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Recorded: 1967-1972

Charted: March 6, 1976

Rating: 4.709 (average of 10 ratings)

Genre: classic rock

Quotable: “rarely has a greatest- hits collection been so well-assembled” – Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Album Tracks:

  1. Susie-Q
  2. I Put a Spell on You
  3. Proud Mary
  4. Bad Moon Rising
  5. Lodi
  6. Green River
  7. Commotion
  8. Down on the Corner
  9. Fortunate Son
  10. Travelin’ Band
  11. Who’ll Stop the Rain
  12. Up Around the Bend
  13. Run Through the Jungle
  14. Lookin’ Out My Back Door
  15. Long As I Can See the Light
  16. Heard It Through the Grapevine
  17. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
  18. Hey Tonight
  19. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
  20. Someday Never Comes

Sales:

sales in U.S. only 8 million
sales in U.K. only - estimated --
sales in all of Europe as determined by IFPI – click here to go to their site. --
sales worldwide - estimated 8 million

Peak:

peak on U.S. Billboard album chart 100
peak on U.K. album chart --

Singles/Hit Songs:

  • Susie-Q (9/7/68) #11 US. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 1 million
  • I Put a Spell on You (11/9/68) #58 US
  • Proud Mary (1/25/69) #2 US, #8 UK. Sales: 1 million. Airplay: 5 million
  • Bad Moon Rising (5/3/69) #2 US, #1 UK. Sales: 1 million. Airplay: 2 million
  • Lodi (5/3/69) #52 US. Airplay: 1 million
  • Green River (8/2/69) #2 US, #19 UK. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 1 million
  • Commotion (8/2/69) #30 US
  • Down on the Corner (10/25/69) #3 US, #31 UK. Sales: 1 million. Airplay: 3 million
  • Fortunate Son (10/25/69) #14 US
  • Travelin’ Band (1/31/70) #2 US, #8 UK. Sales: 1 million. Airplay: 1 million
  • Who’ll Stop the Rain (1/31/70) Sales: 1 million *. Airplay: 2 million
  • Up Around the Bend (4/25/70) #4 US, #3 UK. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 1 million
  • Lookin’ Out My Back Door (8/8/70) #2 US. Sales: 1 million. Airplay: 2 million
  • Long As I Can See the Light (8/8/70) #20 UK. Sales: 1 million **
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1/31/76) #43 US
  • Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (1/30/71) #8 US, #36 UK. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 2 million
  • Sweet Hitch-Hiker (7/17/71) #6 US, #36 UK. Sales: ½ million
  • Someday Never Comes (5/6/72) #25 US
* B-side of “Travelin’ Band”
** B-side of “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”

Awards:

Rated one of the top 1000 albums of all time by Dave’s Music Database. Click to learn more.

Chronicle
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Review:
“Chronicle, Vol. 1 contains every one of Creedence Clearwater Revival's original 19 hit singles; including Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Green River, Down on the Corner, Travelin' Band, Up Around the Bend, and Have You Ever Seen the Rain; plus I Heard It Through the Grapevine, which became a hit at the same time this double-record compilation was released. It's a lean, concise collection that tells you everything you need to know about Creedence. Several of the band's individual albums are essential, but Chronicle is not only an excellent introduction to the group, it offers definitive proof that the group was one of the definitive singles' bands of the late '60s. Rarely has a greatest- hits collection been so well-assembled” (Erlewine), althouth “the compact disc edition is hampered by the inclusion of the full-length, 11-minute album version of ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’; its presence slows down the momentum of the collection considerably]” (Erlewine).

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Last updated April 15, 2008.