Cosmo's Factory

I feel like I'm being pranked.

Swamp rock / Roots rock It’s packed with hits and shows off their fusion of Southern rock, blues, and country, even though the band was from California. Despite its massive success, the sessions were reportedly tense behind the scenes, hinting at the tensions that would eventually split the band. I really hated this album. It was extremely repetitive and every song sounds the same. The vocalist has an annoying raspy loud voice and delivery. Its technically well produced but thats it. It reminds me of dirty bars in the American south, it’s essentially if white trash was an album. 1.0

I only knew the bands hits. This album is much more bluesy than I thought it would be. Also pretty dull. Feels very samey throughout. Looking out my back door is not as bad. Energy come ups for a second for running through the jungle but then it disappears and things get dull again. It’s genuinely hard to just get through this album.

please stop generating me shitty generic old rock albums throwing an 11 minute song in there when I thought it was almost over should be considered an act of terrorism

Never owned a Credence album, heard them a lot on FM radio in the 70s. I'd give my right t*t to see them live, opportunity missed. 5 stars

Phenomenal album. Starts off with probably my favorite track of the entire album, and that’s along an amazing lineup including Around the Bend and Run Through the Jungle. I can’t recommend this enough

Top to bottom bangers. Maybe not my favorite album since sliced bread, but there's no denying they found their niche and owned the living crap out of it. Easy listening and great musicianship. What's not to enjoy?

Потрясающий альбом, подтолкнуло на знакомство с группой

This album is CCR at their very best. Seven amazing tracks, three pretty good album fillers, and also one very bad Ooby Dooby for some reason.

If we can all agree to pretend Ooby Dooby doesn’t exist this is CCR’s best album. Long As I Can See The Light is probably their best song, too, though I could argue for others. There are a couple tracks that don’t work here (Ooby Dooby, Before You Accuse Me, Ooby Dooby, Ooby Dooby) but the highs are just so high. You could build a greatest hits album from this album alone. I saw Fogerty in concert five or so years back and the man has so much energy. One of the all time best concerts I’ve seen, right up there with The Roots.

John Fogerty has been the best thing for Louisiana's reputation since 1803.

One of the easiest 5 stars, this album is halfway to being a CCR greatest hits album. Up around the bend, run through the jungle, heard it through the grapevine, who'll stop the rain, and looking out the back door are all here. The classic foot stomping, beloved CCR sound is here at its best, leading to an exceptional album.

All of everyone's favorite CCR tracks in one album!? Great ooby dooby!! Upbeat and high tempo blues rock juxtaposed with measured and thoughtful ballads give this album great variety and staying power. It's one of the reasons why CCR has so many huge hits - they are able to span genres and moods to reach an enormous audience and provide sweet musical delicacies for all.

Literally an ALL TIME GREAT album. This is THE CCR album to me. I don’t dislike the others but this album is just so jammed packed with Louisiana rock goodness. They set the bar for southern rock and then no band ever reached that level of greatness. Nearly every single song on this album get played endlessly on rock radio and I don’t think anyone will complain cause again it’s his is the greatest southern rock album, PERIOD! Nothing Lynard Skynard, 38 special, or any other southern rock band has made has come close to this album!

Definition of a no skip album, great song after great song.

this is The pinnacle of its genre its so incredible, it kept a good energy and pace throughout the entire album. love the instruments and vocal mixing as well, everything just slotted in really nicely and was overall exciting and fun to listen to. thank you mr The Dude Lebowski

like the best vanilla ice cream I've ever eaten

It’s always a treat to listen to the great American rock band of all time

the best blues on the list (so far)

awesome

Незаконно иметь столько хитов на одном альбоме, они там нормальные вообще? И это сразу после трех альбомов за один год. В этом году всего два, расслабились. Но концентрация классики только повысилась. Превосходная работа.

Тоатоп

About six songs in and this one is full of absolute bangers. Four that I knew well, and the first two tracks I didn't know but are very good. Liking this even more than Bayou Country. 5/5

As soon as I saw the album version of Grapevine was a glorious 11:07 long this record's fate was sealed. Whole thing is nails.

Oh hell yeah. Creedence always kicks ass, and this album is full of jams right from the first track all the way through. I think my favorite is Up Around the Bend, but also Heard it Through the Grapevine, Looking Out My Back Door, and Who'll Stop The Rain are all excellent.

This album rocked. I don't care too much for the 50s style ones - Travelin' Band in particular just sounds a bit on the nose to be a tribute and I'm not surprised they had to pay royalties. The second half is cracking though, I even loved the 11 minute cover of Heard it Through The Grapevine. CCR were a great band

Whats not to love about CCR?

One of the highlights of this list has been discovering CCR. This is even better than the last one…. 5

CCR just doesn’t miss. With as much acclaim and recognition as they have, I think they are still underrated amongst the all time great bands. Just classic after classic on this one.

Unfassbar... So viele Banger auf einem Album, das würde bei vielen auch guen Bands als best of durchgehen

I have a casual appreciation for ccr but this album feels like they their attitude was let’s do what we do but at 11.

Gets you ramblin' and tamblin' and never lifts off gas! An elite album with start to finish bangers, from tight pop singles to meandering stoner jams, equally at home on the bayou or in the city.

No por nada lloré viendo a Fogerty en le VL

CCR is such an underrated band in the grand scheme of rock history, and they have been one of my absolute favorites ever since I was little. I absolutely love the Delta blues homage they pull off across this record by covering Bo Diddley and Big Arthur Crudup tracks. "Lookin' out My Back Door" is easily one of my all-time favorite songs in general, and it gets massive bonus points for its legendary placement in The Big Lebowski. On the flip side of their sound, "Long as I Can See the Light" is just beautiful and incredibly poignant, and that soulful sax solo at the end is really nice too. Literally every single Fogerty-written track on here is incredible. The sequencing is perfect, too. That ominous, swampy foreboding in "Run Through the Jungle" to end side one creates a stark juxtaposition right before the energy of "Up Around the Bend" kicks off side two. John was on an absolute tear when he wrote the songs on this aBlum and it is a flawless masterpiece from start to finish. Zero skippable tracks. Favorite song: “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”

Really great album

Eine der wenigen Bands die mir durch ständige Covers in Biergärten und Dorffesten nicht versaut wurde. Dafür sind die Songs einfach zu gut. So auch bei diesem Album.

Another CCR album! Sign me up! Travelin’ band, Lookin’ out my back door, Run through the jungle all great hits! Happy listening all!

Great guitar, groovy and got the distinct 70s style. Bit of country vibe too.

Bien.

Fuck yeah!

A classic

Álbum muito bom melodiosamente, lembra um pouco um country com folk e rock eu acho? Enfim, bem bom de ouvir.

second album i’ve gotten from this band, unreal once again. recognised quite a few of them. sooo good

Almost forgot how unbelievably tight and punchy this group was. CCR just scratches an itch that literally no other band can. Something about how simple everything seems on the surface level, but how ultimately sharp, psychadelic, and dirty-bluesey the sum of its parts turns out. And Fogerty's gritty vocals are the piece that ties the infectious songs here together. I'd say this album is more ambitious than 'Green River' overall, straying away from the more traditional swamp rock and country sounds of that album in favor of these more explorative genre fusions. I still like the tunes on that album a bit more overall, but I'd be lying if I said this wasn't another masterpiece in CCR's finest hour. 'Ramble Tamble' is such an undeniable opener. What starts as your typical CCR song switches up (out of the blue) into this ominous, monstrous growing interlude that's as sinister as it is epic. It's one of the greatest things the band has ever done. The best part is how it just sort of goes back to that typical Creedence hootin' and hollerin like nothing happens. Everything that follows is just as perfect. 'Travelin Band' and 'Ooby Dooby' are such infectious takes on the tried-and-true early Rock'n' Roll sound. For as cliché as the song structures and melodic progressions on these songs are, I can never say I dislike the leg of the album. The songs themselves are way too catchy and enough interesting is being done with the guitars that I just never minded them at all. 'Lookin Out My Backdoor' is a very warm take on their country-tinged style, which reminds me a lot of the longing of a song like 'Lodi'. 'Up Around the Bend' is such a fucking banger, I love that twangy slide riff and Fogerty's melodic writing here is second to none, an unshakeable earworm. 'Who'll Stop The Rain' is maybe my lesser favorite of the two famous CCR "Rain" songs, which isn't really saying much, both are impeccable, and the pain in Fogerty's delivery here is as believable as ever. Super heavy and somber song with this dreary, but also at times hopeful sounding chord progression. And 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' is this band absolutely nailing a jam-rock type song - an 11-minute energy blast that just flies by every single time. I've loved pretty much everything these guys have done since I started listening to them a few years back. Again, there's just something so addicting about this band's take on so many "generic" '60s and early '70s styles; they just did it so much better than many of their contemporaries.

