Revival (John Fogerty album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Revival
Type = Album
Artist = John Fogerty


Released = October 2, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Swamp rock
Length = 40:41
Label = Fantasy Records
Producer = John Fogerty
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifpxzrhldje link]
*Music Box rating|3.5|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/johnfogerty-revival-09252007.html link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnfogerty/albums/album/16496488/review/16522019/revival link]
Last album = "" (2007)
This album = "Revival" (2007)
Next album =

"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).cite web|title=Concord Music Group - Revival|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/FCD-30001/|accessdate=2007-10-20]

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.cite web|title=Springsteen Is Boss Of Album Chart With 'Magic'|author=Hasty, Katie|publisher="Billboard"|date=2007-10-10|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003656214|accessdate=2007-10-20]

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album of 2007, 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. [ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/11 "The Top 50 Albums of 2007"] "Rolling Stone". Retrieved 2007-12-20] This song "Gunslinger" was #12 on "Rolling Stone"'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [No byline (December 11, 2007). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/3 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] "Rolling Stone". Retrieved 2007-12-21]

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" – 4:38

;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)
** US iTunes Store bonus track.

*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.

References