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Revival (John Fogerty album)
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Revival is a 2007 studio album by American swamp rock singer-songwriter/guitarist John Fogerty, and is his first new album in three years. The album is also the third album (the first two were compilation and live albums) since rejoining Fantasy Records. It was released on October 2, 2007 (see 2007 in music).
The cover design echoes the silhouette design of Fogerty's first solo album The Blue Ridge Rangers. The first single from the album was "Don't You Wish It Was True." The album contains two war protest songs, "Long Dark Night" and "I Can't Take It No More," both of which explicitly speak out against the Bush administration and the Iraq War.
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Revival is a 2007 studio album by American swamp rock singer-songwriter/guitarist John Fogerty, and is his first new album in three years. The album is also the third album (the first two were compilation and live albums) since rejoining Fantasy Records. It was released on October 2, 2007 (see 2007 in music).
The cover design echoes the silhouette design of Fogerty's first solo album The Blue Ridge Rangers. The first single from the album was "Don't You Wish It Was True." The album contains two war protest songs, "Long Dark Night" and "I Can't Take It No More," both of which explicitly speak out against the Bush administration and the Iraq War. The latter song marks Fogerty's first experimentation with punk rock and also contains a lyric that refers to one of his hits with CCR, by referring to Bush as a "Fortunate Son."
The album debuted at number 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 65,000 copies in its first week.
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album of 2008, but it lost to Foo Fighters's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. This album was #11 on Rolling Stones list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. This song "Gunslinger" was #12 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
Track listing
All songs written by John Fogerty.
- "Don't You Wish It Was True" – 4:11
- "Gunslinger" – 3:31
- "Creedence Song" – 3:49
- "Broken Down Cowboy" – 3:51
- "River Is Waiting" – 3:22
- "Long Dark Night" – 3:07
- "Summer Of Love" – 3:19
- "Natural Thing" – 4:00
- "It Ain't Right" – 1:49
- "I Can't Take It No More" – 1:39
- "Somebody Help Me" – 4:27
- "Longshot" – 3:38
Bonus tracks:
- "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" (live from the Glastonbury Jazz Festival 2007)
- US only bonus track available exclusively at Best Buy stores;
- "Green River" (live)
- A special DVD edition of the album is available at Wal-Mart stores:
REVIVAL - Exclusive Bonus DVD
Personnel
- John Fogerty: vocals, guitar, lyrics, arranging, producing
- Hunter Perrin: guitar
- David Santos: bass
- Kenny Aronoff: drums, percussion
- Benmont Tench: Hammond B-3 organ (on "Natural Thing", "River Is Waiting", and "Somebody Help Me"), Wurlitzer electric piano (on "River Is Waiting", and "Somebody Help Me")
- Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Oren Waters: background vocals (on "Don't You Wish It Was True", "River Is Waiting", and "Longshot")
Concert Tour
On the opening night of the tour at the Hammerstein Ballroom the beginning of the show features the album cover artwork projected on a giant screen. The silhouette of Fogerty bends down, picks up a guitar from the corn, and puts it on. As the lights come on it is revealed that it is really John Fogerty playing the opening song River is Waiting high in the air.
The sets have varied in length from 24 songs to 28 songs and is a mixture of new songs and classic Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.
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