I almost forgot that this list doesn't contain 'Greatest Hits' albums because this album is just full of songs I instantly recognize from airplay and movies etc. It's consistently rocking all the way through. I'm biased as a fan but 5 stars.

Classic Album!

1 himno tras otro .La formula de CCR con algunos pasajes psicológicos y un toque de soul.Ideal para agarrarse a las piñas en un boliche o sentarse bajo u. árbol y ver la lluvia caer.

Vamos a empezar por hablar del primer temazo de este álbum, un despelote. Ramble Tamble, que empieza y de a poco va subiendo la atmósfera a un nivel de manija súper grande, me hace acordar en mucho menor medida a un Prendido Fuego de NTVG. Le siguen canciones como I Heard it through the Grapevine que tienen una musicalidad de la puta madre. Sin dudas es un álbum súper escuchable de principio a fin y se caracteriza por su gran cantidad de solos de guitarra y batería en conjunto demenciales. Siento que es una batería súper difícil de tocar. Sin dudas necesito este LP para sumar a mi colección 🤩 Es más que country, se animaron a armar algo que combine rock y country. Top Picks 🌟: 1- Ramble Tamble 2- I Heard it through the Grapevine 3- cualquiera de todas aplica, son todas buenas !

For sure a fan. Great album. Highlight was attending the concert after John got his songs back.

1. Ramble Tamble - 9/10 - Love the blend of classic CCR Southern-jangle and ethereal psychedelic break. Like listening to ZZ Top meets Pink Floyd. 2. Before You Accuse Me - 7/10 - Classic CCR style. Fast and fortified Fogerty. 3. Travelin' Band - 6/10 - A little too jangly for me but fun. 4. Ooby Dooby - 4/10 - Respect the effort on the cover but not for me. 5. Lookin' Out the Back Door - 8/10 - This is CCR that people know and love. 6. Run Through the Jungle - 10/10 - Might be my favorite track on the album. Sweaty, dark and deep bayou with ominous tinges. Moody and broody. 7. Up Around the Bend - 10/10 - One of their most recognizable songs and an absolute banger. Fogerty's vocals on point. Builds, crescendos and delivers. 8. My Baby Left Me - 8/10 - Classic juke-joint blues rock. Evokes Muddy Waters. Fogerty's vocals a bit smoother than his usual rasp on this one. 9. Who'll Stop The Rain - 10/10 - Another familiar classic. More melody and harmony. Perfect for a nice long drive down a desolate highway. 10. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 10/10 - Phenomenal classic. Pays clear homage to the original but still adds their own distinctive sound while taking away nothing from the original. A perfect cover song in my opinion. Soiunds like it could have been their own track but you clearly know its roots. Great guitar solo as well. 11. Long As I Can See the Light - 9/10 - the previous track is a tough act to follow and I was prepared to hate this track in the first few notes, but it really settled into its own and grew on me. In retrospect, its a very apt ending to a great album. Its a "cooldown" after a great workout that leaves you feeling fit and ready to take on the day.

Great album. Love CCWR.

Loved the vibe, perfect for a sunny weekend

Loved this album. Iconic CCR. So many hits it was too hard to pick favorites. The cover of Heard It Through the Grapevine is so amazing.

A refreshing palette cleanser from the English pop assault; great music driving on remote Downeast roads.

CCR fuckin rules

This is practically a greatest hits album. Easy five stars.

I won't deny that there are better albums in their catalogue, but this is still a real winner for me. It has everything that makes CCR whip ass, to the extent that it's kinda hard to pick out specific elements to praise. Great instrumentals, great vocals, great lyrics, great variety! Also, it's interesting to get to listen to this rendition of I Heard It Through The Grapevine after hearing Otis Redding's a couple days ago.

Was honestly surprised by how coherent an album this is. It’s not just a collection of singles that everybody knows - it’s its own musical style, and truly an American one at that.

Bangers wall to wall. There’s probably nothing wrong with this album except I wish it was longer.

It’s fun to hear the occasional CCR deep cut, since they seem more rare than their hits. I especially enjoyed the rave-up on "Ramble Tamble." While "Up Around The Bend" might be my least favorite CCR track (it veers too far into the same corny self-aware Americana as Fogerty's later "Centerfield" for my liking) the rest of Side 2 is so spectacular that I'm rounding up to 5 stars.

I listened to this album twice. Once while driving my SUV down a numbered highway at 65mph and once while driving my old and beat up motorcycle down old farmland dirt roads. Both times the album hit just the same...dirty, funky, crunchy, muddy rock and roll. John Fogerty is kind of a prick though.

I knew this would be a 5 before I re listened to this. It’s one of my favourite albums and always will be.

Damn, what an amazing album. From the opening ballad of ramble tamble, to funky folksy beats like travelin band and ooby dooby, to known entities like looking out my back door, up around the bend, and who'll stop the rain, to an amazing cover of heard it through the grapevine (that I had no clue existed), it's no wonder CCR continues to be known well into the 21st century

Magnificent songs, it's a maximum from me, not at all influenced by the fact that I'm going to see them next week (yeah OK, I know) 😂💪

"ramble tamble". nuff said. almost a ccr best of album in its own rights.

Chock full of singles and a genuine pleasure to listen to. It's hard to untangle the contemporary (and earlier) influences in this album but they're worth reading about. If you aren't a country nerd (is that a thing?) you may very well never have heard of the Bakersfield Sound but that's a direct point of reference for 'Lookin' Out My Back Door.' 'Run Through The Jungle' is a deeply anti-Vietnam song and its use of electric instrument noise at the outset is of a piece with some Hendrix tricks. "Up Around The Bend' is kind of an anthem from those days. Their cover of 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' really drives home the dark undercurrent of this record. The rest of the tune is pretty standard but the intro (and instrumental post-refrains) are impressionistic and dirty. The only question is whether this should be 4 or 5 stars. This is a masterclass in genre synthesis akin to The Band's early work. Don't let its simplicity fool you -- any halfway competent band can put together covers of these things but coming up with them took a lot more than that. 5/5

This is fun! I’m usually not into rock-n-roll sound but this had me head-banging and body-shaking! Up-hyper!

Classic

This is how to make a legend in a record

Classic, Pretty much all songs are good and I don't mind hearing it on random places. Pretty good album

Super Dope

This was great. No notes. Some real classics here, even for a music dilettante like me. 9/10 Outstanding

Favorite Track: Run Through Rhe Jungle

literally listened to this last night girl what no skips ily ccr favorite song: up around the bend OR travelin band

- I get that CCR is somewhat divisive (weird) but it's reall hard to argue that this record is anything other than a banger. Covers? Who cares; covers have ALWAYS been a thing. The number of hits ... the tracks that AREN'T hits but are still great ... 10/5. -

This could be a hall of fame band's greatest hits.

Such a great album. I've heard most of the songs many times, they're hits for a good reason. But the songs I hadn't heard were also fantastic. Especially the opener of the album. The lyrics, the instrumentation, the energy of it, all of it really makes for amazing listening. This is an album that deserves to be on this list, hands down. Top notch road tripping music.

