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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 /TiVo
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ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Composer, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Frank Beard, Percussion - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Frank Beard, Percussion - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Frank Beard, Percussion - Rube Beard, Drums
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:34
- Main artists: ZZ Top
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company.
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