Tres Hombres

Competent Blues Rock.

Tight bluesy hard rock

I can certainly appreciate this. It's kind of easy to make fun of ZZ Top but if you give them a good listen they really know how to throw down. My dad must have had an album of theirs because I remember him playing La Grange for us and us thinking it was hilarious the way the singer was mumbling. The riff in that song is great, simple yet iconic. I love the seamless transition between the first two tracks, a very slick move that was apparently the work of the tape engineer, but later they would recreate it live. Lots of good songs here, pretty solid to my ear.

They might be the best bar band in the world, but they still sound kinda shitty to me.

Top shelf bar rock, but still not what I wanna listen to most of the time. Time and a place. Used to love La Grange back in the day though.

Classic album from their heydays - oldies, but still fun listening to.

Aw yeah... badass, effortlessly cool Texas blues that rocks hard. I can't think of another trio as tight as this band. Gritty, bluesy, endlessly listenable. Fave Songs: La Grange, Waitin' for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago, Sheik, Master of Sparks, Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers

Some pretty catchy riffs on this blues-rock disc. A decent listen

First time hearing this album and it was not what I expected. Features some great ‘boogie-rock’ tunes.

This is a really good showcase of ZZ Top's combination of blues, boogie, hard rock, humour and musicianship. Every track has something to commend it from the rocking La Grange to the swinging Jesus just left Chicago and the mellow Hot, blue and righteous. Bill Gibbon's virtuoso guitar is superbly anchored by the Beard/ Hill rhythm section. Well worth a listen especially for anyone who only knows ZZ Top from Gimme all your lovin and Legs!

I've really enjoyed this album, some great classic rock that you can just kick back to have a whiskey. La Grange outshines the whole album but there are some gems here.

I think I have to give this a 4 based on how quality the hits are off this, the ones you already know. Probs off the air guitar album. The rest of it was far more bluesy than I had assumed about ZZ Top. It was good fun and a good motivational sound track to my work out on holiday in a very stuffy hot gym in the hotel in Majorca

This was better than I thought it would be. I've always thought of ZZ Top as a bit of a joke band but this was banging

Niet echt mijn muziek maar je kan er niet echt omheen. Neutraal voor mij.

Twee albums van hun in een week. Deze vond ik een stuk leuker, la Grange is een banger

Knowing and loving some of ZZ Top's hits, I was excited for this one. While it was still pretty enjoyable, I was a bit disappointed. There's definitely quite a gap between their best songs and the rest. What struck me in particular is that a few of their arrangements simply sound too sparse. Excellent as the guitar-play and percussion are, the arrangements would benefit massively from a secondary rhythm guitar.

This music sounds like a monkey could play all the instruments. I might even be able.

Pretty good I guess. Nice facial hair

wala lang ako sa mood for the guitars

I actually loved this

A blues rock masterpiece! Five stars

BOR-ING. It's the same stuff 10 times, and I didn't like it the first time. This is the music your dad plays and says "they don't make music like this anymore." Not proving your case well, Pa.

Good, older ZZ Top songs.

No arguments here - dorty dorty blues rock.

not much to say here

No offense it is simply soulless to me

pretty fun listen liked the few blues influences (3.5/5.0)

Top rockin'

that good ol' rock!

Zed Zed Top have their charms (aesthetically, and occasionally musically), but I’ve heard two of their albums now and they haven’t won me over. Eliminator has more to recommend it, but this one is just pretty average blues rock.

Good

Too mumbly

Better than K expected. I don't like La Grange, but the other songs were less annoying.

Really enjoyable, beer drinkers and hell raisers was by far my favorite

rockin and a rollin

4.5

I really like their music. It’s catchy and fun, and I want to listen to more of their deep cuts. Very underrated band.

Simplemente magnifico (ONB)

I didn't mind this album.

26th May 2023 Listened during the day on a very busy work Friday before going to Italy on Monday. Supposed to be at woody’s wedding but stayed at home. I like ZZ Top, bearded dad rock with passionate vocals

This was good, not as strong as the last ZZ Top album we had, but any ZZ Top is still better than most stuff. La Grange obv an all-timer, Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers is excellent, and almost everything else hits the groove.

This is fun, ZZ Top tend to be, but it falls short of being really really good. La Grange has a great little riff behind it, and the rest is all really good for nodding along to, getting close to funk in some places. The live versions of three of the songs at the end are also really good. A strong 3, just falling short of a 4.

