The Best of ZZ Top

The Best of ZZ Top
Greatest hits album by ZZ Top
Released November 26, 1977 [1]
Recorded 1970-1975
Genre Boogie rock, southern rock, hard rock, blues rock, Texas blues
Length 34:21
Label London
Producer Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
Tejas
(1976)Tejas1976		 The Best of ZZ Top
(1977)		 Degüello
(1979)Degüello1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The Best of ZZ Top (subtitled 10 Legendary Texas Tales) is a greatest hits album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1977.

Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Tush" – 2:14
  2. "Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:59
  3. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" – 3:29
    • Originally from Tres Hombres (1973)
  4. "Francine" (Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron) – 3:33
  5. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:27
    • Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
Side two
  1. "La Grange" – 3:51
    • Originally from Tres Hombres (1973)
  2. "Blue Jean Blues" – 4:42
    • Originally from Fandango! (1975)
  3. "Backdoor Love Affair" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:20
  4. "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" – 3:23
    • Originally from Tres Hombres (1973)
  5. "Heard It on the X" – 2:23

Personnel

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1978 Pop Albums 94
1983 The Billboard 200 182

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Magazine November 26, 1977 Issue, Album review - page 94.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  4. ↑ 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.
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