Rio Grande Mud

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Rio Grande Mud
Rio Grande Mud cover
Studio album by ZZ Top
Released April 4, 1972
Recorded Robin Hood Studios- Tyler, Texas
Genre Blues-rock, hard rock
Length 40:51
Label London
Producer Bill Ham
Professional reviews
ZZ Top chronology
ZZ Top's First Album
(1971)
Rio Grande Mud
(1972)
Tres Hombres
(1973)

Rio Grande Mud is the second album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music).

The Rio Grande, from where the album name derives, is the river that forms the border of Mexico and Texas. In Spanish its name means "Big River".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All lead vocals by Billy Gibbons, except where noted.

  1. "Francine" (Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron) – 3:33
  2. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:49
  3. "Mushmouth Shoutin'" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:41
  4. "Ko Ko Blue" (Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard) – 4:56
  5. "Chevrolet" (Gibbons) – 3:47
  6. "Apologies to Pearly" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 2:39
    • Instrumental
  7. "Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:34
  8. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 6:49
  9. "Whiskey'n Mama" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 3:20
  10. "Down Brownie" (Gibbons) – 2:53

[edit] Personnel

[edit] ZZ Top

[edit] Additional personnel

[edit] Production

  • Bill Ham – production
  • Robin Brian – engineering

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
1972 Pop Albums 104

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1972 "Francine" Pop Singles 69
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