John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival wrote some of the most memorable songs in rock history. Tunes such as \u201cProud Mary,\u201d \u201cBad Man Rising,\u201d \u201cDown On The Corner,\u201d \u201cFortunate Son,\u201d \u201cLookin\u2019 Out My Back Door,\u201d \u201cWho\u2019ll Stop The Rain,\u201d and many others all came from his fertile mind and sold millions of copies. None of those songs are contained on this release, however. <\/p>\n
Covers The Classics <\/i>is the title of the latest Creedence Clearwater compilation album to be released by The Fantasy label, and the title explains it all. This is an album of non-original compositions that graced a number of their studio releases.<\/p>\n
My first reaction to this concept was skepticism; a Creedence album without any John Fogerty songs did not sound like a good idea. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised that the quality of the material was first rate; plus, it is nice to have most of the group\u2019s cover tracks on one album. Creedence had such a unique sound that their take on these songs makes them interesting to say the least.<\/p>\n
Their most famous covers begin with Jay Hawkins. CCR\u2019s first successful single was \u201cSusie Q.\u201d \u201cI Put A Spell On You\u201d was the first cut from their debut album. Both feature a raw vocal from John Fogerty and retain the ominous sound of the originals. <\/p>\n
\u201cCotton Fields\u201d and \u201cThe Midnight Special\u201d go in a different direction. They are typical slick rock \u2018n\u2019 roll by Creedence. What sets them apart are the harmonies which are on a par with anything the group would create.<\/p>\n
Several songs travel in a rockabilly direction. \u201cOoby Dooby\u201d was an early Roy Orbison song recorded for the Sun label in 1956. \u201cMy Baby Left Me\u201d comes from the same era and label, except it was recorded by Elvis Presley. While the Creedence versions have a fuller sound, the vocals remain loyal to the originals. \u201cHello Mary Lou,\u201d which was a number one hit for Ricky Nelson, is given a smooth rendition that is easy on the ear. <\/p>\n
The other track of note is their cover of \u201cI Heard It Through The Grapevine.\u201d It contains great bass lines by Stu Cook. My only complaint is that I would have preferred the long version rather than the single edit.<\/p>\n
Covers The Classics <\/i>is not of the caliber of their studio albums or any of their greatest hits albums for that matter. It is, however, an interesting album as it collects a number of their forgotten tracks into one place. It clearly shows that Creedence Clearwater had the ability to interpret a wide variety of songs and make them their own. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":29975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5749],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-41600","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-creedence-clearwater-revival","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41600"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}