Willy And The Poor Boys
by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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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 8,012.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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).
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Willy And The Poor Boys rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 81 Music Albums of 1969 | 18/81 | 4 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Creedence Clearwater Revival - RANKED: | 2/4 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 49 Music Albums of 1969 | 15/49 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 201-300 Greatest Music Albums | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 9/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 45 Music Albums of 1969 | 14/45 | 4 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 35/100 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 540 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,440 | |||
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Willy And The Poor Boys ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/13/2026 04:15 | BurndenAce | 1,321 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2026 09:43 | kinginsomniac12 | 600 | 99/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:18 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
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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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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
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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.
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