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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075992684620 Label: Warner Manufacturer: Warner Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Release Date: April 13, 1992 Studio: Warner Sales Rank: 2797
075992684620
Amazon.co.uk Review: One of ZZ Top's great gifts is its concision; even in the side-long-jam era of the 1970s, the Texans almost always fit 10 cuts on their albums. Surveying two decades of their output, Greatest Hits isn't the perfect overview you might expect, but it's still a pretty darn good driving album. The disc goes easy on the pre-Deguello stuff surveyed on their earlier best-of, and seems to digitally boost the drums on tracks like the 1975 "Tush". Still, later cuts like "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" and "My Head's in Mississippi" are full-on triumphs of this trio's very weird, very blues-drenched sensibility. --Rickey Wright
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Rating: - zz top's greatest hits rocks!!
I think that ZZ Top are a very good band and they remain one of my favorite bands of all-time. this is one great collection and they made great blues music in the 1970s and the 1980s. here are my comments about most of the songs. GIMME ALL YOUR LOVING this is a really great song and is my 2nd favorite song on the entire cd. SHARP DRESSED MAN this is pretty great too, but probably my 5th favorite. ROUGH BOY is a ballad that is too slow and too sad for me. TUSH is an excellent blues rocker remains ... Read More
Rating: - A Good but Not Great Collection
ZZ Top, Mr Beard and the two with the beards were at first a gritty Texas rock band and in their latter days a pop rock chart success. This compilation features both and is a solid if not quite stunning collection.
The main highlights are Sharp Dressed Man, Legs and Tush but a whole host of other songs are excellent such as Viva Las Vegas, Gimme all your Loving and Rough Boy are also excellent.
Despite some great guitar work and grizzly and VERY sexist lyrics, the ... Read More
Rating: - From greatness to decline
There's no doubt that from day one ZZ Top were a class act. Billy Gibbons had already shown his teeth as a guitarist in the late 1960s before helping found this formidable trio. Perhaps, though, they just became fed up with blowing bands off every stage in Texas and earning a reputation. With the "Eliminator" album they went for the commercial jugular, a mission that this collection represents.
The first few bars of "La Grange" offer a glimpse of the style that earned their initial reputation, ... Read More
Rating: - ClasZZic cuts from those mavens of style and flair
I actually remember when we thought ZZ Top was going to be a one hit wonder. They had "La Grange" and then that seemed like it was going to be the end of the road as the Seventies fizzled out. Then 1983's "Eliminator" came out with "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and suddenly ZZ Top exploded as a rockin' blues based power trio. When it comes to putting your pedal to the metal and having a driving beat nobody beats ZZ Top. In fact, in one of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" books one of Roland's crew recognizes the bass line ... Read More
Rating: - Almost 5 star
Put this on while eating your TV Dinner (which is actually not on this album) You should buy this album to supplement the original ZZ Top albums as they are all classics. But this is nice addition that is great at full volume in the car.
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