hesitation with CCR is that their albums have always played like mixtapes to me instead of larger projects. I mostly feel that way here. Definite fan of CCR and their unique sound they developed, this one is a high 3.

Very solid, though honestly sort of unremarkable in many places? I enjoyed it!

Why what we have here is a I say, a big ol' gumbo pot, why i do delcare, of uhh i say stolen bayou valour. Yes indeed, as sure as the Louisiana mists pour into my mint julep, the singer is of Irish descent and from California and doing a vaguely racist impression. I say I say. I hate the appropriation here. It's borderline musical blackface. At the very least, it's claiming some sort of Acadian lineage, which might not be as offensive to most, but still sucks. The music itself is unfortunately good to great, despite the queen mother of riverboat songs. Hey, I liked this, so just imagine if I was a guy with aggression problems in a helicopter over a country who had committed the heinous crime of making political decisions for themselves?? I would probably like it even more. Alas, I am none of those things and therefore I shrug thusly and give this a higher score than I wanted to. And uhh hey guys??? The photographer really fucked up your album cover. I can't see shit, and I'm certain a few fine upstanding youngsters as yourself would want your fans to see your smiles. It's a real shame. Maybe an idea for the expanded edition. 3 GENRE: Rich guys who "don't want to do anything touristy" while they're in New Orleans.

listened to this while meal prepping for the week. was a little repetitive, but became sort of meditative in that way! lots of classics and i love the sound of the guitar and the singer’s voice. overall not one i would put on regularly, but good for road tripping and impressing dads.

Spoko brzmienie, z tej płyty pochodzi orginal Proud Mary, która apozniej wykonała Tina Tuner.

Yeah i'll choogle to that.

7/10 won't revisit but was fun

This started well but lost its way, becoming a bit too derivative what with its near instrumentals and covers. But it's fine. Not the heights they would reach.

That's the last of the CCR albums on the list. R.I.P. "Willy And The Poor Boys". Favorite track: Proud Mary 3.5/5

A decent swamp rock album with a nice bluesy tone. The element that shines the most are the vocals. John Fogerty's voice screams "classic rock voice" thanks to how raspy and full of attitude it is. It also reminds a lot to Chris Cornell and Robert Plant, just to make clear how characteristic it is. The rest? It is fine. The instruments sound very good and play some decent rock mixed with blues tunes. Nothing that truly caught my attention though. I do also have to add. If it wasn't for the two super long tracks, "Graveyard Train" and "Keep On Chooglin'", I think I would rate the album higher. Unfortunately, they are very long and monotonous, which ended up impacting my overall opinion. Apart from that, I think it is a decent album with its moments of fun.

Man, nobody sounds like John Fogerty. Makes everything seem awesome.

Southern twangy vibes and songs that evoke a lot of nostalgia, with great beats, harmonica, and electric riffs--when I think "Americana," CCR is what my mind conjures up.

Gillar skivomslaget mer än albumet :) Jag är en av dem som genuint gillar CCR. Gillar Fogertys röst, de samhällskritiska texterna och rocken förstås. Jag tycker dock inte att detta är ett av deras bästa album Storheten av Proud Mary ska jag inte ta ifrån dem, den är mycket bra! Men resten är bara ok för mig.

Solid album. Never listened to whole CCR album, and it was great.

s'fukken Creedence man. What else do you want? This'un's not as deep as the other. S'go wit a flat 3

Helt okej skiva, klassisk men ingen superfavorit för mig.

It's fine

Somehow CCR released three albums in 1969 and they were all good. This was my review for Green River and, by gum, it still works. I did enjoy that one a little bit more than this one but no major complaints.

3.6/5

RATING: 3/5 The use of the word chooglin is baffling what does it mean??! This is very much aligator wresting music especially Born On The Bayou. Also insane to have a 30 min album and then 2 songs are half of that?? FAV SONG: Proud Mary (mostly cause of glee ofc) and Good Golly Miss Molly, the guitar just hits. DURATION: 33m 53s, 7 songs DATE: 19/05/26

só conseguia pensar que proud mary toca em glee. not really my vibe but i think it's pretty solid.

The big songs are very big and great, the rest ist unfortunately pretty mediocre.

