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The very title of Goin' 50 suggests ZZ Top are considering their 50th anniversary as an event to be celebrated with a sense of humor. That's appropriate. Good spirits and lascivious jokes always have been integral to the trio's appeal, and they can be heard in abundance on this triple-CD/five-LP set that tells their story from beginning to end (there is also a single-disc edition that rounds up the highlights). The set breaks down into three easy acts: the band's greasy early years, spanning from "La Grange" to "Pearl Necklace," are on the first disc; the second installment covers their MTV glory days; the third CD traces the aftermath of Afterburner, beginning with "Viva Las Vegas" and ending with the 21st century barnburner "I Gotsta Get Paid" (plus recent live versions of "Waitin' for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago," which brings this full circle to the beginning). Other compilations cover similar ground more succinctly -- if you want just the hits, look elsewhere, or grab the single-disc incarnation of this 2019 set -- but Goin' 50 tells ZZ Top's story in detail, proving that the "Lil' Ol' Band from Texas" was one of America's great bands.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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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
© 2019 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 - Bob Ludwig, Engineer
© 2019 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, Engineer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1983 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1983 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, Engineer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 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
© 2019 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1979 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 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
© 2019 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
© 2019 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, Engineer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Vocals - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Doc Pomus, Writer - Mort Shuman, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Dan Mitchell, Drums - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - James Lewin, Vocals - Lanier Greig, Organ
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1972 Warner Records Inc.
Dan Mitchell, Drums - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer - Billy Gibbons, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - James Lewin, Vocals - Lanier Greig, Organ
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1972 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1973 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer - Dusty Hill, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2016 Suretone Associates LLC/Tower Top Tours, Inc.
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer - Dusty Hill, Writer - Frank Beard, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2016 Suretone Associates LLC/Tower Top Tours, 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1975 Warner Records Inc.
Terry Manning, Engineer - ZZ Top, MainArtist - Bill Ham, Producer, Writer - Billy Gibbons, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Dusty Hill, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Robin Brian, Engineer - Jim Reeves, Engineer - Willie James Dixon, Writer - Joe Hill, Writer
© 2019 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, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Frank Beard, Drums, Writer
© 2019 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
© 2019 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
© 2019 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1979 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1981 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
© 2019 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, Engineer
© 2019 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, Engineer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 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
© 2019 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
© 2019 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 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, Engineer
© 2019 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, Engineer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Joe Hardy, 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
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
ZZ Top, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer - Dusty Hill, Writer - Frank Beard, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1994 BMG Music
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1994 BMG Music
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1994 BMG Music
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer - Dusty Hill, Writer - Frank Beard, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1994 BMG Music
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Hill, Writer - Gibbons, Writer - Beard, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1996 BMG Music
Rice, Writer - ZZ Top, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Hardy, Writer - Gibbons, Writer - Ingram, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1996 BMG Music
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1996 BMG Music
ZZ Top, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gibbons, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1996 BMG Music
ZZ Top, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Hill, Writer - Gibbons, Writer - Beard, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1999 BMG Music
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer - Dusty Hill, Writer - Frank Beard, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1999 BMG Music
ZZ Top, MainArtist - Billy Gibbons, Writer
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 BMG Music
Album review
The very title of Goin' 50 suggests ZZ Top are considering their 50th anniversary as an event to be celebrated with a sense of humor. That's appropriate. Good spirits and lascivious jokes always have been integral to the trio's appeal, and they can be heard in abundance on this triple-CD/five-LP set that tells their story from beginning to end (there is also a single-disc edition that rounds up the highlights). The set breaks down into three easy acts: the band's greasy early years, spanning from "La Grange" to "Pearl Necklace," are on the first disc; the second installment covers their MTV glory days; the third CD traces the aftermath of Afterburner, beginning with "Viva Las Vegas" and ending with the 21st century barnburner "I Gotsta Get Paid" (plus recent live versions of "Waitin' for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago," which brings this full circle to the beginning). Other compilations cover similar ground more succinctly -- if you want just the hits, look elsewhere, or grab the single-disc incarnation of this 2019 set -- but Goin' 50 tells ZZ Top's story in detail, proving that the "Lil' Ol' Band from Texas" was one of America's great bands.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
- Total length: 03:17:45
- Main artists: ZZ Top
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2019 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 Warner Records Inc.
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