Enjoyable southern rock/blues rock album, though nothing really stood out on it.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - La Grange (8) 2 - Waitin' for the Bus (1) 3 - Precious and Grace (7)

When I was in high school, I traded an old trumpet for a really, really shitty drum set with a kid who lived down the way. See, he wasn't enjoying the drums, and I always wanted to learn how to play. He wanted to try the trumpet, and I wasn't using this one. Fair trade. He never learned how to play the trumpet, but I ended up practicing that shit set around the clock. Out of sheer force of will, I became pretty good. My pals wanted to do some cover tunes at the talent show, and I asked to be the drummer. I played along with the songs they picked until I could do a passable job. When we took the stage, I was so nervous I thought I would throw up, but the moment I started playing, I lost all of my anxiety in the music. When the audience started dancing during out little four-song set, I was over the moon. One of the best moments of my life. La Grange was one of those songs. One of the first tunes I ever learned how to play. I know I'm no Frank Beard, but dammit, I kept playing until I went semi-pro in university. I still play, much more rusty than I used to be, but I will always have a place in my heart for La Grange and ZZ Top.

Solid rock album. Will listen again

Great album.

Pretty cool album nice guitar and allat texas stuff

Great blues rock album nice for a road trip

Awesome

Unique and interesting, just not one's thing. This is much the better of the two ZZ Top records included in this list. The approach here feels borderline arty and just a touch gimmicky, even understated and sorta take-it-or-leave it. Later, on the ubiquitous Eliminator, which feels distinctly unworthy of this list, the approach – indeed the whole presentation – was almost entirely a gimmick, and got to be overreaching and borderline obnoxious. Several good deep cuts here, beyond the unforgettable "LaGrange;" "Hot, Blue & Righteous" and "Master of Sparks" are strong and pleasantly greasy surprises.

Very old fogey Boomer dad rock. La Grange shreds, but the rest of this was just a pretty bland BBQ soundtrack. Like everything else in Texas, ZZ Top are overrated.

ZZ top always seems to put together a competent album, even if their style of rock doesn't particularly appeal to me. They do blues rock, but they have their own spin on it, which keeps it interesting 3/5

Classic rock and blues.

I do not like this. Blues without the soul, southern rock without the nuance. I'd give this 1.5 stars for a couple songs on the B side, but overall it's pretty annoying music. The Bottom Line: "Tres Hombres" by ZZ Top is a barbecue you wish you hadn't been invited to.

Good classic rock, a bit too bluesey for me, not bad though

"La Grange" is the best, most popular song on the album by far. I thought the rest of it was just alright. 7/10.

Perfectly good rock album. Would put it on a playlist, would listen to the playlist for it.

Fine™️ classic rock

When ZZ Top were good.

Classic ZZ Top, contains the signature "La Grange".

Love this album! So good - reminds me of radio time In tractor cabs and being with my brothers

Dope

3.4

Shoulder shrug. Not sure if bad or not for me so generic three stars.

La Grange, on its own, earns 5*.

Tres estrellas. (Couldn’t resist it)

best lore in the music buzzzinezzz

Decent, might improve on relistens, but my initial take is that a lot of these tracks just feel like a long intro for La Grange at times. La Grange slaps so hard it bumped the rating up a star though

La Grange is great, but the rest doesn’t stand out at all really. Just fine

Followed by the Brothers in Blues documentary on Friday night. Five stars.

So... This is the album ACDC were listening to before dirty deeds. Track 2 is definitely Ride On. Even Ed Sheeran couldn't defend that one. Overall an enjoyable album, not sure I'll revisit. Only track 2 really stood out as noticeable. Very very short. 3/5 quite enjoyable, but clearly quite influential.

Chugging rock

Can't really go wrong

Nije loše ali svejedno su u pitanju počeci sredovječni bijelac svira blues u garaži žanra😃

That was alright. Not bad, not great.

Great production with some awesome blues rock tunes. Don’t really understand the ZZ Top hate after hearing this record.

Rock. Blues

bili su mi uvijek okej, nekad stvarno paše takva glazba, pošto je ovo southern rock, onda bi rekao da je njihova glazba za takve toplije, vruće dane. dobar. maksimalno 3.5., ali više na 3.

This is, ( in my opinion ), the best ZZ Top album, because they are closer to their blues roots, and it is years before they took on the over produced style of the 80-90's....

Love the Texas Boys

A solid blues-rock album from an iconic three-piece band. The rhythm section is very tight and in the pocket. Great guitar solos and vocals. Favorite songs: Jesus Left Chicago, Beer Drinkers, Hot, Blue and Righteous, Precious and Grace, and La Grange.

I respect ZZ Top, especially their early work. Good, hard driving, and bluesy. 3 stars.

Good old southern blues rock - no complaints here. I was familiar with four of the songs already, but there were some other great new-to-me songs like "Move Me On Down the Line" and "Precious and Grace." "Hot, Blue, and Righteous" sounded like it could have been from The Band.

As funky as it can get. But still a little filler in spots.

