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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival Covers the Classics Audio CD

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Creedence Clearwater Revival Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Title: Creedence Clearwater Revival Covers the Classics
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Release Date: 2009-05-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Good Golly Miss Molly 2: I Heard It Through the Grapevine (single edit) 3: Hello Mary Lou 4: Susie Q (single edit) 5: The Midnight Special 6: Ooby Dooby 7: The Night Time Is The Right Time 8: Cotton Fields 9: Ninety-Nine and a Half 10: Before You Accuse Me 11: My Baby Left Me 12: I Put a Spell on You

Twelve covers cherry-picked from Creedence's albums
They rarely had hits this way, but they often managed to absorb even well known hits into the swampy Creedence universe. Early in their career as both a live band and a recording unit, Creedence was fond of covering material they loved. This new collection pulls together twelve covers that have been cherry-picked from Creedence's studio albums. The only hits in the lot are single edits of Dale Hawkins' "Suzie Q," and the post-breakup release of Cosmos' Factory's "I Heard it Through the Grapevine. " Both singles forgo the lengthy psychedelic jamming that made them such essential album tracks. The rest of the collection is a good look at the group's influences, but only a few of the covers beyond the two singles, notably "The Midnight Special," and "Cotton Fields" truly benefit from the Creedence treatment. When mixed in with Fogerty's originals, the original album's cover songs provided linkage to his songwriting and performing influences, but drawn onto a separate disc, they don't always add up to anything as profound as the group's originals. With only 12-tracks and a 40-minute running time this collection is no substitute for any of the group's first five original albums. If you want hits, you're better off with Creedence's greatest original hits rather than Creedence's covers of other people's greatest hits. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com].


Q: What is the Point? A:$$$$
Second the single, much shorter versions of Susie Q and Grapevine are here. First off 10 of the 12 songs are on Chronicle 1 or 2 (99 and a half, Ooby Dooby. Why? The CD barely tops out at 40 minutes. Maybe the producers feel that this is a vinyl based audience so might as well fleece them. No previously unreleased tracks either. Weak. The reason for two stars is that the songs are great and every fan of blues should listen to night time is the right time (Ray Charles rocked) occasionally. But is ought to be from it's real album or chronicle 2.


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