  green river is the third studio album by american rock and roll band creedence clearwater revival, released in august 1969 after their second release bayou country which was released in january of the same year (see 1969 in music). in 2003, the album was ranked number 95 on rolling stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. it features two of the band's best-known songs, "bad moon rising" and the title track. the album was remastered and reissued on 180 gram vinyl by analogue productions in 2006. ==history== in january 1969, creedence clearwater revival released their second studio album bayou country and released their breakout single "proud mary" backed with "born on the bayou", which reached #2 on the billboard hot 100.chronicle, vol. 1 fantasy records compact disc catalog #fcd-ccr2-2 liner notes prior to recording their new album in march, creedence conducted a test session at the recently built wally heider studios where they recorded three instrumental test tracks (two of which, "broken spoke shuffle" and "glory be", are included in the 2008
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