Reviews (page 9 of 13)
Quite some fun, la grange is obviously an amazing song.
As Classic as Classic Rock n Roll gets
La grange is amazing. This albums production is very tight, love the drum sound and the tones in the album just don’t love all the songs. Enjoyable listen, will come back for la grange
Liked so much Its very fever
Three men?
fun guitar playing and quintessential blues rock riffs from the 70's. It was ok overall. no songs really got me going
6/10 I enjoyed this one. The rhythm section is so tight. Really not an album for people who don’t like guitar solos though! So many of the hooks and grooves were really good, but I don’t feel like there was much development of the themes as the songs went on, though most tracks were pretty short so they didn’t drag too much. I think this one might be a little hard to judge outside of the context of the era. They were obviously doing something very American Deep South vs bands like Led Zeppelin, and I liked it, but I also don’t think a lot of the songs were that memorable outside of a few riffs here and there. I don’t expect I’ll come back to this often, but I did enjoy it for what it was. Waitin’ for the Bus - Loved the groove on this one. Not much to it, but it doesn’t hang around long enough for that to be a problem. Jesus Just Left Chicago - A bit more plodding. Pretty standard blues fare, but it’s pretty clear they have a great command of their instruments and a sense of groove. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers - More driving, I like this one. Vocals do a bit more on this one, though still plenty of time for some soloing. Master of Sparks - Another good groove, it just didn’t feel like it went anywhere with it, really. Hot, Blue and Righteous - Nice change of pace to end side one. I enjoyed this one, particularly as a counterpoint to the rest of the first half of the album. Move Me on Down the Line - Another tight groove. Another fun solo. Precious and Grace - Good bit of attitude to this one, but ended up being a bit repetitive. La Grange - The quintessential southern blues riff. Great song, even though it again doesn’t really do much beyond a great riff, a solid groove and a bunch of soloing. Sheik - Another great groove and I really dug the vocal swagger on this one too. Have You Heard? - This one actually developed a few different ideas early on which was good, but it was a little bit plodding.
Best appreciated standing around the barbecue.
yeah guitar hero!
Groovy but safe
Don’t dislike ZZ Top and when in the mood I like 12 bar blues songs. But I have to be in the mood and today I wasn’t and found this album too repetitive. Later in the day whilst streaming randomly an early Groundhogs blues track played. Having just listened to this ZZ Top album I was able to compare the two. Maybe because the Groundhogs are British I decided that I liked their blues more. Or more likely I was also influenced by the fact The Groundhogs went onto develop into a Prog Rock band which is much more to my liking. Saving grace for the ZZ’s is that I have seen them live opening for Eric Clapton and they were brilliant. A live version of La Grange was especially good and since that appears on this album my rating of it improves. 3/5 10/5/25
Quite good, different than the bland rock of this time. Really blues heavy, pretty southern too
Son rock. Gros tones de guit, straight dans l'ampli, pas de focaillage de reverb ou autred, SG? Les Paul? L'ingé de son Terry Manning (premiere collabo parmi plusieurs avec ZZ) a mentionné porter une attention particuliere à la transition entre les pièces : "always looking very carefully at the timings between songs ... counting time, feeling how different time sigs go together, different keys, different feels". Souvent les solos partent sur des modulations (meme riff que le reste de la toune mais qui monte d'un ton pile sur le début du solo)
Southern Rock with the nostalgia. It was good but it wasn't the Allman Brothers
Decent enough southern blues rock, but it seems that the way to listen to ZZ Top is to listen to a compilation.
#606. Other than La Grange, the rest of the album is just kind of alright. 3/5: fine
Some good bluesy stuff in here but kinda fizzles in the middle. A much different sound than their radio hit era of Legs or Sharp Dressed Man.
Tres estrellas para Tres Hombres
My second ZZ Top album doing this, the first was Eliminator. This also gets a 3, meaning half the tracks were fun and a great time and the other half I could take or leave. I like ZZ Top! I'm not crazy about them but both of these records are a fun time.
Kinda boring, was expecting better. I guess they had a rocky start, just made me want to listen to Eliminator
Good guitar playing, Just all the same
Está bien pero no me encanta
Solid album. Not my cup of tea, but good
Never heard in whole but know now that some songs are just as good as their radio hits. Great 3piece rythym and blues too.
