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Following 2004's Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top by a decade, The Very Baddest of ZZ Top comes in two different styles: a single-disc compilation with 20 tracks and a set that doubles it. The single disc is good, racking up most of the MTV-era hits -- "Gimme All Your Lovin," "Sharp Dressed Man," "Legs," "Got Me Under Pressure," "Rough Boy," "Velcro Fly" -- while doubling back for "La Grange, "Tush," "I Thank You," "Waitin' for the Bus," "Jesus Just Left Chicago," "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide," and "Cheap Sunglasses." It's enough to satisfy the very casual fan, but even a quick glance at the track listing reveals plenty of missing favorites: no "Pearl Necklace," "I Heard It on the X," "It's Only Love," "Francine," "Just Got Paid," and "Sleeping Bag." All those, along with several latter-day hits that did not show up on the 2004 set, are on the double-disc, which makes it a better bet than the single version -- although, in a pinch, that ol' Rancho Texicano may be the best of them all, as it has more of the down-and-dirty '70s boogie than The Very Baddest, and that's what a lot of fans truly want to hear.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Baritone Saxophone, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Vocals, Writer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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, Engineer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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, Percussion, Writer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1973 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1975 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1971 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1972 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1973 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1976 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Baritone Saxophone, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Vocals - Isaac Hayes, Writer - David Porter, Writer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Baritone Saxophone, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - Billy Gibbon, Writer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1981 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Composer, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Composer, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Bass - Frank Beard, Drums - Robin Brian, Engineer - Pete Tickle, Guitar
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1972 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1975 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, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1979 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 - ELMORE JAMES, Writer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Baritone Saxophone, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Vocals, Writer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1981 Warner Records Inc.
DISC 2
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Baritone Saxophone, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Vocals - Doc Pomus, Writer - Mort Shuman, Writer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1992 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, Engineer - Joe Michael Hill, Composer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1983 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1985 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Baritone Saxophone, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Frank Beard, Drums, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Vocals, Writer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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, Engineer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1990 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, Engineer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 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, Engineer
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1990 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1971 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Album Description
Following 2004's Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top by a decade, The Very Baddest of ZZ Top comes in two different styles: a single-disc compilation with 20 tracks and a set that doubles it. The single disc is good, racking up most of the MTV-era hits -- "Gimme All Your Lovin," "Sharp Dressed Man," "Legs," "Got Me Under Pressure," "Rough Boy," "Velcro Fly" -- while doubling back for "La Grange, "Tush," "I Thank You," "Waitin' for the Bus," "Jesus Just Left Chicago," "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide," and "Cheap Sunglasses." It's enough to satisfy the very casual fan, but even a quick glance at the track listing reveals plenty of missing favorites: no "Pearl Necklace," "I Heard It on the X," "It's Only Love," "Francine," "Just Got Paid," and "Sleeping Bag." All those, along with several latter-day hits that did not show up on the 2004 set, are on the double-disc, which makes it a better bet than the single version -- although, in a pinch, that ol' Rancho Texicano may be the best of them all, as it has more of the down-and-dirty '70s boogie than The Very Baddest, and that's what a lot of fans truly want to hear.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:28:23
- 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
© 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2014 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved. Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing, a Warner Music Group Company.
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