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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 (see
1976 in music ).
[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 in 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 LP chart for 12 years, during which it reached the 600 week-mark (non-consecutive) in August of 2022. It was re-released on vinyl in 2014 as a Limited Edition.
Critical reception
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]
Track listing
Personnel
Per liner notes.
[4]
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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b
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^ Blender Staff (May 2003).
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Dennis Publishing Ltd . Retrieved April 1, 2023 .
^ Blender Staff (May 2003).
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c Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (CD booklet).
Creedence Clearwater Revival .
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Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved September 14, 2023 .
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Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 11, 2012 .
^ Paul Grein (June 5, 2013).
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"Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits Review" .
AllMusic .
Rovi Corporation . Retrieved November 10, 2012 .
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