Very bluesy and just a good rock album- unlike their 80's radio hits like Legs and Tush. The vocals are just ok but I really enjoy the music itself. I am liking this a lot the more I listen.
Solid
fine
En tiedä, tuleeko tästä kovin eheä kokonaisuus. Tai siis genre ja tyyli pysyy, mutta tuntuu kokoelmalta irrallisia lauluja. Se ei yleensä haittaisi, ks. edellinen virke, mutta nyt joku mättää. Sinänsä hauska meno, ei liian vitsi.
Tekevät lähes kaiken mahdollisen valitsemiensa (?) rajoitteiden puitteissa. Waitin' for the Bus ja La Grange riittävät pitkälle. Mutta laittavatko jotkut tämän levyn soimaan kullaakseen biisit Move Me on Down the Line ja Precious and Grace?
Strong rock songs, but lacking the consistency to merit a 4. There are many songs I would want to listen to again, but not the whole album. - Whoa! Strong start. This is my kind of rock - Kinda jam rock, kinda 60s CCR stuff. Hard to place. - Middle of the album is repetitive dad-rock. Might be too much kludge to justify a 4, but I'm looking forward to their other albums on this list.
I’ve always liked Eliminator-era ZZ Top, mostly because of the strong synth elements that gave it more of a synth rock feel. But when it comes to this earlier era of the band, I’ve never really connected with it, and to be honest, I’ve heard these tracks way too many times already. The Southern pride blues rock style, especially within the ‘70s classic rock context, just doesn’t appeal to me. It has a certain flavor that feels a little off putting. That said, it’s clearly good quality music from a talented band, but for me, it’s nothing I ever feel the need to revisit.
Pretty good stuff. La Grange (a song I already liked) was still probably the best of the bunch.
Blues music. Simple blues music. At times a bit too all American hero. Mid 3
that’s ok. a classic one
This is solid blues-rock. “Waitin’ for the Bus” kicks things off with a catchy riff and a more-than-decent guitar solo. “Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers” is pure fun—the band clearly gives it their all. “Move Me on Down the Line” feels like what the Rolling Stones might have sounded like if they’d fully held onto their blues roots into the ’70s. (It’s definitely the kind of track that fits well on a radio playlist.) But the real standout here is “La Grange”—an absolute killer track. I assume it’s well-known… I just didn’t know it myself until now. “Shiek” and “Have You Heard?” are a bit forgettable in comparison. However, the final three live tracks are marvelous—energetic and raw. In the end, ZZ Top really helped keep blues rock alive with this album. A great record.
This album is inconsistent to me. It's has some real highlights and some forgettable songs too. The extra live tracks are an added bonus. Liked Songs Added: Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers La Grange
Phish should cover this album. That’s more or less what I thought about throughout this listen.
fine, i guess I like a little ZZ Top, but so many of these songs are just repetitive blues fed through forgettable guitar fuzz. Maybe it was cool in 1973 but I don't ever have the thought "Oh I should put on ZZ Top right now" La Grange an all-timer.
Enjoyably, resolutely guitar-forward. Still, didn’t find the individual songs very distinctive.
La Graaaaaaange
I think this album cover art was made in Word and the pictures and words kept moving every time there was an adjustment. I liked the music just fine.
Rating: 3 Notable songs: La grange? Meh. This band in general very meh.
Riffs! Licks! Boogie! Blues! Rock! It’s all in here – from Thin Lizzy to Maiden, Metallica, Audioslave; White Stripes and Black Keys; every piece of radio rock as good as a sweaty Santana banger or as bad as “Lips of an Angel”. Every single significant musical food group covered across one nutritious plate. (“Hot, Blue and Righteous” even sounds a bit like “Purple Rain”; saucy!) “Master of Sparks”, a song about two dudes – one of them ZZ Tops’ Barry Gibbons – who fabricated a spherical cage that they’d launch off the back of their truck at highway speeds is every bit as groovy and disarmingly dumb as the story it immortalises. You can only get away with that sort of daring recklessness if you’re a) blessed with equal levels of impossible confidence and luck, and b) so ineffably nonchalant about it that the force of any shock is absorbed by the aura of relaxation you create. Thankfully, Gibbons and ZZ Top have all those things in spades. Tres Hombres is good times. Be glad the boys were as handy welding a shuttle-cage as they are melding a groove.