It's fine. I typically like CCR, but most of this album felt like filler. I think they have better work out there, but then again this is the only full album I've listened to of theirs. Maybe they just have really good singles and all of their full length albums are kinda meh, idk I'll have to listen to them to find out.

Ik ben een cowboy ik ben een cowboy 🤠🤠

some great tracks. some meh tracks. i like CCR but it averages out in the middle

2nd week in a row with a CCR album. It's fine. Not particularly great. Just fine.

Classic CCR

not my favorite CCR album but does have a few of my favorite songs of theirs on it. I do consider them to be southern rock cosplay bc they're from CA

meh i like swamp rock but this was sort of iffy

not bad, like the sound

Not bad . I dunno what else to say really. Man sings like foghorn leghorn

More Swingin and Sassy than other stuff Ive heard from Creedence. Enjoyed it mostly. Did get bit repetetive in few parts, even though its only 7 songs long

old man music

Good album. Done really good songs, but also done just OK songs. Vocals as anyways are great. Some really good guitar rhiffs.

Good

bastante bueno. tiene vibras al bango y a la luciérnaga de la princesa y el sapo lindo

Proud Mary is great. It's a strong contender for the song that will be used as THE example of Southern rock in a music history class in a hundred years, which is funny, because they're Californians. Outside of Proud Mary, though.... It's mostly fine. It leans into the blues in Graveyard Train, but it doesn't do enough with it. The harmonica is interesting, but not eight minutes of interesting. In most of the songs, the vamping is kind of boring. This might be due to age and influence, but I can only judge from my own experience, and this draaaaaaaags at times. Still, I care enough to dig into this more than most albums on this list, and it's never bad. At most, it's overlong. But I do want to give special mention to the final song of the album. Keep On Chooglin is a dumb, silly song about a made up word, and I want any Boomer who has made fun of "kids these days" for 6-7 and skibidi to be perpetually reminded of the same flavor of dumb that they loved as kids. I think we as a culture need to do a better job of reminding adults about the dumb stuff they liked, because I've seen and experienced decades of every silly trend being a harbinger of doom for The Youths. Grunge, frosted tips, and neon were going to bring the downfall of civilization, and "fly," "phat," "ratched," and "on fleek" were destroying the English language. Saying "chooglin" while lighting a cigarette is not any better. Children are weird, and they're going to do stuff that doesn't age well. I didn't, though. My taste is evergreen, and you will never find a picture of me planking or wearing a surfer necklace in the snow. I have also never once described a non-food item as "sweet."

cool

Minus the proud Mary this is a classic sound!

I loved this but I can't see myself listening to it on the regular. 3/5

Excellent band - I was surprised at how dark and swampy this sounded.

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Not bad

Some great tunes. Love the jams on the last song but real short album on the whole.

not my kind of music, enjoyed some songs, some songs were drawn out.

While the singles here are real showstoppers, an album under 40 minutes can't afford two 7+ minute clunkers. Keep on chooglin.

The band’s sound is there (boy, is it) but the songs aren’t yet, with the obvious exceptions of “Born on the Bayou” and “Proud Mary,” two of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. God did this band sound incredible, though. Best track: “Proud Mary”

I like it, very bluesy. Then again I experience there's been a little too much CCR in this challenge this far.

6.1 Best songs Proud mary Down on the corner Born on the bayou

Cool, not my cup of tea but I can appreciate it

Tina Turner didn’t write Proud Mary? This thing just taught me that Charles Bradley didn’t write Changes. This is too much for me

good golly miss molly banger

It was an interesting listen… more interesting than I expected. My main interest was in hearing the original version of Proud Mary, which was very understated given the subsequent versions. I probably wouldn’t listen to it again but it did not offend me or bore me.

There at least was a bit of rawness on the delivery here, and so some of the emotiveness of blues came through here that hasn’t on similar albums until this point. Some good vocal delivery and sounded a bit like an alt-American led zep. Some familiarity with some of the songs probably helped with this but it doesn’t necessarily leave me wanting more.

Short but packs a punch with some great tracks, I've always loved CCR but Cosmo's Factory still probably beats this one out Favorite track: Born on the Bayou, special shoutout to 'Keep on Chooglin' as one of my favorite song titles

This wasn’t quite as fun as Cosmo’s Factory. Probably CCR fatigue. Who hasn’t heard Proud Mary hundreds of times. I do appreciate them for being a palette cleanser. A reasonable choice every time. Everyone likes them, but no one claims them as favourites.

