POLLIN' on the river — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (ILM artist poll #62) RESULTS THREAD

1. 72 pts, 16 votes, 11 1st place votes
Cosmo's Factory (1970)
http://i.imgur.com/x4BXVFB.jpg

Whoa at the blowout. Cosmo's Factory was almost my #1 as well, but went with Green River at the last second.

pourin' one out for the excellent debut

Wow yeah, I had the s/t as my #3, shame it didn't make it.

Happy with the top two though!

40. I Put A Spell On You – 58 points | 4 votes
https://youtu.be/VhFt-SVqVuI

Screamin' Jay version rules too, but this is the definitive imo.

39. Graveyard Train – 62 points | 3 votes
https://youtu.be/dwv6-TXizJQ

Monomaniacal + nightmarish that track.

Is there any other artist poll where 3 of the top 5 albums were released in the same year? I'm thinking probably not.

https://igcdn-photos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t51.2885-15/11325374_1103543149662821_1509620712_n.jpg
i figure this photo of my kid this weekend should be in this thread...

hell yeah!

awesome

ominous blues tunes are ruling the bottom rungs of the top 40..

38. Tombstone Shadow – 74 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/rxglgqFJ6Lc

Is there any other artist poll where 3 of the top 5 albums were released in the same year? I'm thinking probably not.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, June 15, 2015 11:16 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

probably not in pop music, maybe jazz. or rap, if we're counting, say, Gucci Mane mixtapes.

Fairport Convention maybe?

good call

coulda sworn Liege & Lief was 1970 but Discogs sez '69

I had Pendulum at #2 and Green River at #1

Taking Sides: Creedence's '69 vs. Fairport's '69

37. Call It Pretending – 76 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/cjS3EnMLf60

Fantastic photo, Tyler.

Is there any other artist poll where 3 of the top 5 albums were released in the same year? I'm thinking probably not.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat),

Husker Du.

I think Call It Pretending is my favorite discovery from this poll. very Grass Roots-y

Husker Du.

New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, ...?

oh, calendar year. I was being elastic and was gonna include Zen Arcade. Their productivity was remarkable too.

and the A-side:

36. Porterville – 88 points | 4 votes
https://youtu.be/ys2x4p2yp2o

Bringing It All Back Home/Highway 61/Blonde on Blonde are separated by 14 months--very close.

"Call It Pretending" sounds sort of Motownish to me once you take away the vocal.

oh, calendar year. I was being elastic and was gonna include Zen Arcade. Their productivity was remarkable too.

Who do you think you are, Tiger Woods?

http://i.imgur.com/AFhR5NP.jpg

am I black or white
am I straight or gay

did you win four consecutively or did you win four in the same year.

how can there be time for good conversation when you're pondering that kind of perpetual motion.

35. It's Just A Thought – 94 points | 5 votes
https://youtu.be/Bdai_1LlSA0

^^^ love the organ on this one

I voted for it.

me too

34. Cross-Tie Walker – 100 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/4caGt1ARqBg

First one I voted for to place!

33. Bootleg – 104 points | 4 votes
https://youtu.be/cevHrrCz2F4

And another!

(I promise I won't do this for every one)

I won't either, but another!

32. Feelin' Blue – 110 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/VqHLLgVUFrI

31. Penthouse Pauper – 132 points | 6 votes
https://youtu.be/K1WvSMkAzVI

Drums are so perfect on "Feelin' Blue"...for that matter, they're perfect on every CCR song.

And few bands had as consistently brilliant a drum sound throughout their recorded oeuvre as Creedence did.

is there a spotify list for the poll results?

sorry i didn't search for it before posting that

not yet!

i only know the basics of CCR but my parents used to call them Los Creedence bc apparently that's what they were called when my mom lived (with her parents) in Mexico
seems like good times summer tunes, i could use that

unfortunately some of their tracks aren't available on Spotify :(

CCR are like Al Green: a singles band that recorded great albums w/deep cuts yet you won't feel unsatisfied w/owning the GH.

that makes sense, good to know
i think the greatest hits would lead me to cosmo's factory eventually so i guess maybe i'll just start there since i def already know the hits (although the long version of grapevine was new to me!)

there's a funny bit in "Up Around the Bend" where Fogerty describes listening to their version of Grapevine on the radio and thinking to himself "wtf not ANOTHER chorus!?"

I didn't want to put too many covers on my ballot, but they did amazing covers. In addition to "Grapevine," I'd single out "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" on the debut and especially "Good Golly Miss Molly" on Bayou Country -- even more intense and energetic than Little Richard's version.

