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Really great album. Fantastic flow and some of the best guitar playing you'll ever hear. Really good listen overall. Obviously, "La Grange" is legendary, but "Jesus Just Left Chicago" was my favorite off of this one.
I respect the craft but I’m prob not returning to this
Was expecting this to be more hard rock than blues but can’t be mad at it.
There was nothing wrong with this album but there also wasn’t anything super right with it
this belongs to a sunny day, 10:45am, with the birds chirping and nowhere to be. good rhythm, easy lyrics, and a sense of comfort between all 3 bandmates made my first ZZ Top experience a very good one.
One of their finest albums in my view, the opening three tracks are classic early era ZZ Top, long before their MTV reinvention. The single La Grange is a belter.
Tres stars for the 'Tres Hombres.' ZZ Top is a band that I like, but don't love. This has one of their stalwart songs and some other nice things. A quick, chill classic rock album. Top tracks: "La Grange," "Waitin' for the Bus," "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers"
—Waitin’ for the Bus…good power trio groove —Jesus Just Left Chicago…a little too generic —Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers…here we go. I always found it strange that Billy Gibbons was the “lead” vocalist even though he and Dusty Hill sound exactly the same. this shit rips —Master of Sparks…nice heaviness but the vocal recording is weird. Nice guitar solo but overall not for me —Hot, Blue and Righteous…no Oxford comma, fellas? I guess they wanted a ballad. boring --Move Me on Down the Line…fun groove but nothing special --Precious and Grace…some good ol’ fashioned rock ‘n’ roll --La Grange…a-haw haw haw. classic --Sheik…something tells me Billy Gibbons did not actually meet a sheik from Mozambique. sweet guitar solo --Have You Heard?…they add some soul to their dirty blues. It works
This album sounds like a sweaty summer night with friends. I have no complaints.
Me gusta mucho la onda de la banda, las letras están buenas y las guitarras suenan con presencia. Le meten sentimiento. Fusionando voces y guitarras qué en algunos casos parecen alaridos. Los temas que más me gustaron Precious and Grace, Shiek y Have your head?
la granja que temuuuun .es todo lo que esta bien.Me gusta zz top .fines de los 80 experimentan con sintetisadores y la rompen.Igual no me fu.o un disco entero .
La verdad sorprendente, es una música que me lleva a los 90 siendo de los 70, se escucha increíble de verdad. No me gusta la musica country pero si ese rock blues estilo bien pesado texano me encanta. la musicalidad es impresionante, me da mucho a una escena de una pelea de alguna película yanquee donde se arma tremendos tumultos y vuelan sillas y mesas tipo del crepúsculo al amanecer de Tarantino o esa escena típica de ruta 66 de un motoquero fumando en una harley todo curtido yendo al algún bar de mala muerte. Top Picks 🌟 1- Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers 2- La Grange 3- Hot, Blue & Righteous
Chill background music, classic and consistent 😎
Give me Legs instead.
No-skip album. I feel like this is exactly what most white blues-rock bands are trying to sound like, but rarely do. My little brother's favourite album at age 5
Classic rock with blues influences. It's very tight, clean and well produced but I found it a bit boring. La Grange has a nice riff but I don't enjoy it much as a song. The drums aren't too bad though.
Great riffs, great groove, and pure attitude. Billy Gibbons’ guitar work is incredible from start to finish.
Bluesy and consistent all the way through. Two songs popped up to me - Jesus just left Chicago sounded just like Night Prowler by ACDC, and Hot Blue and Righteous reminded me of the melody of Purple Rain. Just solid all the way through though, and it doesn't overstay it's welcome with runtime.
1. "Waitin' for the Bus" 2. "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" 3. "Master of Sparks"
============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ---------------------ZZ TOP------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ------------------TRES HOMBRES---------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------(1973)------------------- ============================================== ============================================== ------------------CALIFICACIÓN---------------- ----------------------★★★⯨☆------------------ ----------------------(3,6)------------------- ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== 1. Waitin' for the Bus (★★★★☆) 2. Jesus Just Left Chicago (★★★⯨☆) 3. Beer Drinker & Hell Raisers (★★★⯨☆) 4. Master of Sparks (★★★☆☆) 5. Hot, Blue and Righteous (★★⯨☆☆) 6. Move Me on Down the Line (★★★⯨☆) 7. Precious and Grace (★★★⯨☆) 8. La Grange (★★★★★) -Fav 9. Sheik (★★★☆☆) 10. Have You Heard? (★★★★⯨) ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== PUNTAJE TOTAL 4+3,5+3,5+3+2,5+3,5+3,5+5+3+4,5 = 36 ============================================== ============================================== PUNTAJE PROMEDIO 36 / 10 = 3,6 ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== CALIFICACIÓN FINAL ★★★⯨☆ (3,6) ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== ============================================== COMENTARIO -Si hubieran creado un álbum completo alrededor de "La Grange", sería un 5 estrellas considerable para mí, pero parece sacada de otro álbum lamentablemente... -Sounds good. Must be a four, but I feel like a three star album, except for two songs, so, it's a three for me. ============================================== ==============================================
Yeehaw! This is perhaps one of the most American (more specifically, Texan) sounding albums ever made. It's mostly simplistic, fairly juvenile bluesy rock. The lyrics aren't very good, and neither are the vocals, but the guitar playing is pretty good. The riffs are strong and memorable in most songs, and there's definitely some energy here. Yet the songwriting almost lacks the charisma and character to make up for the album's downfalls. This is a good album with 1 great song("La Grange"). The rest of it is just good but basic classic rock. This is a good album, but it's not exactly life-changing even for this avid fan of classic rock.
