Degüello

Degüello
Studio album by ZZ Top
Released	November 1979 (1979-11)[1]
Recorded	1979
Genre	Texas blues blues rock boogie rock hard rock
Length	34:03
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
The Best of ZZ Top (1977)The Best of ZZ Top1977 Degüello (1979) El Loco (1981)El Loco1981

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	A− [3]
Smash Hits	8/10[4]

Degüello is the sixth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). "Degüello" means "cut/slit someone's throat" or, idiomatically, when something is said to be done "a degüello", it means "no quarter" (as in "no surrender to be given or accepted--a fight to the death") in Spanish. It also was the title of a Moorish-origin bugle call used by the Mexican Army at the Battle of the Alamo, Texas, in 1836. It was the first ZZ Top release on Warner Bros. Records and eventually went platinum.

Degüello was produced by Bill Ham, recorded and mixed by Terry Manning, and mastered by Bob Ludwig.

Track listing

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

Original LP pressings of Degüello credited authorship of "Dust My Broom" to Elmore James.

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals, baritone saxophone
• Dusty Hill – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Hi Fi Mama", tenor saxophone
• Frank Beard – drums, percussion, alto saxophone

Production

• Producer – Bill Ham
• Engineer – Terry Manning
• Mastering engineer – Bob Ludwig

Charts

Album

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles

Singles – Billboard (North America)

References