The Best of ZZ Top

Infobox Album |
Name = The Best Of ZZ Top
Type = Compilation
Artist = ZZ Top


Released = March 21 1977
Recorded = 1970-1975
Genre = Blues-rock, hard rock
Length = 34:21
Label = London
Producer = Bill Ham
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:e7ge4jj70wau link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=zz+top link]
Last album = "Tejas"
(1977)
This album = "The Best Of ZZ Top"
(1977)
Next album = "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).

Track listing

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

ide A

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

ide B

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

Personnel

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

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)