america baby
I hope my 4/5 rating is not only because I’m comparing this early ZZ Top to the 80s commercial iteration that I find so unmoving. But this really is some solid blues rock. The songs have great hooks and (almost) no song overstays its welcome. Several familiar songs from AOR radio days. Nice musicianship. Rounding up to 4.
Every time I hear this album I ask myself, "who are ZZ Top?" Are they a solid rock and roll band or a hook driven, spectacle of what rock and roll music labels want rock to be in the 80s? This album being closer to the former, it is much more appreciated.
Another one of those albums it looks like I am going to end up liking despite my best efforts to reject it based on fan base/ and or the appearance of the band members. God. I think ZZ Top generally has represented everything I despise about a certain type of man. But… in the sanctuary of my home/ headphones - this album rocks! So, well I guess it gets a 4. Not as familiar with its content as I thought I would be. Boolean: yes, glad to hear before I die.
It was not what I expected, but it’s been a couple of days, and to be honest it wasn’t very memorable
It is the breakout album for ZZ. I liked them in the 80s and like them now. It is no tube snake boogie, but still.
Was pretty chill but idk it feels as if I’ve heard something like this before and I’m probably not gonna come back tot his one.
3/5 More my genre that I usually listen to but I didn't like any of the songs. This surprised me as I like Sharp Dressed Man from them. Favorite Song: Waitin' For the Bus
Sólido disco de rock.
Having fun with this one while WFH. :) Instruments are the main character. Groovy guitar
Some teak good rock songs
Serviceable blues rock.
ZZ Top definitely a much better meme than they are a band. Totally fine and mostly forgettable.
Really just one song
As a kid, I saw the "Viva Las Vegas" music video and loved it so much that I wanted a ZZ Top album. Their "Greatest Hits" cassette was probably my first album. I'm not really into these blues rock Santas anymore, but La Grange is a great song. One extra star for nostalgia.
Gonna be a 5 baby
Straight up blues rock. Straight up blues rock. Some great guitar solos. Listening to this is to see how the '80s emphasis on MTV and making hits really did not service some bands, ZZ Top among them. In the '80s, ZZ Top weren't so much musicians as characters in a ZZ Top cinematic universe filled with hirsute biker dudes and scantily clad women.
Heard Before? Yes, borrowed from my uncle during my blues phase when I was twelve. Notes: - did you know they are from Texas? - why is the bass so loud? i don't know but i don't mind. - simple, clear arrangements showcase the weak, derivative vocals. - more range than i expected. contains every kind of song that one could reasonably expect to hear in a 70s biker bar. - I'm clearly not the target audience for this. I've never drank beer or raised hell (mostly read books and made music). - "Master of Sparks" jumps out at me for it's story and the ghostly guitar line during the verse. Verdict: Great soundtrack for polishing one's Honda Gold Wing. Listen Again: No, but it was amusing enough this time.
This is a very good Texas blues rock album. I feel like this is how every friday night bar band wishes to sound like. La Grange is a banger.
I liked this note than the last ZZ Top record. Maybe because I was less familiar with it?
I liked this WAY more than I expected. I had not appreciated that they at some point kind of sounded like Blue Oyster Cult or Thin Lizzy.
I think I said in my one-star review of Eliminator that ZZ Top was capable of making good music. This is what I was talking about. Jesus, La Grange, and Move It On Down the Line are the best but it's all pretty listenable.
great album and some unbelievably brilliant guitar.
Fucking brilliant. Sounds like a scruffy, dingy dive bar. This rocks.
Fine
Definitely not in spanish
god i couldnt wait for this album to be over.
rockslop
Better than Eliminator. Jesus Left Chicago and La Grange are classics. But man that is one of the ugliest album covers yet.
Can't hate the Top.
Loved it!!
Weer een album dat gewoon prima is, niet bijzonder
Blues rock. Dat wil zeggen: elk nummer klinkt als een blues rock nummer. Prima uitgevoerde blues rock nummers, maar nog steeds blues rock nummers en niets meer dan dat.
solo conozco la grange, despues masomenos, no me esperaba esa voz en los otros temas
I’m not gonna hate on this because I think these guys are cool looking. I get it’s like kind of rock ‘n’ roll and all that. I don’t know whatever there’s a couple of classic songs I don’t care. I’m not gonna hate on it. Two stars though.
