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Hard not to be engaged by the bluesy, emotional warmth and grit on display here. So many well-earned classics.
Hermoso :D
Highlights: - Travelin’ Band - Lookin’ Out My Back Door - Up Around the Bend - Who’ll Stop the Rain - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Long as I Can See the Light
Basically the soundtrack to every family's reunion or cookout throughout the first 8 years of my life. Love the cover of " I Heard It Through The Grapevine" so much
Always fun. Gets me excited for summer.
nghe thật cũ kỹ nhưng cũng vượt thời gian. hay theo cách của nó. tôi chưa biết tôi có muốn nghe lại hay không. tiếng guitar thật sự thô mộc nhưng được xử lí rất tốt, tiếng trống rất hay. thật sự rất đơn giản, đậm chất 60s, 70s.
Mukavaa ja lepposaa rock and rollia, mikäs tätä kuunnellessa. 4/5
- Al gehad 4*
4.0 (59:09, 12 tracks, debut album, 1996-2000) Swamp Rock (R&B, Rockabilly, Southern Rock) CCR was John and Tom Fogertys last iteration before they exploded in 1972 (basically 1959-1972, played with the same lineup as The Blue Velvets, The Golliwogs, and CCR) Doug Clifford (drums) and Stu Cook (bass) rounded out the 4 piece. CCR released 6 albums from 1969 to 1972 and every one was a chart topper, this was their best-selling. Almost impossible not to give this album a 4 – not a bad song on it. A few covers and ‘almost covers (Tavelin’ Band being an ‘homage’ to Little Richard and sued for plagiarizing Good Golly Miss Molly) Factoids – • John was the lyricist and lead guitarist and driving force being the band, his brother Tom (rhythm guitarist) is generally considered the driving force behind their acrimonious breakup. • Cook and Clifford later formed Creedance Clearwater Revisited • Cosmo was Cook's (drummer) nickname, "The Factory" was the nickname of their rehearsal warehouse (because John made them rehearse so frequently) Album cover – don't love it - why is John on a bike? Otherwise weird, looks like and warehouse with carpet - I don't understand Band name – meaningless really, Clearwater from Olympia beer, Creedance from another friendly band and Revival to make the name work and allude to swamp rock sound they were moving towards. Plus Golliwogs is a shitty name for a band. Favorite Song – Ramble Tamble (just a great jam, mostly no lyrics) *radio single and top 5 hit 1. "Ramble Tamble" 7:09 (rockabilly, psychedelia, long swamp swampy solo) 2. *"Before You Accuse Me" Bo Diddley 3:24 (R&B cover) 3. *"Travelin' Band" 2:07 (rockabilly) 4. "Ooby Dooby" Ray Orbison (Dick Penner) 2:05 (rockabilly) 5. *"Lookin' out My Back Door" 2:31 (country, Bakersfield) 6. *"Run Through the Jungle" 3:09 (Blues, Swamp) 7. *"Up Around the Bend" 2:40 (swamp rock) 8. "My Baby Left Me" Arthur Crudup 2:17 (R&B) 9. *"Who'll Stop the Rain" 2:28 (folk rock) 10. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye 11:05 (soul, cover, long cover) 11. *"Long as I Can See the Light" 3:33 (soul)
Aiaiaiai
-Reminds me of the hollies’ A Distant Light’ Album Favorite song: up and around the bend
Underrated Standouts: Ramble Tamble, Long As I Can See the Light
Really fun grooves and some great rifts. Definitely a dancing kind of album for me. :)
Very jam band
Something about the instrumentation and pacing of this one really cuts through for me. Love it.
CCR - such a classic, and there are so many iconic songs on this album. It takes me back to my Kansas roots. - Heard before? Not in its entirety, but I'm familiar with at least half of the songs. - Will I listen again? Whenever I get the hankering for CCR. - Does it inspire me to listen to more of this artist? Maybe, although it'd be hard to get better than this album.
Some good ol Cajun fun. Lots of hits!
Some all American classics from the swamp blues band from Berkeley, CA. Great song writing and simple but powerful delivery.
Not my #1 CCR album but truly beast on its own
A little bit of everything from CCR, take me to that swamp. Probably a 4.5
Heard it through the grapevine por milésima vez
Americana isn't really my thing as I'm writing this, but I'll have to say this isn't half bad. I doubt it gets any better than this, if anything. Faves: Lookin' Out My Back Door, Who'll Stop The Rain, I Heard It Through The Grapevine
so many songs that i didnt know i knew. great outdoor road trip/camping album. this album was super fun. BUT some of the songs are really long with instrumental outros that felt like they went on forever. i like instrumentals but prefer lyrics so i noticed myself skipping the long outros
Listened and was solid
I really enjoyed this
É a primeira vez que ouço algo dessa banda,e que bela primeira impressão,acho que a coisa que eu mais gostei foi o instrumental sensacional desse álbum,os vocais também são ótimos,só não dou cinco estrelas pq tem umas músicas que eu não liguei muito.
Ramble Tamble - 3/5 Before You Accuse Me - 4/5 Travelin' Band - 5/5 Ooby Dooby - 4/5 Lookin' Out My Back Door - 4/5 Run Through The Jungle - 3/5 Up Around The Bend - 3.5/5 My Baby Left Me - 4/5 Who'll Stop The Rain - 4/5 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 4/5 Long As I Can See The Light - 3/5 Travelin' Band - Remake Take - 4/5 Up Around The Bend - Live In Amsterdam 9/10/71 - 3/5 Born On The Bayou - At Fantasy Studios - 3/5
CCRs best by a mile, and it certainly deserves to be here with more than half of the record being among their biggest hits and best material. Personally could do without their Ooby Dooby and Before You Accuse Me covers, and it would have been a stronger album without those covers, which are just filler imo
I used to listen to CCR a bunch in high school. They were one of the few bands that my late father and I had in common. They are a bit cheesey but good rock. I don't know why it works but it just hits a nostalgia nerve for me. I mean the last half of the album is all hits so hard to hate that.