This one gets a 5 from me. It's a weak 5 maybe haha - right on the edge. Lots of groove and feel, amazing vibe from the these guys who by this record (number 3?) appear to have really figured out who they are and what they are all about. The ballad Hot, Blue and Righteous is not my favourite, but La Grange is just a monster of a track and would be enough to get this record a 3/4 star rating. That the rest of the tracks are also full of killer guitar and cool lyrics and tons and tons of swagger is just an awesome bonus.

This is a great album

Didn’t enjoy this album as much as their previous one but it was a good listen anyway. 3*

A lot of Dad rock recently... this was of a piece.

Meh

I don't know how to say this, but this is exactly the kind of music I expect when I think of ZZ Top. And I say that having never heard a single song from this album before (unless I heard La Grange at one point and erased it from my memory). I wasn't a huge fan of "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" and "Master of Sparks" but other than that liked the album. I like bluesy guitar in moderation, so I wouldn't listen to this every day. Still pretty solid overall with over half the record being cool/interesting/enjoyable.

solid cock rock

Solid enough blues rock album. Can’t say there is really a bad song here, just nothing that exciting or notable. La Grange is obviously a classic rock staple, I enjoyed Hot, Blue, and Righteous and Master of Sparks. A solid listen overall, just wouldn’t search it out. There are much better blues rock albums I would rank higher than this.

le père d'eltrapeze

ZZ Top pas du tout à la hauteur, je vais en toucher deux mots à mon paternel, qui comme vous le savez est un très grand fan.

Awesome

Solide Decent 7/10

Some fine southern rock. I can hear all the current day bands they influenced like The Sheepdogs

A more mellow version of ZZ top.

+Sheik +La Grange Nothing in this album really stuck with me.

I think I knew La Grange before (maybe from ads?), that one and Sheik were pretty good. Apart from that, it kinda blended over into each other. Listened to the Expanded Remaster. + La Grange + Sheik (from The Legend of Zelda)

Good rock n roll

Very nice album!

Not very interesting. If you like Southern Rock you might like this one.

This music is pure serotonin cut with a healthy dose of "as a white cis male is it okay for me to listen to this?"

Damn good shit

Raw ZZ Top. A true classic.

Great record with nice catchy songs, great riffs! 8 out of 10

- Never listened to a ZZ Top album before - Different to what I expected but I liked it - Not always a big fan of this type of music but I enjoyed this - Fav songs: Jesus Just Left Chicago, La Grange, Have You Heard?

Everything about this album connects with me to the marrow of my being. The songs are superlative but as a collection taken as a whole they come alive with a tight, greasy vibe unmatched in the ZZ Top catalogue - and much elsewhere. Nobody did this kind of twisted, rolling Tejano rhythm and blues better. Have mercy!

Listened to this while driving into Knoxville, TN on a sunny Saturday. It definitely kinda works in that type of soundtrack to a Southern car ride, though for sure would've been better to swap out Tennessee for Texas. (Though, thank God I wasn't driving there.) But in some ways it's difficult for me to hear anything here other than one of the world's premiere white boy blues bar bands. Maybe it's because I just watched that Elvis movie and had cultural appropriation on the brain? I don't know. The 'Top put their own spin on things and, of course, took this sound to a very different area later on. But of the batch here my favorite was easily the ballad "Hot, Blue and Righteous." It stands out to me as having one foot in Southern Rock, three toes into country & western, and only like two toes into the blues. Lots of drunken slow dance opportunities with that number.

Strong

Decent album. Didn’t particularly like or dislike it in anyways, there were a lot of guitar parts I was impressed by in the ways of wondering about composition, but otherwise it felt pretty mid tier, for my personal tastes.

I can understand the appeal, and some songs were good, but never been a fan of ZZ Top, so this was a personal preference rather than objective.

I think this album is great, a good mix of slow and boogie

Sounds all the same.

No, this isn't it. Most songs were too calm for my tastes, and despite me not liking La Grange much in Guitar Hero, it sounded even worse this time around. They know how to play the guitar, but I'd like to see them play the guitar somewhere else. 2/5.

Pretty forgettable for the most part. Some songs the vocals are pretty bad. La Grange is the only song that left a lasting effect

Incredibly boring album, some decent guitar but thats about it.

Some really good riffage, but mostly kind of boring otherwise. Standouts: Waitin' for the Bus, Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, La Grange

Get me a beer and a ciggie immediately. Such a perfectly simple but supremely cool album title to go with such simple and supremely cool set of songs. Love how loose the live version of La Grange is.

Destination: Rock Direction: Straightahead La Grange is monumental Can give or take the rest

That was a very solid rock album. Turns out I'm just not that into southern rock.

I love old ZZ Top, when they were more blues, and less pop cheese and innuendo.