La Grange is the obvious highlight, the rest is decent.
Blues Rock essentials. Simple, straight forward, and bearded. Boiled down to the basics so much that it doesn't even sound dated today. However, this also makes the album feel lacking of a little substance and variety after a while. Le Grange as a single highlight track can't mitigate this feeling. 3.5/5
Not bad! Probably not something I’d return to but I didn’t mind it. I forgot about “La Grange.” I love that song.
What i knew before listening: beards. What i knew after listening: a surprisingly bluesy accessible rock album. Maybe it was just having my expectations subverted but i was pleasantly surprised by this. Gentle vocals and real blues chops.
Good
Other than “La Grange” and “Jesus Just Left Chicago” I wasn’t overly bothered. I’ve never been much of a fan of ZZ Top.
The bonus live tracks were more enjoyable to me than a lot of what was on the main album. La Grange is an all time classic and used to be my favorite song when I just got into classic rock. I never felt the rest of the album was as strong though. The rest of the songs aren't as hard, aren't as memorable and don't have the same atmosphere to them. It's still a nice listen but it doesn't really warrant revisiting often.
Pretty good!
Interesting look at 70's ZZ Top for me. I grew up with 80's ZZ Top and although I know most of the hit's from the 70's my knowledge of that era for the band is limited. This definitely has a rougher edge than "Eliminator" which was a smoother Rock/Blues to me. Over all I liked the album despite their not being a pop out single other than La Grange which I already knew.
TEXAS RANGERS
You have to appreciate a band with three guys and two of them have huge beards and the other guy doesn't have a beard and his last name is Beard. La Grange is the quintessential ZZ Top song and works great. I'm glad this exists and whoever this is for loves it. Not a masterpiece by any stretch but it's decent and not hurting anyone
This has some decent bones. A pretty cohesive album, it's not really bringing anything new or elevating the genre. Well executed, but wouldn't be the first place I go to for the Blues.
Good bluesy rock. What you would expect from ZZ Top. Good riffs.
Solid debut by a blues rock band that hadn't found its style quite yet. There are a couple zingers here, but their best was yet to come.
this was pretty good.
cant beat a bit of ZZ
pretty good production
Solid album. Bluesy guitars and drums. Southwestern feel. Didn’t mind it but not my style. Craftsmanship is very high
Quite enjoyable.
Hard rock med lidt blues over det, gode riffs, en smule dad-vibes
Nice album, prefer it to Eliminator because it seems a bit less polished
More gritty and bluesy than the latter stuff
Liked this a lot more than the other ZZ Top album we got, 1983's 'Eliminator'. Fewer hits, but a better overall sound. Good production, I guess, but it also feels more earnest and emotional? Enjoyed 'Master of Sparks', which has a nice spooky sound.
This sounds like music made by guys with big beards. Favorite track: "La Grange"
Some good blues and rock tracks.
Great 70s rock band, and this album really showcases that blues influence.
Turns out early ZZ Top is much more bluesy. This was pretty good, the standout being obviously Lagrange.
Pleasantly surprised by ZZ once again. Closer to 3.5 on this album.
Was going to gibbs it 2 but didn't hate it. Was just bored. I think with mor familiarity I'd give it a 3.
I liked this more than Eliminator, which was a solid 3. This is closer to 3.5. La Grange is great - my mom said that song cracked me up as a kid. It doesn't make me laugh hysterically as an adult, but I still like it. Overall a chill, bluesy rock album that I won't seek out often, but would listen to again. It would be great for when Grandpa comes over for a BBQ - make that a ZZQ. (I'm glad I'm not a dad because that was downright disgraceful.)
Ok
Not every song is a hit but there are some great songs.
Good album, one true hit song.
Nothing of note has come to mind until I heard “Hot,Blue and Righteous “. That sounds like a song Prince wrote and I’m not at all upset if that were true. Anyways, I know I should be saying that La Grange is the choice cut off of this album and although technically true, I’m finding Hot,Blue and Righteous to be the real gem of the album. It just sounds so different than what I knew these guys to sound like. All in all, this isn’t a blow away album for me. It’s blusey, guitar driven, groovy in a non hippy sense. It’s a good background soundtrack. That may be all a person needs. Choice cut: Hot, Blue and Righteous
You can't fake cool
It’s hard to dislike any of this but it’s not my cup of tea, likeable enough that I did get some fun out of it, just bluesy enough to not fall into the hole of hard-rock for me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Swampy southern blues rock. It does what it says on the tin.
