Pendulum (20 Bit Mastering) [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Creedence Clearwater Revival | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 4, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Fantasy
• ASIN: B00004TBWV
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,689 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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, No. 2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Be Fooled, November 10, 2001

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Victor M. Rivera (Greenport, N.Y. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pendulum (20 Bit Mastering) (Audio CD)

This album is not to be overlooked. I remember when my father first brought this record home right after its release: it did not leave the turntable for weeks. We played this record every night. From Pagan Baby to Rude Awakening;there is not a bad cut among them. This is John Fogerty's most unknown masterpiece. The songs range in both moods and styles. From the get up and dance of Born to Move, to the wistful Hideaway, Fogerty had grabbed my attention. The band never sounded tighter. This may not have been what the public called a real CCR album, but most of the general public did not, and still does not, accept growth in an artists work. They want all artists albums to sound like the last one. Thank God that Fogerty didn't go and write Cosmo's II. This album is still gets heavy play from me 30 years later. It has what all great records have: STAYING POWER. It still sounds as fresh as the day dad brought it home.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece in the Lexicon of Musical 'Disappointments', February 20, 2002

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Bud (Seminole, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pendulum (20 Bit Mastering) (Audio CD)

Every recording artist, at one point or another, has had their "disappointment;" an album or other work that either doesn't sell well, yet is praised by critics...or sells well yet critics despise it...or neither at all. For instance; Bruce Springsteen had his "The Ghost Of Tom Joad," Genesis had their "Calling All Stations," and even Led Zeppelin had their "III."
Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1971 album "Pendulum" was no exception. During its time, the album fell into the category of being [relatively] commercially successful, reaching Gold status, but it was coldly received by critics. After five smash hit albums that were greeted with critical warmth and high album sales, not to mention almost a dozen gold singles, critics began to predict CCR's end; tensions between the Fogerty brothers, John and Tom, were rising, as the rhythm section of Stu Cook and Doug Clifford began arguing for equal composing rights (those demands would be met on their next and last album). Somehow, the critics disgarded "Pendulum" as a disappointment, lacking the fire of CCR's previous recordings. And though the set contained a gold single, 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain?'/'Hey Tonight', "Pendulum" was not received with praise.
However, I believe that this album is a solid flow of great music and poetic lyrics that should not be ignored. At least four tracks on "Pendulum" are essential parts of CCR's legacy; 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain,' 'Hideaway,' 'It's Just A Thought,' and 'Hey Tonight' seem to tell their own stories of the history of the band. If there is anything marginally close to a flaw, it is the excessive use of the organ. But even that is not a flaw by quality, but by its break from CCR's tradition of rockabilly and southern creoles.
"Pendulum" is classic rock at its best, not just in the category of 'disappointments', but of anything ever produced. A necessity in any collection of a fan of true classic music.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This page needs balance, November 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pendulum (20 Bit Mastering) (Audio CD)

Many people listen once to some of the songs on this album, dismiss it as not being CCR, and toss it off to the side and maybe even sell it in their next garage sale for a buck. What a shame. Fogerty has some very insightful lyrics here and is basically "foreshadowing" the band's eventual breakup. Check out the diference between the front and back covers and who left the band after this album. Get yourself a lyric sheet or guitar book with the words and listen closely to "Hideaway" and "It's Just A Thought". Forget your preconcieved notions of what you "think" Creedence should sound like, and "listen" to the music. A lot of folks had problems with CCR way back at the beginning after their 1st and then their 2nd albums. This is the same way. "Pagan Baby", "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" and, especially, "Hey Tonight" are CCR aka John Fogerty thru and thru. No mistaking them. The other songs might not sound like CCR ("Sailor's Lament", etc.), but did "Run Through The Jungle" when you first heard it? While it's not my favorite CCR title, (Cosmo's Factory - Green River tie) I like it better than "Willie and the Poor Boys". P.S. Don't bother with the "greatest hits" stuff, purchase all their regular releases or you really miss some gems! bye.