Creedence Clearwater Revival is safely ensconced in the Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll Hall Of Fame, and its leader \u2013 writer and lead guitarist, John Fogerty \u2013 is recognized as a living musical genius. Today, the group is mainly remembered for their string of single releases that dominated the American airwaves in the late 1960s and early ,70s. Such songs as \u201cProud Mary,\u201d \u201cBad Moon Rising,\u201d \u201cLookin\u2019 Out My Back Door,\u201d \u201cRun Through The Jungle,\u201d \u201cTravelin\u2019 Man,\u201d \u201cFortunate Son,\u201d and a host of others have proven to have eternal appeal as new generations have embraced them. <\/p>\n
The Concord Music Group purchased the Fantasy Label catalogue and has reissued the first six Creedence Clearwater albums complete with bonus tracks. Only the group\u2019s last studio release, Mardi Gras<\/i>, is missing. The packaging is true to the original releases. It is the sound, however, that makes the difference as it has a clearness that was not present on the originals. While Creedence Clearwater may best be remembered for the aforementioned singles, their albums sold in the millions, and any or all of these reissues are worth acquiring. They helped define American rock \u2018n\u2019 roll at a critical period in United States history.<\/p>\n
Pendulum <\/i>was the sixth Creedence Clearwater studio album and the last to feature all four members of the group, as Tom Fogerty departed shortly after its release.<\/p>\n
This album is different from the five that preceded it. John Fogerty decided to take the group in new directions. He may have over reached at times, but the sound remains an interesting glimpse into what they may have been moving toward had they not disbanded.<\/p>\n
There are three classic sounding Creedence songs for traditionalists. In a way, Fogerty may have been hedging his bets. The two sided hit single \u201cHave You Ever Seen The Rain\/Hey Tonight,\u201d contain the tight song structures and harmonies that had made the group famous. \u201cHave You Ever Seen The Rain\u201d was issued at the height of the Vietnam War and is still a reminder of those times. \u201cMolina\u201d could have been another hit single because it is up-tempo, catchy, and stays in the mind for days.<\/p>\n
The rest of the album travels in different directions. \u201cPagan Baby\u201d is over six minutes of solid rock, complete with guitar solos. \u201cRude Awakening #2\u201d is a failed grand experiment, complete with studio effects. It add up to quite a mess. There is also a funky soul direction present at time with a brass section in support. <\/p>\n
Pendulum <\/i>covers a lot of ground and while excellent in some place, \u00a0it is more interesting than good in others. Creedence Clearwater was nearing its end and this album leaves a number of questions that would never be answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":33786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5749],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45607","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\/45607","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=45607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45607"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45607"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}