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Creedence Clearwater Revival discography
Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1971
Studio albums7
Live albums5
Compilation albums41
Singles29
B-sides14

The discography of American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, who released their first album and singles in July 1968, includes 7 studio albums, 5 live albums, 41 compilation albums, and 29 singles. The group, although only active for 4 years, has sold more than 45 million albums and singles in the United States alone, and has charted in multiple countries throughout the world.

Creedence Clearwater Revival never had a Billboard No. 1 hit in the United States. Five of their singles peaked at No. 2. They have the dubious distinction to have the most singles reach the top 10 (nine of them) without ever hitting number 1.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
AUS
CAN
FIN
GER
ITA
JPN
NL
NOR
UK
Creedence Clearwater Revival 52 92 29
Bayou Country
  • Released: January 15, 1969
  • Label: Fantasy (8387)
  • Format: stereo LP
7 14 33 93 62
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Green River
  • Released: August 7, 1969
  • Label: Fantasy (8393)
  • Format: stereo LP
1 2 11 11 16 46 5 20
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
Willy and the Poor Boys
  • Released: October 29, 1969
  • Label: Fantasy (8397)
  • Format: stereo LP
3 2 2 3 25 17 11 3 2 10
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Cosmo's Factory
  • Released: July 8, 1970
  • Label: Fantasy (8402)
  • Format: stereo LP
1 1 1 1 4 2 10 2 1 1
Pendulum
  • Released: December 9, 1970
  • Label: Fantasy (8410)
  • Format: stereo LP
5 1 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 8
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
Mardi Gras
  • Released: April 11, 1972
  • Label: Fantasy (9404)
  • Format: stereo LP
12 8 11 2 10 4 3 2 5
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
AUS
Live in Europe
  • Released: October 16, 1973
  • Recorded: September 4–28, 1971
  • Label: Fantasy (CCR-1)
  • Format: stereo LP
143 72
The Concert
  • Released: December 1980
  • Recorded: January 31, 1970
  • Label: Fantasy (4501)
  • Format: stereo LP
62
  • RIAA: Platinum
Recollection
  • Released: June 2, 1998
  • Recorded: November 1997
  • Label: CBH Records
  • Formats: 2CD, 3LP
Live at Woodstock
  • Released: August 2, 2019
  • Recorded: August 17, 1969
  • Label: Fantasy (7096)
  • Formats: CD, stereo LP, digital download
At the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: September 16, 2022
  • Recorded: April 14, 1970
  • Label: Craft, Fantasy
  • Formats: CD, stereo LP, digital download
192 73

