Track Listing

1. Pagan Baby
2. Sailor's Lament
3. Chameleon
4. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
5. (Wish I Could) Hideaway
6. Born To Move
7. Hey Tonight
8. It's Just A Thought
9. Molina
10. Rude Awakening #2
11. 45 Revolutions Per Minute
12. 45 Revolutions Per Minute
13. Hey Tonight

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16370 in Music
• Released on: 2008-10-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .17 pounds
• Running time: 54 minutes

Customer Reviews

Creedence with a difference
A truly underrated album - slammed by critics in 1970 and still consigned largely to the 'also-ran' category of Creedence's work, overshadowed by their eponymous debut and 'Green River'. This, however, is an unfair assessment in that the new decade appeared to herald somewhat of a departure from the Creedence of the late 60s that everyone knows and loves. The album sees the introduction of new instruments, namely the organ and the saxophone which, far from representing the then-fashionable progressive experimentation, more flesh out the sound and add a definitely jazzier, dare I say funkier sound to certain tracks, for example the organ-fuelled 'Born to Move'. The best of the record are the upbeat tracks - principally 'Molina', 'Born to Move' and 'Hey Tonight', but diversity is also present in the pleasing acoustic ballads such as 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain' and the intro to the one blemish on the album - the discordant silliness of '(Theme From) Rude Awakening 2', which for me deprives this undiscovered gem of its 5 stars.

Creedence broaden their scope
"Pendulum" was Creedence Clearwater Revival's final album as a quartet, and their second-to-last before their 1972 break-up. And it was by far their most "serious", too, partly abandoning their joyous rock n' roll sound in favour of more "grown-up" arrangements which featured a prominent organ and even the occasional horns and backup singers.

That cost Creedence some of their immediate pop radio appeal...songs like the bubbling folk-funk-fusion of "Sailor's Lament" and the soulful "Hideaway" ride along on top of a shimmering organ, and the horn-laden "Born To Move" is James Brown as penned by John Fogerty. Great songs, but not as accessible as "Green River" or "Bad Moon Rising" for sure.
The prog-rock-experiment "Rude Awakening" is a misstep, and only the thumping rocker "Hey Tonight" and the subtle, acoustic "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" really sound like "traditional" Creedence. But give this album a chance and it'll grow on you. The moody "It's Just A Thought" with its funky bass line is one of Fogerty's best lyrics, "Pagan Baby" is overlong, but before it wears thin and you skip forward to the next song it manages to get a really great bluesy groove going, and "Molina" is terrific rollicking rave-up.

The bonus tracks are forgettable...the Fantasy vaults never held any forgotten CCR gems to begin with, so here we get forgettable the ten-minute two-parter "45 Revolutions Per Minute", an odd promotional single featuring a surreal interview with the band, and a mediocre live "Hey Tonight". No reason to pick this up again just for these sub-par bonus tracks, but plenty of reason to buy the album itself if you don't have it already! And the sound on this 2008 re-release is absolutely stellar.