Chooglin'
{{Short description|1982 album by Creedence Clearwater Revival}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Chooglin'
|cover=Chooglin'.jpg
| type = compilation
| artist = Creedence Clearwater Revival
| genre = * Swamp rock
| length = 38:53
| label = Fantasy
| producer = John Fogerty
| prev_title = Hits Album
| prev_year = 1982
| year = 1982
| next_title = At the Movies
| next_year = 1985
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Creedence Clearwater Revival|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}
}}
Chooglin' is a 5-track compilation album by the American swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Background
Fantasy Records released the compilation in the summer of 1982. According to Ralph Kaffel, the then-president of the label: "We felt that since reissue product had concentrated on the single versions, it might be a good idea to put together an album of original longer cuts where the band gets to stretch out... We did special packaging and used rice paper sleeves, and we came up with what is not strictly speaking an audiophile record, but one which is certainly superior to a regular record."Hank Bordowitz (2007). Bad Moon Rising: The Unauthorized History of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated. p. 69. {{ISBN|978-1-55652-661-9}}.
Reception
Cash Box stated that "AOR and oldies programmers should enjoy kicking back and cueing up such all-time country rock hits as "Susie Q" and “Born on the Bayou" guaranteed to bring back good memories and each still able to generate insightful social commentary flavored with the sounds of the Mississippi Delta."{{Cite magazine |date=September 18, 1982 |title=CB-1982-09-18.pdf |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-09-18.pdf |access-date=February 8, 2025 |magazine=Cash Box |pages=6–8}} Mix stated that it is here to "remind us of rock's real roots, presenting some of Fogerty's finest moments as he works himself into a frenzy of emotional exorcism."{{Cite magazine |date=February 1983 |title=Mix Magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Mix-Magazine/80s/83/Mix-1983-02.pdf#search=%22chooglin%22 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |magazine=Mix |page=101}}
Track listing
All tracks written by John Fogerty except "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, and "Suzie Q", written by Dale Hawkins, Robert Chaisson, Stan Lewis and Eleanor Broadwater.
Side one
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine – 11:05
- Keep On Chooglin' – 7:43
Side two
- Suzie Q – 8:34
- Pagan Baby – 6:25
- Born on the Bayou – 5:10
Personnel
According to the liner notes:{{Cite AV media notes |last=Nesin |first=Jeff |title=Chooglin' |date=1982 |others=Fantasy Records |type=notes}}
- John Fogerty – lead guitar, vocals, harmonica
- Tom Fogerty – guitar
- Stu Cook – bass
- Doug Clifford – drums
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Region !Date !Format !Label !Catalog |
| scope="row" |United States
|1982 |{{hlist|LP |
|---|
|F-9621{{Cite magazine |date=October 10, 1982 |title=1982-10-02-Billboard.pdf |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1982/BB-1982-10-02.pdf |magazine=Billboard |pages=18}}
|}
References
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{{Creedence Clearwater Revival}}
Category:Creedence Clearwater Revival compilation albums