CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL : CHRONICLE - THE 20 GREATEST HITS

  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. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  17. Have You Ever Seen the Rain ?
  18. Hey Tonight
  19. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
  20. Someday Never Comes

Label : Fantasy Records

Release Date : 1976

Length : 67:59

Review (AllMusic) : 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 Band," 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. 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.

Review (Wikipedia) : Chronicle, or fully Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, is a greatest hits album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was released in January 1976 by Fantasy Records. The edited version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" featured on the album was simultaneously released as a single (see 1976 in music). Chronicle is a singles collection with 13 A-sides and seven B-sides. Unlike the two previously released Creedence Gold compilations, Chronicle includes all of the group's charted hits. Chronicle: Volume Two was released in 1986, and features non-charting "classics" collected from the same albums as the songs on Chronicle. Certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, it is the best-selling album in the band's catalog. The compilation was ranked number 59 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time in 2012, but disappeared from the list altogether when it was published again in 2020. The album has sold at least 6 million copies in the US since 1991 (data from 2013), when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard. It has remained on the Billboard 200 LP chart for years, on which it reached the 600 week-mark (non-consecutive) on August 2022. It was re-released on vinyl in 2014 as a Limited Edition. For his review of Chronicle for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the album was suitably compiled, but he did not like how the Compact Disc reissue had the full-length version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," saying it does not fit with the other songs on the collection. Blender magazine's review called Chronicle the group's best compilation. Robert Christgau called the album a good starting-point for Creedence fans.