Not much by the way of stand out songs but an overall really solid chill rock album.
Fühl mich wie ein alter Biker, wenn ich das höre
Wasn't bad. Of course you have to like La Grange but I could take or leave the rest.
Great guitar sounds, one long jam.
Bluesy, boogie, Southern hard rock power trio. Solid all around - soulful voice, zippy guitar, foot tappin’ rhythm. Nothing too complex, just a good groove and good guitar playing. I had fun listening to most of it, but I won’t be running in the streets shouting about it. A bit repetitive, where I start zoning out the songs other than the guitar solos.
Typical blues rocks record. Noting special about it but noting bad about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
cool
Destaques: - Waitin' for the Bus - Jesus Just Left Chicago - La Grange 2.5/5
Cara, é ZZ Top, então não tem muito o que falar. Claro que tem seus momentos mas teve uma hora que passaram umas 4 faixas atrás da outra e eu nem percebi. Sem contar a abominação que é "Hot, Blue and Righteous" que destrói completamente a sensação de estar num barzinho acabado cheio de velho amargurado, mas acredito que uma faixa dessas é necessária para respirar (nem que seja por pouco) dos solos de guitarra do Billy Gibbons. O baixo é bom, só isso.
I loved how the guitar sounds and solos.
A nice listen, refreshing after several of the worst fucking pieces of God Damn shit swallah to allah I've ever heard
La Grange and Waitin' for the Bus had me headbopping. For me, the rock/blues genre pre-80s doesn't hit quite as hard as, well, hard rock, but it is enjoyable to listen to. Also the few live songs at the end of the album have me convinced about live music sounding better a majority of the time. Give those a listen if you didn't. I feel like I need to eventually stop being so critical and give something a 4. Not today though.
I want to give it a 4, but I feel like it's not a 4. Maybe my standards are too high? There were a few good songs in the album though. Maybe this is one of those that needs multiple relistens to truly appreciate.
This was a classic ZZ top album. It was probably revolutionary when it came out, but not that special now. If I wanted to put a soundtrack on when I did something to make me feel cool, this so what it would be.
6.6
I enjoyed this much more than Eliminator, some great songs on here. None of them come close to La Grange though, that one is perfection. I found it a bit repetitive after a while though, not one I'd come back to.
Solid bluesy rock but didn’t really stand out to me
Three Men Dad Rock! 🤘 🎸 Ahh good ol’ boogie woogie ZZ Top, a band that will be forever synonymous with memories of my late Father, who passed away just two months ago. A few of these songs have been seared into my brain since childhood, as they were staples on my Father’s favorite classic rock radio station, however until now I’ve never listened to a full ZZ album. The singles were as enjoyable as I remember, as was the overall package as a complete album. 🎧 Classic Track: La Grange 🎧 Deep Cut Gem: Jesus Just Left Chicago 🎧 Personal Favorite: Precious and Grace 🚫 Skip Track: Move Me On Down The Line While I appreciate there were some unexpected creative left turns away from the hard rock blues the record is grounded in, namely the ballad ‘Hot, Blue, Righteous’ and the power pop inspired ‘Move Me On Down The Line’, these feel to disrupt the otherwise tighter cohesive blend of the core song mix. 🖼️ Album Artwork: Tres Bien! 💿 A fun add to your vinyl collection The three men with beards don’t take themselves too seriously playing up the Texas boogie rock, with Tres Hombres serving as the perfect companion to fixing your car in the garage or cruisin’ down the road on your hog! 🏍️🤘🏍️ Click the Thumbs Up icon below if you enjoyed my take on the album :)
3.5
Decent bluesy rock. La Grange is still a belter and the rest is ok.
Prefer 80s zz top but this is alright
I like these guys' sound, but will admit that every song except for "La Grange" seems pretty much the same.
Album has a couple of classic songs, solid bluesy guitar riffs, yet the band had not quite hit their peak
El hombre de en medio en la portada parece que se esté follando el palo. Canción destacada: La Grange
Really great and you can hear what ZZ Top would become
Pretty good. Good guitar playing. Good rhythms. A little repetitive throughout but the highlights are very high
[3.5]
Not for me
Ah haw haw haw haw. (23 known/45 new)
i've always felt a bit indifferent to zz top and through this project, i think indifference is where i top out with them. this album was fine. perfectly bluesy. a little rough around the edges. nothing super remarkable. the highlight here by a wide margin is radio staple 'la grange.' nothing here was bad but to me it was a bit of a nothing album otherwise.
