Fandango! (ZZ Top album)

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Fandango!

Studio album by ZZ Top
Released	April 18, 1975
Recorded	???
Genre	Blues-Rock
Length	31:52
Label	London Records
Producer(s)	Bill Ham
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ZZ Top chronology
Tres Hombres (1973)	Fandango! (1975)	Tejas (1977)

Fandango! is the fourth album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). Half the cuts are selections from live shows, the other half are new songs from the studio. A remastered and expanded edition of this album was released on February 28, 2006.

Fandango, from which the album gets its name, is a type of dance similar to flamenco.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons/Dusty Hill/Frank Beard except where noted.

"Thunderbird" (live) – 2:49
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
"Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) (live) – 1:56
- Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
"Backdoor Medley" (live) – 9:23
- "Backdoor Love Affair" (Billy Gibbons/Bill Ham) – 1:09
- "Mellow Down Easy" (Willie Dixon) – 3:39
- "Backdoor Love Affair No. 2" (Billy Gibbons) – 2:04
- "Long Distance Boogie" – 2:31
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill
"Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings" – 2:42
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
"Blue Jean Blues" – 4:42
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
"Balinese" – 2:37
- Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
"Mexican Blackbird" – 3:06
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
"Heard It On The X" – 2:23
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill
"Tush" – 2:14
- Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
"Heard It On The X" (Live)
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill
"Jailhouse Rock" (Live)
- Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
"Tush" (Live)
- Lead vocals: Dusty Hill

Tracks 1-3 (side A of the original LP) were recorded live at The Warehouse, New Orleans, "captured as it came down-hot, spontaneous and presented to you honesty, without the assistance of studio gimmicks". Tracks 4-9 (side B) were new studio recordings. Tracks 10-12, recorded live, are bonus to CD.