- rock, blues rock, country rock, swamp rock
- 35 min
- 10 tracks
- Liberty
Willy and the Poor Boys is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released on October 29, 1969, by Fantasy Records. It was the last of three studio albums the band released that year, arriving just three months after Green River. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 193 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone (original)(favorable)
- Rolling Stone (40th Ann.)4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Down on the Corner2:49
- A2It Came out of the Sky2:57
- A3Cotton Fields2:57
- A4Poorboy Shuffle2:25
- A5Feelin’ Blue5:07
- B1Fortunate Son2:22
- B2Don’t Look Now2:12
- B3The Midnight Special4:15
- B4Side o’ the Road3:25
- B5Effigy6:34
10 tracks, 35 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Liberty
- Released
- 1969
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- SE
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