Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Album: Cosmo's Factory
Year: 1970
The 70's begin with a holdover from the 60's, Bay Area "southern rockers" CCR. To date I've been a little lukewarm on CCR, but this one is a friggin' fantastic album. It plays like a Greatest Hits album, as at least a half dozen of these songs are instantly identifiable classic rock radio hits.
There's a good variety here with the road song "Travelin' Band," the upbeat "Lookin' Out My Back Door," the bluesy "Run Through the Jungle," the rockin' "Up Around the Bend" and the melodic and pretty "Who'll Stop the Rain."
An 11-minute rendition of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a little tedious, and slows down the momentum of an otherwise breezy album, but this is easily CCR's finest moment thus far. I'm hooked.
Rating: Worth repeated listens
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