Creedence Clearwater Revival discography explained

Artist:Creedence Clearwater Revival
Studio:7
Live:5
Compilation:41
Singles:29
B-Sides:14

The discography of American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, who released their first album and singles in July 1968,[1] includes 7 studio albums, 5 live albums, 41 compilation albums, and 29 singles. The group, although only active for 4 years, has sold more than 45 million albums and singles in the United States alone, and has charted in multiple countries throughout the world.

Creedence Clearwater Revival never had a Billboard No. 1 hit in the United States.[2] Five of their singles peaked at No. 2. They have the dubious distinction to have the most singles reach the top 10 (nine of them) without ever hitting number 1.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[3]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[5]
FIN
[6]
GER
[7]
ITA
[8]
JPN
[9]
--accessdate=November 20, 2012-->NL
[10]
NOR
[11]
UK
[12]
Creedence Clearwater Revival 52 92 29
Bayou Country
  • Released: January 15, 1969[14]
  • Label: Fantasy (8387)
  • Format: stereo LP
7 14 33 93 62
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Green River
  • Released: August 7, 1969[15]
  • Label: Fantasy (8393)
  • Format: stereo LP
1 2 11 11 16 46 5 20
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
Willy and the Poor Boys
  • Released: October 29, 1969[16]
  • Label: Fantasy (8397)
  • Format: stereo LP
3 2 2 3 25 17 11 3 2 10
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Cosmo's Factory
  • Released: July 8, 1970[17]
  • Label: Fantasy (8402)
  • Format: stereo LP
1 1 1 1 4 2 10 2 1 1

Gold[19]

Pendulum
  • Released: December 9, 1970
  • Label: Fantasy (8410)
  • Format: stereo LP
5 1 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 8
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
Mardi Gras
  • Released: April 11, 1972
  • Label: Fantasy (9404)
  • Format: stereo LP
12 8 11 2 10 4 3 2 5
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
AUS
[20]
Live in Europe
  • Released: October 16, 1973
  • Recorded: September 4–28, 1971
  • Label: Fantasy (CCR-1)
  • Format: stereo LP
14372
The Concert
  • Released: December 1980
  • Recorded: January 31, 1970
  • Label: Fantasy (4501)
  • Format: stereo LP
62
  • RIAA: Platinum
Recollection
  • Released: June 2, 1998
  • Recorded: November 1997
  • Label: CBH Records
  • Formats: 2CD, 3LP
Live at Woodstock
  • Released: August 2, 2019
  • Recorded: August 17, 1969
  • Label: Fantasy (7096)
  • Formats: CD, stereo LP, digital download
At the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: September 16, 2022
  • Recorded: April 14, 1970
  • Label: Craft, Fantasy
  • Formats: CD, stereo LP, digital download
19273

Compilation albums

YearTitle
Album details
Peak chart positionsCertifications
US
CAN
[21]
AUS
FIN
GER
JPN
NL
NOR
SWE
[22]
UK
Spirit Orgaszmus
  • Side A: Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Side B: Jeronimo
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Bellaphon (BI 1527)
  • Format: LP
6
Creedence Gold
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Fantasy (F-9418)
  • Format: LP, 8-track
1599147
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
More Creedence Gold
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Fantasy (F-9430)
  • Format: LP
614941289
  • RIAA: Gold
20 Super Hits
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Fantasy/Bellaphon (BS 45004)
  • Format: LP
42
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Fantasy (CCR-2)
  • Format: LP, CD
1816
[23]
50704059
  • RIAA: 12× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC

Gold[24]

