12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and going gold, and contained two Top 40 singles, the raucous "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" and the wistful swan song "Someday Never Comes" (both of which were written and sung by Fogerty), but mounting financial and legal woes compounded the fragile situation within the band, and CCR broke up shortly after the Mardi Gras tour ended. In 1976, John Fogerty told Rolling Stone: "I figured that Creedence made six albums. Let me count... the first one, Bayou Country, Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys, Cosmo's Factory, Pendulum... yeah, six. I wouldn’t even count Mardi Gras and neither would anybody else. I had no control over anything after that. The rest is horse manure. Baloney." Reception Reviews for the album were mixed to poor, with Jon Landau writing in his May 25, 1972, review for Rolling Stone that it was, "relative to a group's established level of performance, the worst album I have ever heard from a major rock band." In a rare positive review, Gene Sculatti of Phonograph Record praised John Fogerty's performance on the record, but noted the absence of Tom Fogerty as a downside. He concluded: "It may not be Green River or Cosmo's Factory, but Mardi Gras offers some of Creedence's finest moments, and it's a damn good answer to any and all of those 'Rock is Dying' clowns." Mardi Gras was not remastered and reissued on CD until 2000. A remastered version of the album was featured on the 40th anniversary CCR box set, but not as a stand-alone album. It was remastered and released on 180 Gram Vinyl by Analogue Productions in 2006. The album was re-released in remastered format as a Japan exclusive in January 2011. Track listing Personnel Creedence Clearwater Revival Doug Clifford – vocals, drums, production, arrangement Stu Cook – vocals, bass, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, production, arrangement John Fogerty – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, harmonica, production, arrangement Technical personnel Tamaki Beck – mastering supervision Bob Fogerty – photography Russ Gary – engineering George Horn – remastering Tony Lane – art direction, design, cover design Shigeo Miyamoto – mastering Craig Werner – liner notes on CD version Baron Wolman – photography Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References External links 1972 albums Albums produced by Doug Clifford Albums produced by John Fogerty Albums produced by Stu Cook Creedence Clearwater Revival albums Country rock albums by