I liked it more than I thought I would. Definitely a great album worthy of this list. Proves CCR was better than Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Hyvää klassista rokkia. Levyltä löytyy monta ikivihreää hittiä.
This is just what I needed!!!
I see the light! And it's a romp!
Another CCR classic. A lot of the hits on this album are what got me into CCR when I was a teenager. Great album.
I just love that classic 70’s sound and CCR does it so well. Foggy drums and big guitars with beats that require you start moving. The album is only 42 mins long but CCR manages to cram some fantastic songs into that small space. Great listen and an album worthy of being on this list.
About as classic as classic rock gets. Bluesy, roots rock that is full of energy and feeling. Can’t go 5 because it relies on too many covers to get it to iconic status, but as solid and rocking an album as this era produced.
Happy to see CCR again, legit bluesy crunchy greatness.
I was debating on a 3 or 4 on this one. I think because there are a few top notch songs on here I'm pushing it to 4.
CLEARLY a good time. Would drink WATER to. CLARENCE. REVIVAL is a good place to get good coffee in Somerville.
Yes loved this!
Really enjoyed this. Favourite tracks: I heard it through the grapevine, travelin band, and ramble ramble
Fantastic. Such a tight band
A long track that remains engaging by constantly reshaping its structure. Favorites 1. Ramble Tamble 10. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Good rock and roll album, I enjoyed it plenty. Cool guitar riffs and I liked the melodies and harmonies.
This is such a perfect album. I grew up listening to creedence and I feel nostalgic every time I listen to them.
a few i recognise and like very much - balances out the album being a little below expectations (based on the songs i knew from them - granted they probably were the band's best hits)
Lots of well known classics
A really catchy album with great vibes. There isn't much meaning in the lyrics, but I didn't even expect it. Went straight to my favourites.
The epic nature of opener Ramble Tamble is misleading. What follows it is 10 succinct nuggets of no-nonsense blues-infused (but fun) vibes to put a smile on your face. Some are good but most are great! Some top rung hits too. The Dude had it dead right.
It starts off very good actually, the opening track is fun to listen to. It already sounds iconic. The song are very awesome to listen to. Makes me feel real American. Overall, this was an amazing album!!🙂↕️
I love this project because I get to realize who sings songs I recognize but couldn’t have named the title or artist. This happened 4 times on today’s album. 3.5 rounded up.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5 Bayou boogi woogie med härlig grit framförallt tack vare Johns riviga röst. Finns en del återblickar musikaliskt till 50 talet. Ett bra album med ett antal klassiker som jag alltid kommer komma tillbaka till som Run Throug the Jungle, Who´ll Stop the Rain mfl. Covern av I Heard It Throug the Grapevine är riktigt bra. Dock några fillers, framför allt Ooby Doobie vilket drar ner albumet till stark fyra/svag femma.
Strong 4
J'adore ce groupe je trouve qu'ils ont vraiment un son différent notamment à la guitare, mais peut-être pas leur album que je préfère
J’ai écouté 85% de l’album, c’était chouette, ça Groove
Imagina un gringo sentado en una mecedora en su rancho. Es una mañana fría, café negro en su mano izquierda y un cigarro en su mano derecha. Esto es el álbum
Really solid early 70s American rock music. I don't always love John Fogerty's vocal affect (like, my man, you were born and raised in California, you don't need to put on a New Orleans-Bayou accent), but its undeniable that this is a prime example of this type of music, and the massive commercial success justifies the inclusion on the list.
Not everything in it is up my alley but I love the guitar solos and some of the more rock-ish songs really stood out to me
7.5/10 - I really like this album and while I can see why people might not prefer this style, I think it’s something different that is done really well. I also love the irony that lifted trucks will blast CCR even though the political leanings of the group I certainly not lifted trucks.
Really good. Much better than I remembered. Infinitely listenable and enjoyable. Still not something I'd choose everyday.
Is CCR the quintessential American rock band? Fogerty was unstoppable at this point.
Classic rock n roll. Reminds me of my daddy :)
dancin’
"Up Around the Bend" was the only Creedence Clearwater Revival I was familiar with so it was nice to listen to a whole album. The music was rock, blues, some folk elements, a pretty good sound. The 10-minute cover/jam of "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" was also nice, though perhaps almost too long for my interests. Other highlights included "Travelin' Band" and "Who'll Stop the Rain"
CCR is iconic, unaware of their albums though. Got into it fully expecting to get some of the lesser known songs, and while I did I was gobsmacked at the level of hits on this album. Getting into the actual music part of this it is fun live in their blues and bluegrass influences. They fully envelope themselves in that music and makes some of these songs so timeless
Love the production Тут прям дуже хороша гітара Мене тут пісні більше чіпляють інструменталом ніж текстом і вокалом Хороший такий рок Ну це прям тверда 8/10 Нот бед бат є куди рости
good music, good album, don’t understand why I heard it through the grapevine is ten minutes long
Really liked this one! I like some of their more popular songs, but I had never really listened to much else of them. I like how the album is structured and the very lively feel to it. I like the jam vibes they have with the super long instrumentals, and I love how they end with “Long As I Can See the Light”
In high school I got The Best of CCR from the Columbia House Record Club, and the thing was an eye-opener. Just banger after banger. And there's like, what, only two tracks from Cosmo's Factory that didn't make their "best of" cut?
Can't listen to this without thinking of my Mom!! It's a good time.
Its okayyy
I actually realy like CCR, but never had a change to listen to a full album. I still prefer listening to them one track at a time.
Enjoyed more than I thought I would. Can see why it’s a classic
Given my tepid reaction to Bayou Country, I figured this would also be a shrug, even with classics like "Lookin' Out By Back Door," "Up Around the Bend," and "Who'll Stop the Rain." But I liked it quite a bit, even the long instrumental parts that would otherwise bore me. (Their 11-minute take on "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a little much, though.) "Long As I Can See the Light" with its horns was a nice surprise and a great way to close out the album.