Oh just not my cup of tea

Interesting album, ZZ Top is much more bluesy then I thought they were going to be.

uhyuhyuhowhow

"Tres Hombres" is the third studio album by the Texas rock band ZZ Top. Southern rock, blues rock, Texas blues and boogie rock. Yep, all of those descriptions make ZZ Top come to mind. Not quite disco blues yet. It was their first collaboration with engineer Terry Manning and was produced by Bill Ham. It was also their commercial breakthrough reaching the top ten in the US. It did receive a lukewarm critical reception. Hmmmmm. At the very least, it's a decent album. A drving-bluesy riff opens "Waitin' for the Bus." The groove. Billy Gibbons on the harmonica solo which goes to a guitar solo. Waiting for a bus going to the big house? The song blends right into "Jesus Just Left Chicago." Some controversy here; did engineer Manning do this on purpose or was it an accident? It's history now. More bluesy guitar and beat. Dual lead singers highlight the rockin' "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers." More in the classic rock vein. Almost a metal riff. Motörhead did cover the song. Street cred earned. "Master of Sparks" tells the story of a guy building a steel cage ball in which he sits in and gets let off the back of a pick-up truck going 60mph. It doesn't end well for him. A unique syncopated beat. "Move Me on Down the Line" is a good hidden track. What I would call very mainstream and melodic rock. I think Cheap Trick might have been in the room. And we get the guitar and drums sounding like a horse to open "LaGrange" which then takes off. "A-haw, haw, haw, haw." Has to be up there with the most famous songs about a whorehouse. "Have You Heard?" ends the album in a slower, bluesy way. Dual vocals. Actually soulful. This album is formulaic: lay down a rhythm, throw in one or two guitar solos and keep it at three minutes. But, it rocks. At 31 minutes, they keep it short. Really no fillers. And at least four of the ten songs being their best.

Fantastic album

it was good

3.5 stars. Blues-y southern rock starts slow and builds into more energy halfway through. Standout is "La Grange" which takes it's iconic guitar groove from a John Lee Hooker boogie blues song.

This is not bad, but I can't really bring myself to care about it all that much. Probably more of a me problem tho.

fun stuff

Pretty boring. Rock should have jagged edges and be able to hear the musicians punching above their weight. Everything is so smooth and in the pocket it hits like elevator music.

cool

Rentoa rock n' rollia jota on helppo kuunnella.

Aitoa, rehellistä rokkia bluesvivahteineen. Toimii aina vaikkei sielua sinänsä saa säkenöimään

Had never listened to the album La Grange was on before, sad it took this long. Great southern rock album that definitely played huge influence on a ton of bands. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers and Master of Sparks a couple great favorites.

Det är zz top. Stabil platta

It’s fine, but I wasn’t blown away by any means. La Grange is obviously the best song off this album and is a classic.

This is a fun listen. I like that, as someone who isn't familiar with ZZ Top's catalogue outside of the big hits, I had only heard "La Grange". It allowed me to enjoy this as a straight-forward southern rock/boogie album, without any of the baggage that comes with ubiquity. They sound real good for a three-piece, and Gibbons is a better writer than songs like "Legs" and "Tush" ever really allowed me to appreciate.

I thought I'd already listened to this and didn't have much enthusiasm. Bit I ended up enjoying this more than the last ZZ Top record that came my way. Very Rolling Stones. Best song Waiting for the Bus.

I didn't realize this record was from so early in the 70's though their music has been a staple radio during the 70's and on classic rock stations. They've been on my radar since I was a teen, I like their music, but it didn't engage me enough and I didn't have the desire to buy their records or see them live. Above average 70's rock, there's lot more enjoyable bands/music, but if you're forced to listen to something on the radio, Zed Zed (I'm Canadian) is okay and not the worst choice...

Great guitar licks. I feel like I need to be in the middle of a Texas field party drinking Miller High Life with a 100 of my closest friends around a big bonfire to appreciate this properly. I hate Texas, but we all need to get out our comfort zones from time-to-time. This is a great album.

The first track had me kind of excited for some blues rock, but it turned out to be kind of a let down I tuned out as it progressed. Luckily "La Grange" came in to save the day near the end, but overall I didn't like "Tres Hombres" as much as I was hoping.

2:17 of La Grange plus a bunch of ho-hum boring shit.

Awesome album. One of the best, if not the best from ZZ top. I like that it is short and sweet, songs are bluesy and awesome, this record can really wake me up, when feeling sleepy. Texas.

The only things I know about ZZ Top are southern and 2/3 members have long beards and the only one without one has the last name Beard. That is genuinely one of the funniest things ever and I love it. I'm also really excited to not have an album over an hour. 13 songs and just under 45 minutes, thank you ZZ Top. I did really like this album, a lot more than I was expecting. Maybe I like Blues more than I thought.

