ZZ Top- GREATEST HITS- CD- 1992/1999- Warner Bros. Records Inc.- 093624751021- 400 grn
German pressing of one of ZZ Top's great gifts is its concision. Even in the side-long-jam era of the '70s, the Texans almost always fit 10 cuts on their albums. Surveying two decades of their output, GREATEST HITS isn't the perfect overview you might expect, but it's still a pretty darn good driving album. The disc goes easy on the pre-Deguello stuff surveyed on their earlier best-of, and seems to digitally boost the drums on tracks like the 1975 "Tush." Still, later cuts like "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" and "My Head's in Mississippi" are full-on triumphs of this trio's very weird, very blues-drenched sensibility.
PERSONNEL: Billy Gibbons (vocals, guitar); Dusty Hill (vocals, bass); Frank "Rube" Beard (drums).
This collection focuses on the period when ZZ Top started trading some of their boogie-rock swagger and bluesy grit for a sleeker, more highly produced approach. When they started incorporating electronics into their sound on '80s smashes like "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag," the veteran Texas trio earned a whole new audience. But while Greatest Hits doesn't include much from the band's early albums, it does feature the most iconic tunes from the Top's blues-rock era: the marvelously mud-encrusted, John Lee Hooker–esque "La Grange" and the slide guitar-slashed shuffle "Tush." Adding two new tracks broadens the album's appeal even further.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes Six Page Foldout Inlay.
Made In Germany.
ПРИ ПОКУПКЕ (сразу) ТРЁХ ФИРМЕННЫХ АЛЬБОМОВ, ДОСТАВКА БЕСПЛАТНО !!!
P.S. Devastated by the news of the passing of DUSTY HILL. One of a kind, legend and a very kind and gentle soul …