Hey man! Is that Freedom Rock? Yeah, man! Well, TURN IT UP! Except you can skip this song, and the next, and a couple others. And definitely that unnecessarily long cover of the California Raisins. Some artists are just too sacred to cover.
This album drips with talent. The sound is not what I would normally vibe to but still have to give this album the credit it deserves
i quite enjoyed this album! i really liked the bluesy rock feel and it wasn’t hard to get through. i would listen again!
Even the album cut stuff that sounds like boilerplate to me now was just as considered in their creation as the hits. I’ve never really had a ton of patience for the whole Heard it Through the Grapevine, but it’s still a very identifiable sound, especially the backing vocals from Fogerty frere and Stu Cook. Just about as flawless as a rock album can get.
8/10
I want to be adored- I can hear their influence on Oasis here. The vocals are slightly muted, like there is a veil between the listener and main vocalist. I like the lyricism of Waterfall and the guitar riffing at the end. The is something infectious about “Made of Stone”, I had to play it twice.
Every song a hit! 4 - a great album even among this list
It’s a really good album, probably a 4.5 if we had that. There’s a bit too much jamming that gets into meandering, but overall this was an enjoyable listen. I also realize that I had only ever heard the radio edit of Grapevine and that song is super long.
Pretty good actually. Huh.
its soso good the latter half is better though!
Great record packed with hits! Listened to the extended version with alternate take of "Traveling Band", A live version of "Up and around the bend", and Fantasy Studio recording of "Born on The Bayou", which is a song that is not on the album. Did not care for the opening track. Over All great album. 4 ⭐'s
Classic, essential CCR.
Good album!! Always loved Who'll Stop The Rain, Lookin out my backdoor, and Proud Mary.
Has to be their best album, banger after banger.
It seems like every band member was just in their element on here. Really great stuff
it was fine, It felt like a summer album!
Listened to this maybe a bit too much when I was a kid, that I'm kind of over it. Some great songs. Definitely a great record.
Great example of what’s now classic rock.
3 songs I would consider all time greats. 11 min version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine that doesn't touch the original was too over indulgent for my liking. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.
Limp Bizkit önskar att de var lika tuffa.
‘twas good.
Hard to review this objectively after years of listening previously but a great album with some excellent songs. Grapevine cover is excellent and Who’ll Stop the Rain is an all time classic. Time in a bottle! 4
Really liked! Nice twang
Wikipedia puts it under "rock country" genres (among others), and there were moments in which I could definitely feel the country. Fave: I Heard Through The Grapevine
I really enjoyed this one.
Really good, his vocals are just perfect and add so much to each of these songs. What a wonderful cover of I heard it through the Grapevine. So many of these songs are classics.
Bättre än Green River, enligt mig det definitiva CCR albumet hittils! John Fogerty som sångare är en guldgruva, när de rockar till det lite mera är de verkligen så bra
Ramble Tamble (Track 1) - Roller Coaster changing tempos and styles, a little bit of this a little bit of that type song Before You Accuse Me (Track 2) - Reminds me of Chuck Berry Travelin' Band (Track 3) - Solid rock Ooby Dooby (Track 4) - Dooby Ooby Ooby Lookin' Out My Back Door (Track 5) - Hello Country twang sudden tempo drop at the end was unexpected Run Through The Jungle (Track 6) - First song I know different from the rest of the album so far but a classic Up Around The Bend (Track 7) - Favorite song so far, appreciate the rasppyness in the voice My Baby Left Me (Track 8) - Back to the swamps we go Who'll Stop The Rain (Track 9) - Banger I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Track 10) - Great cover adding a darker sound Long As I Can See The Light (Track 11) - Good song to end a album on a almost farewell Overall: 4.5 | Favorite Track: My Baby Left Me | Least Favorite: Before You Accuse Me
Mostly bangers, range of styles. Who will stop the rain is a bop. Classic Creedence.
Einfach gut, so vielfältig, rockig, bluesig. Top5 Roadtripalben
Alright so the list likes to over represent bands. Cause at this point I've listened to all of CCR's stuff at this point. Now this is got to be their best album but still, we could cut an album here and there and get more bands to listen to. Now that I'm done bitching, this is a GREAT album of theirs. It has to be their best work. Solid everything here. It's wild that they released so many good albums in a short amount of time.
Several classics on this one. Very much enjoyed it.
positivo
long ass songs dragged this down soo much
oh man, of course this was good. CCR has always been a great group with many notable songs. this had a lot that i knew, with some sprinkling of others i did not. great. one of the bands that i listened to frequently when i was getting into this type of music.
pretty solid! i haven't listened to much from CCR but it's hard not to like their sound. i really love how distorted john fogerty's guitar is (well, the whole band, but him as lead) because it's just got such an energy to it and fogerty's got a very interesting voice too. swamp rock is good shit because i was bobbing my head along to pretty much all of it. i don't know if anything particularly stood out though? this was all just Good. "run through the jungle" is probably the most interesting to me. they're doing some crazy ass shit on that track.
I still think I prefer Willy and the Poor Boys, but this is pretty great too. It's suprising how little of the hits I know are on this Creedance album and yet I think it still comes together really well! Some great instrumentals on this one, and in comparison to yesterday's album- very consistent. I just think it lacks the clear standouts needed for 5 stars to me, everything kind of melds together towards the end.
