#95 "Green River"(1969) by Creedence Clearwater Revival
I've never known much about CCR. I like their hits, but somehow their full catalog has escaped me. "Green River" is much more present and alive than the other boring, classic-rock hits that my brain tends to lump CCR in with. The guitar is alive, and there is no distance in the way that I expected.
The album's two big hits, "Green River" and "Bad Moon Rising," along with "Tombstone Shadow", "Lodi", and "Wrote a Song for Everyone", specifically, are prescient and clear-sighted songs, even with John Fogerty's drawn-out growling and grumbling. Even when you can't quite understand what he's saying, it's not off-putting in the way that I often find incomprehensible lyrics to be.
A couple of days ago I wrote about Houndmouth and their first two albums, the second of which came out today (!), and I was talking about bands that are the encapsulation of Americana, bands with equal parts rock and country, without being too far in either direction, that are a collaboration but still sound like one voice. Being ignorant as I am, I overlooked CCR in this mention, but "Green River" makes me rethink that oversight. The cohesiveness on display here makes me want to listen to more CCR, and that's as high a compliment as I can pay.
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2. "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ" (1973) by Bruce Springsteen
3. "Tapestry" (1971) by Carole King
4. "Tea for the Tillerman" (1970) by Cat Stevens
5. "Car Wheels On a Gravel Road" (1998) by Lucinda Williams
6. "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (1974) by Richard and Linda Thompson
7. "Number One Record" (1972) by Big Star
8. "Bookends" (1968) by Simon and Garfunkel
9. "The Bends" (1995) by Radiohead
10. "Stop Making Sense" (1984) by The Talking Heads
11. "Honky Chateau" (1972) by Elton John
12. "Green River" (1969) by Creedance Clearwater Revival
12. "Burnin'" (1973) by The Wailers
13. "The Rolling Stones Now!" (1965) by The Rolling Stones
14. "Born Under A Bad Sign" (1967) by Albert King
15. "Heaven Up Here" (1981) by Echo and the Bunnymen
16. "The Slim Shady LP" (1999) by Eminem
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