Chronicle - The 20 Greatest Hits
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Roots rock , swamp rock , southern rock , country rock , blues rock |
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20th |
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67:33 |
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Chronicle - The 20 Greatest Hits , also known as Chronicle, Vol. 1 , is a greatest hits album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and was released by Fantasy Records in 1976 , almost four years after the group split up.
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The compilation contains all of the band's successful singles from previous albums released between 1968 and 1972: Track 1 and 2 are from the album Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968), Track 3 from Bayou Country (1969), Tracks 4 to 7 from Green River (1969), tracks 8 and 9 by Willy and the Poor Boys (1970), tracks 10 to 16 by Cosmo's Factory (1970), tracks 17 and 18 by Pendulum (1970), and tracks 19 and 20 by Mardi Gras (1972 ). The eleven minute version of I Heard It Through the Grapevine is not included on the LP.
On the album cover the band name Creedence Clearwater Revival was supplemented by "featuring John Fogerty". Fogerty appeared as a solo artist after the band broke up in 1972.
In 1986 Chronicle, Vol. 2 followed .
Track list
With the exception of the marked exceptions, all songs were written by John Fogerty .
- Susie Q (Part 1) ( Dale Hawkins , Stan Lewis, Eleanor Broadwater) - 4:36
- I Put a Spell on You ( Screamin 'Jay Hawkins ) - 4:30
- Proud Mary - 3:07
- Bad Moon Rising - 2:18
- Lodi - 3:09
- Green River - 2:32
- Commotion - 2:41
- Down on the Corner - 2:43
- Fortunate Son - 2:18
- Travelin 'Band - 2:07
- Who'll Stop the Rain - 2:27
- Up Around the Bend - 2:41
- Run Through the Jungle - 3:05
- Lookin 'Out My Back Door - 2:31
- Long as I Can See the Light - 3:32
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine ( Norman Whitfield , Barrett Strong ) - 3:52 / 11:06
- Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - 2:38
- Hey Tonight - 2:41
- Sweet Hitch-Hiker - 2:55
- Someday Never Comes - 3:59
success
With over ten million copies sold, Chronicle, Vol. 1 is the most successful album by Creedence Clearwater Revival and was awarded the Diamond Record of the Recording Industry Association of America in 2016.
In Germany, too, the greatest hits album received a gold record from the Federal Association of the Music Industry in 2010 . In Australia, it has been certified five times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association .
reception
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While not a studio album , Chronicle, Vol. 1 was voted 59th of the 500 best albums of all time by the music magazine Rolling Stone .
"Several of the band's individual albums are essential, but Chronicle is not only an excellent introduction to the group, it offers definitive proof that the group was one of the definitive singles 'bands of the late' 60s. Rarely has a greatest hits collection been so well-assembled. "
Websites
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits on riaa.com (accessed March 21, 2018)
- ↑ Gold / platinum database on musikindustrie.de (accessed on March 21, 2018)
- ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2016 Albums on aria.com (accessed March 22, 2018)
- ↑ a b Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine on allmusic.com (accessed March 21, 2018)
- ↑ Creedence Clearwater Revival Album Guide on rollingstone.com (archived) (accessed March 21, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Alexander Cordas on laut.de (accessed on March 21, 2018)
- ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed March 22, 2018)