Willy And The Poor Boys
by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Willy And The Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Year: 1969
Release date: 1969-11-02
Overall rank: 497th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 626 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1969 (19th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1960s (63rd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (497th)

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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 8,075.

Creedence Clearwater Revival album bestography « Higher ranked (401st)
Green River
This album (497th)
Willy And The Poor Boys
Lower ranked (1,032nd) »
Bayou Country

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Willy And The Poor Boys rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 497th | 1960s rank: 63rd | 1969 rank: 19th
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2026martinthoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s17/10017
2026Exist-en-cielTop 86 Music Albums of 196921/864
2026blueandthemoonTop 48 Music Albums of 196918/483
2026BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 196921/1004
2026HyggevinylTop 51 Music Albums of 196931/512
2026amirmishaliTop 97 Music Albums of 196916/974
2026 CA DreaminTop 50 Music Albums of the 1960s15/5014
2026brent13Top 32 Music Albums of 196924/321
2026 junodog4Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s42/10012
2026sunnydhammTop 67 Music Albums of the 1960s29/6712
2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s63/1008
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s98/1001
2026TroutMaskGregTop 41 Music Albums of 196927/412
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s90/1002
2026 LiedzeitTop 55 Music Albums of 196947/551
2026leniadTop 201-300 Greatest Music Albums99/100 -
2026daCriticTop 41 Music Albums of 196927/412
2026SiromynianTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s26/10015
2026 NowhereManTop 29 Music Albums of 196918/292
2026stevengnzTop 66 Music Albums of 19699/664
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 539
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 3,454
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Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 626 votes)
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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 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.

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85/100
From 07/29/2022 16:23 | #287944
3rd best CCR?. An incredible array of songs with only a couple of filler tracks.
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75/100
From 06/25/2022 11:23 | #286652
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.
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85/100
From 06/23/2022 00:26 | #286605
Clássico! Grande momento da década de 60 e da música em geral.
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80/100
From 01/17/2022 11:43 | #279534
Fortunate Son is the best. Down On The Corner is great, the rest is just good.
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70/100
From 12/03/2020 00:09 | #261848
Typically great CCR sound, but not the strongest collection of songs.
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80/100
From 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.
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95/100
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.
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90/100
From 04/04/2018 17:21 | #212294
Incredibly good album marred by a couple instrumentals and an overlong Effigy. All the other tracks are great.
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80/100
From 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.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 02/08/2018 16:47 | #207421
A solid album about Vietnam era Louisiana.
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