Good blues rock. La Grange is the highlight!
This has to be the only album on the list by ZZ Top, right? I mean you've heard one of their albums, you've heard them all. Hell, you've heard one of their songs, you've hear them all. I saw them live years ago and Billy Gibbons was talking about being old and people coming to see "the same three guys, playing the same three chords". ZZ Top is definitely dad rock and sort of cheesy. But damn can Billy play guitar. I mean it's not super complicated but really great nonetheless. Their songs are simple, catchy, usually have good grooves, and (even they'd tell you) largely the same. It's fun to listen to if it comes on but I'd never really pick ZZ Top on purpose or buy any of their records. 3/5
Surprisingly would listen again, this is a really fun guitar album. Solid to high three. Faves: waitin for the bus, Jesus just left Chicago, La grange
Couple great songs. Couple decent songs. A few meh songs. It’s essentially just blues, I’m not sure why this is considered rock. Maybe the beards? I don’t know, it was fine.
Cool. Casual. But again, only one great song.
I was prepared to rip on this album for all the things I dislike: derivative white boy blues, guitar noodling, etc. But in the end it is so well done that I couldn't help but enjoy it. There is some noodling, but the songs are short and tight, and the production is immaculate. The origins of electrified Texas Blues and even sub-genres like Stoner Rock are evident here, and there is *just* enough ingenuity to elevate the music above derivative blues. That said, Master of Sparks is the best song on this album by a long shot IMO. That song is totally original and would not sound out of place on a modern album by a heavy jam band like The Sword.
Tunggung!
"La Grange" is a fucking banger, but this just isn't ZZ Top's best album.
fun! La Grange pulls a LOT of the weight here though, it's beyond the obvious highlight & i don't think this would be nearly as enjoyable without that song holding things together. some sick solos & the vibes are good despite this being a boomer blues album
La Grange is rad though
Lagrange is a banger
La Grange is peak but otherwise I thought this was just alright
Niente male, anche se a parte La Grange (che già conoscevo), mi sono orecchiabili ma non mi coinvolgono troppo. Jesus Just Left Chicago molto bella
Solid beats all the way through, includes the infamous La Grange. Classic ZZ Top sound.
It is pretty dern good I’m just not a huge ZZ Top fan
Not bad.
Gubbrock deluxe. Har ju inte lyssnat på ZZ top det minsta (annat än när de hade nån låt på nån topplista när vi var små). Det är helt ok bluesaktig rock. Men varken mer eller mindre.
Solid bluesrock, men blir lite enformigt och utöver La Grange är det inte tillräckligt många låtar som sticker ut för att jag ska tycka att det är mer än en stark trea.
I like ZZ Top, just don’t think they’re an album band. Bet they were awesome live. La Grange is a great song, the rest was was good quality classic rock, but in a list of some stunning music it didn’t stand out much 3/5
Not one I’m sure I needed to listen to before I died. Very forgettable, scraped a 3
Ok
Good but nothing special imo
It's #day183 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... I think this is the first time I'm listening to a ZZ Top album all the way through. I've heard a song or two on the radio, but that’s about it. So, what do we get here? Well, good ol' dusty blues... What else would you expect from ZZ Top? This is a 3 out of 5. It was okayish, but that’s about it. Chances are slim I'm reaching for this anytime soon, if ever. Looking forward to #day184.
Just not really enough variety to want to listen to it again. Give me The White Stripes or QOTSA any day. I realise that this band influenced a lot of bands and albums that I like, but that’s because they did it better, with more variation on even one song than this has over the whole album. When there’s not much progression in the songs, it just makes it boring to listen to.
