“That little ‘ole band from Texas”, ZZ Top, celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2014 with the release of the new career compilation The Very Baddest of ZZ Top.
Although Billy Gibbons had two other musicians in the group when it formed in 1969, by the end of that year those original members had been replaced by Frank Beard and Dusty Hill to form a group that remains together to this day.
Fifteen studio albums and thousands of tour dates later, ZZ Top remain one of the greats of the classic rock and blues genre. Their new compilation covers their entire career in two formats, a twenty-song set that presents the true cream of the band’s output and a forty-song two-CD album that digs deeper into their catalog.
Gibbons said of the set “We’re glad that material originally issued by three different labels over the course of all these years will now be housed under one ‘roof,’ so to speak. It’s kind of a big, bad family reunion on some level.”
The single disc includes tracks from , missing ZZ Top’s First Album, Rio Grande Mud, Tejas, XXX and La Futura. The double album includes all albums except for La Futura.
Track List:
The Very Baddest of ZZ Top (single disc)
Gimme All Your Lovin’ (Single Version) (from Eliminator, 1983)
Sharp Dressed Man (Single Version) (from Eliminator, 1983)
La Grange (from Tres Hombres, 1973)
Tush (from Fandango!, 1975)
Doubleback (from Recycler, 1990)
I Thank You (Single Version) (from Degüello, 1979)
Cheap Sunglasses (Single Version) (from Degüello, 1979)
Legs (Single Version) (from Eliminator, 1983)
Tube Snake Boogie (from El Loco, 1981)
Waitin’ For The Bus (from Tres Hombres, 1973)
Jesus Just Left Chicago (from Tres Hombres, 1973)
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide (from Degüello, 1979)
Pincushion (from Antenna, 1994)
Got Me Under Pressure (from Eliminator, 1983)
Rough Boy (Single Version) (from Afterburner, 1985)
Velcro Fly (Single Version) (from Afterburner, 1985)
Rhythmeen (from Rhythmeen, 1996)
What’s Up With That? (from Rhythmeen, 1996)
Mescalero (from Mescalero, 2003)
Viva Las Vegas (Single Version) (from ZZ Top’s Greatest Hits, 1992)
The Very Baddest of ZZ Top (two-CD set)
Disc 1
Gimme All Your Lovin’ (Single Version) (from Eliminator, 1983)
Sharp Dressed Man (Single Version) (from Eliminator, 1983)
La Grange (from Tres Hombres, 1973)
Tush (from Fandango!, 1975)
(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree (from ZZ Top’s First Album, 1971)
Francine (from Rio Grande Mud, 1972)
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers (from Tres Hombres, 1973)
It’s Only Love (from Tejas, 1976)
Arrested For Driving While Blind (from Tejas, 1976)
I Thank You (Single Version) (from Degüello, 1979)
Cheap Sunglasses (Single Version) (from Degüello, 1979)
Tube Snake Boogie (from El Loco, 1981)
Pearl Necklace (from El Loco, 1981)
Just Got Paid (from Rio Grande Mud, 1972)
Waitin’ For The Bus (from Tres Hombres, 1973)
Jesus Just Left Chicago (from Tres Hombres, 1973)
Heard It On The X (from Fandango!, 1975)
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide (from Degüello, 1979)
Dust My Broom (from Degüello, 1979)
Velcro Fly (Single Version) (from Afterburner, 1985)
Party On The Patio (from El Loco, 1981)
Disc 2
Viva Las Vegas (Single Version) (from ZZ Top’s Greatest Hits, 1992)
Pincushion (from Antenna, 1994)
Legs (Single Version) (from Eliminator, 1983)
Got Me Under Pressure (from Eliminator, 1983)
Sleeping Bag (from Afterburner, 1985)
Rough Boy (Single Version) (from Afterburner, 1985)
Doubleback (from Recycler, 1990)
My Head’s In Mississippi (from Recycler, 1990)
Give It Up (from Recycler, 1990)
Just Got Back From Baby’s (from ZZ Top’s First Album, 1971)
Blue Jean Blues (from Fandango!, 1975)
She’s Just Killing Me (from Rhythmeen, 1996)
What’s Up With That? (from Rhythmeen, 1996)
Rhythmeen (from Rhythmeen, 1996)
Loaded (from Rhythmeen, 1996)
Fearless Boogie (from XXX, 1999)
Mescalero (from Mescalero, 2003)
Que Lastima (from Mescalero, 2003)
As Time Goes By (from Mescalero, 2003)
