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Chronicle Vol. 2: Twenty Great CCR Classics | 
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| Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Label: Fantasy
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 1258
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 3
UPC: 025218000321
EAN: 0025218000321
ASIN: B000000XBC
Release Date: June 29, 1989
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| Tracks:
| • | Walking on the Water | | • | Suzie-Q, Pt. 2 | | • | Born on the Bayou | | • | Good Golly Miss Molly | | • | Tombstone Shadow | | • | Wrote a Song for Everyone | | • | Night Time Is the Right Time | | • | Cotton Fields[4~ | | • | It Came Out of the Sky | | • | Don't Look Now | | • | The Midnight Special | | • | Before You Accuse Me | | • | My Baby Left Me | | • | Pagan Baby | | • | (Wish I Could) Hideaway | | • | It's Just a Thought | | • | Molina | | • | Born to Move | | • | Lookin' for a Reason | | • | Hello Mary Lou |
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Album Description
Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
 5 stars, Not as good as Vol 1 but classic nonetheless, August 20, 2008
I'm going to take a different approach to reviewing albums on Amazon. Instead of going in depth on each album and describe each album in detail, i'm going to simply rate each album with how many stars I feel each album is worth based on the below criteria. I hope this helps you make a better decision on purchasing this album with a simple individual rating. If it doesn't help read another review.
5 stars- Classic, Album goes beyond description, Perfect in every way, Could remind you of a certain time or place, Lifetime replay value.
4.5 stars- Near Classic, Incredible album, Maybe only one song that is skippable or just overall doesn't quite deserve classic status. High replay value.
4.0 stars- Awesome album. Very solid album from start to finish. Met every expectation and more. Maybe only one song or two that is skippable or just doesnt' quite deserve a classic or near classic rating. High replay value.
3.5 stars- Above average album. Solid from start to finish but there are a few songs worth skipping. Met expectations, minimal replay value.
3.0 stars- Average album. Nothing bad but nothing great either. After the initial appeal will collect dust.
2.5 stars- Major disappointment. You had high expectations that were ruined as this album is not good at all. There might be only one or two songs worth listening to. No replay value.
2.0 stars- Below average album. This album doesnt bother you to hear as background music but you would rather not listen to it if you didnt have to. No songs really appeal. No replay value.
1.5 stars- Terrible album. Makes one sick to hear it. No songs really appeal but there might be one song that you could stand to hear. Would rather throw in garbage than even waste space in your collection.
1.0 stars- Makes one cringe and the ears bleed!
*keep in mind, each album review might not be based on opinion of the band but the album itself in the bands discography.
 A very pleasant surprise. June 5, 2008
I bought this in addition to Chronicle Vol. 1, because I wanted "Born On The Bayou" & "The Midnight Special." As compared to Vol. 1, more of the songs on Vol. 2 are covers of songs by writers other than John Fogerty, & I was less familiar with the CCR covers of those songs than I was with those written by John Fogerty. I really liked most of their covers. I was also pleasantly surprised to discover a few John Fogerty originals that I didn't know from my youth that were really good. As a true CCR fan, I'm happy I have Vol. 2, but Vol. 1 is more reliable as a general sampling of CCR. Still, I recommend Vol. 2 to anyone who is willing to accept a few (& I don't mean many) songs on a CD that won't really flip their switch mixed in with some truly classic songs.
 How do you put Born on the Bayou on this CD? February 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
The Chronicles are great! January 8, 2008
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!
Top-notch collection of overlooked Creedence gems you can't hear on the radio November 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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