Cosmo's Factory
by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Overall rank: 181st | 1970s rank: 43rd | 1970 rank: 8th
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2026	Musicbuff123	Top 38 Music Albums of the 1970s	38/38	1
2026	javicho07	Top 33 Music Albums of 1970	9/33	4
2026	travelful	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	82/100	19
2026	culwin	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	10/100	18
2026	AAL2014	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	65/100	35
2026	cicadelic	Robert Christgau's 1970 Jazz & Pop Ballot: Pop	5/10	-
2026	Mrump	Top 24 Music Albums of 1970	10/24	3
2026	paladisiac	all-time fav arteests (pts) #001-100	91/100	-
2026	Rivera	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	17/100	17
2026	cicadelic	Top 84 Music Albums of 1970	64/84	1
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		930
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		7,899

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85/100 (from 1,006 votes)

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90/100

From jchurd601 06/08/2012 01:14 | #44043 | TOP COMMENT

Best album by one of the greatest American rock bands. John Fogerty is also one of the great American songwriters as well (he was an absolute hit factory). He's also got one of the best rock voices as well. Any CCR album is good but get this one first! (Edited)

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95/100

From Untitled TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/11/2023 11:35 | #294908 | TOP COMMENT

This is by far the most consistent Creedence project with it being full of great songs and brilliant instrumental work. They take a more bluesy approach on here and it really pays off for them and for us as they command songs like Travelin' Band, Run Through The Jungle and Up Around The Bend. The peak of this style comes on the cover of I Heard It Through The Grapevine which they transform and completely make their own. On this song they demonstrate how covers can be so amazing and also give us an instrumental masterpiece of a song. They then continue this high quality for basically the rest of the record which results in a consistent listen that is so satisfying to experience. The one knock against the album I have is that there are two filler songs which are My Baby Left Me and Ooby Dooby. They are only 4 minutes long when combined but they do take me out of the record and do feel unnecessary on this release. If you remove those two songs this is amongst the truly elite of albums. Overall, this is a very high quality record that is full of brilliant performances across the whole group and is by far the greatest Creedence record they created. (Edited)

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100/100

From CjHubb117 01/12/2023 06:16 | #292737 | TOP COMMENT

While this album has a great reputation, I still consider it highly underrated. It says something about the quality of the songs when the covers (besides Grapevine) are the weakest part of the album and they still do them justice. Every original song on this album could have been released as a single and is hit worthy. It deserves the same level of recognition as Led Zeppelin’s fourth album in my opinion. My only gripe is I feel the middle of Ramble Tamble goes on a tad too long, but that’s a tiny nitpick. Truly a masterpiece. (Edited)

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From dwils0891 03/28/2012 00:23 | #39041 | TOP COMMENT

Great album, solid songwriting, good ol' dirty south foot-stompin' tunes. I can dig it. (Edited)

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From 5thbeatle 05/08/2012 21:44 | #41845 | TOP COMMENT

CCR at their best, half of its on their greatest hits. (Edited)

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