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Since Rhino released an exhaustive four-disc ZZ Top box in October 2003, some may question the appearance of a double-disc retrospective in June 2004, a mere eight months after the box set. The two may be released awfully close to each other, but they do play to different audiences -- in other words, there are a bunch of fans who want all the hits, but not a full box set, and that's what the 38-track Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top delivers. Not that it gets everything right -- there are a few classic album cuts, like "Leila" and "I Got the Six," that probably should have been included, and ending the set with a live version of "Cheap Sunglasses" and 12" remixes of "Legs" and "Velcro Fly" leaves a bad aftertaste -- but it gets it close enough, containing all of their biggest hits and a great cross-section of album tracks and AOR favorites. And apart from the aforementioned bewildering final three tracks, it's sequenced well, with the down-n-dirty '70s material on the first disc, and the MTV hits from the '80s on the second. There's still a need for a single-disc that has all the biggest hits, but until that comes along, Rancho Texicano is the best and most concise overview of that lil' ol' band from Texas.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums - Rube Beard, Drums
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1970 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 - Rube Beard, Drums, Percussion
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Rube Beard, Drums, Percussion
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums - Robin Brian, Engineer - Pete Tickle, Guitar - Kenny Corday, Writer - Steve Perron, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1972 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Composer, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Pete Tickle, Guitar
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1972 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums - Robin Brian, Engineer - Pete Tickle, Guitar
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1972 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1973 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums - Robin Brian, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1973 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Robin Brian, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1973 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Robin Brian, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1973 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Jim Reeves, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Jim Reeves, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Jim Reeves, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Jim Reeves, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Jim Reeves, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Larry Nix, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, Fiddle - Dusty Hill, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1976 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Larry Nix, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, Fiddle - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1976 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Baritone Saxophone - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Isaac Hayes, Writer - David Porter, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Baritone Saxophone - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Baritone Saxophone - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Baritone Saxophone - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1981 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1981 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1983 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1983 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1983 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1983 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals - Dusty Hill, Vocals, Bass - Frank Beard, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer - Doc Pomus, Writer - Mort Shuman, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Baritone Saxophone - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - Frank Lee Beard, Composer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1984 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Remastering Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Album Description
Since Rhino released an exhaustive four-disc ZZ Top box in October 2003, some may question the appearance of a double-disc retrospective in June 2004, a mere eight months after the box set. The two may be released awfully close to each other, but they do play to different audiences -- in other words, there are a bunch of fans who want all the hits, but not a full box set, and that's what the 38-track Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top delivers. Not that it gets everything right -- there are a few classic album cuts, like "Leila" and "I Got the Six," that probably should have been included, and ending the set with a live version of "Cheap Sunglasses" and 12" remixes of "Legs" and "Velcro Fly" leaves a bad aftertaste -- but it gets it close enough, containing all of their biggest hits and a great cross-section of album tracks and AOR favorites. And apart from the aforementioned bewildering final three tracks, it's sequenced well, with the down-n-dirty '70s material on the first disc, and the MTV hits from the '80s on the second. There's still a need for a single-disc that has all the biggest hits, but until that comes along, Rancho Texicano is the best and most concise overview of that lil' ol' band from Texas.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 38 track(s)
- Total length: 02:34:26
- Main artists: ZZ Top
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
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16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2004 Warner Records Inc., manufactured and marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing, a Warner Music Group company
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