Greatest Hits (ZZ Top album)
| Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by ZZ Top | ||||
| Released | April 14, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1990 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 72:43 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Bill Ham | |||
| ZZ Top chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | (A-)[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  |
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1992. "Viva Las Vegas" and "Gun Love" were two new tracks. It was also released as a vinyl album with four tracks omitted from the CD version ("Cheap Sunglasses", "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", "Pearl Necklace", and "Tube Snake Boogie").
It is notable that ten of the 18 songs on this Greatest Hits compilation originated from the latest three albums when this compilation was produced, and two debuted on the Greatest Hits album itself. Of the six songs made before the Eliminator album in 1983, two were re-mixes from the 1987 Six Pack re-release compilation, leaving four of the 18 songs originating from 1979 and 1981, with no original track recordings from the first five albums made before 1979.
In total, 14 of the 18 songs on the Greatest Hits album were released after 1983.
Track listing
All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard except otherwise indicated
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
| 1. | "Gimme All Your Lovin'" | Eliminator (1983) | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Sharp Dressed Man" | Eliminator | 4:14 |
| 3. | "Rough Boy" | Afterburner (1985) | 4:50 |
| 4. | "Tush" (Six Pack remix) | Six Pack (1987) | 2:15 |
| 5. | "My Head's in Mississippi" | Recycler (1990) | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Pearl Necklace" | El Loco (1981) | 4:01 |
| 7. | "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" | Degüello (1979) | 4:46 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
| 8. | "Viva Las Vegas" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) | Previously unreleased | 4:47 |
| 9. | "Doubleback" | Recycler | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Gun Love" | Previously unreleased | 3:43 |
| 11. | "Got Me Under Pressure" | Eliminator | 4:00 |
| 12. | "Give It Up" | Recycler | 3:32 |
| 13. | "Cheap Sunglasses" | Degüello | 4:47 |
| 14. | "Sleeping Bag" | Afterburner | 4:02 |
| 15. | "Planet of Women" | Afterburner | 4:09 |
| 16. | "La Grange" (Six Pack remix) | Six Pack | 3:52 |
| 17. | "Tube Snake Boogie" | El Loco | 3:02 |
| 18. | "Legs" (Dance remix) | Eliminator | 4:31 |
Personnel
- Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead vocals (1-3, 5-7, 9-18)
- Dusty Hill – bass guitar, backing and lead vocals (4, 8), keyboards
- Frank Beard – drums, percussion
Production
- Producer – Bill Ham
- Engineer – Joe Hardy, Bob Ludwig, Terry Manning
- Art Direction – Jeri Heiden
- Design – Leslie Wintner
- Photography – Glen Wexler
- Liner Notes – Bob Merlis, Davin Seay
Charts
Album – Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Billboard 200 | 9 |
Singles – Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "Viva Las Vegas" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 16 |
References
- ↑ "Allmusic review".
- ↑ "CG: zz top". Robert Christgau. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ↑ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "ZZ Top". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 907–8. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
