Cosmo’s Factory

Es ist ein Beispiel für kraftvollen Rock mit Südstaatenflair und einer Prise Blues. Die Band liefert hier ein Album voller Energie, das Klassiker wie „Run Through the Jungle“, „Lookin’ Out My Back Door“ und das treibende „Travelin’ Band“ beinhaltet. Eine markante Stimme und das tight spielende Ensemble bringen einen rohen, authentischen Sound, der fasziniert.

Zwar sind manche Songs etwas repetitiv und das Album verlässt sich stark auf den bereits etablierten Band Stil, doch das Gesamtpaket ist absolut hörenswert.

2 days in a row with albums I love!! 4/5 #albumsky #musicsky #musicchallenge

melhor que o último deles que apareceu por aqui
ramble tramble tem uma guitarrada legal, mas de resto bem normalzim

This should be a 4 star album because the songs were good. But it loses a star for rambling (tamble) - tracks 1 and 10 I'm looking at you

There was no need for their version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine to be 11 mins long. I do love that song but I kept checking and seeing that it was STILL going

3 ⭐️

What an excellent album. It's maybe more classic, early rock 'n' roll than I thought it would be (eg. Before You Accuse Me, Ooby Dooby) but there's so much to like here, with some real standout tracks. My foot got a really good workout with all the toe-tapping going on. I love the prolonged jams! The 11 minute runtime on I Heard It Through The Grapevine is entirely necessary and I won't hear otherwise.

4.5 rounded down.

read in a youtube comment section that the bassist looks like every beatle combined which is true and this is a five.

Ik begon Creedence al te missen in de lijst. Even gespiekt, maar ja hoor. Dit is het eerste van hen, maar niet de laatste. Dan valt op dat het debut niet in de lijst staat. Maar tja, debutjes moeten zoveel mogelijk in deze lijst natuurlijk, tenzij er goede hits op staan...
Of hebben de samenstellers toch gewoon een keer een keuze gemaakt tussen verschillende sterke albums van één band? Ach...weet je wat? Ik luister ze gewoon allebei.

Eerst maar eens het echte huiswerk. Cosmo's Factory. Wat luistert dat makkelijk weg zeg! Wel veel covers / reizen in de tijd. Die oude platen kopiëren, het gaat ze gemakkelijk af. De uitvoeringen zijn prima, maar die covers kan je natuurlijk niet baanbrekend noemen. Het kan een argument zijn om dit niet op te nemen in de lijst. Daartegen valt op dat de kwaliteit het gehele album hoog is. Daar houden we van. Niet twee hits omringd door reut. Als je dat bij elkaar pakt, heb ik toch liever dat de opvullers opnieuw opgenomen versies van goede nummers van anderen zijn.

Even terug in de tijd naar het debut album. Ook dit luistert prima weg. De hits I put a spell on you en Suzie Q springen er nu zeker uit. Het geluid werkt nog niet altijd top mee. Zo lijkt de zang op Suzie Q weggedrukt. Het voelt daardoor wat minder volwassen.

Al met al zou ik zeggen dat ook het debut-album door iedereen beluisterd moet zijn, maar ik waardeer het dat er eens een keuze is gemaakt. En als je eerste en vijfde album zo fijn luisteren, biedt je toch een kwaliteit die we zelden zien. Ik geef de band graag een bonussterretje voor het oeuvre.

Good old fashioned blues rock. Straight down the middle delivery.
When i spotted a cover of heard ot through the grapevine, i thought this could be good/interesting and i was right, it could have been, had they kept it tight and not stretched it out to over 11 minutes.
Nothing wrong (if you ignore the extension to grapevine) with it but nothing to excite either.

I have a major issue where I expect every CCR song to at some point morph into Bad Moon Rising, and on this album at least it never happened. They certainly have "a sound".

That's mostly due to that guy's voice, which a definitive rock and roll voice. I enjoyed this album, particularly Run Through The Jungle and Up Around The Bend which I already knew.

I think this gets a 3 because I enjoyed it and would happily rap my foot to it if I heard it in the wild, but I can't see me choosing to put it on.

3/5

A great collection of songs but not a cohesive album

their best album

Absolutely stellar album! CCR at their best!

Favorite songs: Long As I Can See the Light, Travelin' Band, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Up Around the Bend, Run Through the Jungle, Who'll Stop the Rain, Ramble Tamble, I Heard it Through the Grapevine, Before You Accuse Me, Ooby Dooby

Least favorite songs: none

5/5

I always struggle with this band for some reason. I don't know why. I mean the music is fine, it just does nothing for me. First song is already irritatingly monotonous. I love a good 7+ minute song but not this. I don't know. The whole southern rock thing never really appealed to me and even though they were from San Francisco, they definitely fall in the southern rock category.
I get that this is one of those albums that everyone is supposed to love, I just don't. But even if you aren't a CCR fan, you've probably heard at lest half of these songs a bunch of times before. The cover of I Heard It Through The Grapevine isn't bad, I'll give them that. 2/5

Noooo. But I knew it was coming; CCR are legit famous and also right in this project's wheelhouse. This album cover is moderately compelling and nicely symmetric. These guys sure like reduplication ('ramble tamble', 'ooby dooby'). They are one of the least objectionable bands in this style, I just really don't enjoy the style. But if you do, then you must love this! Lots of hits.

Highlight: 'Up Around The Bend' (I didn't realise that's what they were saying until now!)

5.0/5.0: Iconic

great album, didn't realize how many hits were on this

4.09

Good lads

gilti pležur bend, ipak prvi put slušam ovaj album u cijelosti. solidno, iako je otprilike polovica pjesama bezveze, lako se zaborave. koliko se sjećam, prethodni mi je album (willy and the poor boys) trunku bolji

How have I not heard this album before?
You need to be in the right mood to listen to this, and luckily I was... an optimistic 5 from me!