To be honest, going into this I wasn't all that excited. Before this, I had heard a few songs in passing, didn't think too much of it, and never really looked deeper. Besides, I think it's reasonable to be a little skeptical of a swamp rock band from California. But I was surprised by a good few things while listening to this. Firstly, I knew like 3 or 4 of these songs. Second, CCR's swamp rock is remarkably convincing. And third, this was really really good. As a CCR skeptic, I am so glad they kicked this album off with one of the better songs. Ramble Tamble has so much energy and groove, and its command over momentum is truly exciting. From here, we have the blues rock of songs like Travelin' Band and Up Around The Bend. We have dour reflections on Vietnam in Who Can Stop The Rain and the slightly ominous Run Through The Jungle. And we have the incredibly sweet sounding Lookin' Out My Back Door, a song with such innocence that it is the only other piece of music in the folder in my mind with I Think We Are Going To Be Friends by The White Stripes (which may be a really weird take, now that I'm thinking about it). These songs are all unexpectedly fantastic. The four covers here are even particularly inspired, although I do think that Ooby Dooby and Before you Accuse Me are probably the weakest songs on the album. But conversely, My Baby Left Me is strong, and I Heard It Through The Grapevine is *very* strong (and it better be, it's like 11 minutes long). Cosmo's Factory closes with Long As I Can See The Light, another very sweet cut, and a great ballad to tie it all up (with great sax to boot). I will say, being completely won over by a CCR album was not on my to-do list today, but I'll never complain about discovering more great music. They capture the sound and atmosphere of blues, southern rock, and the "swamp sound" perfectly on Cosmo's factory and a lot of the songs here are already becoming my favorites within the genre. A couple of weaker covers and some of the best songs here being criminally short are really the only complaints I have here (I would easily take an extra minute or two of Up Around The Bend, Lookin' Out My Back door, and Who Can Stop The Rain). But at the end of the day, I'd rather an album leave me wanting more than being overstuffed. This is great music.
Yeehaw
Muy bueno. Me encanta la vibra
Ramble Tamble - 4.5/5 Before You Accuse Me - 4.5/5 Travelin' Band - 4/5 Ooby Dooby - 3/5 Lookin' Out My Back Door - 4/5 Run Through the Jungle - 4.5/5 Up Around the Bend - 4.5/5 My Baby Left Me - 3.5/5 Who'll Stop the Rain - 4/5 I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 4.5/5 Long as I Can See the Light - 4/5 Quintessential swamp rock. A great mixture of genres all around, from blues to rock n' roll to even a bit of prog rock. This sounds like a greatest hits album as there was not a single dud on the entire album. Overall: 4/5 Favorite(s): Ramble Tamble, Before You Accuse Me, Travelin' Band, Up Around the Bend, I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Several songs that I know and like, but lots I don’t like. Not a fan of their rockabilly sound. But, it’s Credence, so…
I've been blessed with CCR two days in a row. They're so great.
Hard to find a bad song on this album. Pretty darn near perfect.
I like atmosphere. They got lots. Just... Crunchy and fun. They even do a good job of making generic 12 bar structures fun on Before You Accuse Me and Travelin' Band. Ramble Tramble even surprisea with some almost post rock breakdown. Ooby Dooby the only thing to let the side down.
I like this type of music! I would listen possibly again
Knew every track, some good songs on this. Enjoyable listen.
a bluesy rock album that has exciting beats to tap your foot to and fun tempo changes. i didnt even realize how long some of the tracks are, which is a testament to how good of a listen it is. fun to learn how theyre from the bay area!
Will keep downloaded. Great cover of I heard it through the grapevine
Cosmo's Factory is full of CCRs best hits. While it doesn't feel like a cohesive project, it has banger after banger after banger. Best Songs: Lookin' Out My Back Door, Up Around The Bend, I Heard It Through The Grapevine Worst Songs: Ooby Dooby, Long As I See The Light
I didn't realize the number of CCR hits that came from this one album. Sounds like an entire era of American culture wrapped into an hour of music, especially with the blues influences.
pretty fantastic
8 There are some songs on here that are 10/10 and some songs that I will skip next time I listen to. Overall it’s a good impression but I could do without that hoobie doobie song or however it goes lol
Finally an album I could get my teeth into. Never heard of this album before but knew most the tracks on it.
CCR to me is one of those bands I’m always surprised by the number of songs I recognize. I’ve never sought them out as something I want to listen to, but when they come on it’s usually pretty good. I recognized more than half these tracks, and the ones I didn’t were pretty good in their own right. Definitely liked this more than the other CCR album I listened to. 4/5
notes
01) Ramble Tamble - 8,0 02) Before You Accuse Me - 7,5 03) Travelin' Band - 7,0 04) Ooby Dooby - 7,0 05) Lookin' out My Back Door - 9,5 06) Run Through the Jungle - 8,0 07) Up Around the Bend - 8,5 08) My Baby Left Me - 7,0 09) Who'll Stop the Rain - 9,5 10) I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 8,0 11) Long As I Can See the Light - 8,5 TOAL: 8,07 (81/100) Current ranking: 202/741
So bluesy, so great
This was an absolute blast from the get-go. Nothing drags, it has constant momentum, and the instrumentation is astounding. A few songs in the middle aren't particularly memorable, but all around it was a very strong album.
Really enjoyed this one, though not surprised as I have other albums by the band in my collection - what a great band they were, heard new tracks which is always good
Grapevine lowkey ate
The finest distillation of laste 60s rock moving into a new decade.
I could give this five stars. I love it. BUT! Willy and The Poor Boys is even better, so I feel Cosmo’s should be four. This is so hard. 4/5
Good one!
One of the few records of the 60s that can still resonate with me. This swamp/southern rock record is still a pretty good record. I imagine it remains so because I don’t spend any time listening to “classic rock”. So, the risk of overplaying a track is remote. I HeardIt Through The Grapevine is a top shelf track no matter who covers it. I prefer the Slits version, but the original resonates because the lengthy guitar jam is interesting and energetic meaning the track is a solid highlight in an otherwise diverse and interesting record. Run Through The Jungle with its gothic blues shuffle predates The Gun Club and The Cramps and is the obvious blueprint for those bands. The real shift between songs is whether makes this album unique. Up The Bend right after Run Through The Jungle is an eclectic combo of two different sound collages but somehow it works. The Elvis Presley rip, My Baby Left Me and Who Will Stop The Rain with I Heard It Through The Grapevine completes perhaps on of the best 6 song runs on an album. The outlier really is Long As I can See the Light, which I might have placed as the third track on Side 1 and shifted everything to finish Side 1 with Lookin out my Back Door and then start Side 2 with Run Through The Jungle. But it’s a quibble. This is a keeper for every generation and truly belongs on this list. Only track I don’t prefer is Ooby Dooby. Otherwise 9/10.
