Cheap Sunglasses
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| “Cheap Sunglasses” | |||||
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| Single by ZZ Top from the album Degüello |
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| Released | 1980 | ||||
| Format | 7" 12" |
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| Recorded | 1979 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:46 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard |
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| Producer | Bill Ham | ||||
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Cheap Sunglasses is a 1980 single by ZZ Top from their 1979 album Degüello. It is one of their most famous songs and includes the use of some odd instruments. The song captures many of the sounds and beats that ZZ Top is famous for. It is also featured on the greatest hits collections ZZ Top's Greatest Hits, Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, and Rancho Texicano. In addition, a live version of the songs appears on Chrome, Smoke & BBQ and Rancho Texicano.
In Guitar World, Guitar Legends, Billy Gibbons indicates he used a Marshall Major on this song. The Marshall Major is a 200 watt version of the classic Marshall 100 watt head made slightly taller. The amplifier had a blown tube during recording which added to the tonal character of the song. In addition he cites the use a Maestro ring modulator.
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