Editorial Review
John's new album is a triumph, with a sound that is at once timeless yet urgently rooted in this time and place. The lyrics recall a continuous conversation with America, a reminder of John's unmatched ability to resonate with people from all walks of life. With a voice that can cut glass and inspire generations, and a band that sounds like it came to tear the roadhouse down, 'Revival' is not just a great John Fogerty album -- and a great rock album -- it's an essential musical work by an artist without peer, that will certainly stand as one of the most compelling albums of 2007.
John Fogerty Photos (by Nela Koenig)
More from John Fogerty
Long Road Home: In Concert | 
The Long Road Home: In Concert - DVD | 
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty/Creedence Collection |
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Customer Reviews
Wish I heard it before I bought it! 
2008-08-19
John Fogerty is one of the greatest talents in American history. I wish he would stick to swamp music and stay out of politics. I feel cheated on my purchase of this CD; if I wanted his opinion on politics I would have called him on the phone.
Fogerty is all the way back 
2008-08-13
"Revival" is the nicest surprise of the year. Fogerty is in fine vocal form
and the tunes are all top-notch. As far as the style of the songs, the disc
could easily have been called "Cosmo's Factory II". A rare Fogerty ballad
"Broken Down Cowboy" along with "Don't You Wish It Was True" are gems.
Great music 
2008-08-02
Great music from one of my favorite - but there are a couple of hard to listen to liberal-agenda songs that I have deleated from my Zune.
A lesson for young musicians 2008-07-14
I've never been one to judge the solo efforts of hugely famous musicians based solely on their previous work with the band that made them household names. That said, Revival is a tremendous album and proves one undeniable thing ... Very few artists or bands are capable of writing songs with meaningful lyrics AND solid musicality ... and fewer still are under the age of 50. Most rock today is awful. Most popular music today is garbage. Which is why a 60 year old rocker can still be absolutely relevant and sound as good as he did when CCR was at the top of their short-lived game.
Thanks for putting my emotions to the words and music of songs! 2008-07-13
I really like this album and I admire and respect the courage of John Fogerty to honesty capture the anger and frustration in his music about the complete idiocy of the Bush Administration...Cheers to John for speaking the intelligent truth about the Bush Administration...I just love listening to this album and it brings me comfort that someone is willing to use his creative genius to be a catharsis for those of us who truly love our country and have been so angry and so frustrated over the injustices and coverups of the last 7 1/2 years...Thank you John FOgerty
Fogerty Strikes Back... 2008-07-11
John's new album is a triumph, with a sound that is at once timeless yet urgently rooted in this time and place. The lyrics recall a continuous conversation with America, a reminder of John's unmatched ability to resonate with people from all walks of life. With a voice that can cut glass and inspire generations, and a band that sounds like it came to tear the roadhouse down, 'Revival' is not just a great John Fogerty album -- and a great rock album -- it's an essential musical work by an artist without peer, that will certainly stand as one of the most compelling albums of 2007.
John Fogerty Photos (by Nela Koenig)
More from John Fogerty
Long Road Home: In Concert |
The Long Road Home: In Concert - DVD |
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty/Creedence Collection |
I really like it! 2008-07-07
Some of the songs sound like CCR but not all of them and I really like CCR so I enjoy this album. If you are a fan of CCR and/or John Fogerty you should like it.
Grow up! 2008-06-23
First let me say I think John Fogerty is one of the all time great voices in Rock and Roll. I loved CCR and I think Premonition is a great CD but let's get real. I had great expectations for Revival but one listen and it goes into the case to rarely be played again. Listening to it will only piss me off. Flower power was great when we were 25 and thought that the world would like us if only we were nicer. Enough with the rock stars who haven't matured past the stage of naivety. There are bad folks out there and they want us dead for no bigger sin than envy. I am an American and proud to be so. I am also a veteran and have served my country. I am not sure what qualifies the singer as an expert on foreign or domestic policy.
When we were young we all thought we had the answers. It was all black and white. We were so sure we were right that we were incredulous that the world just wouldn't listen to us. Then we grew up. At least some of us did. If you're in show business however you don't have to. You still have all the answers.
Great ! Live in your dream world. Remember however that there are some of us out here who have to live in the real world and we just want you to entertain us to take our minds off of our everyday trials and tribulations of trying to be good citizens, husbands, fathers, and grandfathers. We love rock and roll. We want to rock, not be lectured to by someone who's expertise on these matters is no more than our own.
John, not all rock and roll fans are liberals.
John Fogerty-Revival 2008-05-27
This is another great CD by John Fogerty. It has hints of CCR but for the most part all Fogerty. If you like CCR or Fogety your collection won't be compete without this CD.
Fogerty's Back 2008-05-11
Hard to believe, but John Fogerty is his old self again. He's shelved his acrimonious differences with former bandmates and record labels and gotten back to what he does best - writing great heartland rock songs. Fogerty hasn't sounded this enlivened since his Creedence heyday. I thought his "Centerfield" album was good, but this is even way better.
For a famous roots rocker, he draws inspiration from some interesting sources. "Summer Of Love" sounds like a hybrid pastiche of Cream's "White Room", Hendrix's "Foxy Lady", and the Doors' "Hello, I Love You". "Somebody Help Me" also seems influenced by these same artists. With its laundry-list lyrics of Bush administration failures, "Long Dark Night" is a nod to Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues". "I Can't Take It No More" is another anti-Bush diatribe that clocks in at just over a minute and a half, and reminds me of "Judy Is A Punk" by the Ramones. Is it possible Fogerty's been listening to them? Equally unlikely, the album closer "Longshot" borrows the riff from Deep Purple's "Woman From Tokyo".
Whatever it is he's doing or listening to - it's working for him. His voice is as good as ever, and all the songs still come out sounding like vintage Fogerty. This is a masterful return to form, and one of the best rock albums of recent years.