Admittedly I only partially listened to this but I liked what I heard!
I like so many CCR songs and I didn’t realize how stacked this album was. So many jams.
Solid album and highlights some of Fogertys best creativity. Every track on this album besides 2 or 3 are absolute tunes. Great songwriting and musicianship across the board throughout the listen.
I wouldn’t buy it, but if I walked into a bar with a band plying like that, I’d not only set the drinks up, but I’d have to be gently prised out of the bar at closing time whilst noisily shouting for yet another encore.
There's not much to say about this one, another classic. The algorithm is blessing me this week. This album is strong through and through, but its crazy how strong the B side is. How many albums have a better ending than Who'll Stop the Rain, I Heard it Through the Grapevine, and Long as I Can See the Light? Not many.
3,9/5
música de pai. comecei amando mas oobey doobie foram os 2 minutos mais demorados do álbum, me cansou tanto que n curti tanto o resto. mas adorei ramble tamble e as 2 últimas
grande banda, grande álbum. me agrada muito o rock anos 70, e ccr é bem autêntico (e americano). who'll stop the rain e ramble tramble 👍
uma mistura interessante e complexa, gostei mt
Esse em um festival de hambúrguer e cerveja cheio de tiozões faria a alegria da galera. In a good way. Run Through the Jungle foi uma grata surpresa.
Total banger
Chooglin
Great album, slaps front to back. I'm glad I finally sat down and listened to a CCR album in full .
Good memories
Love this album, classic CCW with some great covers. Favorite Songs(s) Run Through the Jungle, Who’ll Stop the Rain, Lookin Out My Backdoor
I was a pleasure to listen to, twice
Pleasant surprise, some hidden gems on this one. Also, the guitar sound is soooooo crunchy, I love it!
It's CCR, what more do you need to know? You know what you're getting into, it's all right there on the tin. Plenty of Southern Rock hits, and the lesser known trakcs are still good as Southern Rock. "Heard It Through The Grapevine" drags on a bit and feels a little "jammy".
It's creedence, they're all good
Lots of classic CCR hits most would recognize, for me Run Through the Jungle is a standout. The album has their swamp boogey sound with a little rockabilly thrown in as well.
Well, for the most part, this sounds like any other CCR album I’ve heard so far, which is decent, but nothing too spectacular. Although, I will say, at first I thought this album was going to be different because the opening track “Ramble Tamble” was an epic opener with some changing dynamics that made me think the entire album was going to follow that same path. But instead, the rest of the album just sounded like classic CCR. Either way, I’m glad I listened to it, because “Ramble Tamble” is officially my favorite CCR song of all time.
It's a classic for a reason! The original songs are all strong, even if a few of them have been mercilessly overplayed on classic rock stations for 40 years. Personally, I still get stoked when I hear those screeching guitars at the start of Run Through the Jungle. The danger feels imminent from start to finish; it sounds like getting chased. Probably my favorite CCR song. Four cover songs throughout the album and all of them are also pretty solid (Ooby Dooby? Gimme a "hell yeah").
I don't think I've ever listened to a Creedence album all the way through. I rather enjoyed it.
So many classics on this album. It takes me back to when I was a kid doing a paper route with my father and we would listen to this music in the car. Love CCR
All time classic tunes.
The blues covers brings it down a bit, but the rest is packed with some of their strongest singles, really a fun album
I never want to listen to them, but it's always enjoyable. Good stuff!
I rarely listen to them, but hey... They're so great and enjoyable, I'm gonna give them a bold 4!
Classic blues rock
Hard to rate it because so many of these songs are so well known. Long As I Can See the Light is probably my favorite. Run Through the Jungle fucks.
another great album by the band of the year so fat
not bad
Great country-rock melodies! So talented, so short-lasting...
They have an interesting sound that mixes classic rock'n'roll (I'm not gonna stop glazing RnR) and country. A couple songs actually sound similar to some Eagles songs.
Delightful album- love the panning, and guitar tones. I laugh a bit because the lead singer's enunciation is the blueprint of every "indie girlie" today.
Enjoyable albeit a little samey. Good easy listening with some gems amongst it
A low ish 4 for me but better than some 3s I’ve had - the hits are the strong points on this album but all enjoyable nonetheless.
Who is Cosmo who is Creedence was the pianist really that small was there any piano on this album
!!!! Cool
4 stars This is my second CCR album in here and my comment on Green River was that CCR are more of a singles band than an album band. And that’s true with this record too. It’s just that they have 6 singles on this album, so it’s much more significant than on albums with 2 or so. And these are some of their best ones: “Run Through the Jungle,” “Travelin’ Band,” “Lookin’ Out my Back Door,” “Up Around the Bend,” and I’ll stop there just to avoid listing them all. While some of the non-single tracks suffer from generic bluesy rock n roll syndrome, the opening and closing tracks are quite effective and take the album up another level than if it was just the singles and Elvis impersonator tracks. I’ll acknowledge that the 11+ minute version of “Heard it through the Grapevine” is a bit overindulgent, but not to the point of being unpleasant. This is a good one.
really low 4 for me, but I just can't justify putting this at a 3 when there's so many classic, iconic songs. along with some great instrumental sections and a cool album cover
Guter alter Rock'n'Roll
Full of hits
I didn't recognize this CCR album so I was a bit scared but surprise CCR is still good 7/10
Excellent classic rock. Not my favourite CCR, but hard to go wrong with them. Several classic tracks here.
So this is where many of the CCR hits come from. I recognized a number of songs. Very good album
sad and reflective but goddamn it rocks
It's taken a lot of soul searching and abandoning the biases of youth to accept Creedence into my life, but I am richer for it. This is not the album I'd pick - I feel we did Green River already - but its still a good one. No one can make a recording studio sound like a tin roof chicken coop the way CCR does.