Several bangers! My teen years listening to classic rock are showing.

Favorite track(s): Ramble Tamble, Travelin' Band, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Run Through the Jungle, Up Around the Bend, Who'll Stop the Rain, I Heard It Through the Grapevine Dudes rock. Heard before Previous rating: 9/10

Just another banger by CCR

This is an incredible 70s classic. I don't always go for Creedence, but this one is chock full. Not lising the best tracks, because it is just about all of them.

This is Creedence Clearwater Revival at its summit. All the tracks are absolutely outstanding. Each one of the musicians understood their role and executed with heart and sharpness. So many hits on this that took over AM radio in their day (my day), and yet all the singles covered a wide swath of genres and feelings. Lookin' Out My Back Door (goofy surrealism), Run Through the Jungle (dark imagery evoking the worst of Vietnam), Who'll Stop The Rain (folky Americana with political undertones), Up Around the Bend (consummately joyful), Long As I Can See The Light (saddest track on the album), and Travelin' Band (pure sizzling rocknroll). And still, you always knew it was CCR. Even the other tracks bristle with energy and drive. Ramble Tamble starts as traditional rock n roll, but then goes off into this long psychedelic instrumental section that seems perfect for the San Francisco scene, but it tightens up as the tempo quickens... and then we're right back to the rock n roll. One of the reason this album (and their other classic LPs, frankly) work so well is that the music is rooted in the swampy blues, and that comes through best in Before You Accuse Me, a great Bo Diddley number that they cover so beautifully. They amp that beat up for Travelin' Band, one of the craziest 50s style rockers that would make the Eddie Cochran proud. My Baby Left me, an Arthur Crudup original that Elvis made famous gets a nice treatment too. John Fogarty has such a unique voice, instantly identifiable, especially when it's laced in all that reverb. And his playing is masterful. What they do to Gladys Knight and the Pips' I Heard Through The Grapevine is astounding. They essentially took an established soul number and gave it that swamp boogie feel and stretched it out like gum across 11 glorious minutes with extended guitar solos that feel earned. All Fogarty. An instant classic.

I don't know whether its just because the suns shining and I'm driving but I really enjoyed this today. Up Around the Bend is an absolute banger. Loving the swampy vibes.

no band has ever put out so much classic material in one twelve month period. one of a short list of the greatest american bands ever, i fuck with creedence heavy

This is a perfect album, has all of the biggest hits. I jams.

CCR goed

i liked it they r from the bay which is nice

A collection of some of the greatest songs ever, what a listen! Awesome, classic rock. Who'll Stop The Rain was my fav song. Up Around The Bend and Ramble Tamble (my fav first listen) were my other highlights

This album kicks off strongly with "Ramble Tamble," an epic, shape-shifting ode to paranoia, then is almost a greatest hits album. It has some of their best songs and finishes with one of the best covers of all time, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and the gorgeous "Long As I Can See the Light." This has to be their finest album and that's really saying something. What a run they went on in the late 60's. You can hear how the touring shaped their sound and made them a finely tuned machine. Fogerty was never better in songwriting and being a bandleader. Outstanding album all around.

While a lot of rock bands were looking towards the future of the genre in 1970, CCR were looking backwards with this one. A fantastic blend of 50s rock and roll, blues, and even some gospel and soul like on the great Long As I Can See the Light. This is basically a greatest hits album, and feels like a quintessential American rock record. It's also looser than a lot of the stuff they did before, with some lengthy jam sessions. So hard to pick favorite tracks but I gotta go Run Through the Jungle, Up Around the Bend, Who'll Stop the Rain.

!!! Super

I have always liked CCR, but I never really delved deeper into them beyond their hits and boy was I missing out. I expected this to be a four star album, but the more I listened the more I realized I couldn't think of a single flaw. A strong album front to back with a distinct sound. Favorite Track - Run Through the Jungle Least Favorite Track - Ooby Dooby (still a good song, but goofy lyrics) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Me gustó mucho, le doy 4 estrellas de 5

Packed full of Chooons!

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Best CCR album, "Ramble Tamble" is an weird yet amazing opening track and the run from "Looking Out My Back Door" to "Up Around the Bend" is legendary. This doesn't even include the best song, the classic "Who'll Stop the Rain". Truly CCR's best output, as this album encompasses all of their previous albums and the styles (swamp rock, blues rock, Americana, rock and roll rockability, psychedelia etc) and makes sense why they burned out shortly after this album was released.

Some all-time classic songs as well as a few interesting extended jams. The inclusion of one of the great songs of all time: "Long as I can see the light" makes this a true classic by itself, but having mostly engaged with CCR through singles, it was great to get a sense of what they sound like in album form.

Love this album

Banger j'ai trouvé, bonne vibe vraiment fun à écouter

El mejor disco de Creedence

CCRs best album

You could call this a greatest hits compilation and no one could tell the difference.

Classic. Best track: Ooby Dooby

If swamp rock, why clear water? Back to back jams, no notes.

EXCELENTEEEEEEEE

I'm not a big CCR fan, but this album is a solid representation of them as a band.

Great album that stands the test of time.

All time favorites!

Great grooves, great vibes, great propaganda even if subtle

Muito bom. Muito bem produzido. Algumas músicas me lembraram remakes de Elvis e rocks iniciais

Favorite songs: Travelin’ Band, Lookin’ Out My Back Door, Run Through the Jungle, Up Around the Bend, Who’ll Stop the Rain, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Long As I Can See the Light

I mean fuck yeah

Nearly perfect 5/5. Even the deep cuts are great. Saw John Fogerty live a couple years ago and he still sounds great. He has the rights to all of these songs again so he played most of this album and most of the other big CCR hits and it was fantastic.

This is the best CCR album in my opinion, there are no misses on this album.

I mean there are so many good songs on this

Every song hits. There’s no filler here. Just one toe-tapping, head-bobbing track after another.

CCR rocks

I could live without Ooby Dooby, but otherwise this album is great classic rock

Sick name and even sicker album The range of this album is pretty insane. Before you Accuse Me and Ooby Dooby sound amazing in their style, making them almost not feel like covers (plus more blues is always nice). Travelin’ Band is an awesome one that feels like a lost hit from the 50s, pretty much impossible not to tap your foot to. The crown jewel in this one is “Up Around the Bend,” with one of the most iconic opening guitar riffs of all time and might be in my top 5 driving songs of all time. Long As I Can See the Light is a great one to end it on, just a wonderful cap to this album. John Fogerty’s vocals are exactly what these songs need. Also there’s just so much cool stuff with tempo, just super well executed Even the non standouts are still pretty good. Ramble Tamble and I Heard it Through the Grapevine is like 17 minutes of the band jamming out with some really cool solos in there. There is very little I can nitpick here, other than maybe taking a minute or two off each to add another track. Think I got another one of my top 25 locked in. I think very few bands have as iconic of a sound as CCR, and this is about as memorable as you can get.

I love this album, bought it from a record fair for £1 on the basis that I'd heard it was quite good... it did not disappoint! I described their earlier album _Bayou Country_ as swampy, bluesy, roots rock and this is that but even more accomplished. It's infectious and kinetic throughout with driving rhythms that mean the album breezes past in no time despite having 2 long tracks in, opener _Ramble Tamble_ and the cover of _Heard It Through The Grapevine_ which should be held up as an example of how to do a cover. It was also the second time I'd heard _Long As I Can See the Light_ as I first heard the Monkey Mafia version,... also a good cover and a great closer here.

The hits are legendary. The deep cuts are excellent. This one's an all-timer.

A stone cold classic. Every track is a single or strong. No skips. A thing of beauty.

