One Foot in the Blues

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One Foot in the Blues
One Foot in the Blues cover
Compilation album by ZZ Top
Released November 22, 1994
Recorded  ???
Genre Blues-Rock
Length 65:55
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s) Bill Ham
Professional reviews
ZZ Top chronology
Antenna
(1994)
One Foot in the Blues
(1994)
Rhythmeen
(1996)


One Foot in the Blues is a compilation album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). The album contains a selection of the band's songs which fall into the blues genre.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

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

  1. "Brown Sugar" (Billy Gibbons) – 5:20
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  2. "Just Got Back from Baby's" (Billy Gibbons/Bill Ham) – 4:09
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  3. "A Fool for Your Stockings" – 4:16
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  4. "I Need You Tonight" – 6:15
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  5. "She Loves My Automobile" – 2:23
    • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
  6. "Hi Fi Mama" – 2:24
    • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
  7. "Hot, Blue and Righteous" (Billy Gibbons) – 3:17
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  8. "My Head's in Mississippi" – 4:20
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  9. "Lowdown in the Street" – 2:49
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  10. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" – 3:39
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  11. "Apologies to Pearly" (Billy Gibbons/Dusty Hill/Frank Beard/Bill Ham) – 2:44
    • Instrumental
  12. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Billy Gibbons) – 6:47
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  13. "Bar-B-Q" (Billy Gibbons/Bill Ham) – 3:21
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  14. "Old Man" – 3:32
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  15. "Certified Blues" (Billy Gibbons/Frank Beard/Bill Ham) – 3:25
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  16. "2000 Blues" – 4:42
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  17. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" – 2:32
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producer – Bill Ham
  • Engineers – Robin Brian, Joe Hardy, Terry Manning
  • Mastering – Bob Ludwig
  • Design – Jeri Heiden
  • Liner notes – Bill Bentley, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill

[edit] Charts

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1995 Top Blues Albums 10