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1976 greatest hits album by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Chronicle , or fully Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits , is a greatest hits album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival . It was released in January 1976 by Fantasy Records .[ 1] The edited version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine " featured on the album was simultaneously released as a single .[ 4]
Chronicle is a singles collection with 13 A-sides and seven B-sides. Unlike the two previously released Creedence Gold compilations, Chronicle includes all of the group's charted hits. Chronicle: Volume Two was released in 1986, and features non-charting "classics" collected from the same albums as the songs on Chronicle .
Certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ,[ 5] it is the best-selling album in the band's catalog. The compilation was ranked number 59 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2012,[ 6] but disappeared from the list altogether when it was published again in 2020. The album has sold at least 6 million copies in the US since 1991 (data from 2013), when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard .[ 7] It has remained on the Billboard 200 chart for 12 years, reaching the 600 week-mark (non-consecutive) in August 2022. It was re-released on vinyl in 2014 as a limited edition.
For his review of Chronicle for AllMusic , Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the album was suitably compiled, but he did not like how the Compact Disc reissue had the full-length version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," saying it does not fit with the other songs on the collection.[ 8] Blender magazine's review called Chronicle the group's best compilation.[ 9] Robert Christgau called the album a good starting-point for Creedence fans.[ 10] [ 11]
These times are for the CD version. The vinyl LP version has the single version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" instead of the longer album version.[ 12]
Per liner notes.[ 4]
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^ Blender Staff (May 2003). "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!" . Blender . New York: Dennis Publishing Ltd . Retrieved April 1, 2023 .
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^ a b c Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (CD booklet). Creedence Clearwater Revival . U.S.A. : Fantasy Records . 1991. FCD-CCR2-2.{{cite AV media notes }}
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^ Paul Grein (June 5, 2013). "Week Ending June 2, 2013. Albums: The Return Of John Fogerty" . Yahoo Music (Chart Watch) . Retrieved June 5, 2013 .
^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas . "Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits Review" . AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved November 10, 2012 .
^ a b "Chronicle, Vol. I" . blender.com . Alpha Media Group. Retrieved November 11, 2010 .[permanent dead link ]
^ a b Christgau, Robert . "CG: Creedence" . Robert Christgau . Retrieved February 9, 2012 .
^ a b "Creedence Clearwater Revival: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music" . Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012 .
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