I see the appeal but it's lowkey kinda annoying

Good

A classic. Not my thing, but classic.

The home of Proud Mary

I didn't realise that Credence Clearwater Revival originally did "Proud Mary". Which is a strange type of cycle. White guys writing and performing music of black origin that is then covered by black artists to make a more well known version of that song. This is then up against the Little Richard cover "Good golly, Miss Molly." All I can say is that this is bluegrass blues album and feels like it could easily be the soundtrack to the southern states of the USA. I enjoyed it, but I dont know if that that says something negative about me as a person. (3.000)

meh

What I really love about this record is the feeling it gives, this swampy bayou sound is something that really itches my brain in way that most rock from this period does not really do. The shorter cuts on this record (Proud Mary and good golly miss molly for example) are the best parts about this record in tandem with the wonderful lead vocal that John Fogerty lays on every track keeps me coming back to this album. The longer tracks are just so weak to me to the point where I just wish we got more shorter 3 min tracks to replace them. Fav tracks: Proud mary, good golly miss molly, and penthouse pauper

i hate his voice sorry

Buenas canciones, muy rockeras para mí gusto y lentas, pero muy buenas canciones

That’s some good classic rock.

Album rutero. Vibes hiper yankee, inspirado en Louisiana (a pesar de ser de California). Swamp, southern, blues, root y country rock.

Biggest issue here is inconsistency; you’re not exactly starved for good songs on an album with “Born on the Bayou”, “Proud Mary” & “Keep On Chooglin”, but nothing in between those songs really compares to them. I suppose it’s better to have a good beginning and a great end with a mediocre middle than to just be equally decent throughout, but hell if I’m not gonna complain about it anyway. And no, I don’t really like “Good Golly, Miss Molly” as much as some people on here do, for the record.

Liked: Proud Mary, Keep On Chooglin'

Okay in a old time hoary way

Another good one by CCR. Some all time classics on here. Worth a listen.

sonidos bastante cools y rapsy, me gustaron algunos temas otros no tanto

it’s not my typical genre but i can see why people listen to it

Me gusto escucharlo con mi mamá, me dijo q mi abuelo le ponia ese album

Not what I usually listen to but still interesting

feels like american music so minus one point

This has been on my wish list for years. So have most CCR albums but they seem surprisingly tough to come by, and since I’m such a tightwad, I’ve never splashed out on one (always chasing the bargains). Before starting this 1001 business, I tended to save my debut listen of an album for the moment the record hit the platter, so I’m hearing (most of the tracks on) Bayou Country for the first time today and honestly I’m quite surprised. I have had Cosmo’s Factory (87/1001 for me) for years but I had assumed that the lengthy opening track Ramble Tamble was an exception to their regular M.O. rather than standard. Bayou Country makes it seem like stretching out for extended jams is a more regular occurrence than I had been led to believe. I’m not sure this is particularly good news from my perspective. The CCR vibe really works for me, but I’d much rather 12 brief Fogerty mini-masterpieces than fewer with some jammed out. I will still seek out this and the rest of their albums I haven’t snagged yet, but when I’m finally retired in a castle with my full set of CCR albums, I have a feeling this one might get the fewest listens. We shall see.

3.5, I liked the rock-esque parts, but some of it just faded into the background for me

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

ok not for me tho im not really into country music

I love CCR

Super

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

Superior blues rock. Fine not dazzling.

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

7/10

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Pf barato entrega o basico

It was alright

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

a fun listen with some already known classics.

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

Grandes clásicos

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

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

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

Viejita y rockera

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

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

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

Good stuff 3

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

Liked this one. Bluesy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

очень американский рок 60-х.

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

Just fine

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

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

Grew on me. Pretty cool.

Ikke den verste av klassikerne dette. Men litt treig.

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

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

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

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

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

.let see

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

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

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

Standard. Der Sound ist jedem ein Begriff.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Okay

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

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

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

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

Proud mary + 6 (cumple)

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

Prefiero los singles por separado que los discos.

La ciudad no es para mí. 1969 Bayou Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6/10

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

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

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

Норм, но недотягивает до Green River.