Absolute fucking banger

5/5, the album has so much brilliance on it that it is a must listen. Everything is fantastic. Fogerty's singing is iconic and the rest of the band puts out some ridiculously good instrumental backing. You have to call out the legendary tracks like "Up Around the Bend," "Who'll Stop the Rain," and the amazing cover "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." These songs are timeless, true treasures that are just as amazing as they were upon release.

Some great songs I grew up with!

Great album. True american rock and roll.

As I saw the cover art of todays album, I figured it’d end up being one of those days where I question why I do this to myself. Then the first track started, and I remembered the 70’s looked weird, but sounded amazing. I enjoyed everything on here, what an absolute banger of an album.

This is such a great album! Honestly 10/10, no notes. I love CCR and I’m so glad I picked this up on vinyl a few months ago! CCR is iconic and I thoroughly enjoyed this album listen from start to finish. I will 100% be listening to this album again in the future!

Damn near perfect album. Easy 5

Most people, beyond the strange folks who review 1001 albums, recognise the hits, even if they can’t always name Creedence Clearwater Revival as the band behind them. Yet, while the singles are omnipresent, the albums, and specifically John Fogerty’s vocal prowess, don’t receive nearly enough credit. Fogerty’s vocal style is a masterclass in grit, technical control, and rhythmic precision; he sounds like a seasoned Delta bluesman despite his Californian roots. Whether he’s howling a rocker, digging into the blues, or softening for a ballad, his versatility is quite superb. Musically, CCR have a sound all their own; nobody else has been able to replicate it. The guitars possess a unique, swampy character, underpinned superbly by a rock-solid rhythm section. There’s nothing flashy here, just great Rock ’n’ Roll delivered with a heavy dose of swing and groove. I defy anyone not to tap their feet, nod their head, or get up and dance. "Cosmo’s Factory" is a potent mix of Fogerty-penned originals (all five-star tracks) and curated covers. While most of the covers are a nod to their influences, their version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", recorded less than two years after Marvin Gaye’s original, is a total, hypnotic revamp with excellent vocals. "Who’ll Stop The Rain" stands out as the masterpiece here, which is high praise considering it is competing with the likes of "Ramble Tamble", "Run Through the Jungle", and "Up Around the Bend". Five stars. Side one 1 "Ramble Tamble" (5/5) 2 "Before You Accuse Me" (4/5) 3 "Travelin' Band" (5/5) 4 "Ooby Dooby" (3/5) 5 "Lookin' out My Back Door" (5/5) 6 "Run Through the Jungle" (5/5) Side two 1 "Up Around the Bend" (5/5) 2 "My Baby Left Me" (4/5) 3 "Who'll Stop the Rain" (5/5) 4 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (5/5) 5 "Long as I Can See the Light" (5/5) Total - 51 Average - 4.64 262/1001 141/262 albums reviewed were new to me

Absolute banger non stop swamp rock highlights are lookin out my back door and I heard it through the grapevine

My dad called this "Travelin' music" and we would jam this album every road trip. I love Playing in a Travelin' Band, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Up Around the Bend, Who'll Stop the Rain, I Heard it Through the Grapevine. A great combination of blue grass and rock and roll- my dads favorite combo!

Top. 4.9

Love

Peak

Wow this is LOADED with classic bangers, they really only needed to make this one album lol, wow. Kinda got to be a 5, for the time so fuckin fun.

Wow! Might as well be a greatest hits compilation. So many bangers!

I had heard a few songs from this album but had never listened to it all the way through. Absolutely loved the energy and raunch, and I loved Ramble Tamble!

If thursdays CCR is a 4, this is a 5. More hits, more vibes, more fun. This album has it in spades.

Classic!

5/5. Love CCR. All killers no fillers!

I don't know whether its just because the suns shining and I'm driving but I really enjoyed this today. Up Around the Bend is an absolute banger. The last album did not quite land for me but really enjoying the swampy vibes. EDIT - upgrading to a 5 as have listened to Up Around the Bend about 30 times in the past week....

An album much superior to CCR's 'Bayou Country', and they work up the bar room sound excellently whilst also delivering some enjoyable if unoriginal covers. The real meat though is the 'I Heard it Through the Grapevine' cover which extends over a welcome 11 minutes of guitar-led groove; and some excellent originals. 'Ramble Tamble' has that classic Fogerty guitar sound, giving a live feel. 'Run Through the Jungle' feels like it should be plastered over every Vietnam movie soundtrack (don't think it ever was although it is in Tropic Thunder). It is a dark, groove-laden, blues-propelled masterpiece of social commentary (maybe the war, maybe guns). They get a real swing going for the duration, the covers are passable enough, the originals outstanding. It feels like a defining work, and I'll be hard pressed to hear another CCR album that can top this.

Acho Creedence uma banda engraçada. Eles são meio cartunescos, com seus vocais que são inegavelmente únicos mas que sempre se parecem com alguém fazendo uma paródia de algum outro vocalista. Não ajuda que é fácil zombar de canções com temática Country Rock. Apesar disso, não posso negar que eles conseguem me agradar de uma forma bem específica e difícil de reproduzir. Mencionei em minha review de Green River o conforto e a familiaridade que a banda me causa. Uma coisa sobre aquele disco passado é que ele é bem curto, mais se assemelhando à uma espécie de teaser do que poderia estar por vir em um disco mais completo, como uma espécie de demonstração do potencial do grupo. Então vejo Cosmo’s Factory como uma espécie de realização de uma promessa feita em seus álbuns passados. Este disco é muito mais completo, recheado, possui muito mais substância e se sustenta muito melhor que os trabalhos passados da banda. Aqui você tem um pouco de tudo, canções longas, épicas e progressivas como a introdução e a clássica Heard It Through The Grapevine, com solos delineantes e longas passagens instrumentais. Mas no mesmo disco você encontra também hits curtos e viciantes e canções honky tonk. O disco realmente oferece de tudo um pouco, e é tudo executado com maestria. Uma pena que após esse álbum a banda basicamente acabou, melhor esquecer a existência de Mardi Gras. De fato, a história do grupo é super interessante, a forma com que eles foram construindo uma carreira até chegarem em sua obra prima neste disco aqui, e logo depois, perderem tudo tão rapidamente. Super fascinante. Disco histórico e tremendamente aproveitável. 5/5

Enjoyed this

The epitome of "swamp rock." They have a distinctive, raw sound that's a cool mix of old rock, rockabilly, R&B, soul, all with lots of cool energy. Solid riffs and grooves. A few well known hits, a few covers, and mostly solid tracks overall.

Fantastic 60s/70s rock/blues album! Half of the songs on the album are hits and the rest were enjoyable too. Even the more basic 12 bar blues tracks are a lot of fun. I added Up Around the Bend and Travelin' Band to the playlist but the album was very consistently great.

not my style, but pretty cool vibes, wont listen to it again in this lifetime.

The first 5 star album so far.... More than half the album consists of songs that most people know and love. And the other songs are also great! What more are you looking for?

I've heard plenty of Creedence before today, but this is my first generated album. And what an album it is! At their best, Creedence were a great rock-and-roll band with a nice country twang(California origins notwithstanding). Between "Up Around The Bend", "Travelin' Band", and "Who'll Stop The Rain"(which, by the way, is the song that got me into Creedence in the first place), we have an album stacked with all-timers, and that's before we get to the rest of the album. In the end, all I want to listen to each day is a damn good album, and this is a damn good album. In fact, it's a great album. Might even be in my all-time top 10 if we're really extolling it's virtues.

Fantastic

Love it. Own it.

9/10 Love this! Feeling like American grandpa that lives in the forest

That's the sound I think about when I think about 1970s. Not my style really, but I still liked 3 songs from that album: 1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine 2. Run Through the Jungle 3. Up Around The Bend

Awesome album!! Their cover of “I Heard Though The Grapevine” was mind blowing.

I absolutely loved this album, so much so I've had it on repeat for most of the day. It feels like this should be a greatest hits album, because there's not one bad song here. John Fogartys voice is raw and raspy throughout, each song is lyrically and musically fantastic. One of the best I've had so far from my 102 albums.