7/10

Nice blues rock album by ZZ Top. It's got great guitar licks, but is missing the earworm songs like "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Legs" or "Tush".

Honest Texas Blues-based Rock n Roll with growling bass, snarling guitar and cracking drums. This era of the band is what I prefer over their souped up Eliminator and onward output. It's ironic for me to say that because I have a tendency to tire of rock that gets too obviously bluesy. I say "Gimme Blues." And I say, "Gimme Rock." But I raise this eyebrow at most Blues Rock. And yet the ZZ Top of Tres Hombres walks that line perfectly. Have Mercy.

Äkta rock!! Stenande!!

Heeeell yeah, tres hombres… wait, who’s playing the second guitar???

Chill

Rating: 2.5/5 Good guitar work but the vocalist sounds like he has a potato stuck in his throat and tries to cough it up. There are few tracks that stand out on their own. Rest of the album is pretty much forgettable. Listen to this if you need some truckin' music to ride to. Best song: La Grange (Road trip classic, love the rhythm) Worst song: Hot, Blue and Righteous (Slow ballad, hard to stomach after 1 minute)

La Grange was always my least favorite song in Guitar Hero, and a whole album of that is my personal hell. I don’t know if it’s 1-star bad…let’s give it a generous 1.6/5

I feel like my dad would love this 3.5/5

A cool bluesy, outlaw country sound with some iconic guitar riffs. Too bad the singer sounds like a drunk uncle performing karaoke at the family Christmas party. 3/5

Really solid Texas gritty grooves.

Upbeat, enjoyable, catchy

Influential but unenjoyable

One of the least interesting albums of all time by one of the least interesting bands of all time. Google "10 Hours of Intense Snoring" to get my extended thoughts.

These boys sure can play. Entertaining and slick.

Rocked out, really fun and a tad silly at times

lowkey snoozer

Every song in this album makes me feel like it’s the start of a movie where the hard-drinking Southern boy with the flag in his truck rear window accidentally kills a man in a drunken fist fight. Maybe it’s the age of the album, maybe it’s all been done to death now. Still no reason to listen to this in 2023. Tracks to check out: Master of Sparks

One of my favourite albums. The perfect mix of dirt, party vibes and a sweet hint of salvation. Praise be!

Mid rock album, only two songs caught my attention so it wasn’t terrible

Meh

Crunchy Southern bluesy rock. Enjoyable listen. I definitely wouldn’t mind listening again. Although I don’t know if I’ll return to this one because there are just so many rock bands I like better. This album wasn't THAT good. Listening to this made me want to go listen to the first Blue Oyster Cult album.

Meh

magical

geggjuð gömul

ZZ Top is an interesting mix between blues/bluegrass and rock. There's some great songs on there, but also some average ones.

So... Tres Hombres... first big album for ZZ Top (I think it was their third?)... a few fillers (looking at Hot, Blue and Righteous, for instance), but overall it's been one of my favourite ZZ Top albums. Everyone will know La Grange because Triple M still plays it every fucking day, but my favourite track is "Jesus Just Left Chicago". --- 1/5 Mehs

The whole album is smooth and sublime. Favourites are defo precious and grace and la grange.

More bluesy and less commercial than their better-known tracks, this is ZZ Top on form.

gritty blues rock from some of the best to ever do it. love it.

Classic rock blues - all killer no filler

"Hot, Blue and Righteous" is about the Navi. "La Grange" is a banger even though it's been overused in pop culture. A lot of the rest is just kinda decent blues rock.

Enjoyable blues rock

bullshot

Great bluesy album. A couple of incredible songs and there were no weak spots anywhere.

The days of this album, 1973, change my perspective on it no end. They sound a lot more like Kings of Leon of the day than the puppy ZZ Top of.

Compared to their hard rock contemporaries, ZZ Top stayed faithful to their blues roots. A remarkably bluesy guitar and vocal style layered with heavier, doomier bass and a tough image and lyricism. The instrumentation stands out to me, especially those kick-ass guitar solos. There are plenty of weak songs here, with only guitars keeping me engaged. I felt "Move Me on Down the Line" tried too hard to mimic glam rock contemporaries, but there was still plenty to enjoy. But in retrospect, the only thing genre-breaking is the landmark hit "La Grange", and I'm disappointed nothing else even comes close to it.

Very similar riffs for all songs 70s rock at its best. Raw.

Another album by ZZ Top and another reason why I'm not a fan of this band. Extremely monotonous and irritating drum line makes it almost unbearable to listen for longer than couple minutes. Vocal is rather unassuming and generic, I have heard voice like that in every other rock bands. The big highlight of the band are the guitars. Riffs are okay, but every time the band comes up with an unusual melody, or with another solo, you can tell its something special and unique. I didn't really like "La Grange", the biggest hit from this album. My favourite song was "Jesus Just Left Chicago". Drummer actually tried to do something different on this song and that was enough to change the whole perception of this record. Unfortunately, too little, too late. I'm not a fan and probably I won't ever be one.

