Tejas (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Tejas
Type = Album
Artist = ZZ Top


Released = February 9, 1977
Recorded = 1976
Genre = Rock
Length = 34:44
Label = London
Producer = Bill Ham
Engineer = Terry Manning
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dpfexqq5ldde link]
*Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=zz+top link]
*"Rolling Stone" (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/zztop/albums/album/225223/review/5945388/tejas link]
Last album = "Fandango!"
(1975)
This album = "Tejas"
(1977)
Next album = "The Best of ZZ Top"
(1977)

"Tejas" is the fifth album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music), although in London Records catalogue it was originally marked under 1976.

The title is the Spanish word for Texas, the homestate of ZZ Top.

Track listing

All titles by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted.
#"It's Only Love" – 4:22
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill"
#"Arrested for Driving While Blind" – 3:09
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons"
#"El Diablo" – 4:22
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons"
#"Snappy Kakkie" – 2:59
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons"
#"Enjoy and Get It on" – 3:26
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons"
#"Ten Dollar Man" – 3:42
#*"Lead vocals: Dusty Hill"
#"Pan Am Highway Blues" – 3:15
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons"
#"Avalon Hideaway" – 3:07
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill"
#"She's a Heartbreaker" – 3:02
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons"
#"Asleep in the Desert" (Gibbons) – 3:24
#*"Instrumental"

Personnel

*Frank Beard – drums
*Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead vocals
*Dusty Hill – bass, vocals

Production

*Producer – Bill Ham
*Engineer – Terry Manning
*Mastering - Larry Nix
*Photography – Lee and Lesser
*Album Concept - Bill Ham
*Album Design - Bill Narum

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)

References