Tres Hombres

Infobox Album
Name = Tres Hombres
Type = studio
Artist = ZZ Top


Released = July 26 1973
Recorded = Brian Studios, Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre = Blues-rock, hard rock
Length = 33:32
Label = London
Producer = Bill Ham
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wsuf6j3h71y0 link]
*"Rolling Stone" [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/zztop/albums/album/111205/review/5945357/tres_hombres link]
Last album = "Rio Grande Mud"
(1972)
This album = "Tres Hombres"
(1973)
Next album = "Fandango!"
(1975)

"Tres Hombres" is the third album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). It proved to be the group's commercial breakthrough attracting a larger fanbase. The album hit the top ten while the single "La Grange" hit 41 on the singles chart. It is here where ZZ Top hones its mix of hard rock, boogie and blues.

The name means "Three Men" in Spanish, referring to the three members of the band.

A remastered and expanded edition of this album was released on February 28, 2006, which contains three bonus live tracks. This is the first CD version to include the original mix.

Track listing

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

ide A

#"Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:59
#"Jesus Just Left Chicago" – 3:30
#"Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" – 3:23
#*Lead vocals: Gibbons, Hill
#"Master of Sparks" (Gibbons) – 3:33
#"Hot, Blue and Righteous" (Gibbons) – 3:14

ide B

#"Move Me on down the Line" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:32
#"Precious and Grace" – 3:09
#"La Grange" – 3:52
#"Shiek" (Gibbons, Hill) – 4:05
#"Have You Heard?" (Gibbons, Hill) – 3:15

2006 remastered version bonus tracks

#

"Waitin' for the Bus" (live) (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:42
#"Jesus Just Left Chicago" (live) – 4:03
#"La Grange" (live) – 4:44

Personnel

*Frank Beard (as Rube Beard) – drums
*Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead vocals, harmonica
*Dusty Hill – bass, Vocals
*Bill Ham – production
*Terry Manning, Robin Brians - engineering
*Bill Narum - album cover
*Galen Scott - photography

Charts

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