Willy And The Poor Boys
by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Creedence Clearwater Revival bestography
Willy And The Poor Boys is ranked 3rd best out of 24 albums by Creedence Clearwater Revival on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Creedence Clearwater Revival is Cosmo's Factory which is ranked number 181 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,055.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Willy And The Poor Boys on YouTube
Willy And The Poor Boys track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Willy And The Poor Boys rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
Patman360
CA Dreamin
dihansse
RockyRaccoon
Liedzeit
baystateoftheart
zags7000
ExTeaSeaWilly And The Poor Boys collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 311 members
Willy And The Poor Boys ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 627 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/18/2026 23:31 | xhitmanx | 1,501 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 17:55 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 17:01 |  NowhereMan | 1,455 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 13:08 | ASOARE | 2,325 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2026 17:07 | Charlesd | 110 | 83/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.9/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
Willy And The Poor Boys favourites
Showing latest 20 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 103 members
Willy And The Poor Boys comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 25 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Jboy56 07/29/2022 16:23 | #287944
3rd best CCR?. An incredible array of songs with only a couple of filler tracks.
This is quite a mixed bag from CCR where we have some outstanding tracks that carry the album and then quite a few filler cuts that hold it back. These huge tracks are of course Fortunate Son, Down On The Corner and Cotton Fields amongst a few others as well. Musically, these songs are infectious and they force themselves into your brain so you hum or sing them for hours after the record ends. They all have such a great energy as well and they fill you with joy. You then get these dips in between these songs where you go to just average tracks and I find myself sat there waiting for the other songs to come back on. These tracks don't capture the same vibe and feel a bit slow and simple in comparison. My mind always wanders away from the record as well and it struggles to hold my attention. Overall, there is some great stuff to be found on here but you do have to sit through some average songs to find it.
VictorVale 06/23/2022 00:26 | #286605
Clássico! Grande momento da década de 60 e da música em geral.
Fortunate Son is the best. Down On The Corner is great, the rest is just good.
planetneutral 12/03/2020 00:09 | #261848
Typically great CCR sound, but not the strongest collection of songs.
2nd-Impressions 09/27/2020 00:38 | #258761
80/100.
Best tracks: Down on the Corner, Cotton Fields, Fortunate Son, The Midnight Special.
Worst tracks: Poorboy Shuffle, Don't Look Now, Side O' the Road
Great record from CCR! As per usual, John Fogerty's writing and vocal/guitar talents shine here.
StefanR10 06/13/2020 02:30 | #253406 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album features the most iconic vietnam song Fortunate Son what more can i say. This is great, best songs: Fortunate Son, Down On The Corner, The Midnight Special.
Incredibly good album marred by a couple instrumentals and an overlong Effigy. All the other tracks are great.
Sandrof1969 02/13/2018 21:41 | #208042
Un po' schiacciato tra la perfetta concisione del celebre "Green river" ed il capolavoro "Cosmo's factory", "Willy and the poor boys" risulta sempre penalizzato quando si parla dei migliori dischi dei Creedence. Forse gli fa difetto una canzone da far saltare il banco ( una "Proud Mary", per dire ) ma per il resto ha tutto: una canzone capolavoro come "Effigy", una perfetta e riuscitissima cover come "Cotton fields", rock blues, riff e ritmi nella loro miglior, seppur breve, tradizione. Lo scherzo di "Poorboy shuffle" è la ciliegina sulla torta.
A solid album about Vietnam era Louisiana.
Your feedback for Willy And The Poor Boys
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
