El Loco

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El Loco
El Loco cover
Studio album by ZZ Top
Released October 1, 1981
Recorded 1981
Genre Blues-rock, hard rock, rock
Length 36:53
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Bill Ham
Professional reviews
ZZ Top chronology
Degüello
(1979)
El Loco
(1981)
Eliminator
(1983)

El Loco is the seventh studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The title means "The Crazy One" in Spanish. Guitarist/singer Billy Gibbons has stated that the recordings of this album was the first time the three members of the band were isolated from one another in the studio, rather than recording simultaneously in the same room.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.

  1. "Tube Snake Boogie" – 3:03
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  2. "I Wanna Drive You Home" – 4:44
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  3. "Ten Foot Pole" – 4:19
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  4. "Leila" – 3:13
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  5. "Don't Tease Me" – 4:20
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill
  6. "It's So Hard" – 5:12
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  7. "Pearl Necklace" – 4:02
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  8. "Groovy Little Hippie Pad" – 2:40
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  9. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" – 2:32
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  10. "Party on the Patio" – 2:49
    • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1981 Pop Albums 17

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Leila" Pop Singles 77
1981 "Pearl Necklace" Mainstream Rock 28
1981 "Tube Snake Boogie" Mainstream Rock 4
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