I actually quite liked Tres Hombres. Tracks like ‘La Grange’ really stand out. I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, but I did enjoy it, so I’d give it a 3 out of 5. Very bluesy and rocky
3.2 2x
Short Review: Dirty, loose, and effortlessly cool. Blues rock stripped down to swagger, groove, and attitude. Feels like heat, dust, and beer-stained confidence. Favorite Track: “La Grange.” That riff is immortal. Simple, greasy, hypnotic, and impossible not to move to.
It's an awesome album. I've been listening it to for 40+ years, and it still satisfies. Reading the less enthusiastic reviews, I sort of get where they're coming from, but ... I jst don't agree. Tres Hombres is the peak of ZZTop and Texas Boogie albums. Every track is a banger, and the guys just mesh together like a well oiled gearbox.
I've never been so underwhelmed by a rock album.
Less one note than I expected but still a one listen
Ctrl+z
Classic rock radio ass album, it's fine
Another blues rock album by a bunch of white guys from the 70s, quelle surprise... ...however this is annoyingly good. Fun, unpretentious and they fucking shred. Listening to this I feel like one of the characters in Dazed and Confused. Loving it.
Yeah brotheeeeeer 🍺🦅🇺🇸
meh
4*
Just want to drink a beer and eat some ribs now!
80s took ZZ Top to horrible direction but this is just good with without any nonsense.
Tres Hombres is ZZ Top before they became the slick MTV dance-rock version of themselves, and honestly that’s the best era. The whole album just grooves, loose, dirty, confident blues rock without trying too hard. ZZ Top had swing and personality. “Waitin’ for the Bus” into “Jesus Just Left Chicago” is ridiculously cool, and even overplayed stuff like “La Grange” still earns its hype. Rio Grande Mud has that same raw Texas feel, while La Futura surprisingly proved decades later they could still tap back into that stripped-down magic.
#387 / 1089 Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ This is my most listened ZZ Top album of all time. Songs off this album have been on my DJ playlists for decades. They've even been on my Last.fm lists for over 20 years now. Their southern boogie style of bluesy rock is infectious and it's incredible how full their sound is with just three instruments, if you don't count the vocals. Beer drinkers and hell raisers all right! Hard 5/5
One of the top 3 by these guys. Will never get old for me.
Apologies to ZZ Top; I was unfamiliar with your game
7/10
I kept thinking Hot Blue and Righteous was gonna turn into Purple Rain for some reason. La Grange will always bang. You know what you're getting from these gents.
Ранній період я не чув) Краще ніж я думав)
This album increased my aura points by one million. If every song were La Grange this would be a 5.
Pretty agreeable. Not much more to add, didn’t blow me away but was an enjoyable listen
“Jesus Left Chicago,” and “La Grange,” are great tracks. The rest is surprisingly “meh,” blues rock, but better than a lot of what they put out in the 80s.
Solid bluesy rock, with the emphasis on bass riffs.
8/10
Some good riffs, not my normal cup of tea
Cracking rock Gromit! I liked everything a great deal - bluesy things are not the style I gravitate to, but then I listen to music like this and know it's great stuff that I've missed out on until now! :) Definitely a fun listen and something I'd stick on again happily! :)
Given I bounced hard off the other ZZ Top album, this one was pretty alright.
Some of the best, from Houston, Texas!! I got to Texas just in time to see them grow into the huge success that they are. Missed seeing them in the really small places, like in Conroe .... But have seen them a few times and ALWAYS enjoy the show. Have mercy, Haw, haw haw haw!
This album is 🔥
Fav is hot blue and righteous, I liked the songs
Groovy.
pretty much nothing to say here. i forgot this as fast as i listened to it. i had it on while doing cardio which normally is a great time to focus on music except this was immediately right back out. got to the end and didn't even register that the music stopped at first because it was legitimately that much of background music lmfao. even on relisten, complete background music. maybe the reason i don't appreciate this kind of 70s bluesy rock is that my dad died when i was 12.
There was a suprisingly large outlaw motorcycle club culture near wherew I lived in Canada. I always thought the ZZ Top connection was overexaggerated but especially the old heads tend to love that stuff. No comment on the rest of what they're up to, but y'know what, good for them! This is like the flavored water of music, I can't hate it but its not exactly making me go "woah so exciting". I like about three-quarters of the songs but my enjoyment of the good ones is very 7/10, La Grange is kinda great though. This is the kinda Dad rock that is now officially converging on Grandpa rock.
There are similar albums ive probably been harsher on, its a style of music I detest. I hate the 12 bar blues But this feels like a bit of fun. I wont stress it too much. Its a simple 3. It won't win any awards, it isnt some darling album, it doesn't deserve heaps of praise, but its a bit of a laugh
This was better than the other ZZ Top album on this list. The other album is what I knew ZZ Top as. This was a pleasant surprise.
Lidt bedre end den sidste vi havde med dem
Kæft de kan finde ud af at spille giddar. Kan bedre lide den her end den anden vi havde med dem
La Grange is an objective banger. Rest of the album has pretty bad ass riffs as well.