  • ARIA: 6× Platinum[25]
Hot Stuff
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Fantasy (53301)
  • Format: LP
  • RIAA: Gold
The Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: K-tel
  • Format: LP
10
20 Golden Greats
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: LP
1
Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: K-tel
  • Format: LP
5
Hey Tonight
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Metronome (0061.138)
  • Format: LP
1
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1981
  • Label:
  • Format: LP
617
Creedence Country
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: LP
Hits Album
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format:
Chooglin
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Fantasy (F-9621)
  • Format: LP
202
Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Amiga (STEREO 8 56 008)
  • Format: LP
At the Movies
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: LP, Cassette
The Complete Hit-Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Arcade (01 2790 22)
  • Format: LP, CD
22
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Fantasy (CCR-3)
  • Format: LP, CD
70
Rollin' on the River
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Fantasy (53302)
  • Format: LP
  • RIAA: Gold
21st Anniversary: The Ultimate Collection (24 Classic Hits)
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Fantasy (93335)
  • Format: LP
3
  • ARIA: 7× Platinum[27]
All Time Hits
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Euros (SIN 1060)
  • Format: LP
22
More Hits
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Euros
  • Format: LP
29
The Best of CCR
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Polydor (740 002-2/4)
  • Format: CD
13
  • MC: 2× Platinum[29]
Really the Best
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: ZYX (55017-2)
  • Format: CD
4358
CCR Forever – 36 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Amigo (CC-8200)
  • Format: CD
10120
Keep on Chooglin'
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Fantasy (TVD98013)
  • Format: CD
13
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: CD
11
All Time Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: ZYX (81157-2)
  • Format: CD
38
The Very Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Fantasy/EastWest (3984 26711 2)
  • Format: CD
At the Movies (Reissue)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Fantasy (4539)
  • Format: CD
Platinum
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Amigo (CCR 40)
  • Format: CD
1023
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum
  • Released: October 2, 2001
  • Label: Fantasy (4434)
  • Format: CD
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: CD
  • BPI: Gold
Scandinavian Collection
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Amigo
  • Format: CD
15
Best Of
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Fantasy (30870-02)
  • Format: CD
36402432
  • BPI: Platinum
Collected
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Universal (531 096-4)
  • Format: CD
1
Creedence Clearwater Revival – 40th Anniversary Editions Box Set
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: CD
41
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cover the Classics
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Fantasy (0888072314221)
  • Format: CD
The Singles Collection
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Fantasy (31752)
  • Format: CD
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: 3CD
10
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

TitleYearChart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[31]
US
Cash
[32]
AUS
[33]
--accessdate=December 9, 2011--> AUT
[34]
BEL
[35]
CAN
DENFIN
GER
[36]
NL
NOR
NZ
[37]
SWE
UK
"Porterville"1968Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Suzie Q"1198810
  • RIAA: Platinum
"I Put a Spell on You"586572
"Proud Mary"196922517284863138
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
Bayou Country
"Born on the Bayou"
  • RIAA: Gold
"Bad Moon Rising"22384512198103131
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
Green River
"Lodi"525859
"Green River"2365555348111019
  • RIAA: Gold
"Commotion"304012
"Down on the Corner"3102917422828531
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Willy and the Poor Boys
"Fortunate Son"612810
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
"Travelin' Band"1970252814178414448Cosmo's Factory
"Who'll Stop the Rain"13115
  • RIAA: Platinum
"Up Around the Bend"42132112821243
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
"Run Through the Jungle"4815
"Lookin' Out My Back Door"21114111162142
  • RIAA: Platinum
"Long as I Can See the Light"5752020
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain"197183636113322836 Pendulum
"Hey Tonight"911
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker"6512813865415936
  • RIAA: Gold
Mardi Gras
"Someday Never Comes"19722525152922912
"Born on the Bayou" [re-release]15Bayou Country
"I Put a Spell on You" [re-release]123Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Molina"32Pendulum
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"197310Cosmo's Factory
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" [re-release]1976434776
"Tombstone Shadow"
b/w "Commotion"
1980Green River
"Medley U.S.A."
b/w "Bad Moon Rising" (from Green River)
1981
"Cotton Fields"1982Creedence Country
"Long as I Can See the Light" [re-release]199064The Complete Hit-Album
"I Put a Spell on You" [re-release]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos

TitleYear
"Bad Moon Rising"1969
"I Put a Spell on You"
"Bootleg"
"Lookin' Out My Backdoor"1970
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain"1971
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker"1972