Cosmo's Factory gets off to a rollicking start with the excellent "Ramble Tamble," an extended blues jam. CCR is one of those bands that excel at stringing songs out through instrumental exploration, as seen on "Run Through the Jungle" and "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," one of the finest versions of the oft-covered Motown classic. Their cover of Bo Diddley's "Before You Accuse Me" is also great and reinforces CCR as serious students of the American music canon.
Hard to evaluate fairly since so many of these songs are classic rock staples.
More like Hit Factory: Up Around the Bend, Who'll Stop the Rain, and Long As I Can See The Light are punch perfect. I wasn't familiar with the extended songs, Ramble Tamble and the Grapevine cover, and they were also excellent. (R T is late Beatle-ly to great effect.) I still can't believe how good these guys sound when they only played together 5 years.
Good band yes
I wouldn’t hold out much hope for the tape deck, though. Or the Creedence.
Same as my review for Green River, it's a 4/5.
My dad listened to a lot of Creedence when I grew up so I did as well. A lot of it is very nostalgic to me and those songs still hit hard. The others not so much. Its still good music though so while I wont skip songs i might just play a best of album instead of this next time.
‘Murica!
Their best album
Love it
Decent ram ranchin knee slappin album. Finished stronger than it started. Best songs: who’ll stop the rain, I heard it through the grapevine.
How can you go wrong with CCR? You can't. This album is packed full of catchy tunes. Easy listening, good for a roadtrip. 9 put of 10 for me.
You’d think this was a greatest hits record if you didn’t know better. Some of Creedence’s best work from start to finish, my only complaint with the track listing is that there are three 12-bar blues songs in a row, and even though they are unique from each other, it feels a bit much as 2 of those three are the weakest on the album, but the rest of it is so incredible and those 2 tracks still have great stuff going on. Tracks like Who’ll Stop the Rain and I Heard It Through The Grapevine make me wish that the band sang with each other more often instead of just John harmonizing with himself, even though that works well, the different voices sound great together. John’s voice is amazing and the band plays tightly as always, and I really like the introduction of keys and sax to their sound, which would continue to be utilized on the follow up. I find it surprising how you don’t hear music nerds and critics talk about CCR too much now as they were the biggest band in America at one point and their music is great and still gets regular classic rock radio play. 4/5
Really enjoyed this album didn’t sound overly produced, almost sounded like a live album
CCR in this album are fearless,you can hear so many influences in each song and boy do they deliver all of them so good! The songs that really made it to my heart mostly are: Ramble Table is one of the best Rock songs i've ever listened especially when it shifts by slowing down at 1:53 and 'till 5:32 where they speed up again ,one of my favourites of all times,the most interesting 7:11 i've ever listened! Who'll stop the Rain,great song, I heard it Through the Grapevine cover( after Glady's Knight first original and Marvin Gaye's treatment) is amazing,showing their Motown influences,John Fogerty's deliver is absolutely fantastic,the heavy bass and drums and the guitar makes this a timeless version with respect, Long as i can see the Light.Fogerty's vocals here can show his ''black'' influences,what a voice! Great album but overall it's a 4/5 for me.
I thought I had been burned out on CCR, but I really liked this album, mainly because of the quality of the tunes that had not been played to death over the last 50 years.
Tommel opp
Perfectly enjoyable. Nothing crazy or experimental just a very solid rock album.
Damn good rock, genuinely enjoyed it.
This was a killer album. Not a substandard track on it ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
I've never wanted to ride on one of those boats with a massive fan on the back more than when listening to this. Swampy as fuck.
Not a bad album. CCR is a little much for me, though. Gotta take them in small bites. This album has some iconic songs on it though.
Lookin Out My Back Door, what a song! Really glad to get this album, what a ripper.
'Cosmo's Factory', Creedence's first record of the 70s, sees them complete a phenomenal streak of five albums that turned the El Cerrito quartet into one of America's brightest lights in the late 60s. Packed full of plenty of their best-known songs (Up Around the Bend, Looking Out My Back Door, Who'll Stop the Rain, Travelin Band), 'Cosmo's Factory' is essentially CCR (and John Fogerty in particular) in peak form, adventuring into R&B, soul and country while staying true to their core roots rock sound. This adventure is most evident on the two longer songs on the album: the psychedelic-tinged 'Ramble Tamble' and an 11-minute cover of the Motown standard 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine'. While both these songs serve as CCR attempting to break free of their regular "hit making" aesthetic, the lengthy instrumental passages tend to meander along without any real purpose other than to showcase John Fogerty's sound lead riffs. While the adventure is welcome, it only shows that CCR are probably more suited to the tightly constructed rock songs, in which their skill is unrivalled by many other American rock acts of the time. Britain was dominating the rock airwaves by this point, and CCR were an interesting outlier at a time, largely avoiding the acid-tinged counter-culture sound of many of their US contemporaries (The Doors, MC5, The Byrds, The Grateful Dead).So when CCR go and try to be experimental in the same vein as those aforementioned bands, it kind of comes across as trying to join the bands they were adamant on standing out from. Which is what makes the shorter tunes on this album so effective. CCR's strength is in warm and concise "swamp rock", and 'Cosmo's Factory', while not shying away from adventure, is at its strongest when it showcases what CCR do best. 4/5
I do love some CCR. Run Through The Jungle is a top for me. Plus great covers on here.
Had never listened to this one all the way through, but enjoyed it. A little jammier than I expected from CCR, but still good! Highlights: "Travelin' Band" and "Long as I Can See The Light"
Making 'simple' songs sound so vital and alive is no small task. Enjoyed this listen, haven't heard a lot of these songs in years. "Who'll Stop The Rain?" still can stop me in my tracks. I don't usually go for extended editions and bonus tracks but noticed that Booker T and the MGs are on a bonus track of "Born On The Bayou", Had to give that a listen and I wasn't disappointed.
Really great blues record! Vocals are top-notch, fun riffs... what's not to love?
