I LIKE THE WAY YOU WALK
I LIKE THE WAY YOU TALK
I LIKE THE WAY YOU WALK
I LIKE THE WAY YOU TALK
SUZIE Q
Creedence Clearwater Revival
is the debut
studio album
by the American
rock band
released in May 1968,
by Fantasy Records
in the US.
Featuring the band's
first hit single,
"Suzie Q",
which reached number 11
in the US charts,
it was recorded
shortly after the band
changed its name
from the Golliwogs
and began developing
a signature
swamp rock sound
Background
While
"Suzie Q"
proved to be a hit,
the band had played
for years as
the Golliwogs
in the early 1960s,
releasing numerous singles
before achieving success
in the pop world.
In 1967,
Saul Zaentz
bought Fantasy Records
and offered the band
a chance to record
a full-length album
on the condition that
they change their name.
Having never liked
'the Golliwogs',
the four readily agreed,
coming up with
Creedence Clearwater Revival.
In Hank Bordowitz's
book
Bad Moon Rising:
The Unauthorized History of
Creedence Clearwater Revival,
bassist
Stu Cook is quoted,
"Fogerty, Cook, Clifford
and Fogerty
signed a
publishing agreement
with one of
Fantasy's companies
that gave up rights
to copyright ownership...
Lennon and McCartney
never owned the copyrights
to their compositions, either.
When you're on the bottom,
you make the best deal you can."
John Fogerty
took charge of
the group artistically,
writing all of the band's
fourteen hit records
and assuming the roles
of singer,
guitarist,
producer and arranger
of nearly everything
that appeared on
Creedence's seven
studio albums.
TRACKLIST
I Put A Spell On You
The Working Man
Susie Q
(Long Version)
Ninety-Nine And A Half
(Won't Do)
Get Down Woman
Porterville
Gloomy
Walk On The Water
Call It Pretending
[Single B-Side, 1968]
Before You Accuse Me
[Outtake 1968]
Tell Me
(The Golliwogs) [*]
You Better Get It Before It Gets You
(The Golliwogs) [*]
Ninety-Nine And A Half
(Won't Do)
[Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 3/14/69]
Susie Q
[Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 3/14/69]
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