Revival (John Fogerty album)
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''Revival'' is the seventh solo studio album by American
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singer-songwriter/guitarist
John Fogerty John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941 – September 6, 1990) was an American mu ...
. Released in 2007, it was his first new album in three years, and also his third album since rejoining
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. The album was released on October 2, 2007. The cover design echoes the
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design of Fogerty's first solo album ''
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''. The first single from the album was "Don't You Wish It Was True". The album contains two war
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: "Long Dark Night" and "I Can't Take It No More", both of which speak out against the Bush administration and the
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. The latter song contains a lyric that refers to one of his hits with CCR, by referring to Bush as a "
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-style punk rock. Fogerty has done some experimentation with that sound ("She's Got Baggage" from '' Deja Vu (All Over Again)''). Another song, "Summer of Love", is a tribute to
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and
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, and has a musical citation from "
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". "Creedence Song" refers to CCR's
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. The album debuted at No. 14 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling about 65,000 copies in its first week. It was nominated for a
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of 2008, but lost to
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''. This album was No. 11 on ''
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s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. In the same magazine, the song "Gunslinger" was No. 12 on the list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.No byline (December 11, 2007)
"The 100 Best Songs of 2007"
''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved December 21, 2007


Track listing

All songs written by
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. # "Don't You Wish It Was True" – 4:11 # "Gunslinger" – 3:31 # "Creedence Song" – 3:49 # "Broken Down Cowboy" – 3:51 # "River Is Waiting" – 3:22 # "Long Dark Night" – 3:07 # "Summer of Love" – 3:19 # "Natural Thing" – 4:00 # "It Ain't Right" – 1:49 # "I Can't Take It No More" – 1:39 # "Somebody Help Me" – 4:27 # "Longshot" – 3:38


Bonus tracks

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    " (Live from the Glastonbury Jazz Festival 2007) #*US only bonus track available exclusively at
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    bonus track *A special CD/DVD set edition of the album was available at
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    stores: '' REVIVAL - Exclusive Bonus DVD''. The CD does not contain the two bonus tracks.


    Personnel

    * John Fogerty – vocals, guitar,
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    , arrangement, production * Hunter Perrin – guitar *
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    organ (on "Natural Thing", "River Is Waiting" and "Somebody Help Me"),
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    (on "River Is Waiting" and "Somebody Help Me") * David Santos – bass guitar *
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    – drums, percussion * Julia Waters, Maxine Waters,
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    – backing vocals (on "Don't You Wish It Was True", "River Is Waiting" and "Longshot")


    Recording

    :''section ref:'' ConcordConcord Music Group, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, Printed 2007, Cat.No. FCD-30001 – an album insert booklet * Arranged and produced by John Fogerty * Written by John Fogerty (Shaty Kelyn Music – BMI) * Recorded by Jim Scott, Seth Presant and Ryan Freeland * Recorded at NRG Recording, North Hollywood, CA; G Studio Digital, Studio City, CA; and Soundstudio, Lowengasse, Frankfurt, Germany * Assistant engineers: Keven Dean, Dave Colvin * Mixed by Jim Scott and John Fogerty *
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    Concert tour

    On the opening night of the tour at the
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    the beginning of the show features the album cover artwork projected on a giant screen. The silhouette of Fogerty bends down, picks up a guitar from the corn, and puts it on. As the lights come on it is revealed that it is really Fogerty playing the opening song "River is Waiting" high in the air. The sets have varied in length from 24 to 28 songs and are a mixture of new songs and classic Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.


    Charts


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    Year-end charts


    References

    {{Authority control 2007 albums Albums produced by John Fogerty Fantasy Records albums John Fogerty albums