Compilation albums

Year Title
Album details
Peak chart positions Certifications
US
CAN
AUS
FIN
GER
JPN
NL
NOR
SWE
UK
Spirit Orgaszmus
  • Side A: Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Side B: Jeronimo
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Bellaphon (BI 1527)
  • Format: LP
6
Creedence Gold
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Fantasy (F-9418)
  • Format: LP, 8-track
15 9 9 14 7
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
More Creedence Gold
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Fantasy (F-9430)
  • Format: LP
61 49 41 28 9
  • RIAA: Gold
20 Super Hits
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Fantasy/Bellaphon (BS 45004)
  • Format: LP
42
Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Fantasy (CCR-2)
  • Format: LP, CD
18 16
50 70 40 59
  • RIAA: 12× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • ARIA: 6× Platinum
Hot Stuff
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Fantasy (53301)
  • Format: LP
  • RIAA: Gold
The Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: K-tel
  • Format: LP
10
20 Golden Greats
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: LP
1
  • AUS: Platinum
Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: K-tel
  • Format: LP
5
Hey Tonight
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Metronome (0061.138)
  • Format: LP
1
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1981
  • Label:
  • Format: LP
61 7
Creedence Country
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: LP
Hits Album
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format:
Chooglin'
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Fantasy (F-9621)
  • Format: LP
202
Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Amiga (STEREO 8 56 008)
  • Format: LP
At the Movies
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: LP, Cassette
The Complete Hit-Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Arcade (01 2790 22)
  • Format: LP, CD
22
Chronicle: Volume Two
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Fantasy (CCR-3)
  • Format: LP, CD
70
Rollin' on the River
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Fantasy (53302)
  • Format: LP
  • RIAA: Gold
21st Anniversary: The Ultimate Collection (24 Classic Hits)
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Fantasy (93335)
  • Format: LP
3
  • ARIA: 7× Platinum
All Time Hits
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Euros (SIN 1060)
  • Format: LP
22
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
More Hits
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Euros
  • Format: LP
29
Heartland Music Presents Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Heartland Music
  • Format: CD, cassette
The Best of CCR
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Polydor (740 002-2/4)
  • Format: CD
13
  • MC: 2× Platinum
Really the Best
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: ZYX (55017-2)
  • Format: CD
43 58
CCR Forever – 36 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Amigo (CC-8200)
  • Format: CD
10 1 20
Keep on Chooglin'
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Fantasy (TVD98013)
  • Format: CD
13
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: CD
11
All Time Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: ZYX (81157-2)
  • Format: CD
38
The Very Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Fantasy/EastWest (3984 26711 2)
  • Format: CD
At the Movies (Reissue)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Fantasy (4539)
  • Format: CD
Platinum
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Amigo (CCR 40)
  • Format: CD
10 2 3
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Box Set
  • Released: October 2, 2001
  • Label: Fantasy (4434)
  • Format: CD
Bad Moon Rising: The Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: CD
  • BPI: Gold
Scandinavian Collection
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Amigo
  • Format: CD
15
Best Of
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Fantasy (30870-02)
  • Format: CD
36 40 24 3 2
  • BPI: Platinum
Collected
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Universal (531 096-4)
  • Format: CD
1
Creedence Clearwater Revival – 40th Anniversary Editions Box Set
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: CD
41
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cover the Classics
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Fantasy (0888072314221)
  • Format: CD
The Singles Collection
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Fantasy (31752)
  • Format: CD
Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival: Greatest Hits & All-Time Classics
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: 3CD
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 2012 (Australia)
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Format: 2CD
10
  • ARIA: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Chart positions Certifications Album
US
US
Cash
AUS
AUT
BEL
CAN
DEN FIN
GER
NL
NOR
NZ
SWE
UK
"Porterville" 1968 Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Suzie Q" 11 9 88 10
  • RIAA: Platinum
"I Put a Spell on You" 58 65 72
"Proud Mary" 1969 2 2 5 1 7 2 8 4 8 6 3 13 8
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
Bayou Country
"Born on the Bayou"
  • RIAA: Gold
"Bad Moon Rising" 2 2 3 8 4 5 12 19 8 10 3 1 3 1
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
Green River
"Lodi" 52 58 59
"Green River" 2 3 6 5 5 5 5 34 8 11 10 19
  • RIAA: Gold
"Commotion" 30 40 12
"Down on the Corner" 3 10 2 9 17 4 2 28 2 8 5 31
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Willy and the Poor Boys
"Fortunate Son" 6 12 8 10
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
"Travelin' Band" 1970 2 5 2 8 1 4 17 8 4 1 4 4 4 8 Cosmo's Factory
"Who'll Stop the Rain" 13 1 1 5
  • RIAA: Platinum
"Up Around the Bend" 4 2 1 3 2 1 12 8 2 1 2 4 3
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
"Run Through the Jungle" 48 15
"Lookin' Out My Back Door" 2 1 1 1 4 1 11 16 2 1 4 2
  • RIAA: Platinum
"Long as I Can See the Light" 57 5 20 20
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain" 1971 8 3 6 3 6 1 13 3 2 2 8 36
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: 8× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: 8× Platinum
Pendulum
"Hey Tonight" 9 1 1
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker" 6 5 12 8 1 3 8 6 5 4 15 9 36
  • RIAA: Gold
Mardi Gras
"Someday Never Comes" 1972 25 25 15 29 2 29 12
"Born on the Bayou" 15 Bayou Country
"I Put a Spell on You" 12 3 Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Molina" 32 Pendulum
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 1973 10 Cosmo's Factory
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 1976 43 47 76
"Tombstone Shadow"
b/w "Commotion"
1980 Green River
"Medley U.S.A."
b/w "Bad Moon Rising" (from Green River)
1981 non-album single
"Cotton Fields" 1982 Creedence Country
"Long as I Can See the Light" 1990 64 The Complete Hit-Album
"I Put a Spell on You"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos

Title Year
"Bad Moon Rising" 1969
"I Put a Spell on You"
"Bootleg"
"Lookin' Out My Backdoor" 1970
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain" 1971
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker" 1972

See also

References

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