3.5/5

Basic and boring.

An alright collection of blues/rock that did get a bit samey half way through. I would imagine that if you knew the songs well, they would be great to sing along to in the shower.

Great album

Thought it would be like some foreign language country music and that I wouldn't like it from the cover, but this is surprisingly.. decent? So far. (Hot, Blue and Righteous) Oh goodness "Jesus Just Left Chicago" I REALLY don't like this one. Skipping! Master of Sparks - decent

tämä on oikeaa rokkia. ei mitään nössöily indie hömpötys new wave liberaali post punk vittuilua. oikeaa saatanan rokkia. ukot pelaa kunnon vitun musiikkia, paskoo pöksyihin, kusee housuun, ehkä oksentaa ehkä jopa vittu kuolee pois... en tykkää billy gibbonsssin äänestä. kova live bändi. noh la grange paras

Odd to hear zz still working out their sound - legendary songs at the end and a sense of their swaggering sound

ZZ Top maybe not my favorite. I appreciate it, but generally found it boring

This took me by surprise. My knowledge of ZZ Top was hostorically 80s ZZ Top. This album is a banger!

Great blues rock album, unexpectedly so actually.

Classic album of fun blues-ey rock tunes

Correct.

Raw, gritty, old school Texas blues and hard rock. Led by one of the greatest guitarists to ever do it, Billy Gibbons. If you play electric guitar, you need to hear this album.

ZZ Top are a fine band, don't get me wrong. But I never quite got on with them as much as I feel like I want to. I feel like being in my 30's and from South West England I'm from the wrong time or place, or more likely both, to really appreciate what they do. That being said I really enjoyed this album, more than I thought I would if I'm honest and of course it has the absolute banger "La Grange" on it which massively goes in its favour. Although the version I heard is a 2006 remaster, the production and recording style of this album is very much of its time, the guitar and fuzz just sounds so 70's in that instantly identifiable way which if I'm honest isn't my favourite recording style, I prefer a more generic timeless production. The song writing is great and catchy but again very old school at this point. Not bad but not something I'll likely put on again any time soon. 3/5

Kräkfull på efterfest I Vetlanda? Nog med det.

A proper blues rock album with riffs reminiscent of later hard rock that shows the underrated influence of the band on everything that came later. The production is great, while still raw and filled with bar venue energy. Maybe a few more big hits or stand out songs to make it even better, but still deserves the full 5 stars from my end.

Not bad but unfortunately another missed opportunity as I just think the harder rock style of La Grange fits them much better than the softer rock style of the rest of the album

Tänker inte ens skriva nåt. Dum musik

Right on Rock and roll from the early 70's. Great rhythms

7/10

Reconheci um hit clássico do rock americano.

La Grange and other songs you might not know that are definitely recorded by ZZ Top

2.5 stars for the album 0.5 stars for the beards. It's not the greatest thing ever but it's ZZ Top I can't give them less than 3 it would be a crime. I like La Grange, who doesn't?!

Nice sound, not very exiting though.

Despite their great 80s albuns this is still the best ZZ top album as it contains Waiting for the Bus.

Good blues rock sound, but ultimately an uneventful listening experience for me.

Wonderful and cool, with several unexpected highlights, such as Master of Sparks.

A masterclass in Texas Blues with a thick layer of Southern Rock, and some funky licks. The songs in the middle get a bit less than the start, but luckily that downward spiral then gets broken by the amazing La Grange - A song I could listen to 5 times in a row and not get sick of. "Hey look! It's ZZ Top! You guys rock! "

I thought their would be a 0% chance that I liked this album, but it is actually a really good album... Which makes me want to strangle every radio DJ that plays sharp dressed man 20 times a day, but never plays anything from this album.

really like this. cool funky nice

This shit kinda slaps 4

Chugging bluesy Rock

Pretty cool but doesn't wow me - 3 stars

Although it's an album I doubt I'd ever come back to in its entirety, I do quite dig this. Lots of great guitars and driving rhythms, alongside some solid bluesy rock.

Actually a very fun, extremely digestible album - good solid guitar music, bordering on (early) metal I suppose, rhythmic, bluesy, rocky, punchy. Lyrically unambitious but satisfying. Could listen to it quite happily driving down a motorway near a new town in the late 70s or whenever it was released.

Songs blend well with one another, smooth transitions & little downtime Enjoyable solo's, never a dull moment La Grange is iconic, automatic win All in all, a nice album to listen to. 7/10

Ya like 12-bar blues?

