Cosmo's Factory (studio album) by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 178th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
85/100 (from 975 votes)
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Award Top 10 albums of 1970 (8th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1970s (43rd)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (178th)
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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2025FlapJackJoeyTop 64 Music Albums of 197012/644
2025sacreyoubertTop 70 Music Albums of the 1970s57/704
2025mrmcrookTop 19 Music Albums of 197013/192
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of 197035/1003
2025Rounder89Top 100 Greatest Music Albums10/10090
2025matterhornriderTop 101-200 Greatest Music Albums21/100 -
2025Chris15789Top 100 Greatest Music Albums61/10040
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s98/1001
2025 jhuikTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s24/10015
2025 pedro1976Top 100 Greatest Music Albums11/10088
2025 spigelwiiTop 90 Music Albums of the 1970s49/909
2025 jhuikFavourite Artists (Favourite Albums) -- My Top 100 Artists48/100 -
2025arnellarsenTop 99 Music Albums of 197082/991
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 197028/1004
2025TroutMaskGregTop 32 Music Albums of 197015/323
2025 baystateoftheartTop 95 Music Albums of the 1970s46/9511
2025RiveraTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s17/10017
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Classic Rock albums of all time by DMD82/100 -
2025Drbassexpert24Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s31/10014
2025Invader666Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s92/1002
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 908
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 8,629

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 84.7/100, a mean average of 83.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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90/100
From 04/20/2025 19:18
A wonderful record that never disappoints
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From 03/14/2025 20:54
Not for me. Some nice tracks in there including the first and last tracks, but a lot of bland generic rock in the middle, the worst culprit being "Ooby Dooby"
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95/100
From 03/30/2024 19:14
An excellent album with some real standout tracks; My personal favorite: "Who'll Stop the Rain." 9.5/10!
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From 03/11/2023 11:35
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.
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From 01/12/2023 06:16
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.
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90/100
From 10/11/2022 19:44
Uma escola de bom rock!
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90/100
From 09/06/2022 17:40
Great record
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85/100
From 05/18/2022 08:09
Album Rating: 81.27
(894/11)

1.Ramble Tamble. 90
2.Before You Accuse Me. 77
3.Travelin' Band. 71
4.Ooby Dooby. 66
5.Lookin' Out My Back Door. 83
6.Run Through The Jungle. 83
7.Up Around The Bend. 78
8.My Baby Left Me. 72
9.Who’ll Stop The Rain. 85
10.I Heard It Through The Grapevine. 98
11.Long As I Can See The Lightning 91
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90/100
From 02/03/2022 23:18
Great album, underrated IMO
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From 01/16/2022 10:23
Best CCR record and the most consistent in terms of quality very enjoyable.
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Best Albums of 1970
1. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
2. After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
3. All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
5. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
6. Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
7. Moondance by Van Morrison
8. Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
10. Fun House by The Stooges
11. Let It Be by The Beatles
12. Loaded by The Velvet Underground
13. Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
14. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos
15. Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
16. American Beauty by Grateful Dead
17. Abraxas by Santana
18. Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple
19. Tea For The Tillerman by Cat Stevens
20. Morrison Hotel by The Doors
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