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| 1 | (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree | Gibbons | 2:32 |
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| 2 | Brown Sugar | Gibbons | 5:22 |
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| 3 | Squank | Gibbons/Ham/Hill | 2:46 |
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| 4 | Goin' Down to Mexico | Hill/Gibbons/Ham | 3:26 |
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| 5 | Old Man | Gibbons/Beard/Hill | 3:23 |
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| 6 | Neighbor, Neighbor | Gibbons | 2:18 |
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| 7 | Certified Blues | Beard/Ham/Gibbons | 3:25 |
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| 8 | Bedroom Thang | Gibbons | 4:37 |
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| 9 | Just Got Back from Baby's | Ham/Gibbons | 4:07 |
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| 10 | Backdoor Love Affair | Ham/Gibbons | 3:20 |
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Overview
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Production Details
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Editorial Reviews
ZZ Top's First Album
Audio Compact Disc
Label: Warner Bros.
Style: Rock & Roll
ZZ Top's First Album
UPC: 075992737920
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Original Release Date: 10/25/1990
Number of Discs: 1
- ZZ Top
Main Performer
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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, Rovi