Classic southern rock, influenced a lot of what I listen to now. High energy and fun
very fucking nice, got me into a new genre of music
4/28 Other than La Grange, nothing else really stands out to me. Prefer the later albums from ZZ Top
This is a slightly better ZZ Top invention than the one I had to listen to before but still pretty msierable.
If you know ZZ Top you get what you'd expect. I liked it better than their most played hits like i.e. "Legs". BLuesy Rock.
Another day, another album. I don't see why "Tres Hombres" is on the list. However, I'd rather have that on the 1001 albums list over anything by Areosmith as an example of 70s hard rock. None of the songs seemed to impress me. The tracks are so samey that I don't have a favourite among them. 2 stars for "Tres Hombres".
Very nice, exactly what I was in the mood for!
An absolute burner of a Blues Rock album and my favorite by Billy and the Boys. Starts out smoking and never stops.
Groovy as all shit. "Master of Sparks" has this righteous second guitar thing creeping in the background. Everyone sounds great and sounds great together.
Some bangers here for sure but doesn't do too much more than any other blues rock stuff from the 70s, I like Eliminator a little more
It's great driving music. The point is it's groove and feel, which works
Like getting a can of cheap beer poured over your head (complimentary). Loses a little steam after the first 2 songs (LaGrange is unimpeachable, but I've heard it sooo many times).
Lol, one of the weakest album covers I've ever seen for a band that actually kinda rules. It looks like it was designed on Microsoft Paint, or if someone's grandmother put together a page for her grandson's band's scrapbook but didn't care to apply too much actual effort. But who cares cause album art is more of a bonus to the actual album anyway. I could listen to Billy Gibbons play just about all day. I'm jealous of his talent. As far as the songs go, there's no real reinvention of too many wheels. If you like smoky barroom blues, this is pretty great. I happen to like that just fine, so I like this record pretty good. It does get a little "paint by numbers" blues progressions at points, but it's pretty enjoyable. 7.8/10 I probably have to round up to 4-stars just based on La Grange. The record as a whole probably doesn't quite get there, but it's not a 3-star "whatever" record either.
Billy Gibbons is great, but this album is woefully average.
don't mess with texas
Is meh
Pretty good. The most popular song is still the best but I did favorite a couple songs
Good classic rock, especially La Grange
like tuff but then again not my cup of tea guys voice very good nice beer belly afternoon drunk cowboy vibes
Meh
Top – Tres Hombres (1973) On Day 125, I took a trip through some Texas boogie. After multiple listens, I can say it was a great experience that maintained a solid groove throughout. The opening pairing of "Waitin' for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" was especially great the transition between the two is perfect. Other standouts like "La Grange" and the closer "Have You Heard?" really hit the mark for me. The album is great, consistent, and has that blues grit that makes for a high-level listening session. While it doesn't quite reach a 5 for me, it’s a definitive 4/5 and a classic I’m glad to have finally heard.
Liked it
first full listen through a zz album, enjoyed and lots of classics and riffs that are major influences but overall not my fav
La Grange rocks, we know this. The rest is meh for me.
A classic classic rock album. I can’t say that every song deserved its own guitar solo though a handful did. I found a few songs that are getting added to the rotation, so color me impressed!
I've always been pretty indifferent on ZZ Top. Didn't actively dislike the album, just was pretty meh.
reminds me of my dad but also highways
topcheg
Some cool riffs but it’s really just dad rock. Forgettable.
Me gustó el álbum, buen rock clásico con temones como La grange
Ope, more bowling alley music. Enjoyable.
I've been to many a Texas BBQ and Bike Night to understand the cultural significance of ZZ Top. It's reliable, consistent, and inoffensive background music for gatherings. It was an easy listen on my work commute and kept me entertained.
Actually way more enjoyable than I was expecting. I don’t hate La grange as much in its context. Good! Don’t care as much for the slower songs on this thing.
too repetitive
Waitin' for the Bus - 3.5/5 Jesus Just Left Chicago - 3/5 Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers - 3.5/5 Master of Sparks - 3/5 Hot, Blue and Righteous - 3/5 Move Me On Down the Line - 3/5 Precious and Grace - 3.5/5 La Grange - 5/5 Shiek - 3.5/5 Have You Heard? - 3/5 Finding out that ZZ Top doesn't have any good songs outside of La Grange is like finding out that the only person in the band who doesn't have facial hair is named Beard. Like come on man what are we doing here. You had the sauce but instead decided to be a bland blues rock band for most of the way. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: La Grange
Not quite my tempo
muy bueno
couldn't get thru it Listened to 6 tracks and quit.sorry
Nice guitar riffs, 4/5. Favourite song: Jesus Just Left Chicago
Don’t love his voice, and I also feel the switches into the big blues solos are a bit abrupt, but there’s a lot to like with ZZ Top.
I went into this one with a lot of trepidation and it turned out to be... not bad! Much like other rock bands of this era I find their sound very dated, but also like other 70s rock bands their non-hits tend skew more interesting. And there was really only mega-hit on this album so all in all I found it more interesting that I would have expected.