Ashamed to say i've never heard of Creedence Clearwater Revival, but WTF 28.1 mln monthly listeners?! And i get it, really liked the album. Loved every song. Only thing is, its not really my genre, so i probably won't listen to it again, so i cant give it a 5/5
I didn't know this band and it's just yet another example of how great the 60s and 70s were. I'm always amazed at how much good music was produced during this period
Love me a ramble ramble, some good fun driving music
Good
A cut above the other CCR albums I’ve listened to. It’s higher energy and got some real muscle in it. Also less uniform overall. The production and mixing is a lot better here as well.
For some reason this one took me a long time to crack but goes surprisingly comfortable today for a 55 year old record.
Das Album war super und ist mit den bekannten Oldies verdientermaßen eine LP in dieser Liste
4.0 - Very Good
CCR has a unique ability to transport you to a road house on the side of a highway in Louisiana, where you can get cheap beer and groove out while you hope that cops don’t break up the party. What’s more impressive is that they can achieve that, despite themselves being from San Francisco. Fun listen. Strong A Side AND B Side
What a classic this is! It's great that it's included on this list. It's a pity they were so successful just before "my time."
You can't go too wrong when half the album winds up on Chronicle.
Going through some of the albums I skipped initially. In general I don't love Creedence's sound, but the energy on this is pretty infectious.
Very good album and I don't really like CCR all that much.
do you like rolling southern blues rock? Because thats what you're getting whether you like it or not. Not their best but still a pretty good time, I always picture a life I've never lived, life in a small town sitting on a back porch, cruising in a banged up pickup to the local watering hole. The hits here are bangers, the rest of the album doesnt quite match up though.
This is another album I grew up with. I haven’t revisited it a ton. Opening track fucking hits as do several others. Really rocking album,
Just shy of a 5, I think. There's a lot of quality material here but the highlight for me was their excellent version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." Not sure what's going on with the album cover here - it doesn't fit my image of this group at all, especially the yellow clown balloon font.
Just top notch stuff. Real classic rock. Almost any CCR album comes close to a greatest hits record.
Classic musicans training recording. Most musicians learned these tunes and licks. We used them in the 70s.
several bangers on this will never not love any rendition of Grapevine, although the 11 minute version is really stretching it (haha) 4/5
Very good chill music. 69 Charger rolling down the highway babeh RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
So fucking good First part is like "oh you liked the energy of the previous song? Wait till you hear THIS shit". Middle is a bit forgettable to me, but maybe just headspace. Last part comes back strong. Overall amazing
Ooby dooby was annoying but otherwise solid album
Enjoyed this album. Over 50 years old and perhaps sounds a little dated, but no matter, still some great songs. Particularly liked .... Up around the bend . .. Who'll stop the rain .... Long as I can see the light However 11 minutes of "I heard it through the grapevine" got a bit tedious.
Man… what’s more American than CCR? And what’s more American than a band imploding because one guy insisted on steering the ship while everyone else wanted to be collaborators instead of a backing group? It’s mythology-level stuff at this point. The irony, of course, is that the dysfunction doesn’t dilute an ounce of how absurdly good they were. This record has that unmistakable CCR gravity—John Fogerty’s voice cutting straight through the mix, the band locked in with that swamp-rock precision, every track sounding like it’s been road-tested on a highway at dusk. It’s a shame they never found a way to keep it together, because Cosmo’s Factory feels like a peak that could’ve been an era. You can’t help but imagine what they might have made if the chemistry and the egos had aligned instead of colliding.
This album has a lot of songs you've heard on it. Most of them could be classified as bangers from the '70s. Worth a spin.
Fun album, backed with really strong guitar and percussion. Not many notes, just an overall good time.
It has some great songs, but honestly they all sound too similar. I like everything about every song though. Nothing bad about this album. Just there's also nothing in this album that makes me too excited. It's really solid and I hope to listen to these songs another time.
Good mid classic rock
Really quite enjoyed this. Some great songs here, and seems to capture an energy that I feel like some rock albums of the era lack
I did not know so many of CCR's most famous songs came from this album. A solid album. Favorites: Ramble Tamble, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Who'll Stop the Rain Would I listen to it again: Yes
I realy like this, just like other CCR records. Favorite track- Run Through The Jungle
bring back doing the ooby dooby
can't say CCR invented southern rock, but they certainly perfected it. some classics on this record.
Absolutely classic album by a group at the height of their powers!
Awesome, I didn’t look at the track list when I started this up and it’s just hit after hit. Classic Credence.
I've never listened to Creedence before, but I've heard a few of these tracks, though. Great fun, a somogesboard of country, rock and roll, motown, protest rock. 4
⭐︎4.3 全米一位を獲得したCCRの名盤。 シングルヒットは少ないが、印象に残る曲がちらほら。 長尺の曲が一曲だけあってドラマ性がある。飽きのこないアルバムだなと言う印象。
A classic album, where even the songs that didn't become hits are still good. One of those early albums you can listen and enjoy all the way through. Good, classic, '70s rock-blues-country.
Ta around the bend daina visai nieko, overall neblogas pasiklausymas, neprailgo, kaip 1970 labai atitinkantis catchy albumas.
Solid album. My favourite is Up Around The Bend. One of the most fun songs we've interpolated with our band.
Not bad. Some great songs here. Probably high 3 to 4 stars.
kinda fucking sick. really like Ramble Tamble, Travelin Band, Ooby Dooby.
- Zeer Blues Peer-y - Traag begin, maar dan toch enkele dikke platen - 3 nummer toegevoegd aan de MMMM
Fajne a nawet bardzo. Kilka piosenek zapisanych. Pasowałoby na długie trasy autem. 4/5
En voyant la pochette et le noms de l'artiste, je pensais ne pas connaître. En réalité, je connaissais deux ou trois chansons cultes !
I’m not overly familiar with CCR except for a few select songs, so this was a great occasion for me to finally catch up. What a great find ! It’s an excellent blues rock (or swamp rock ?) album that kept me interested from start to finish. For an album made in 1970, it sounds amazingly atemporal, with influences going back to the early 60s and some very modern-sounding tracks. Not necessarily my favorite kind of rock, but they have an energy and an authenticity that make me crave for more. I’ll definitely come back to this album (and the rest of their discography). Hard choice between a 4 and a 5* - ideally I’d give it a 4,5*.
