Creedence Clearwater Revival is the self titled debut album by the swamp rock/blues rock band from San Fransisco, released in 1968 on Fantasy Label F-8382. I grew up with this music.  I had a friend (the one with the car) who I think only had CCR 8 tracks, so we heard a lot of CCR. Even though we got kind of sick of hearing them back in '70 '71, I love their music.  I recently saw Creedence Clearwater Revisited, a band formed from 2 original members of CCR, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford; and they were fantastic!  Knew every song!  Although their best was yet to come this is a good album.  My pick is Portersville, followed by the beginning of the 8 minute plus cover of Suzie Q (such a great song!).

The first of three album released in 1969 by CCR, Bayou Country went to #7 on the charts in the US.  This album makes you feel like you are fishin' for crawdads in the swamps!  It has such a southern bayou feel with Born on the Bayou & Graveyard Train, plus it has one of their biggest hits in Proud Mary. Here is Bootleg:  (just try keeping your feet still!)

CCR's fourth studio release and their third from 1969, Willy and the Poorboys, is another great album producing two big hit in Down on the Corner and Fortunate Son.  For a band from the centre of the psychedelic music movement (San Fran.) they sure were able to produce their own style of roots rock! My pick from this album is their cover of Leadbelly's Cotton Fields:

By the time Cosmo's Factory was released in mid '70, many of the songs on it had already been released as singles, so the album is almost a greatest hits in a way.  With five albums released in basically two years, and all good to great music, you start to wonder when the creative energy will dry up.  Certainly not on this album! On the Fantasy label, F 8402, here is one of my favourite CCR songs Lookin' Out My Back Door:

 By the time Mardi Gras was released in 1972, the band was all but done.  This was to be their final studio album, and unfortunately was probably their worst album.  But then, there is always the Greatest Hits! From Mardi Gras, here is Sail Away: