Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits

Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Creedence Clearwater Revival
ReleasedJanuary 1976 (1976-01)[1]
Recorded1968–1972
Genre
Length67:55
LabelFantasy
ProducerJohn Fogerty[4]
Creedence Clearwater Revival chronology
More Creedence Gold
(1973) 		Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
(1976) 		20 Golden Greats
(1979)

Chronicle, or fully Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, is a greatest hits album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was released in January 1976 by Fantasy Records.[1] The edited version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" featured on the album was simultaneously released as a single.[4]

Chronicle is a singles collection with 13 A-sides and seven B-sides. Unlike the two previously released Creedence Gold compilations, Chronicle includes all of the group's charted hits. Chronicle: Volume Two was released in 1986, and features non-charting "classics" collected from the same albums as the songs on Chronicle.

Certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[5] it is the best-selling album in the band's catalog. The compilation was ranked number 59 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2012,[6] but disappeared from the list altogether when it was published again in 2020. The album has sold at least 6 million copies in the US since 1991 (data from 2013), when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard.[7] It has remained on the Billboard 200 chart for 12 years, reaching the 600 week-mark (non-consecutive) in August 2022. It was re-released on vinyl in 2014 as a limited edition.

  1. ^ a b "Creedence Clearwater Revival Lyrics Tablatures MP3 Tab Discography Albums Guitar". Creedence Online. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  2. ^ Blender Staff (May 2003). "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!". Blender. New York: Dennis Publishing Ltd. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Blender Staff (May 2003). "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!". Blender. New York: Dennis Publishing Ltd. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (CD booklet). Creedence Clearwater Revival. U.S.A.: Fantasy Records. 1991. FCD-CCR2-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle, Vol. 1". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  7. ^ Paul Grein (June 5, 2013). "Week Ending June 2, 2013. Albums: The Return Of John Fogerty". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch). Retrieved June 5, 2013.