Mmm bueno pero hasta ahí
Quite tragic that I didnt have a beer and a cigarette whilst I was listening to this 😔 makes me feel like a 50 year old Texan dad (I’m a 17 year old girl) La Grange is a timeless classic love it 🔥
I love this album. I remember listening to it with my father, but it always feels like it’s missing something to be a 5/5
If Southern-fried, Tex-Mex rock and blues is your thing, this is a pretty terrific, crisp album with good production values and a nice variety of tempos and styles.
One of my favorite from ZZ. Great guitar riffs and bluesy music.
Listened to enough songs to know that it’s not horrible but not the best either. 3 stars
It was good to hear the whole album. I liked it more than I thought I would. It gives me faith that there will be more interesting music ahead on this list. Please cut back on the folk and obscure British pop.
It was pretty solid, a bit different than I expected musically
When I pressed play, I was like “whoa.” Overall, this was great. I didn’t expect to like it, but here we are — a VERY strong 3 out of 5. not a four because i would love for this site to generate different genres and include more women artists.
They're a great listen. Pretty good album overall.
Give me this album in a dark dive bar with a cold beer and a loud jukebox and it’s a fun Friday night
The bluesy rock riffs are hard to not nod along with! Not good enough to be great, but good enough for an occasional listen
Just fine. It's blues rock of generally the standard kind, although Billy Gibbons absolutely kills it on the guitar here. I would say the album is worth listening to for that alone.
Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: La Grange Short one today: Eh. Perfectly average.
Two extremely cool guys presenting a brilliant album that has you feeling like you’re deep in Texas , driving a ford pickup and living the dream. Brilliant album with a very cool live track at the end
Better than I thought it would be. Blues rock isnt my favorite, but most of the songs were listenable.
me dormi en vivo
I saw ZZ Top at Ashley for the Arts last year, but I am not a fan. It’s not my style of music and I don’t like the singer’s voice. I knew La Grange, but I don’t like the song.
Best ZZ Top album there is. Hard driving blues rock, mixed with a bit of soul. Couldn't recommend more, essential Top album.
Surprised how much I liked the heavy guitar riffs of these guys. Of course I know ZZ Top's style, but it was refreshing to hear very strong musical talent on top of decently constructed lyrics.
not entirely bad though I found a lot of the songs to be average. none impressed me, but none were absolute buns either. A good 3 stars will do.
Liked this more than I thought I would but then again I'm a sucker for guitar. Every aspiring guitar player thinks their blues scales sound like those on Jesus Left Chicago.
Has anyone ever pointed out that Billy Gibbons sounds like David Byrne on Waitin' for the Bus? Anyway, this rocks when it rocks. Don't really need to hear ZZ do ballads ever. But I'm just fine with it.
La grange can not lift it to a 4. Solid 3.5
287/1001 ZZ Top - Tres Hombres Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ A lot bluesier affair than the previous album of theirs I was given and enjoyed it just as much.
No bad, but get's pretty samey after about 3 songs. La Grange is the best song ever written about going to a whore house.
My guys
Not my thing
Guitarra incrível musica muito boa porém faltou um pouco de criatividade no baixo
A great album. It’s been a long time since I listened to it all the way through. It really makes me want to pull my Harley out of the garage and add the roar of the engine to this soundtrack. 5/5
Great album. Considering it was only their 3rd and was originally released in 1973 (I was 9 yrs old). I enjoyed this one. It has inspired me to listen to some of their extensive back catalogue. I'd give it a 7/10
Solid rock album, timeless
Earlier ZZ Top. Not so heavy or pounding. More bluesy with a swing beat and homages to Muddy Waters. Nice stepping stone from Muddy Waters era blues rock to later hard rock. Surprisingly I quite like the sound. It's not too obnoxious or over-the-top. Nice and fun. There's also some funk DNA in there too (e.g. Precious and Grace) Starts strong, but does peter out. Best track - Waiting for the Bus, Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, 3 stars, initially fun but it does wear off by the end of the album
Just some solid rock. Wouldn't mind if the full album had just been the La Grange guitar licks.
No standouts here. Very Forbert 3
Enjoy some ZZ Top, this album has some of their better songs. Some nice bluesy stuff. But overall, fairly middling, nothing too exciting.
Not my genre, not my vibe. I can appreciate that these guys are good musicians but I just can’t get into the music. It’s too masculine, and the music and lyrics have no depth. Not for me.
Actually really enjoyed this one, I might even listen to it again.
Pr. Hombro.
Good jams. Fun.
I didn't enjoy this quite as much as the last one. None of the songs but one really stood out to me. It was good grooving music though.
Cranked it and immediately grew a beard and ended up at a Trump rally.
I liked this more than their Eliminator album. The songs sounded more differenter from each other (review copied from my other group).
Better than the other ZZ Top album we had.
Me encantó, guardé todo el álbum en mis liked songs
Rock lml
I don't really feel great about this southern American band using Mexican imagery and stuff but the music is fun enough.