Listened to this one after a long day preparing for Para-Climbing Nationals. Almost opted to skip it due to the long day of work. Figured I could make sometime for it and get it in still though. So I listened to it in the shower and while I got ready for bed. I’m very glad I did! Probably the best music I’ve heard from CCR and I had not heard most of the tracks and it was refreshing from their more heavily played classic tracks.

9/10

Know some song, but never listened to the album

CCR makes really awesome music. Loved the songs here. John Fogerty’s voice is so distinctive, and the guitars always shine through. Highly recommend.

Mietin hetken että annanko nelosen vai vitosen tälle klassikolle mutta ollaan nyt hövelillä tuulella. Faijarokin kulmakiviä

Tätä levyä on tullut kuunneltua ihan lapsesta asti. Antaisin kuusi tähteä jos voisi. Ihan hemmetin kova!

За окном хмарь, зима. Туман покрыл полностью город. Внутри солнечные калифорнийские CCR задают ритм, настроение и поют про невечную любовь, лёгкость расставания и что за поворотом будет снова дорога и новые повороты и смысл он не в чем то глубоком, он в этом самом пути. И пролетают задача за задачей без лишних рефлексий, в жанре country rock blues.

A timeless classic

Travelin' Band and Who'll Stop the Rain are pure classics. Lookin' Out My Back Door, Heard it Through the Grapevine, Long as I Can See the Light, and Run Through the Jungle and even the rest of the non-single tracks rock. Only Ooby Dooby is questionable, for cringy lyrics, but I'll give it a pass for it being a cover. A solid 5* from start to finish. The Dude may have been wrong about the Eagles, but he was spot on with Creedence.

Love me some CCR

Find me someone that dislikes this band. Dark horse for the most consistent output of any band ever. Not lots of 10/10s, but I don’t think I’ve heard a CCR song that I’d give below an 8/10. This is on the lower end of my 5 albums but there are so many god damn hits that that’s fine

What an incredible run for these guys. Four albums in eighteen months, four absolute classics. This one is probably the best but like Led Zeppelin you're picking from four pretty similar albums. They had a formula and worked it to perfection.

Los Creedence son la gran banda americana. Una carrera corta plagada de canciones inspiradas. Creo que todo lo que publicaron es perfecto.

Many of my reviews cite an albums usefulness in the "toolbox" of music. This is a great album, if I needed something really rockin to get through a long stretch of road late at night, this is it!

Great tunes!

Love the creedence

💯 One of my favs

Good vibes! Enjoyed listening to this Faves were Up Around The Bend and Who’ll Stop The Rain

Better than Coldplay

This album gave me an overwhelming urge to light a J and smack the ceiling of my car. It kicks ass. Must-listen #283.

Already a big fan of this one.

Excellent album and had to listen to it twice! Great mix of rock, folk, and blues.

Just a banger of an album. Learning early in life CCR is borderline a cover band does take the artistry down a notch, but the execution is flawless. I'm biased, I own this on vinyl. This is a great album. Mix of style while maintaining a 70's delta jump-around sound - in ballads, rock anthems, and jazzy solos. Unique singer, unique sound. I love it. 5/5

Nice

This was solid - so many great songs on it. This is absolutely not something I would have listened to on my own, so thanks!

This so good I rlly enjoyed it

Brilliant

What a stretch these guys had in 1969-1970. 5 albums released and 7 Top 5 singles in the US, 3 on this album. It starts out with 2 of the weakest tracks, then it’s 9 tracks of monster hits and b-sides that got played a lot on radio. I love the 11 minute version of I Heard it Through the Grapevine. A 43 minute LP with tracks of 11 and 7 minutes among the 11 songs, the other 9 all under 3:30. This band constituted the only published review I’ve ever had. While at Grinnell I reviewed their live album, Live in Europe. It was tough to review because almost all the songs sounded just the same as the studio versions. A solid 5 for me.

My father was born in 1954, so it was mandatory that we own Chronicle in the 1990s. That, along with Fortunate Son’s inclusion on the Forrest Gump soundtrack, was my intro to CCR. I think this is our third CCR album of this project? And this one has eight songs from Chronicle, all of which I love. When eight songs from the same album form the backbone of a beloved greatest hits album, I’m going to award a 5. Ramble Tamble is pretty great, too. Also, there’s something very endearing about this nonsense of an album cover.

So many great songs. Classic Americana.

Ya know what, hell yeah brother!

Gritty and classic. So many great songs with no filler and ends with a perfect closer.

Had no idea this album was recorded in Berkeley, CA! I've always heard the iconic singles off the album, but I had not given the whole project a listen through.

Creedence's best IMO. Just full of great songs that still stand up today.

Play this loud. Elemental, vital, no frills rock n roll played with soul, muscle and heart. For a band so woven into the fabric of our pop culture CCR still seem underrated. Incredible album.

Album felt what a tour on the factory of cosmos would sound like.

The guitar made me weep. John Fogerty CARRIES this band. The instrumentals are out of this world. Favorites: Ramble Tramble; My Baby Left Me; Long As I Can See the Light

Here they go knocking out of the park again! I would have left any John Fogerty sung songs but that alone doesn’t detract anything from the album as a whole.

9/10

Excellent with many hits

I previously discounted the last CCR album bc I was "a little surprised that there wasn't a sprawling 10min jam song". This album delivered just in time. Probably a 4.5 but I'll round up since it is better than the other 4's i've given this week

Of course, there's like 4 ultra-hits here, which is worth mentioning. I'm a little bummed we got both of our CCR albums so far in winter time, since they are the ultimate summer day outside band. Listening notes: -Their long jam sessions are almost as good as their tight hits. Love to ramble tamble -Look these hits are ubiquitous because they're perfect songs. - Reviews: Comparing CCR to Lynyrd Skynyrd feels like it'd be a fascinating activity. At their best, I actually like Lynyrd Skynyrd, but they definitely are proud of things about the south that they absolutely should not be, while there's a much more biting cynicism CCR. Stylistically similar bands with very different worldviews, and I think CCR represents a much more serious appraisal of the world. They're also just way more talented. This is a 5-star album.

Is this album a boxing match, because the hits started coming and then they didn’t stop until the end. This album deserves its place on this list as a masterwork of CCR’s craft.

Who knew that bayou blues rock could be a thing? Even though I could not name you a single other band that picked up and ran with this sound, CCR were so masterful and original that they earned a spot on this list. This is their biggest album by far (Willy and the Poor Boys may have their two most iconic songs, but this is like a greatest hits album). Now excuse me, I have to go six on my porch with a sixer. Influence 4. Hits 5. Quality 4. Intangibles 5. Love this album 4.5.

Creedence Clearwater Revival sind eine US-amerikanische Band aus Kalifornien. Cosmo’s Factory entstand 1969/1970 überwiegend in den Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco sowie in den Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Das Album zeigt die Gruppe auf einem Punkt hoher Produktivität und klarer stilistischer Fokussierung zwischen Rock, Swamp Rock und Roots Rock. Prägende Songs wie „Travelin’ Band“, „Up Around the Bend“, „Lookin’ Out My Back Door“, „Run Through the Jungle“ und „Who’ll Stop the Rain“ verbinden kompakte Songstrukturen mit direkter Ansprache und rhythmischem Nachdruck. John Fogertys Songwriting bleibt dabei schlicht, aber wirkungsvoll, getragen von einer Band, die präzise und ohne Überladung spielt. Insgesamt wirkt Cosmo’s Factory geschlossen und konsequent, weniger experimentell als frühere Arbeiten, dafür besonders zugänglich und nachhaltig.

oooweeeeeeeeeeeee, let's rock

First song is crazy. The guitar is insane and I love it. It feels like Im in a high speed car chase in the desert with my unwilling grumpy partner that has taken too many hits from life. I especially love the instrumental parts.

Great old school rock. I would own this album.