See also

Notes and References

  1. Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits . Chronicle, Vol. 1 . . 1991 . CD liner . . FCD-CCR2-2 . Berkeley, California, United States.
  2. Web site: Most No. 2 Hits Without Reaching No. 1 By Artist . Billboard Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20120630042135/http://www.billboard.com/specials/hot100/charts/most-no2s-wo1s.shtml . June 30, 2012 .
  3. Web site: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Charts & Awards: Billboard Albums . . May 21, 2012.
  4. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
  5. For Canadian album peaks:
    • For Bayou Country: Top 50 Albums . PDF . . March 24, 1969 . 11 . 4 . March 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315040027/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php . March 15, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
    • For Green River: LP Chart . PDF . RPM . 12 . 10 . October 25, 1969 . March 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315040027/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php . March 15, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
    • For Willy and the Poor Boys: RPM 100 Albums . PDF . RPM . 13 . 2 . February 28, 1970 . May 21, 2012 .
    • For Cosmos Factory: RPM 100 Albums . PDF . RPM . 14 . 2 . August 29, 1970 . May 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120624073601/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php . June 24, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
    • For Pendulum: RPM 100 Albums . PDF . RPM . 14 . 26 . February 13, 1971 . May 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023065031/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3762&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 . October 23, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
    • For Mardi Gras: RPM 100 Albums . PDF . RPM . 17 . 17 . June 10, 1972 . May 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120624073601/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php . June 24, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  6. Web site: Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: COU - CYR > Creedence Clearwater Revival . fi . Sisältää hitin - Suomen listalevyt / Timo Pennanen . August 23, 2015.
  7. Web site: Discographie – Creedence Clearwater Revival . de . . May 21, 2012.
  8. Italian albums:
  9. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. <
  10. Web site: Discografie Creedence Clearwater Revival . nl . Dutchcharts.nl . Hung Medien / hitparade.ch . May 21, 2012.
  11. Web site: Discography Creedence Clearwater Revival . Norwegiancharts.com . Hung Medien . May 21, 2012.
  12. Web site: Creedence Clearwater Revival . . May 21, 2012.
  13. Web site: RIAA.
  14. Web site: RIAA.
  15. Web site: RIAA.
  16. Web site: RIAA.
  17. Cash Box July 18, 1970, page 42
  18. United Kingdom. Creedence Clearwater Revival. May 18, 2024.
  19. Web site: Creedence Clearwater Revival . . May 21, 2012 . May 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190511203348/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/creedence+clearwater+revival . dead .
  20. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 26 September 2022. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1699. 6. September 26, 2022.
  21. Web site: RPM Search Engine . March 31, 2004 . Library and Archives Canada.
  22. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Discography Creedence Clearwater Revival . April 20, 2011.
  23. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 29, 2024. January 26, 2024.
  24. Web site: Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results . August 22, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126233429/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php . January 26, 2010 .
  25. Australia. album. 2022. July 7, 2022.
  26. Web site: Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. November 12, 2021.
  27. Web site: Trove - Archived webpage . 2023-11-01 . Trove . en . February 22, 2008 . http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222433/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020306-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue627.pdf . bot: unknown .
  28. Web site: Certification Awards Finland » Creedence Clearwater Revival . April 20, 2011 . May 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190511203348/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/creedence+clearwater+revival . dead .
  29. Web site: Gold/Platinum - Music Canada . September 12, 2020 .
  30. Australia. album. 2015. February 11, 2015.
  31. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=creedence clearwater revival|chart=Hot 100}} Creedence Clearwater Revival Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100 ]. . . April 10, 2011.
  32. Book: Hoffmann, Frank. 1983. The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950–1981. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Metuchen, NJ & London. 135–136.
  33. Creedence Clearwater Revival in Australian charts:
  34. Web site: Discographie Creedence Clearwater Revival . . Hung Medien . de . December 9, 2011.
  35. Web site: Discography Creedence Clearwater Revival . . Hung Medien . nl . December 9, 2013.
  36. Web site: German Charts > Creedence Clearwater Revival . de. charts.de Media Control Charts. December 9, 2011.
  37. Web site: Flavour of New Zealand . April 9, 2019 . October 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027121130/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=742#n_view_location . dead .
  38. Australia. 2024. single. 28 June 2024.
  39. New Zealand. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Have You Ever Seen the Rain. single. 5561. April 25, 2023.