Best Track - "La Grange"
Doesn't click for me, in my opinion doesn't have an identity or anything really personal, feels like a placeholder album for me
I like ZZTop but this album in particular is just kinda bland.
tres home FAVS (top 3): waitin for the bus; master of sparks; hot, blue and righteous mençoes honrosas: beer drinkers & hell raisers, la grange gente no começo eu fiquei caramba muito bom!! mas dps ficou meio -_- ou so perdi o interesse no meio mas o inicio é MUITO bom e o resto é... bom KKKKKK nao é ruim obviamente! nota final: 4/5
First time listen Sounds exactly like the type of music you'd hear outside a bar packed with Harley Davidsons. I liked it a bit more than I expected, but most of it was still pretty dull. Favorite tracks: Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers, La Grange Least favorite: Move Me On Down The Line, Have You Heard 2/5
it was pleasant to listen to but I don't think I'll ever listen to this album again or remember any song from it.
Great album, tremendous
Super!!!
Good road trip american rockin' . La Grange is great
Tres Hombres drips of everything you'd expect from a hard rock album. The varying vocals are nice, but the guitar is the real standout on the album, as it should be. It exudes American rock, and La Grange is an absolute work of art. There are a couple of other highlights on the album, but nothing that really lives up to the style and creativeness of La Grange.
feel like I gotta take a shower after listening to this
This band is famous to me for Gimme All Your Lovin and Legs. Didn’t actually know about their blues output, that’s embarrassing. This was wonderful, loved the intelligent blues rock and kinda wished they hadn’t gone down the Aerosmith/Van Halen etc etc route of giving MTV exactly what they wanted to hear and see.
rock 🤟🤟🤟 maneiro
One good song. The rest mediocre and borderline annoying.
Not a band I've really followed much and only know them from their 4 big hits, but they have a somewhat unique sound and there's some good instrumentals on this. Overall a good album, but it didn't make me want to dive much further into their discography.
The music is fine, would I listen to it on my own in a playlist - no. Would I be happy hearing this music in a bar while downing a pint, hell yeah.
Haven't listened to much ZZ Top, though I do know a few of their tracks. This album was _fine_ but most of the tracks were a bit too plodding for my taste. The vocals aren't bad, and they do vary a bit across the album. For 1973 though, this is pretty damn good rock. La Grange is an absolute jam. 5 for La Grange, but a 3 for the rest of the album unfortunately.
Barely noticed it was on. Don't know what it was trying to achieve but it achieved not standing out at all High 2
You know that uncle? The one that never grew up? Never got a foothold in adulthood? The one that still lives in grandmas basement? The one who may have asked your 12 year old self if you had any weed? Ya, this is his favorite album.
pues, en lo personal, no lo escucharia por mi propia cuenta pero me gusto, algo distinto para mi, interesante muy energico sonidos, amo la guitarra y la melodia rapida, son pegajosos y transmiten una buena vibra, hasta me provoco un whiskey mientras los escuchaba jajaj
Ох этот блюз, великолепно
"La Grange" is a perfect song, but the rest of the album skews toward a less-cocaine/more weed KISS. I suppose those beards are a mask of sorts.
This is a laid-back and self-assured set of songs. The clean and unfussy production lets the hot-fried boogie shine through without adornment: The drums are crisp, the bass is clean and you can hear the chicken scratch of Billy Gibbons’ deft guitar playing. I would’ve loved to hear Prince cover “Hot, Blue and Righteous.”
I guess between this, butthole surfers, 13th floor elevators and Willie Nelson, the 1001 list has covered all facets of the "drug influences in Texas music" genres you ever need to hear.
How have I never heard this? Late to the party.
Really cool album. Good 3. Again, Dad music of the best kind.
Solid album!
Waitin for the bus - 3/5 Jesus just left Chicago - 2/5 Beer drinkers & hell raisers - 4/5 Master of sparks - 4/5 Hot blue and righteous - 3/5 Move me on down the line - 3/5 Precious and grace - 3/5 La grange - 4/5 Sheik - 3/5 Have you heard - 3/5
No self respecting Texan would EVER disrespect that little ol' band from Texas! All hail ZZ Top!
Blues classic, absolute masterful and full of fun!
Honestly, it's just okay. It's good musically, but I just can't get into their style. It had a couple of their hits that were fun, but everything else was just fine.
Another good one
This was fun
Tres hombres, casí cinco estrellas. Unless a certain Rory is involved, there is no better blues rock. Iconic sounds, tight songs and loose charisma to the extreme. Epic gatefold! Favourite tracks: Jesus Just Left Chicago, Waiting for the Bus, Beer Drinkers, Move Me On Down The Line, La Grange
This is a subtle one. It isn't that flashy or innovative, but there's a vibe here from start to finish that these guys delivered very well. A great pub record for sure.
I like this way more than I feel like I should. It's like AC/DC but actually good? You still have some amazing guitar playing and absolutely killer riffs, but it's just more chill and most important of all, the vocals aren't annoying as hell. And it makes this just a really cool and straightforward classic rock album.
