Greatest Hits (ZZ Top album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Greatest Hits
Type = Compilation
Artist = ZZ Top


Released = April 14, 1992
Recorded = 1973–1992
Genre = Blues-rock, hard rock, rock
Length = 72:38
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Bill Ham
Reviews =*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:9raxqj1yojsa link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=zz+top link]
Last album = "Recycler"
(1990)
This album = "Greatest Hits"
(1992)
Next album = "Antenna"
(1994)

"Greatest Hits" is a greatest hits album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). "Viva Las Vegas" and "Gun Love" are the two new tracks. All of the 1970s songs, with the exception of "Cheap Sunglasses" and "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" are the late 1980s remixes featured on The ZZ Top Six Pack album box set.

Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted.
#"Gimme All Your Lovin'" – 3:59
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1983)
#"Sharp Dressed Man" – 4:14
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1983)
#"Rough Boy" – 4:50
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1985)
#"Tush" (Six Pack Remixed Version) – 2:15
#*"Lead vocals: Dusty Hill" (1975)
#"My Head's in Mississippi" – 4:21
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1990)
#"Pearl Necklace" (Six Pack Remixed Version) – 4:01
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1987)
#"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" – 4:46
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1979)
#"Viva Las Vegas" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 4:47
#*"Lead vocals: Dusty Hill" (1992)
#"Doubleback" – 3:53
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1990)
#"Gun Love" – 3:43
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1992)
#"Got Me Under Pressure" – 4:00
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1983)
#"Give It Up" – 3:32
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1990)
#"Cheap Sunglasses" – 4:47
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1979)
#"Sleeping Bag" – 4:02
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1985)
#"Planet of Women" – 4:04
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1985)
#"La Grange" (Six Pack Remixed Version) – 3:52
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1973)
#"Tube Snake Boogie" (Six Pack Remixed Version) – 3:02
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1987)
#"Legs" – 4:31
#*"Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons" (1983)

Personnel

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

Production

*Producer – Bill Ham
*Engineer – Joe Hardy, Bob Ludwig, Terry Manning
*Art Direction – Jeri Heiden
*Design – Leslie Wintner
*Photography – Glen Wexler
*Liner Notes – Bob Merlis, Davin Seay

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)

References