Great album

Iconic for sure

5 out of 5. Solid album and possibly my favorite of theirs.

Hard to beat this for nostalgia rock.

I cannot believe how many good songs are on this album, half covers which I think is part of the charm. What a fun sound, both stealing from R&B and soul and rock all at the same time. They equally sound like Elvis and themselves, just some good ol' dad rock, I don't think anyone comes close to CCR in that regard. John Fogerty crushed it here.

CCR is so good and this album is incredibly stacked

Hit after hit, the album sounds like relaxing outside in the summer with a beer.

John Fogertys voice scratches my brain in a way i can’t explain. Creedence is classic, it reminds me of my childhood and my dad. This album is hit after hit. The groove of the album doesn’t quit from start to finish. For a rainy day listening this album kept me up beat. What more could you ask for?

I don't know whether I love or hate this album, as an album. As a collection of songs, it's undeniably one of the greatest ever put to vinyl, there's no debating that. And yet I recoil at its incoherence! We start with the proto-stoner-psych anthem "Ramble Tamble", which promises a wild and heady experience, and then we veer into blues covers and corn, including the ultimate corn-into-sublimity ridiculousness of "Lookin Out My Back Door", which is basically a childrens' song, and then we dive again into one of the darkest pysch rock grooves ever with "Run Through the Jungle", then some lightweight pastiche shit, then here comes "Grapevine", possibly the greatest cover version in 20th century music? Which is, by the way, eleven minutes long? In a sandwich of "Who'll Stop the Rain" and "Long As I Can See The Light"? Like, what the fuck does this album think its doing? It reads like an off-brand greatest hits comp put out by some third party publisher who inexplicably scored the rights to a bunch of shit and is just running a cash grab, but NO, this is straight-up their fifth album! And it came out in 1970! This is the sound of a band so full of indelible all-timers that they are just spilling them out all over the table without any sense of how they should all fit together... and yet damned if it doesn't fucking just work as an album, because it's fucking Credence and you can tell it's Credence from a few seconds of any given track. I just gotta shake my head at this, it thumbs its nose at the idea of even being an album, but what are you gonna do, it is absolutely studded with some of the greatest recordings in all of rock music. Easily earns five stars while clearly not even trying.

I LOVE CCR

Vince McMahon always says the perfect wrestling show is 45 minutes long. The perfect rock album is between 30 and 40. Hard driving, soft a couple times, catchy hooks, guitar, and danceable. This one hits it all. Fogerty at his prime bleeds young America rock and roll. This album epitomized it.

9/10 A load of great songs - 5 classics, at least.

Legendary album from the legendary band CCR. Always loved their sound and songs. I already had this one in my collection and it was such a pleasure to listen to it again. 5 out of 5 with no doubts!

10/10 Favorites: Lookin’ Out My Back Door Up Around The Bend Who’ll Stop The Rain Long As I Can See The Light

CCR is such a great band. The songs and sound are unique and the stories are engaging. It’s hard to give it a 5 because of Fogerty’s intense delivery and voice. But it’s also hard not to give it a 5 because this album is so unique and creative. It’s a 5.

so many timeless hit songs

Quintessential 70’s sound (likely what formed that sound, or otherwise greatly influenced it), never listened to CCR album all the way through, well put together album, I imagine this blew people away when it was released.

Great collection of music so many “hits” that still sound fresh and kinda raw.

Soft Rock is hard rock

Classic album from a classic band. By this point, CCR had really gotten into the groove of the band and sound that they wanted to make. This album includes some absolute heaters and doesn't allow you to keep your feet still as you listen through. Toe tapping goodness from the start. CCR is just so solid. If you took this as an desert island album, no one could be upset with you. Some of the most bipartisan rockin music put to tape. 10/10

Bangers

This is essentially a greatest hits album and even the tracks that aren't hits are full of swampy goodness.

Stacked with hits, amazing album!

Quel band. Certains groupes font carrière avec l'équivalent d'une seule chanson de n'importe laquelle sur cet album.

Ben plaisant. Impressionnant le nombre d'album de CCR en 2 ans. J'adore la photo de l'album. Des grosses tounes.

Je l’ai préféré à l’autre. Peut-être juste une question de contexte et de disposition! Juste pour Run through the Jungle ça vaut 5 étoiled

Standouts Ramble Tamble Lookin' Out My Back Door Run Through the Jungle Up Around the Bend Who'll Stop the Rain I Heard it Through the Grapevine

This album comes out swinging and doesn’t let up until 11 minutes of I Heard It Through The Grapevine, that I don’t need in my life. By the time we get to Long As I Can See The Light, which is a great song, it feels like the lights have just come on at the end of the night. Despite that, this is a phenomenal album.

Nnf

4.7

This is a great album. No skips. Some tunes a little generic, but that's okay.

I don't know why I underestimated this album. I've always enjoyed Creedence, perhaps even over-listening to them in high school, but it's always been that Greatest Hits compilation. This album is outstanding because it basically plays like a greatest hits-- "Travelin Band", "Lookin Out My Back Door", "Run Through the Jungle", "Up Around the Bend", "Who'll Stop the Rain", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Long As I Can See the Light", they're all here. It just never lets up on the gas, full of energy from the very beginning in "Ramble Tamble", which has an extended middle section and sets you up for the good 'ol rock that's to come. Tracks like "Before You Accuse Me" have an enviably great guitar tone that is pure grit and tremolo goodness that melds perfectly with John Fogerty's swamp blues growl which is on full display throughout the album. Do I even need to talk about the singles? They've all become standards in classic rock canon. Perhaps because this was Creedence's fifth successful album in only two years and because it was released in 1970 which was a busy year for music, it gets a little lost in the shuffle. But this is undoubtedly their best album, and one of the best of a generation.

Top album. Packed full of great tunes.

#776. Pretty awesome record. 5/5: fantastic

CCR greatest hits was my first record.......

Excelsious

Solid album

Amazing album! Has immaculate guitar and drum work, all the while being whimsical and catchy. A lot of great songs!

Imagine releasing your fifth album in two years and having these songs left to put on it. This band is incredible, five bullfrogs.

I am in a dark bar, domestic beer in hand, you can still smell the smoke stuck to the walls from years ago… perhaps an old-school legion. The place is packed with folks of all ages. There is a live band playing CCR, the singer is surprisingly good, and the dance floor is alive. And repeat for the last 50 years. Hit after hit - 5 stars for sure.

I already know this is five stars... it would be six if I could. I bought this album when it came out😍

Classic 70’s Americana roots rock. Timeless album that can’t be skipped.

Tub thumping swamp music. Never really heard them before, but worth listening to twice on the same day.

Hit after hit. These guys rule. Best album yet.

I’m relatively late to CCR but my word, what a band. Cosmo’s factory is them at their swamp Rock best. That back to back combo of “Run Through the Jungle” straight into “Up Around the Bend” is perfection. Also, funnily enough this is there the second record I’ve listened to that’s had a “I heard it through the grapevine” cover on it.

Excellent southern rock record. “Travelin’ Blues” is a great rock n roller. “Lookin Out My Back Door” is one of my favorite CCR songs, it’s great. “Run Through The Jungle” is awesome as is “Up Around the Bend”. “Who’ll Stop The Rain” is perfection. “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” is also great.

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Probably their best album, which means it should rightfully be given six stars. However, in silly social media ranking exercies, as in life, I oppose grade inflation.

