Bayou Country (album)

Bayou Country
Studio album by
Creedence Clearwater Revival
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1969 (1969-01-15)[1]
RecordedOctober 1968
StudioRCA (Hollywood, California)[2]
Genre
Length33:48
LabelFantasy
ProducerJohn Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival chronology
Creedence Clearwater Revival
(1968) 		Bayou Country
(1969) 		Green River
(1969)
Singles from Bayou Country
  1. "Proud Mary"
    Released: January 9, 1969[6]

Bayou Country is the second studio album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records on January 15, 1969,[7] and was the first of three albums CCR released in that year.[1] Bayou Country reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart and produced the band's first No. 2 hit single, "Proud Mary".

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  2. ^ Selvin, Joel (2008). Bayou Country [Expanded Reissue] (PDF) (CD liner). Creedence Clearwater Revival. United States: Concord Music Group. FAN-30877-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Valdez, Stephen K. (2006). A History of Rock Music. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-7575-3379-2. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Laing, Rob. "The story of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising: "A long time ago I adopted one of rock's major tenets and stuck with it: be simple and speak powerfully"". Music Radar. All three of 1969's Bayou Country, Green River and Willy And The Poor Boys are vital additions to the blues rock canon.
  5. ^ Caligiuri, Jim (December 19, 2008). "Review: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  6. ^ Lingan, John (2022). A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival. New York City: Hachette Books. chap. 18. ISBN 978-0-306-84670-0.
  7. ^ "RIAA".