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

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

Pleasantly swampy.

That was a nice surprise, really.

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

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

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

Led Zep like - I enjoyed

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

3.5/5

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

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

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

Intressante Musik

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

3.5

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

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

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

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

3.5

3.5 - good album

My pettiness far outweighs my integrity for rating these albums. Two CCR albums in a row is unnecessary. This album is far better than yesterday’s. The algorithm must be punished though. Unfortunately Bayou Country will have to pay the price.

3 stars To us is my third CCR album on this list and it’s another album of “I like the songs I already knew and can leave the rest.” Not bad and a short album, but nothing that made me really want to come back for that cover of “Good Golly Miss Molly”.

suuuuper cohesive. every song belongs in this album together. sometimes i forget how old creedence clearwater is and this song definitely reminds me when they're from! i wish there was more lyricism, in a way. i was definitely able to appreciate this album a lot and every song was enjoyable! the lower ratings are just for not really having lyrics and feeling more like a background track than anything else. this album is a very good representation of the band just being a group of guys in the 60s/70s.

A good entry point for CCR, it was interesting.

This record has a great groove, and some very recognizable hits. Love the cover of "Good Golly, Miss Molly" too. Highlights: "Born on the Bayou" and "Proud Mary"

choogle

This is really solid. The good kind of Dad Music. Good 3.

The hits on this album are a perfect summer BBQ playlist addition. The others are great but not as memorable. Still a solid album

Enjoyed the start of this album more than the end. Born On The Bayou and Bootleg were my favourite songs.

Cute bluesy/southern piece of work but still sounds repetitive and incomplete. Did enjoy the listen though

While I can appreciate the technical skill on display, the guitar work is top-tier and the vocals are undeniably strong, the album as a whole just didn't click for me. I respect the artistry, but most of it felt a bit 'mid' by my personal standards. That said, 'Bootleg,' 'Good Golly Miss Molly,' and 'Proud Mary' are the clear standouts and the primary reason this earns a solid 3 stars.

enjoyable little bit repetitive maybe not for me best song - Good Golly Miss Molly

7/10

These Californians taking on Louisiana personas reminds me of how the New Yorkers in Vampire Weekend pretended to be from Massachusetts.

Even the non-hits are pretty good.

I can't not like CCR, something about the guitars and everything coming together just appeals to me. Just taste the gumbo boah

3.5/5. The album where CCR gained their footing and cemented themselves as a foundational Swamp Rock/southern rock band despite being from Northern California. There’s a nice mixture or shorter, harder hitting songs and longer, jammier songs on here. That being said it is a case where everything done on this album will get done better by the band on future albums in my opinion.

If I lived in the bayou, I think I would love this. But I live in Oxford. Heh.

groovy - head bob along - guitar heavy

A couple of very good songs and a bunch of repetitive filler blues songs. Probably stick to the hits for Credence.

It’s alright, not my taste. I prefer 80s and 90s

The album came out in the same year as the last one. Honestly, I liked this one more because it's shorter and felt a little more ingestible than the other one. Kind of reminded me of the Shadowgraphs album that I picked up (although I do prefer that one, something about it is more enticing). I wouldn't mind owning this on vinyl.

18/01/2026 oko 23.48 pre no što bugari plivaju za časni krst super je opusten album, zvuci kao nesto sto bi lik koji misli da je poseban i specificno se lozi na kauboje preporucio. tek sam na prvoj pesmi tho nema ih mnogo!! opsti utisak; i dalje mislim da bi kauboji od 26 g. uzivali u ovome dok igraju bilijar

undoubtably whips and rips. but not something i'm putting on unless i'm smoking cigarettes indoors or playing mailbox baseball.

Hard to rate for me. Some songs sound generic and it's a short album, but overall I like their sound. A high 2 low 3 for me.

I’m conflicted on Creedence Clearwater Revival because I really like some of their stuff - the first three tracks on this record get into some interesting grooves and are pretty inventive. But then there’s a bluesy stylistic shift in the middle of the LP which sounds less imaginative to my ears. I was surprised to see that Proud Mary wasn’t a cover and that CCR are the band who wrote this number! I’d personally take Ramble Tamble over this track any day, but I can still appreciate the cultural impact.