Y'wanna know what's crazy about Creedence? This was their fifth album in two years. Yeah — the pace Creedence was at at their height was **crazy**. I mean, as I remember John Fogerty saying once, "Every three months there's a new Creedence single." With this album, we're six months out from 'Wily & The Poor Boys', which was their **third** album of 1969. Heck, we're a year and change out from the first album my group got from these guys, 'Bayou Country', which was their **first** album of '69. It's like, the only band who's since managed to have a crazier rate of output was King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, who'd managed to put out multiple albums in single years **multiple years**. And they managed to **double** Creedence's output the **first** year they did that! And what's particularly remarkable about both of these bands is that while their releases were generous, they **never** skimped on the quality. Obviously Gizz's track record is more impressive given the range of styles they attempt on each album, but Creedence is sure no slouch. Sure, it's largely all hard livin' swamp rock, though you'd imagine after putting out five albums in two years they'd've run out of songs and tricks. I mean, come on, no one can put out five records of material without running out of steam, right? Not only is Creedence still running at full steam on this album, I think they're better here than they were five albums ago. Like, Creedence is truly a funny kind of band where their albums get worse the longer they take to make (y'want proof of that, go check out 'Mari Gras'and the rashomon shitshow that was **its** creation). But seriously, I think back to 'Bayou Country', and while I do like it a lot, I can't help but think it sounds so ... primordial in the face of this album? I mean, 'Bayou Country' is largely just swamp rock — **good** swamp rock, but nonetheless. Whereas this album, suddenly there's whole new worlds of sonic variety they're adding in. There's R&B and country and soul and psychedelia ... whereas on 'Bayou Country' there were songs I could take or leave, there's not a single one on 'Cosmo's Factory' I can imagine going without. Do you want an album without "Ramble Tamble"? Yeah, right. You wanna see the real comparison point between these albums, you just compare the longest song from 'Bayou Country' ("Graveyard Train") to the longest one here, their jammed out cover of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine". And, y'know, I really don't dislike "Graveyard Train"; as I've said, it's a slinky lil' number that you can pop yer fingers to. Hoh-cha! But at the same time, you'd be crazy not to acknowledge how comfortable the song is just sitting and spinning its wheels for a lot of its runtime. Like, jeez, can this train **go somewhere** already? Meanwhile, you'd think a jam track like "Grapevine" cover would get boring long before it hits ten minutes, but, dang, I'unno. I found it captivating the whole time. These guys can jus' really **play** — and not just Fogerty, but the other three guys as well: Stu, Doug and the other Fogerty, Tom. I can hear a lil' why radio stations were playing this thing in full way back when. But it's even in the smaller songs. As much as I love "Proud Mary", there are songs here it can only just hold a candle to. "Up Around The Bend", for one? Goodness. "Run Through The Jungle"? Incredible song for it only being one chord. "Lookin' Out My Back Door"? A fun little ditty about relaxing (love them "doo doo doo"s). "Long As I Can See The Light"? Just a wonderfully hopefully little closer. And just to think, they're considered a singles band, in the same kind of way Elvis was a singles artist — y'know, where they'd have a great hit single and then slap an album of other shit around it, usually covers. I suppose it helps that this album is made out of three great single (A- **and** B-sides), but come on, everything else they've put on here to fill the spaces is great as well. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" is one of them. "Ooby Dooby" is stupid enough that I can't help but love it. Their take on "My Baby Left Me" is a bit more "That's Alright Mama" than the original, but damn if it still ain't a good take. And might I bring it up again: "Ramble Tamble". Another long song that succeeds in holding your interest where "Graveyard Train" can't. Goodness! Honestly, I'm kind of surprised I ended up writing this much about ... well, not just this album, but a Creedence album in general. I really don't ever ask too much of these things besides some good, rockin' tunes and to hear John Fogerty hollerin'. This album provides that in spades, and I really expected the length of my review to match my expectations. But dammit, if this ain't one of **the** finest albums in Creedence's discography. For my money I think I still might prefer their previous release, 'Willy & The Poor Boys' (that's the one with "Fortunate Son", and it's a shame the album's not on this list), but 'Cosmo's Factory' is nothing to sneeze at. Creedence was a damn hit machine at their height, and this was one of the highest highs that machine ever produced. Goodness me.

Goddamn, CCR is a good band. Solid 5 Stars.

I’m at a 10. No flaws there. Not a single one. Just a CCR masterclass, really. John Fogerty’s vocals are on point here, the writing is about as sharp as it could possibly be, and the band is firing on all cylinders, especially in the guitar / percussion work. That is a stellar 42 minutes. The only track I knew going in was “Up Around The Bend” (all timer, obviously) – of course, “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” gave me a classic “this is that song” moment, & “Who’ll Stop The Rain” did as well. The cover of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” here is electric; maybe just a tad long, but the way it builds & evolves around the melody for the final 7 minutes or so after playing it perfectly straight in the beginning is just super cool to hear. “Ramble Tamble” is a great opener, & I liked the blues tones of “Before You Accuse Me” a lot. I’m surprised at the 1-2 punch of Little Richard inspired tracks for “Travelin’ Band” & “Ooby Dooby”, both of which gave me really big “Tutti Frutti” vibes, especially the latter. It just makes me think we need more upbeat, purely energetic tracks like that nowadays; make it go viral on TikTok next year or something. “Run Through The Jungle” is immediately striking with the intro & outro effect, and despite John Fogerty’s protests, that is a perfect anti-Vietnam track. “My Baby Left Me” has huge Ray Charles energy, in a good way, and I love the way the instrumentation layers itself throughout “Long As I Can See The Light”, which is a really strong capper on an album that’s loosely centered around traveling & leaving to escape some sort of hardship on a vast majority of the tracks, given that he finally finds a desire to return home, according to the lyrics. I really, truly don’t have any complaints. That’s as close to perfect as you can get, I think. Stop reading this & just go listen to it, if you somehow haven’t; a foot-stomping banger of a time, elevated by John Fogerty’s voice and his pen, capturing the very frustrated essence of 1969 / 1970, in a way that just rocks like a motherfucker. I loved that – an easy, easy 10. I can only hope “Green River” is just as good.

Super

I give this album 10 stars out of five. CCR is the epitome of American rock and roll. Every song on this album is a certified banger and John Fogerty sounds just as good live as he does in the studio.

mt gostosinho de ouvir. ramble tamble é uma intro mt foda pq, alem do instrumental ser insano, te deixa no mood pra escutar o resto. up around the bend é insano.

ÁLBUM BANGER

Absolute album de música!! Gostei do instrumental, vocal e ritmo. Uma pegada meio vamos viver uhu Ramble Tamble muito foda, gostei muito de I Heard It Through The Grapevine também, instrumentais muito satisfatórios Adorei que tem umas músicas mais calminhas que eu sinto que você escuta em uma viagem de carro e umas mais agitadas do estilo que devia torar nos salões dos anos 70

Uma obra prima de uma das bandas mais importantes e influentes da história. Um álbum de mais de meio século que envelheceu como um whisky. Definitivo no estilo de rock clássico e blues americano. Excelente em composição, execução, produção, mixagem, duração, ordenação de músicas, tudo. Impecável! Melhor do álbum: "Travelin' Band". Pior do álbum: "Ooby Dooby" (que ainda é boa).

Good good

Soit des tubes originaux, soit des super reprises, parfois meilleures que l'originales. Difficile de critiquer ce genre de galette.

Phenomenal album, great mix of guitars, lyrics, and styles. Just keeps you wanting more

Loved this. Re listened a few times. Mostly new tracks to me too.

Favorite CCR album, and one of those albums I can listen to cover to cover. Great jams on this album

I can't really imagine this not being part of music. Everything feels like a hit and all of the choices feel so obvious that it almost sounds simple.

The songs on this album are woven into the tapestry of reality. Solid album, bang for your buck.

Bão demais. A última fecha com chave de ouro!

Incredible album, every song is amazing. Gotta love John Fogerty’s voice, just so good

Fucking CCR, man. Great album

This is bittersweet, as it is the 3rd and final CCR album dealt to me on this list, and I’ve given the all 5 stars. In fact, when I came to play this, I realised I’d already added it to my library but hadn’t listened before - past me must have just assumed it was going to be great. Some very familiar sounding blues rock on this album, particularly Travelin Band, which reminded me of Jailhouse Rock. The highlight here was an epic 11 minute cover version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine. I’ll be coming back to this a lot I suspect.