Songs:

1. Born On the Bayou
2. Up Around the Bend
3. Lodi
4. Ramble Tamble
5. Fortunate Son
6. Who'll Stop the Rain
7. Pagan Baby
8. Hey Tonight
9. Sinister Purpose
10. Run Through the Jungle
11. Molina
12. Penthouse Pauper
13. Wrote a Song for Everyone
14. Green River
15. Lookin' Out My Back Door
16. Almost Saturday Night (John Fogerty)
17. Someday Never Comes
18. It Came Out of the Sky
19. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
20. Call It Pretending
21. Bad Moon Rising
22. Feelin' Blue
23. Commotion
24. Good Golly Miss Molly
25. Long As I Can See the Light

Albums:

1. Cosmo's Factory
2. Pendulum
3. Willie and the Poor Boys
4. Green River
5. Bayou Country

If I was to do it again, I'd find a way to include "Bootleg" and "Walk On the Water" and I'd move Green River up to #3 on the albums list

Loved the countdown, not knowing much Credence I devoured this up. Thanks all!

Great job. Sweet Hitch-hiker is too low but that top 4 can't be improved

Back in court.

http://news.yahoo.com/john-fogerty-sues-former-creedence-bandmates-over-band-235253659.html

I feel bad for these guys and, like, Van Halen and Kiss. you'd think SOMEDAY the acrimony would end but it's just gonna keep going until they're all dead.

that's a long song title

Easy for me to say, but--while I can certainly see going to court over song royalties; CCR is still all over at least a couple of radio formats--if this is just about the other two guys using the CCR name, I'd say let it go. I don't see Fogerty's (John's) legacy or whatever threatened by this at all. And that can't be that much money involved.

he's probably just so pissed that this is STILL happening

Now residing in a dusty bargain bin near you...

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I look at that and think, "Sue away."

In all honesty, after seeing recent-ish clips of Fogerty's band, where Kenny Aaronoff plays like he took "ham-fisted" as a compliment, I'd much rather go to a Revisited show.

always thought that Elliott Easton must be really hard up that he's stuck with Cook and Clifford for so many years…or maybe he relates to guys who labored semi-anonymously under an autocrat…

i heard a (recent?) Fogerty live recording on the radio a while back and his voice sounded absolutely shot, almost transformed, it took me a couple minutes to realize it was actually JF and not someone else butchering his songs. so i probably wouldn't go to see him live, but i wouldn't go to a Revisited show either, for different reasons.

Wonder if there's any CCRevisited tribute bands out there. Bet they put on a show.

Last time I saw Fogerty--only time in years--was on Letterman a year or two ago, when his Creedence redo album was out, doing "Someday Never Comes" with a band I didn't recognize. I thought they sounded great, although a ravaged voice, for that particular song, might have been part of what appealed to me.

always thought that Elliott Easton must be really hard up that he's stuck with Cook and Clifford for so many years…

I can't imagine how horrible it must be to play with such a unique and swinging rhythm section night after night.

As unquestionably brilliant as Fogerty was, he wasn't/isn't Creedence (and he seems to think he is). Listening to Kenny Aaronoff's caps-lock butchering of "Ramble Tamble" made me realize that the CCR version is nearly as much Clifford's song as it is Fogerty's.

Hour-long interview with John Fogerty about his autobiography

These fuckin people.

possibly the best american rock group

(xp) Sweet.

Glad someone else likes Rude Awakening #2!

it's a jam

"Effigy" so fucking rules.

23. Keep On Chooglin'

Should have your CCR cards revoked.

My top 10 in no particular order:

Sinister Purpose
Fortunate Son
Effigy
Ramble Tamble
Keep on Chooglin'
Lodi
Born on the Bayou
Long as I Can See the Light
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Someday Never Comes

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

I find it virtually impossible to argue with any of the individual polls here.

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

Isn't it #7?

My top 10 (not in order):

Born on the Bayou
Proud Mary
Keep On Chooglin'
Green River
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Bad Moon Rising
Lodi
Fortunate Son
Effigy
Have You Ever Seen the Rain

23. Keep On Chooglin'

Should have your CCR cards revoked.

That lady from the RAH show must have abstained from voting.

Then Green River isn't on there which is dumb.

Isn't it #7?

I meant it wasn't on my top 10 but should be (along with probably 5 other songs). They were too good.

"Chooglin'" was my #2. If the RAH set had been out when this poll happened, that version of "Chooglin'" would've been my #1.

If I had voted, I might have had "Chameleon" somewhere at the bottom of the ballot, even if it's not typical of their work. Without Fogerty's vocal, you might mistake it for any act in 1970 trying to get on AM radio, but it's very spirited and catchy.

(xp) #7 in mine. Don't hate me, people.

I'm thinking that Pendulum, their supposed attempt to sell themselves as a "serious album band" by late 1970 standards, goes to extremes with their most "bubblegum" material and also their most avant-garde/progressive (or whatever "Rude Awakening #2" is supposed to be). Was this a White Album-style "we can be eclectic too" statement?