The Best of ZZ Top

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The Best Of ZZ Top
Compilation album by ZZ Top
Released	March 21, 1977
Recorded	1970-1975
Genre	Blues-rock, hard rock
Length	34:21
Label	London
Producer	Bill Ham
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B) link
ZZ Top chronology
Tejas (1977) The Best Of ZZ Top (1977) Degüello (1979)

The Best Of ZZ Top (subtitled 10 Legendary Texas Tales) is a greatest hits album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music).

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side A 1.2 Side B 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 References

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Side A

1. "Tush" – 2:14
   • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
   • Originally from Fandango! (1975)
2. "Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:59
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
   • Originally from Tres Hombres (1973)
3. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" – 3:29
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
   • Originally from Tres Hombres (1973)
4. "Francine" (Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron) – 3:33
   • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
   • Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
5. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:27
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
   • Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)

[edit] Side B

1. "La Grange" – 3:51
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
   • Originally from Tres Hombres (1973)
2. "Blue Jean Blues" – 4:42
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
   • Originally from Fandango! (1975)
3. "Backdoor Love Affair" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:20
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
   • Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
4. "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" – 3:23
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill
   • Originally from Tres Hombres (1973)
5. "Heard it on the X" – 2:23
   • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill
   • Originally from Fandango! (1975)

[edit] Personnel

• Frank Beard – drums
• Billy Gibbons – guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, slide guitar
• Dusty Hill – bass, vocals

[edit] Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	94
1983	The Billboard 200	182

[edit] References

v • d • e ZZ Top Billy Gibbons • Dusty Hill • Frank Beard Albums ZZ Top's First Album • Rio Grande Mud • Tres Hombres • Fandango! • Tejas • Degüello • El Loco • Eliminator • Afterburner • Recycler • Antenna • Rhythmeen • XXX • Mescalero Compilations The Best of ZZ Top • The ZZ Top Six Pack •Greatest Hits • One Foot in the Blues • Chrome, Smoke & BBQ • Rancho Texicano Singles Salt Lick • (Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree • Francine • Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago • La Grange • Tush • It's Only Love • Arrested for Driving While Blind • Cheap Sunglasses • I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide • I Thank You • Leila • Pearl Necklace • Tube Snake Boogie • Gimme All Your Lovin' • Got Me Under Pressure • Sharp Dressed Man • TV Dinners • Legs • Can't Stop Rockin' • Sleeping Bag • Stages • Delirious • Rough Boy • Velcro Fly • Woke Up with Wood • Concrete and Steel • Doubleback • Give It Up • My Head's in Mississippi • Decision or Collision • Viva Las Vegas • Breakaway • Fuzzbox Voodoo • Girl in a T-Shirt • Pincushion • Bang Bang • She's Just Killing Me • What's up with That • Rhythmeen • Fearless Boogie • 36-22-36 Related articles Bill Ham • Moving Sidewalks • American Blues