Editing Cosmo's Factory (section)

==Background==
With the release of ''Cosmo's Factory'' in July 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival hit their commercial zenith. It was their fifth album in two years and became an international success, topping the album charts in six countries.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book |title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |last=Kent |first=David |year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |author-link=David Kent (historian) |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref><ref name="RPM">{{cite journal |date=August 29, 1970 |title=100 Albums |journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume=14 |issue=2 |format=PHP |access-date=April 13, 2011 |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4196&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020074946/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4196&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ID">{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_C.php |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste |work=InfoDisc |language=fr |format=PHP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720203219/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_C.php |archive-date=July 20, 2015 }} Look for "CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL" under the drop-down menu.</ref><ref name="VG">{{cite web |url=http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=3239&albumtype=album |title=Album Info: ''Cosmo's Factory'' – Creedence Clearwater Revival |work=[[VG-lista]] |language=no |format=PHP |access-date=April 13, 2011}}</ref><ref name="AMC">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=creedence-clearwater-revival-p3985/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} |title=Creedence Clearwater Revival – Billboard Albums |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=November 11, 2010}}</ref><ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/creedence%20clearwater%20revival/ |title=Artist Chart History: Creedence Clearwater Revival |work=[[The Official Charts Company]] |access-date=April 13, 2011}}</ref> The band also toured Europe in 1970, playing London's [[Royal Albert Hall]] among other venues, and had emerged as the most popular band in America by largely ignoring the trippy [[acid rock]] that was typical of the era.{{fact|date=June 2023}} However, despite the band's blend of [[rockabilly]], folk, and R&B, some peers and rock critics dismissed them as a singles band with no substance.{{fact|date=June 2023}} In a 2012 cover story, ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' observed: "While San Francisco longhairs across the bridge scoffed at their commercialism, Creedence henceforth made a point of releasing double A-sides. And invariably both songs{{clarify|date=June 2023}} would have an uncanny knack of cutting through to all sections of the population." Singer and lead guitarist John Fogerty, who had seemingly arrived out of nowhere, but had actually struggled with his bandmates throughout most of the 1960s as the Blue Velvets and the [[Golliwogs]], composed the group's songs and generally steered the band artistically, although his grip on the band – including his dubious{{clarify|date=June 2023}} role as manager – irritated the others, especially his older brother [[Tom Fogerty]], who left the band by the end of 1970.