The title of this column by Matt Bai says it all. Especially notable is its take on the situation in Montgomery County, Maryland (where I reside).
Friday, January 29, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Favorite Best-Of Albums: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle (The 20 Greatest Hits)
Like the band’s music, there’s nothing fancy about this
compilation: it contains all 20 of their singles that hit the Hot 100, in
order.* As I write this, it’s been on the “Billboard 200” album chart for 506
weeks (#66, week of January 23, 2021). If that’s not enough, Chronicle: Volume Two contains 20
additional tracks from their seven LPs, including classics such as “Born On The
Bayou” and “The Midnight Special”.
The CD package also features a nice write-up by legendary music
journalist Greil Marcus, who characterizes the band’s music as “rock and roll with
no excuses given, no questions asked.”
* - OK, their epic 11-minute cover of “I Heard It Through
The Grapevine” is track 16, placed logically with the other cuts from Cosmo’s Factory, although the edited
version was not released as a single until several years later, after the group
had disbanded.
Favorite tracks:
Lodi
Run Through The Jungle
Down On The Corner
Green River
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Fortunate Son
Bad Moon Rising
Proud Mary
Favorite Best-Of Albums
Back when I started listing my favorite
albums, I noted that best-of albums were not eligible, but that I
might do a separate list of those later. That time has finally come.
Of course, there have to be some
rules:
·
It’s limited to artists who didn’t appear on my
previous favorite-album lists.
·
Box sets (herein defined as containing 3 or more
CDs) are not eligible. Yes, everyone should own James Brown’s epic Star Time
compilation, but it sort of seems like unfair competition.
·
Since one purpose of this effort is for me to figure
out and list my favorite songs for various acts, artists for whom I have
already done that will not appear again. (That means those who are among my favorite
artists of all time, as well as a few others for whom I have listed
my favorites in passing.)
I plan to do one album per month this year (in no particular order), but reserve the right to do more, if the spirit moves me ...
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