Revival (John Fogerty album)
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Revival is a 2007 studio album
by American
roots 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 speak out against the Bush administration
and the Iraq War. The latter song contains a lyric that refers to one of his hits with CCR
, by referring to Bush as a "Fortunate Son." Also this song sounds like Ramones
-style punk rock
. Fogerty has done some experimentation with that sound ("She's Got Baggage" from Deja Vu (All Over Again)
). Another song, "Summer Of Love" is a tribute to Cream
and Jimi Hendrix
, it has a musical citation from "Sunshine of Your Love
". "Creedence Song" refers to CCR
's swamp rock.
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 Stone
s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. This song "Gunslinger" was #12 on Rolling Stone
Bonus tracks:
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.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
roots rock
Roots rock
Roots rock is a term now used to describe rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music. It is particularly associated with the creation of hybrid sub-genres from the later 1960s including country rock and Southern rock, which have been seen as responses to the...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
/guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
John Fogerty
John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogerty is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a #1 solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest...
, and is his first new album in three years. The album is also the third album (the first two were compilation
The Long Road Home
The Long Road Home is a 2005 compilation album. It combines John Fogerty's work with Creedence Clearwater Revival, as well as his solo hits....
and live
The Long Road Home - In Concert
The Long Road Home – In Concert is a DVD and double live album by American singer-songwriter John Fogerty released by Fantasy Records in 2006 . The DVD was released on June 13 with the live album following on October 31...
albums) since rejoining Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...
. It was released on October 2, 2007 (see 2007 in music
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
).
The cover design echoes the silhouette
Silhouette
A silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene consisting of the outline and a basically featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. Although the art form has been popular since the mid-18th century, the term “silhouette” was seldom used until the early decades...
design of Fogerty's first solo album The Blue Ridge Rangers
The Blue Ridge Rangers
The Blue Ridge Rangers is the first solo album by John Fogerty, the former lead singer and lead guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival....
. 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 speak out against the Bush administration
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
and the Iraq War. The latter song contains a lyric that refers to one of his hits with CCR
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....
, by referring to Bush as a "Fortunate Son." Also this song sounds like Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
-style punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
. Fogerty has done some experimentation with that sound ("She's Got Baggage" from Deja Vu (All Over Again)
Deja Vu (All Over Again)
Deja Vu is a 2004 album by John Fogerty. It was released after the lapse of 7 years from previous studio album Blue Moon Swamp...
). Another song, "Summer Of Love" is a tribute to Cream
Cream
Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, over time, the lighter fat rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream this process is accelerated by using centrifuges called "separators"...
and Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
, it has a musical citation from "Sunshine of Your Love
Sunshine of Your Love
"Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British supergroup Cream. The song was originally released on the album Disraeli Gears in November 1967, and was later released as a single in January 1968. It is Cream's only gold-selling single in the United States. It features a distinctive...
". "Creedence Song" refers to CCR
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....
's swamp rock.
The album debuted at number 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
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
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
The album debuted at the top of the UK album chart, selling 135,685 albums in its first week. The album also went platinum in its first week in both Australia and New Zealand. In the U.S., it entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #3, selling 168,000 copies in its first week, and has since been...
. This album was #11 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. This song "Gunslinger" was #12 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
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 BuyBest BuyBest Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...
stores;
- US only bonus track available exclusively at Best Buy
- "Green River" (live)
- US iTunes StoreITunes StoreThe iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
bonus track.
- US iTunes Store
- A special CD/DVD set edition of the album was available at Wal-MartWal-MartWal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
stores: REVIVAL - Exclusive Bonus DVDREVIVAL - Exclusive Bonus DVDRevival - Exclusively Bonus DVD is a live DVD by John Fogerty which was recorded at the Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England, on June 23, 2007...
. The CD does not contain the 2 bonus tracks.
Personnel
- John FogertyJohn FogertyJohn Cameron Fogerty is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a #1 solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest...
: vocals, guitar, lyrics, arranging, producing - Hunter Perrin: guitar
- David Santos: bass
- Kenny AronoffKenny AronoffKenny Aronoff is an American drummer. He has played drums for many musicians, including John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Loaf, The BoDeans, Gregg Alexander, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tony Iommi, Jon Bon Jovi, Vasco Rossi, Cinderella and...
: drums, percussion - Benmont TenchBenmont TenchBenjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
: 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")
Recording
- section ref: Concord
- Arranged and Produced: John Fogerty
- Written by: John Fogerty (Shaty Kelyn Music - BMI)
- Recorded by: Jim Scott, Seth Presant and Ryan Freeland
- Recorded at: NRG Recording, North Hollywood, CA; G Studio Digital, Studio City, CA; and Soundstudio, Lowengasse, Franfurt, Germany
- Assistant Engineers: Keven Dean and Dave Colvin
- Mixed by: Jim Scott and John Fogerty
- Mastered by: Robert LudwigBob LudwigBob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME
Concert Tour
On the opening night of the tour at the Hammerstein BallroomHammerstein Ballroom
The Hammerstein Ballroom is a two-tiered, 12,000 square feet ballroom located within the Manhattan Center Studios on 311 West 34th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America. It is known for its elegant appearance and excellent acoustical design...
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.
Chart performance
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Top 75 Albums | 39 |
| Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums | 31 |
| Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums | 60 |
| Danish Top 40 Albums | 14 |
| Finnish Top 50 Albums | 17 |
| French Top 200 Albums | 77 |
| German Albums Chart | 24 |
| Italian Top 100 Albums | 41 |
| Netherlands Top 100 Albums | 22 |
| Norwegian Top 40 Albums | 6 |
| Swedish Top 60 Albums | 5 |
| Swiss Top 100 Albums | 45 |
| US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
14 |
| US Digital Albums | 14 |
| US Rock Albums | 4 |
| US Tastemaker Albums | 9 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Top 50 Albums | 33 |