A swampy-style rock n roll album rooted in the blues and R&B concepts. The sounds that CCR was renowned for. Some of their best songs came off this album, making it not only an all-time classic of CCR's, but for the rock n roll genre too. It's a must-listen if you like swamp rock and the early rock n roll sound.

CCR were incredible lol. Burned crazy bright for three years, released six albums that mixed original material, standards, and jam sessions into a big ol' gumbo, each one of them an immediate classic. Someone big upping Cosmo's Factory might say that it is CCR at the peak of the powers but the truth is that the peak of CCR's power was 1968-1970. The talent here is indisputable. Some of their catchiest single tracks, some of the funkiest jams (opener Ramble Tamble's a sweater and that's without getting into Heard It Through the Grapevine), and no fewer than four original songs that rocketed into the American consciousness. Sometimes a band is just on fire - Creedence Clearwater Revival was one of them. It's almost irresponsible of them to be this consistent, how were any of them supposed to follow this up? Circling back to Heard It Through the Grapevine, a shortlist contender for greatest song of all time. Nearly every version of it is impeccable; Gladys & the Pips, Marvin Gaye, The Slits, and CCR all recorded versions that rank among their best songs. If you started a band, your version would probably be one of your best songs too. The bones on Heard It Through the Grapevine are so defined, you could use it to teach anatomy. Creedence's version is (likely) the longest recording of it by a major artist and the way the band stretches out the song's elliptical rhythms is hypnotic. I said on my Everybody Knows This is Nowhere review that you could listen to Down by the River for five hours and not realize it - the same is true of this cover. Around the six minute mark, it sinks into a groove so deep & mellow that it explodes the possibilities of the original composition. I don't think you get The Slits version (my personal favorite) without this one first. Best Tracks: Heard It Through the Grapevine (duh), Ramble Tamble, Lookin' Out my Back Door, Run Through the Jungle

Back to back days with bangers. Never listened to a CCR album all the way through before. Gotta love the hits I already know and the other good songs I've never heard.

Fantastic! 5/5

Incredible CCR album.

Ich frage mich ja oft bei solchen Alben, wie die das ohne die technischen Studiomöglichkeiten von heute geschafft haben, so stimmig, so tight zu klingen. Das müssen einfach bessere Musiker gewesen sein als wir heute. Krank beim Gassi gehen durch den Park. Passend dazu gibt es endlich auch etwas Sonne auf das Herbstlaub.

Escutar isso em plena segunda, trazendo à memória afetiva os tempos de infância com meu pai. Além de remeter às road songs!!!

Clear as water, smooth as velvet and hard as diamonds. Thank the lord for music like this, as it must have been the only thing making running boats up and down the Mekong bearable. Bonus points for Ramble Tamble being this fun, experimental, trippy exploration of sound that gives goosebumps. This swamp-rock sound, so expertly done, makes the colors of the world feel more vivid when listening through. fav tracks: Ramble Tamble, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Run Through The Jungle, I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Five albums. Two years. In this period, Creedence were cranking albums like King Gizzard, except all hits. I admit that the non-single tracks here weren’t arresting. But it doesn’t matter. Fogerty is a fucking powerhouse.

Man, this was so good. I too often forget how great of a songwriter, arranger, singer, and performer John Fogerty is/was. Almost every track was a hit and the ones that weren't could easily have been. I listened to it twice and loved it the whole time. Five stars.

"Cosmo's Factory" is the fifth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The core Wiki-listed genres are rock and swamp rock but the songs on the album also incorporate R&B, soul, blues, country, classic rock and roll and psychedelia. The album title was named after drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford and their rehearsal studio. Other bandmembers included John Fogerty (lead vocals, lead guitar, producer, electric piano, keyboards, saxophone, harmonica), Tom Fogerty (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Stuart Cook (bass, backing vocals). Six of the eleven songs were released as singles, all reaching the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. The album spent nine consecutive weeks at #1 on the US Billboard 200. It also hit #1 in the UK. The album had wide-spread critical praise. The album leads off with "Ramble Tamble." A guitar riff with a rockabilly beat both open and close the song. The band changes tempo for the middle section and goes psychedelic. An electric piano and Fogerty making his guitar sound like it could have been on "Layla." This is a fabulous deep cut. A sax introduces "Travelin' Band." The band then kicks into a Little Richard-sounding rock sound and the song was a tribute to him. Screaming vocals and guitar. "Lookin' Out My Back Door" was a tribute to the Bakersfield sound specifically Buck Owens. A strumming acoustic guitar and country beat. Backwards recorded electric piano and guitar open "Run Though the Jungle." Now, this song defines swamp rock with the guitar, beat and vocals. A bluesy, crying harmonica fill by John Fogerty. It's a song about the prevalence of guns in the US. The classic guitar riff sets off side two in "Up Around the Bend." A rock beat, more fantastic Fogerty vocals and a great chorus. A rock pop gem. Speaking of gems, on "Who'll Stop the Rain" Fogerty lays into a melancholy acoustic guitar melody. Nice forward bass and another great vocal chorus. I'm not singing, you are. A song about the Vietnam War. The band must have heard my "more swamp rock," as they lay it down on their cover of "I've Heard It Though the Grapevine." Ominous sounding guitar and bass. 11 minutes of swamp rock highlighted by simmering guitar solos. The album closes with the soulful "Now That I Can See the Light." A slow drum beat. Electric piano. Sax. Soulful vocals. A spiritual journey. Woah, talk about an album with no filler. Hits, covers and a great deep cut. The band is tight and prove they can play just play any style. John Fogerty's vocals and guitar tone are otherworldly. I be hard pressed to name a better vocalist for this type of music. And the songwriting? Well, nearly all of these songs are ingrained in my brain. This album is worth going back to just hear the opener "Ramble Tamble" let alone everything else. I can't give an album a higher recommendation.

Easy 5 stars. CCR makes the type of music that makes you want to sit out on your back porch during a hot summer day and crush some beers. Light, AMERICAN beers. Didn't even mind the couple long jam songs. Good shit.

Top tier Americana

Super fantastic album.

'MERICA

Oh I heïed it through the grapevines

Tuneful primitivism. Another great collection of originals and covers. Last in an amazing run of albums.

Mostly a greatest hits album

Any album that has Long As I Can See The Light on it – cover, original, whatever – gets five stars for me. Also, note, more than half the tracks are shorter than 3 minutes long, there's a simplicity to a two-minute song that I absolutely love.

A ridiculously bad album cover. But I guess after releasing their fifth album in the span of 3 years, they ran out of steam in the album cover artwork department. Also TIL "Run Through the Jungle"...despite being the cliche choice for dubbing into any war scene in film, is actually about the gun problem in the United States. Huh. Funny that. It's still a problem. CCR's output of 5 album run over 3 years is extraordinary. This was a great way to end it. (The last two albums never really counted in my book as CCR albums. Tom always thought that *he* was the talent in the band due to his songwriting, but history seems to show that the real talent was in his songwriting WITH these 3 other guys backing him. It was one of those 'the whole is greater than the sum of the parts' recipes.)

The bangers keep on coming, like bang, bang, bang.

Rating: 9.5/10 The best CCR album, has so many of their best hits as well as a lot of other incredible song. What a consistently excellent band.

What a stonker of an album! Rock and roll at its finest. 🤘🏻

So good. Interesting modulation of tempo.

This album is mind-blowing. It is fantastic, since it begins. All of the songs are great, or I should say excellent. It doesn't lose any quality, being all the songs standouts on a very cohesive and well-done record.

No notes. 5/5 Highlights: Travelin’ Band Lookin’ Out My Back Door Run Through The Jungle Up Around The Bend I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Great album, knew most of the songs on it. Never knew the album or the names of some songs but when they started playing I recognized them right away. It’s an album that you can’t help but sing with or bop along too. You can’t never go wrong with CCR.

Classic Awesome ALbum