The grouchy, topical bent of the record is a bit of a distraction from songs like "Somebody Help Me," a rocker with some fabulous guitar licks and great organ work (the latter provided by Benmont Tench of The Heartbreakers). "Creedence Song" brilliantly reminds us of Fogerty's former day job while "Summer of Love" fuses a little Jimi Hendrix/Cream-era Clapton guitar sound to his classic brand of Bakersfield swamp rock. Even the celebretard rebuke of "It Ain't Right" is still fun because of the rollicking Elvis Presley beat that delivers it.
Fogerty, at his best, is still one hell of a craftsman capable of delivering 12 good songs each time out. Revival comes close to being that album, making it one of the strongest releases of 2007.
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Article comments
1 - Pico
Fogerty records tend to have a few whiffs in them but usually worth picking up for all the times he connects. I expect that this will be worth it, too.
Well done, Josh.
2 - Mark Saleski
what the hell, does Benmont Tench play on every freaking record you own? ;-)
3 - Josh
Only the good ones. ;-)
4 - Josh
Thanks, Pico. You've hit the nail with this one. The connections make it worthwhile.
5 - El Bicho
The music is so good, yet I am utterly disappointed in some tracks. I really wish he would have come up with better lyrics on his anti-Bush songs. Hell, they would have been better as instrumentals.
"Fortunate Son," a timeless classic that will apply forever. Ripping on Bush and Cheney in “Long Dark Night”, already tired, pointless in a couple of years.
6 - Josh
There are some really good songs on this record, but "Long Dark Night" is appalling. That whole "Georgie/Brownie/Rummy/Dickie" thing is garbage.
The album could have been so much more. He needed to turn up the Tench!
7 - Ritas
Loved "Long Dark Night" and it's so true. Everyone is buying the CD for this song.
8 - El Bicho
"Everyone is buying the CD for this song."
If that actually is true, I would be embarrassed to tell people. It sounds like it was written by a teenager. I might see him in November and LDN is going to be the bathroom song.
9 - Warp0
Hahhahaha.
Right wingers don't like the lyrics .. gee, thats to bad, huh? Best Fogerty album since 1973. If it wasn't for the lyrics you'd be saying the same.
10 - Josh
I like a lot of things about this album, Warp0, a lot of things. I don't have a problem with political or activist sentiments in lyrics, I have a problem with bad lyrics. Fogerty is a great writer and there are some excellent songs on this record, but some of his lyrics are a bit dodgy.