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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 10/05/2005
ZZ Top closed out their tenure with
London Records in late 1977 with
The Best of ZZ Top, a basic but terrific ten-song retrospective of highlights from their first five albums (well, four, actually, since the underwhelming
Tejas is ignored). There are no surprises here, just
album rock favorites, which means it does draw heavily on
Tres Hombres (four songs, total), adds
Fandango's
"Tush," "Blue Jean Blues," and
"Heard It on the X" for good measure, then rounds it out with two songs from
Rio Grande Mud and a selection from the debut. Yeah, there are a couple good album tracks missing, but as a ten-song summary of their early years, this can't be beat.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
;)
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