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Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (Liberty)

Mark Williams, International Times, 4 July 1969

HOORAY FOR this bopping, rhythm muslc! What more can a groover of a leaper ask for than to be socked endlessly by the compulsive unpretentious might of the Fogerty Bros. & Co.? And, to my utter and complete incredulation, I see that 'Proud Mary', the single which was taken from this album, is up there with the schmaltz and the bubble gum in the top ten – there is hope yet!

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