Cosmo's Factory

Cosmo's Factory
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 8, 1970 (1970-07-08)[1]
Recorded1969–1970
StudioWally Heider (San Francisco)
GenreRock[2]
Length42:28
LabelFantasy
ProducerJohn Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival chronology
Willy and the Poor Boys
(1969)
Cosmo's Factory
(1970)
Pendulum
(1970)
Singles from Cosmo's Factory

Cosmo's Factory is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records on July 16, 1970. Six of the album's eleven tracks were released as singles in 1970, and all of them charted in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album spent nine consecutive weeks in the number one position on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified 4x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1990. Rolling Stone ranked it number 413 on its 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

  1. ^ Cash Box July 16, 1970, page 42
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (CD booklet). Creedence Clearwater Revival. Berkeley, California, United States: Fantasy Records. 1991. FCD-CCR2-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)