It’s blues rock. It’s fine.

I SEE THE SALFORD REDS ARISING

Song 1: Born On The Bayou - I thought it was fine, didn't really care too much for it Song 2: Bootleg - Liked it a bit better than song 1, so far getting the vibe this isn't really my type of album Song 3: Graveyard Train - Seems slower, I kind of like the beat but I don't think it's a song I'd ever think "oh! I feel like listening to this song" Song 4: Good Golly Miss Molly - Seems more upbeat and doesn't sound as country as the other songs, gives more rock vibes - I kind of like the beat to this one, probably my favorite song from this album so far, added this one to my liked songs Song 5: Penthouse Pauper - this one also sounds more rock than country, also liked this one better than the first three but so far I like Good Golly Miss Molly the most still. Song 6: Proud Mary - this is actually a song I know, I didn't recognize it originally by it's name but as soon as it started playing I realized I knew it and that it's a song I enjoy - this one was also added to my liked songs Song 7: Keep On Chooglin' - was curious what chooglin meant and found out it was a fake word made up by the band that basically means "keep on rocking" or "keep on having a good time". I thought this song was fine but I definitely enjoyed 2 other songs more Overall thoughts: The first couple of songs gave a more country type vibe, but as the album continues on it kind of gives more of a rock vibe. I don't think the first three songs were really my type of music. The next three songs I liked better and even realized I recognized one of the songs "Proud Mary" 2 songs from this album were added to my liked songs - "Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Proud Mary"

I like this.. the country, the rock and the one song that sounds like blues… I would say this album is a good 6.8 out of 10. Pretty good but mediocre.

Not as good as the other CCR I had on here

First couple of tracks were OK, thought this was going to be a reasonably pleasant (if average) listening experience... then I got to track 3. "Graveyard Train" riff is just way too repetitive, to the point I was finding it quite irritating, and the track is nearly NINE. MINUTES. LONG. I am going to be hearing that riff in my nightmares. "Good Golly Miss Molly" was such a relief after that. The second longest track ("Keep on Chooglin'") on this album does the same thing - just because there's an instrumental solo doesn't mean that the backing instruments aren't allowed to do ANYTHING but play the same riff on repeat forever. Highlights: "Good Golly Miss Molly" - I maybe just liked this one because it meant "Graveyard Train" had finally ended but it had something going for it I think. "Proud Mary" - classic "Graveyard Train" and "Keep On Chooglin'" ruined this album for me. I absolutely hated those tracks despite some cool solos in "Keep On Chooglin'". If they had been 3 minutes rather than 9 and 8 minutes respectively, then I'd probably not have minded as much, but the repetition was so grating that it distracted me from everything else going on. Very very very low 3. I'd go 2 but I did enjoy all of the other tracks so that feels unfair - if I listen again those tracks are an instant skip.

Honestly too short to really stand out. Favorite track was good golly miss molly

It was decent! I liked most of the songs even if they are a bit long

It's quite good but doesn't grab me like, say Led Zeppelin does. A solid three stars.

Скучний альбом

was busy today but added to the list

Proud Mary's a cracker. Everything else a bit swampy and plodding and vocals a little overwrought. Its a 3.5 for me - rounding down to 3.

Classic CCR

Pretty alright.

Really enjoyed this album

Great discovery. I was getting strong Led Zep vibes from a couple songs.

Besides the well-known hit-single "Proud Mary" only a decent album for me. 2,5

This feels like I'm gonna whistle and a bunch of guys with their hair slicked back are gonna come snapping behind me yk? I like it it's swaggy devious rock. It's cunt it's driving though the south with your windows down and some hay in your mouth. I'm hearing words right now that I've never heard before. I like it but it doesn't particularly stand out to me. Favourite: Good Golly Miss Molly Least favourite: Keep On Chooglin'

Rootsy, swampy, bluesy, soulful, rock album at a lean 33 min. A couple of classic songs in Born on the Bayou and Proud Mary. Forgerty seems to drive the ship and really elevates the band. A loose jammy feel to the music. But other than a handful of moments, nothing really pops here. It’s all fine, but doesn’t seem particularly or consistently special. Reminder to self to re-review Green River, as I actually listened to Bayou Country when I was assigned that one.