Artist: CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Album: GREEN RIVER 40 ANN. EDIT. (CD)

Release date: 1969/ 2008
Media type: CD

Green River is the third album by American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in 1969. In 2003, the album was ranked number 95 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Songwriter John Fogerty wrote the song about being trapped in a town called "Lodi". Lodi, California is about 75 miles from Fogerty's hometown of El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California. He has said in interviews about how he hated going to the town. Members of the band have said in concert that the song is about the California town and how they don't want to go back.

All songs written by John Fogerty, except where noted.
Note: All tracks recorded mid-1969, except for † recorded March 1969.


TRACKLIST:

"Green River" – 2:36 †
"Commotion" – 2:44 †
"Tombstone Shadow" – 3:39
"Wrote a Song for Everyone" – 4:57
"Bad Moon Rising" – 2:21 †
"Lodi" – 3:13 †
"Cross-Tie Walker" – 3:20
"Sinister Purpose" – 3:23
"The Night Time Is the Right Time" (Napoleon "Nappy" Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman) – 3:09

40th Anniversary Edition CD bonus tracks:

"Broken Spoke Shuffle" - 2:39
"Glory Be" - 2:48
"Bad Moon Rising" (Live in Berlin, 9/16/71) - 2:07
"Green River/Susie Q" (Live in Stockholm, 9/21/71) - 4:28
"Lodi" (Live in Hamburg, 9/17/71) - 3:19

LINE-UP:

Doug Clifford - drums
Stu Cook - bass
John Fogerty - lead guitar, lead vocals
Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar, backing vocals