What an awesome record!!! Listened to it twice!

Great album!

Maybe not the orchestrated production of later albums but this blues-rock and Billy Gibbons guitar rich opus is a perfect representation of the true roots and soul of this Texas trio.

Not a perfect album, but really, really good bloozy rock. Waiting on the Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago, and La Grange are the famous tracks here, all of which adhere to the older ZZ Top formula of chugging blues riffs over a killer rhythm section. Solid all around. Master of Sparks and Sheik are standout album tracks, but Hot, Blue and Righteous is really impressive swerve into a slower, somewhat more plaintive direction. Four stars, but this is definitely an album I'd reach for if I was driving fast down a country road.

Feel like this is a 3.5. Enjoyable blues rock and a fun listen from a band I really only knew for their beards

Good music but a bit boring and not memorable

Super 1 dimensional but some badass rock.

La Grange is real solid

This is one of those albums I feel like I'd need ot hear in its place and time. Today, there's not much that stound out to me on here. The lead (only?) single "La Grange" doesn't sound much at all like the rest of the album. There is only a bit of the ZZ Top signature sound here, that would follow in the '80s. What I've always thought of as a buzzsaw guitar sound. This album is not bad, but not memorable.

who knew i would be a ZZ top fan. i genuinely really enjoyed this no nonsense blues rock. meant i also watched a video of them live where they have treadmills built in to the stage so they whizz about while playing, absolute nonsense but the kind of nonsense i enjoy.

An arsenal upon the senses. This freaky little record gave me one of the most powerful orgasms I've had today. What a shit splattered success. My heart wants to headbutt a racoon into Jupiter.

Pfffft. I don't know man.

The beards and shades had me off, I thought ZZ Top would be way more fun than this.

그나마 하나 들을만하네 했더니 제일 인기 많은 La Grange. 인간의 귀는 참으로 놀랍다. 제일 마지막 기타 뜯는건 아주 좋았다.

적절히 그루비하고 적절히 신난다.

Not as bad as I thought it would be. Yes it's blues rock but it's so energic that it finally gets to you.

Not as bad as you'd think, but still pretty boring.

Blues rock - meh - but good for what it is

Another generic blues rock album to add to the long list of this challenge, but at least the ZZ Tops have personality and a sound of their own. And, as a bonus, some hits. Nothing special here, but I was happy to listen to it.

Love it, a classic hard rock sound! Saved tracks: Waitin' for the Bus, Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, Master of Sparks, La Grange,

ZZ Stop

mid, good sound but more background music for me mostly.

Good shit

Honestly this was on but I just zoned out entirely

This started off really well and, particularly with Master of the Sparks, I was enjoying the album quite a lot (certainly more than Eliminator). The second half didn't quite hold up for me though, and other than La Grange I found it difficult to latch onto anything. I'll still give it a 3 but it's much more on the 2-3 borderline rather than the 3-4 I was considering halfway through, which is a shame

Feeling generous this morning, was going to be a 3, but I really enjoyed a couple of their tracks

Jesus left Chicago is the only good ZZ Top song

When it comes to bluesy Southern rock, it doesn't get much better than ZZ Top. "Eliminator" will always have a special place in my heart, but "Tres Hombres" is a solid album, and features my favorite ZZ Top track: "La Grange." The rest of the album was new to me, but it didn't disappoint. I particularly enjoyed the opening trio of songs, "Waiting for the Bus," "Jesus Just Left Chicago," and "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers." I don't *love* every track, but if someone slapped the record on and "forced" me to listen to it, I certainly wouldn't be begging for them to skip any tracks. Billy Gibbons' guitar playing alone makes the album worthwhile.

ZZ Top is Texas Rock. This album gives groovy blues & touches of early metal. I've always loved La Grange, and Beer Drinkers & He'll Raisers is classic metal - who would've thought they could rock this hard? I'm glad I'm finally listening to a ZZ Top album in its entirety. Being born & raised in TX, this band reminds me of home. They've got some heat in this album - if someone were to ask what the Lone Star state sounds like, I'd play this album. Gonna listen to their entire discography thanks to this challenge.

rockero

Kannte ich vorher nicht. Obwohl es als Rock-Album so durchläuft, schlägt es für mich versöhnliche Töne zum Gesamtwerk von ZZ Top an, dem ich eher gleichgültig bis ablehnend gegenüberstehe. Noch drei Sterne.

Cool

This one's on my list of albums that everybody else should hear before they die.

Didn’t listen all the through. Not me.

Omg it’s the Ford commercial song 😭 A lot of this record is giving car/home improvement commercial, but some of these groves are actually pretty good. However, I really don’t want to listen to this haha. Iconic..in a straight way 🤠 Really don’t want to hear this lol

Love it. Classic ZZ Top, and a solid album all the way through.

