Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Obligatory Lists

For no other reason than it seemed pointless and boring, I never tried to formulate and make a list of my favorite ZZ Top albums, from favorite to "least favorite". But what the hell, it's my blog.

01)  Rhythmeen
02)  Mescalero
03)  Tejas
04)  Afterburner
05)  Antenna
06)  Rio Grande Mud
07)  La Futura
08)  XXX
09)  Recycler
10)  Fandango
11)  Eliminator
12)  ZZ Top's First Album
13) Tres Hombres
14) El Loco
15) Deguello

Over time "Antenna" has moved up several notches and XXX and El Loco have moved down. Other than that and the new entry of "La Futura", the order has roughly been the same for years.

5 comments:

  1. Very interesting list, mine's quite a bit different:

    01) ZZ Top's First Album
    02) Tres Hombres
    03) Rio Grande Mud
    04) Rhythmeen
    05) Antenna
    06) Tejas
    07) La Futura
    08) El Loco
    09) Deguello
    10) Eliminator
    11) Fandango
    12) Mescalero
    13) Recycler
    14) Afterburner
    15) XXX

    But don't we love them all in their own ways? That's why it's so hard to make an actual list of favourites...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. 1) Fandango (Studio side) Not even 1 marginal song. All are perfect.
      2)First Album - "Brown Sugar" best ZZ song ever.
      3)Rio Grande Mud - Raw and smooth at the same time
      4)Tres Hombres - 1st 2 tracks are staples of the ZZ sound.
      5)Rhythmeen - Tone is remarkable throughout the album
      6)Eliminator - brought the band to the masses
      7)Tejas - contains their most underrated song "She's a Heartbreaker"
      8)Antenna - Loved the tour
      9)La Futura - Will move up my list soon
      10)El Loco - My wife's album because of"Leila"
      11)Recycler- Tone is killer on this album as well
      12Afterburner- Came out my senior yr in college. Ah the memories.
      13)Deguello- Dust My Broom is best song by far
      14Mescalero - No comment
      15) XXX - no comment

      Man that was hard to do!

      Delete
  2. 1)Mescalero
    2)rythmeen
    3)Eliminator
    4)Fandango
    5)la futura
    6)Deguello
    7)Antenna
    8)Recycler
    9)Tres Hombres
    10)Tejas
    11)Afterburner
    12)Rio Grande
    13)XXX
    14)El loco
    15)First Album

    ReplyDelete
  3. 01) Eliminator
    02) Tres Hombres
    03) Rhythmeen
    04) Mescalero
    05) Tejas
    06) Antenna
    07) La Futura
    08) Afterburner
    09) Recycler
    10) Rio Grande Mud
    11) Deguello
    12) ZZ Top's First Album
    13) Fandango!
    14) XXX
    15) El Loco

    ReplyDelete
  4. 1) Rhythmeen (can’t get enough….)
    2) Deguello (sound is great, songs are great)
    3) 1st Album (pure bluesy album, and brown sugar…)
    4) Tres Hombres (energic album)
    5) Fandango ! (live side average, studio side demoniac)
    6) Tejas (underated album)
    7) Rio Grande (bluesy as well)
    8) La Futura (great album, great songs)
    9) Mescalero (album full of surprises)
    10) Antenna (can’t say it’s bad or good, average to me)
    11) Eliminator (heard it too much I guess)
    12) Recycler (despite Burger Man , fantastic song)
    13) El Loco (some average songs)
    14) AfterBurner ( not a ZZ Top Album to me)
    15) XXX (all songs to me are below par)

    ReplyDelete