ZZ Top's First Album

by ZZ Top

Overview

ZZ Top's First Album may not be perfectly polished, but it does establish their sound, attitude, and quirks. Simply put, it's a dirty little blues-rock record, filled with fuzzy guitars, barrelhouse rhythms, dirty jokes, and Texan slang. They have a good, ballsy sound that hits at gut level, and if the record's not entirely satisfying, it's because they're still learning how to craft records -- which means that they're still learning pacing as much as they're learning how to assemble a set of indelible material. Too much of this record glides by on its sound, without offering any true substance, but the tracks that really work -- "(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree," "Backdoor Love Affair," "Brown Sugar," and "Goin' Down to Mexico," among them -- show that from their very first record on, ZZ Top was that lil' ol' blues band from Texas. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/24/2017
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227946531
Rank:	20253

Tracks

1. (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree
2. Brown Sugar
3. Squank
4. Goin' Down to Mexico
5. Old Man
6. Neighbor, Neighbor
7. Certified Blues
8. Bedroom Thang
9. Just Got Back From Baby's
10. Backdoor Love Affair

Album Credits

Performance Credits

ZZ Top   Primary Artist
Billy Gibbons   Guitar,Vocals
Dusty Hill   Bass,Vocals,Guitar (Bass)
Frank Beard   Drums
Rube Beard   Drums

Technical Credits

Billy Gibbons   Composer
Bill Ham   Composer,Producer
Dusty Hill   Composer
Frank Beard   Composer
Rube Beard   Composer