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Music CD - Creedence Clearwater Revival: Chronicle Vol. 2: Twenty Great CCR Classics
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Music CD: Chronicle Vol. 2: Twenty Great CCR Classics
Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
List Price: $12.98
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Manufacturer: Fantasy
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1. Walking on the Water
2. Suzie-Q, Pt. 2
3. Born on the Bayou
4. Good Golly Miss Molly
5. Tombstone Shadow
6. Wrote a Song for Everyone
7. Night Time Is the Right Time
8. Cotton Fields
9. It Came Out of the Sky
10. Don't Look Now
11. Midnight Special
12. Before You Accuse Me
13. My Baby Left Me
14. Pagan Baby
15. (Wish I Could) Hideaway
16. It's Just a Thought
17. Molina
18. Born to Move
19. Lookin' for a Reason
20. Hello Mary Lou
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Binding: LP Record
EAN: 0025218000314
Label: Fantasy
Manufacturer: Fantasy
Publisher: Fantasy
Release Date: 1989-06-29
Studio: Fantasy
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Summary: How do you put Born on the Bayou on this CD?
Comment: Chronicles 2 is the second installment of Creedence Clearwater's greatest hits.
Chronicles 2 has many great songs, its just not the best of CCR'
What really amazes me is......it is very obvious that they left Born on the Boyou off of Chronicles so they had a hook to get you to buy this second edition. It may or not be good business but it is dishonest.
If you want the best of CCR get Chronicles....if you want great songs, but not the very best, get this.
John Fogerty is so good and CCR was so good, you will still enjoy this CD.
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Summary: The Chronicles are great!
Comment: What can you say. If you love CCR, you'll love all their songs in a compilation. I received Chronicles 1 & 2 as a gift and ended up buying them for a family member as a gift too! Enjoy!
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Summary: Top-notch collection of overlooked Creedence gems you can't hear on the radio
Comment: Like others have stated, I also find it annoying how radio stations will take three or four songs by each artist and wear them out to the point of overkill year after year while constantly overlooking so many other great tunes that deserve the same airplay given to the overplayed hits. This is exactly what makes Chronicle volume 2 a refreshing collection of songs for Creedence Clearwater Revival fans. John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook, and Doug Clifford were responsible for more great rock n' roll in the brief span of four years than most rock bands can produce in their whole careers! The band's first Chronicle album from 1976 is a must-have that includes all of their best known radio hits, but this excellent second volume serves up an impressive selection of great overlooked material that hasn't been worn out by every classic rock station in America.
The Beatles had a bigger impact on the world and the Rolling Stones stayed together a whole lot longer, but neither band consistently produced as many pure rock n' roll tunes of better quality than Creedence did from 1968 to 1971. As Bruce Springsteen said when inducting these guys into the hall of fame, "they weren't always the hippest rock n' roll band in the world, just the best". If Creedence Clearwater Revival isn't the greatest rock band of the 60's and 70's, there hasn't been a band on the radio in the past 30 years who can touch them.
At least half the songs on this CD equal the quality of any hit single the band ever released. There is a great mix of strong original Fogerty tunes and excellent reworkings of classic tunes by others that Creedence delivers with as much feeling and conviction as the original artists. The swamp rock masterpiece "Born on the Bayou" is the one essential hit here that was left off of the first Chronicle CD and is arguably the ultimate Creedence song, if not the greatest swamp rock tune ever recorded. John Fogerty is among the most powerful rock singers alive and this is one song that proves it. John belts this classic with enough grit, power, and passion to make overrated rock vocalists like Mick Jagger and Rod Stewart sound truly weak and inferior in comparison.
"Pagan Baby" is another hard-hitting Fogerty rocker that features a hot extended guitar solo and another gritty, powerhouse vocal performance from John. Fogerty's underrated guitar work was one of the band's strongest assets which is clearly heard in their rockin' arrangement of Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly", "Tombstone Shadow", and the great boogie rocker "It came out of the sky" that has a nice Chuck Berry feel to it.
"Night time is the right time", "Midnight Special", and "Born to Move" show the band's blues-rock side, while the Elvis Presley tune "My baby left me" shows how well Creedence could play authentic Sun records rockabilly. "Wrote a song for everyone" is one of their best overlooked ballads and "Lookin' for a reason" is nothing but pure country music that few rock bands could pull off so convincingly.
Creedence Clearwater Revival managed to take everything that was great about rock music in the 1950's and make it popular all over again at a time when psychedelic excess and flower power had taken over the world. Creedence offered nothing but "feel-good" rock n' roll with more beat, rhythm, and drive than any other rock band of their era. Their music was simple, direct, raw, powerful, and totally infectious. If you already have their original Chronicle CD but want to dig a little deeper into the rest of the best that this great band had to offer, this is the collection you need.
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Summary: Better then Vol. 1
Comment: While most fans will be shocked by that, dont be. Vol 1 is a collection of fine music and probably some of the best American rock ever made. The problem is how many people actully know CCR beyond that. Vol 1 songs are played on radios thru out the world over and over again, while Vol 2 songs dont get much play. Born on the Bayou, Night Time Is the Right Time, Wrote a Song for Everyone, Hello Mary Lou are just some of the amazing songs on the set. If your a true CCR fan you own this set or can at least name some songs off this cd.
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Summary: Fine Supplementary Summary
Comment: The only thing better than obtaining Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Chronicles' is getting all their original albums first hand. One minor problem with 'Chronicles 2' is that the song sequence is sometimes out of place. This second collection is basically the leftovers of 'Chronicles' 1. But, boy, what leftovers.
As a testament to the greatness of the group, the best songs, including "Born on the Bayou," "Walking on the Water," and "Molina," are formidable indeed. Also essential are hidden gems like "It Came Out of the Sky" and "Pagan Baby". Despite their fame for original songs, the collection provides some fine covers of "Good Golly, Miss Molly," "Hello Mary Lou," and "The Midnight Special". "Cotton Fields" really puts some life in an old traditional song. "Don't Look Now" is a decent variation of "Lookin' Out My Back Door". Although some of the rest isn't always as great. "Wish I Could Hideaway" and "It's Just a Thought" are good, but pale in comparison to the rest, and "Suzie Q, Pt. 2" is a decent, but non-essential, elaboration on the original.
Especially for those without a limitless budget, 'Chronicles 2' is a fine supplementary sampler, continuing the greatness for most of us who can't get enough of CCR or 'Chronicles'.
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