This is a classic "ride around with your friends and get into some trouble" album for us Gen-Xers.
Really enjoyed this - knew a few songs but never listened to the album on a run. Extra star for helping, in some way, add a musical layer to ‘the dude’.
Knew far more songs than I realised and a great album
So many hits
Loved it! Always a fan of CCR.
Fun album Come classics.
Ungewöhnlich, dass ich soviele Titel auf einer Platte kenne, die ich nicht selber im Regal habe. Das hat wohl seinen Grund.
Ccr stays excellent in their later work. Though its missing soms hits for me it's still very good
Last CCR album, I believe I said that it’s not great to hear more than three CCR songs in a row. I’ll take that back, this is a good CCR album as a whole. I do think it’s offputting that Fogerty is a Northern California guy and puts on that voice but whatever, it sort of works and CCR is good.
Great album with several of their greatest hits. Ramble Tamble is unnecessarily long and Ooby Dooby is a skip. But a great CCR album
Incredibly listenable. The hits are good, the deep tracks are good, everything is good. Not a ton of transcendent moments, in my opinion, but loads of good ones and few to no dead spots.
That guitar tone fucks I get these guys now
Хороший рокешный альбом с оочень длинными песнями. Не мое любимое, но приятное
Really good album. Quite a few classic tunes on this one.
Classic
Me gusta
Great album classic songs
Just discovered the track Ramble Tamble and it’s awesome. Overall, that’s not my favorite CCR album, but it goes down easy, like always with them. Just the right mix of blues, soul, and rock, with a bit of Marvin.
I was expecting to not enjoy this albm as much as I did. I used to listen to a LOT of CCR back in high school, but more recently stopped because I wasn't enjoying the sound of his voice anymore, it was a little too gritty and almost shrill. So I went into this not looking forward to having to listen to a whole album. Thankfully, I remembered why I used to love CCR so much! The production on this album is so well done, the instrumentals are great, and the songs that have longer instrumental riffs don't overdo it. Very balanced. Lookin out my Back Door, Heard it Through the Grapevine, Who'll Stop the Rain, and Long as I can See the Light are some of my favorites.
C'est CCR. 4.49 étoiles parce qu'y'a "juste" la moitié des tounes qui sont des hits.
Really good rockabilly
The building ups on the tracks here are awesome. It scratches the same thing in my brain that adores doom, noise and sludge. Repeated musical motifs across this whole thing. Unfortunately very front loaded 8/10
Es ist ein Beispiel für kraftvollen Rock mit Südstaatenflair und einer Prise Blues. Die Band liefert hier ein Album voller Energie, das Klassiker wie „Run Through the Jungle“, „Lookin’ Out My Back Door“ und das treibende „Travelin’ Band“ beinhaltet. Eine markante Stimme und das tight spielende Ensemble bringen einen rohen, authentischen Sound, der fasziniert. Zwar sind manche Songs etwas repetitiv und das Album verlässt sich stark auf den bereits etablierten Band Stil, doch das Gesamtpaket ist absolut hörenswert.
Really solid rock and roll album. Ramble Ramble and Through the Grapevine are great. My only problem is that I've heard the hits of this album so much that I don't really enjoy those songs anymore. I can also see this being conservative music 8/10 Favourite: Ramble Tamble Least Favourite: Rum Through the Jungle
When I saw this was my album for today, I thought, "Ugh. I don't like CCR." But I discovered that I *do* like CCR after all. This is a great album, full of really strong tunes. I even enjoyed their "Heard it Through the Grapevine" cover, which is a song that usually makes me gag. I would listen to this album again for sure.
Really good album. It seems I like CCR more when it deeper cuts and not the singles/radio hits. Enjoyed the bluesy vibe and the longer songs. I would listen to this album again. Overall: 8.75/10
too many nostalgia tracks, kind of like sha-na-na. But when it's good, it's really good. I few tunes were surprisingly more complex than I remember CCR being
Love creedence! Almost a 5 star album
Classic southern rock. Considering the only other CCR album I’ve listened to was Mardi Gras, this is a sure step up. Some undeniable classics and some straight rockers.
great album throughout, doesn't lose its rhythm and flow. I was surprised to see how much some songs give off 50s vibes tho
By 1970, it was safe to say that Creedence Clearwater Revival were the biggest band in the world. The Beatles had let it be, Zeppelin had revved up massive hype and The Stones and The Who were not too far behind in terms of importance. Yet Creedence's output around this time not only rivaled those bands, they had the power to seemingly shift the balance back on an even keel. Cosmo's Factory was one such example, further establishing the band's dominance as the anthems become intertwined with lengthy jamming that introduced versatility and depth. Peak Creedence, pure Clearwater, a glorious Revival. Favorites: Ramble Tamble, Before You Accuse Me, 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.
Love the singer's voice, the energy, and finally an I Heard It Through The Grapevine cover I actually like. Rating: 4
A lot of covers that are so-so musically, but offer a window into their influences. Top notch originals.
Classic. Lodge of great ones. Grapevine is a cool 11 min. Some think too long. Just right. lol.
What an excellent album. It's maybe more classic, early rock 'n' roll than I thought it would be (eg. Before You Accuse Me, Ooby Dooby) but there's so much to like here, with some real standout tracks. My foot got a really good workout with all the toe-tapping going on. I love the prolonged jams! The 11 minute runtime on I Heard It Through The Grapevine is entirely necessary and I won't hear otherwise. 4.5 rounded down.
Another 4/5. CCR simply doesn’t fail. I can’t say there were any outstanding songs particularly, but they all suited my preferences. I’ll see if I add it to the rotation, but I will definitely revisit it.
Scooby Dooby was right there. 4.
More like Hit Factory, amirite ladies Anyway, this is pretty much the perfect southern rock album, hadn't they chosen to throw on multiple generic blues rock songs, one of which is Ooby Dooby.
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