La Grange

Enjoyable riffs and everything sounds great. Hooker should have won that court case for plagiarism on 'La Grange' though. Good background bar music, not sure I'll return much to it at home.

p305. 1973. 3 stars No frills quality 70s southern blues/rock. No track longer than 4 minutes, so it never outstays its welcome or gets bogged down by guitar wankage. Prefect driving music. On the other hand... a lack of standout tracks, a lot of them sound the same.

1. Make a riff 2. Add lyrics 3. Give it a guitar solo 4. Repeat this 9 more times *also for some reason end the album not with an epic guitar solo but with an annoying repetitive chanting instead.

Loved the fuzzy guitar sounds. It's funky but also hard rocky, and the combination interests me a lot more than I expected.

Definitely more blues rock than the ZZ Top "Sharp Dressed Man", "Gimme All Your Lovin" 80s pop rock that I grew up with. I did recognize "La Grange" and generally enjoyed the album overall, wasn't particularly wowed by it but definitely listenable and catchy.

-S Tier- Waitin’ for the Bus Master of Sparks La Grange -A Tier- Jesus Just Left Chicago Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Sheik -B Tier- Hot, Blue, and Righteous Precious and Grace Have You Heard -C Tier- Move Me On Down the Line AVG SCORE: 3.8 / 5 - - - Even if “La Grange” never existed, this would still be one of ZZ Top’s greatest works top-to-bottom. Give me this era over the Eliminator era every day.

Great

love me some bluesy rock. proto-stoner rock vibes.

For some reason I enjoyed this more than the other ones the sound like this

Pleasant, but not much more. Kind of disappointing. Highlight: La Grange

Guitar special. 5/10 tho

Waiting for the bus, Jesus just left Chicago, Beer drinkers & Hell raisers, Hot, blue and Righteous - classics, feel good rambling music Amazing album, catchy tunes, good for a vibey afternoon or a themed party. Has limited creativity, but comes from the heart

Surprising album knowing only their later hits. Not my style, but nice to listen to.

ZZ Top does Texas proud with this collection of crunchy, riff-filled Southern rock. No song overstays it welcome-the trio have an excellent handle on tight arrangements.

Great bluesy rock.

2.5

2.5

I knew about Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers and La Grange before going into this, but the rest of this hits just as hard. A classic rock / blues album with some great grooves and simple lyrics all throughout.

Simple to the core, and that's why it still rocks today. There are some gems here, but the real trick is three guys playing together.

La Grange is sooooo damn good that it accounts for most of these starts.

Have mercy.

Classic AF. Love the blues riffs

Not terrible but I just wasn’t enjoying it that much. Not my genre I guess.

Couldn’t really get into it but wasn’t bad at all

Great, but no Degüello

Somewhat trapped in time. Languid guitars and slightly lethargic beat to the song.

2 or 3 great songs

This album was okay. Not my favorite

Pedestrian Dad Rock

I like the bluesy riff on this album, however half of the vocals I could not understand. Also there are a couple duds on here especially in the frist half. My favorite song on this album was MASTER OF SPARKS. With it southern rock charm. So over all not a great introduction to zz top but not terrible

Much better than I thought it would be. Pretty enjoyable.

I love zz top, and I love this album.

First time of Listening for me. Texas Blues at their best. Some good tunes on this one, Starts with the wonderful "Waiting For The Bus" with some great mouth iron work from Billy Gibbons. They moved away from this Blues based sound in the 80's which I think is a shame. Loved the aforementioned "Waitng For The Bus", "Jesus Just Left Chicago" "Le Grange" and "Hot, Blue and Righteous" Not on my list but I understand its inclusion!

Great grooves, nice sound, but every track is pretty much a slightly worse version of "La Grange".

It’s giving… playing cards on the decking, drinking wine from the bottle, dancing in the kitchen with your besties. Stand outs were “Hot, Blue and Righteous” and “Sheik”. Very into the slick guitars and the throaty vocals. Kiss kiss.

Rough and tumble type classic rock. Great start, great end. Less captivating in the middle. Still a solid album

Albúm insignia para sus generos abordantes. Blues rock de principio a fin, un disco que desgasta su sonido para comenza con el “zz” pesado, teniendo cambios bruscos para discolocarse (precious and grace, la grange y sheik) una transición de sonidos impecable, siempre predominando la improvisacion de blues, ese estilo particular del southern y hasta toques psicodelicos que nos hacen recordar a una especie de hendrix. Sin duda un album que invita a ser escuchado varias veces. fav songs: jesus left chicago master of sparks precious and grace ☆ la grange ☆ sheik ☆ 4.3/4.5

Pretty boring.

Decent listen with no surprises