Lo escuché apenas me levanté
When I reviewed Eliminator I believe I said the album was the Eric Claptonification of the ZZ Top sound and sounded like "canned blues." That is not the case with Tres Hombres. While I did enjoy songs on Eliminator, what I am hearing on Tres Hombres is more of the ZZ Top sound that I am accustomed to hearing and what I would probably like to hear. This is not canned blues and there is no Eric Claptification here. I have never been a huge ZZ Top fan and there music has always been just "there" for me. I really enjoyed this album though. What separates this one out is the songwriting is very good and the sound is much more varied than one would expect having just heard their hits. I loved how Waitin' for the Bus and Jesus Just Left Chicago bled into each other, regardless of whether that was intentional or was a mistake, it worked. My favorite songs: Waitin' for the Bus Jesus Just Left Chicago Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Hot, Blue and Righteous Move Me on Down the Line La Grange Sheik
Dad rock in its purest form
This feels like old-man-rock but it certainly vibes with me. Maybe it's the bass use, I'm a sucker for bass
not a fan
Nice enough. I enjoyed the boogie/blues feel of it.
Not all of the songs are great, but a few of these are certified bangers.
Some of the most generic blues rock the 70s has to offer.
This is like that story of rock soup: He came with only a stone and an empty stomach. He told her the stone could make soup, but as it boiled he mentioned how good it would taste with an onion, a carrot, a bone. She added each thing, and by nightfall he had a fine meal, while the stone sat useless at the bottom of the pot. Except the only extra ingredient is ‘La Grange'
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
ZZ Top à la granged band with their own sound
None
6.5/10
FIREEEEE🫶
good musiccc
ZZ Top has a sound - even their pre-Eliminator stuff - that stands out from the glut of electric blues of the 60s and 70s. I like it. But I don't know if it floats my boat. The singles are excellent, the rest of the album is totally fine. THREE STARS
My dad took me to see ZZ Top live in the late 90s. My dad loved that the only one without a long beard is named Frank Beard. It was an amazing show! I love the way he laughs in La Grange. Overall, great album.
Listenable but ZZ Top don't do a lot for me.
No me llama la atención.
Просто американский рок 70х
Have heard all the well known songs on this one a million times. A lot of classics. Definitely a great album
Boring, repetitive, and not worth a second listen. I just can’t understand why “La Grange” is so popular.
not bad pretty generic nothing special good for background
Twas OK, they have a better album though.
Love love love ZZ top. Their blues sound is amazing.
Solid
Banger
H town on top! Awesome from start to finish
Pretty decent, some good tracks but a bit repetitive.
🤘🏻
"The Grange" is by far the best song on this album. The rest is unfortunately forgettable. I liked it, don't get me wrong, it's just not the best these guys have created.
built like a dive bar or hooters playlist. built like transistion music for diners, drive-ins, and dives. built like music in supernatural. it's not BAD but it's definitely not for me.
Was all set to score this a 2, but as I listened it grew on me. And La Grange is such a classic, 3 it is.
Surprisingly good
This is a good album, very classic ZZ Top. If you like that biker bar sound, this album is for you. If you don’t like that sound, this probably isn’t for you. Album 25, March 23, 2026
Impressive beards playing not so impressive tracks.
repetitive but not bad. hot, blue, and righteous was the standout for me. i think this album works better as background noise...
I find this vERY difficult to care about even though it's only 33 minutes long. It gets old after like 7 minutes. I respect that that guy's voice is weird as hell though. I just am like, what am I doing here.
ZZ Top's best singles are really fun, and I've always had a certain fondness for them since hearing an interview in like 1982 in which Billy Gibbons attributed their success to "never learning that third chord." That said, I have never listened to an album of theirs. This album was pretty much what I expected -- a bunch of ok songs, plus the one great single. Songwriting is really important. Having a fun sound can only take you so far.
I grew up in a period when a Correct Reading to the way Rock unfoled from 1966-1976. The Reading posited that the wide-open heart of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band gave way to the second British Invasion--Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Sabbath, etc-- that paralleled the political tumult of the era, as it wrestled with Viet Nam and American adventurism. All you need is love passed through the gritty working class and on to the birth of arena rock and heavy metal. Cocaine and heroin, and guns... Sly holed up in his bunker, re-recording his album and getting increasingly paranoid, high all the time. And alongside that Reading, there was a lively right-wing reaction to the hippies--Johnny Cash, the Allman Brothers. Others I don't know about. This made for lots of conflict, and was certainly part of the fuel for the deaths at Altamont. And then there was ZZ Top. From Texas, and definitely bar rockers. But somehow they refused to take sides--"shut up and sing". That whole Reading meant a great deal to me, growing up in the 70s/80s, as I followed the boys of my generation in saluting Rock, and the aforementioned Reading, as the true music, and spitting on Disco and all it represented. So, on to the album! Direct steals from Muddy Waters--but Muddy Waters was big enough to handle that. Bar band par excellence! And then there's La Grange. Just Plain Holy FUCK that is a song that forces me to dance.
So repetitive. Lyrics felt like an afterthought attached to a bunch of guitar jamming.
Sigh. Yes, I can understand why people would like this album. I can see what someone might appreciate about it. But I'm just not in that group. I was pretty excited about the first two songs but for me it all went downhill from there.
More bluesy than I expected in a good way
Was okay, more bluesy than I was expecting. Light 3
Texas blues rock. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Waitin' for the Bus Jesus Just Left Chicago La Grange
A breakthrough album for ZZ Top in 1973 that doesn't sound particularly revelatory to these ears in 2026. The name of their band is supposed to be a tribute to bluesmen Z.Z. Hill and B.B. King, and I'd recommend anyone interested in the blues-rock here to just listen to the music of B.B. King and John Lee Hooker instead.
Great hard blues album, as good as the day it was recorded.
I like this one more than Eliminator I think. Cool riffs and grooves abound. They didn’t do anything revolutionary or particularly innovative, but it’s just cool rock music.
Æ digge den her
Jevnt over ganske kjedelig, med La Grange som et soleklart høydepunkt
Enda mer peak Guitar Hero. Resten av plata er også sabla god.
Detta var både bra og kult! 8/10
Positiv overraskelse. Føler de henter inspirasjon fra flere sjangre. Funk, soul, rock.
Positivt overraska.
Hørt på solsenga på Granka. Ypperlig chille-rock? Får lyst på pils og sigg imens jeg løser kryssord.
Helt streit gammalmannsrock.
Nei! Ingen må høre på ZZ Top!
Now I wanna buy a vintage Harley, grow my beard and drink nothing but cheap beers at every dive bar in America with my biker mates.
Classique grâce à son morceau "La Grange"
Hell yeah! I was glad this came up. Straight up Americana Texas blues rock in the coolest way possible. I don't know that I've heard the album as a whole, but man it's an enjoyable experience.
ZZ Top is corny as hell. Some good riffs but the songs and the shtick are not. I do think it’s funny that Billy Gibbons would randomly show up on the show Bones as a minor character who would just show up looking cool as hell with his beard, shades and weird du-rag hats and play guitar for absolutely no reason.
I bet this was the coolest thing ever in 1973! I enjoyed this album quite a bit. Really cool groovy guitar through most of it.
I haven't read up on this to know whether ZZ Top were pioneers in the genre of "Generic Blues Rock By White Men" or something, but I imagine and hope that they must be, because if it's not an artifact of historical importance, I have no idea why anyone would insist that I MUST listen to this album before I die. From where I sit, there's a good reason that "La Grange" is the only song that's ever been elevated to my attention as a non-afficionado of GBRBWM. The album is fine, I guess, and the guys seem talented, but it's already grown old by the time you get to the one song that stands out as remarkable.
A solid bluesy 70s rock album
Great record by ZZ Top. Just solid rock and roll. La Grange reminds me of Guitar Hero and always puts a smile on my face. I need to listen to more from this band beyond the singles!
It sounded like I was in a dive bar in the middle of the country playing pool. The guitar was honestly insane its just that none of the songs rly stuck out to me.
Dirty southern blues rock that makes you want to take up smoking and shoot pool, but not much else going on there. As a very simple sound, it's very complete, but there's nothing here that isn't written on the tin. Tight, fun, and that's about it.
Bike rider looking, whiskey drinking bearded white men playing a mix of blues and hard rock. Like the bands you would see in a biker bar. It's no bad but it's also not great.
Boomer-slop, perfectly competent boomer-slop, but boomer-slop nonetheless. I imagine future generations will look at the music I love in the same way that I look at this album, and you know what, I am totally OK with that. You love your slop, I'll keep loving mine. 2.5/5
I liked this more than their Eliminator album. The songs sounded more differenter from each other.
* ZZ Top is gr8 * epic :guitar-emoji:, talk to me * Every song is a banger, just a real easy listen.
Perfectly serviceable. Better than other albums of its time and genre. Their synth era was their peak, though. And I will die on that hill.
Meh. Not terrible. Not exciting. It would be fine if it was coming from a band playing at my neighborhood street festival. An unremarkable selection.
Really enjoyed this one. The three live songs added at the end of the album were a great addition with the extra riffs and solos. La Grange is an absolute classic and now I can add Jesus Just Left Chicago to the classic list too
First ZZ Top album ever. Never knew the name of La Grange song or that it was ZZ Top. Neat.
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Master of Sparks Move Me On Down The Line Precious and Grace Sheik
Waitin For The Bus Jesus Just Left Chicago Move Me on Down the Line La Grange Sheik
Excellent
One of the ultimate "Dad Rock" bands of all time has to be ZZ Top, and I never really had any aspirations to hear any of their music before I was being forced to by the 1001 albums to hear before you die list. If you are looking for notable Rock then this will not be the project for you, it is formulaic 70s Blues Rock that just feels like a cheaper copy of so many better acts from this time period. It isn't bad by any means but boy is it really hard to care even a little bit about any of the music here when it all feels so same-y. Not much to say here and ZZ Top doesn't really offer a whole lot to be said. Nuff said?
I’d usually think this kind of album is average but I really liked this one. Really no filler on it, it just goes.