Totally fine. I'd probably be more appreciative of ZZ Top if they were the only one who sounded like this. Unfortunately for the ZZ toppers the people who took their sound made better music, thus putting them at the ZZ bottom of my list. I tip my ZZ top hat to these innovators but I see ZZ top as a vehicle to catch some ZZ's (tops)
Hard rocking explicitly boozy blues rock; kind of exactly what I expected. The biggest surprise was that the guitarist/singers voice doesn’t always sound like it does in “La Grange”, and I have to admit it was a bit disappointing that it didn’t. While every song is essentially 12 bar blues, there’s enough variation in it between the guitar riffs and the drums that it doesn’t all blend together. The songs are definitely similar, but they’re all distinct. The biggest departure is “Hot, Blue and Righteous” which is an attempt at a slower song. Doesn’t quite come off. Anyway this was good. It’s a 3.5. I think I’d like a greatest hits collection more than just this album because I do like a few more of their songs not in this album.
Old school cool. Solid classic rock with a touch of blues here and there. Nice guitar work and vocals. Very dated, but still holds up.
Surprisingly enjoyable blues rock. I'm not sure it will ever be something I choose to listen too again ... but I enjoyed listening to it and wouldn't turn it off it comes up on rotation. It's a solid 2.5er that I'm happy to round up.
Interesting start, then ...
Ok
Solid blues rock that struggles to maintain an identity. La Grange, the biggest hit, is the only one I'd be able to pick out of a lineup as a ZZ Top song. Still fun to listen to, but it's not outrageously unique.
It was fine
Fun blues/rock album with gravelly vocals. The standout track was definitely "La Grange" for earwormability.
3*
Enjoyable but the songs weren't very varied.
Good electric guitar parts, but not really anything that clicks with me
Bearded wonders….
Fun, light hearted driving music
Classic
The playing is pretty tight and it seems like they had a vision. Good for them.
A strange hotch-potch of stolen (Master of Sparks is basically Fleetwood Mac’s Green Manalishi) and stolen from (AC/DC clearly took a whole lot from Jesus Just Left Chicago for Ride On). It’s ok, nothing special. ZZ Top never broke into the UK, you’ll very occasionally hear Legs or Sharp Dressed Man, and I’m not overly surprised.
La Grange bangs but the rest is very typical blues rock
Some great songs on this album, but the album is so-so and has repetitive blues riffs.
Classic rock, these songs all sound pretty. I’ve the same to me, but that’s exactly what I was expecting!
Dope guitaring. Otherwise forgettable.
3.5/5
Amazing guitar. Mid vocals. Overall an okat listening experience. I would probably put it on sometime again.
Meat and potatoes blues rock. Formulaic bar-rock. But it's compact and doesn't outstay it's welcome. It's real downfall is that last two tracks which are dull and go nowhere. A great shame for an album that is hitherto wall-to-wall groove, very lean, and enjoyable. I much prefer it to Eliminator but it still doesn't get a four - a very strong and respectable high three.
If you don’t like La Grange then there’s something wrong with you.
Listened but didn't finish it. Probably a good album but couldn't hold my attention
Fine blues rock. Sort of bridges the gap between Muddy Waters and Sabbath. Waiting for the Bus has some proper chugging bits. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is practically hair metal with a few 'virtuouso' solos over the most boring bass line you can imagine. Master of Sparks hints at something more interesting in the intro before reverting to type. Precious and Grace is the highlight, essentially a Sabbath song, with a stripped back bassline cascading guitar fills and Dusty Hill reaching for Ozzy Osborne lyrics. La Grange rocks hard with the John Lee Hooker groove but also reveals that unlike Sabbath, at the core this is just white boy blues and isn't trying to accomplish anything new. Sheik is a funky number with stabbing guitar licks, it's fun coming off like a Stevie Wonder/Hendrix/Average White Band tribute. I suppose this album is fine but I'm sitting here in the 2020s with the music industry in shambles and every song ever written at my fingertips. If I want to listen to blues I'll listen to the originals.
May revisit, there's some good stuff in here. a-haw-haw-haw-haw
Poco conocía de esta banda también a excepción del pedazo de tema "La Grange", pero ni sabía de quien era ni nada... buen disco, no me desagrada para nada, y seguro que lo escucho en más de una ocasión. Su música me traslada a un bar con muchas motos apartadas en la puerta y gente barbuda bebiendo cerveza sin parar. Mola!
cool
Everything is done to perfection. It just gets a little repetitive. La grange is awesome
Groovy.
Classic dad music
not a zz top fan but solid tunes
i liked it
unpretentious groovin' guitar rock. apart from "la grange," tracks are unmemorable and bleed together a bit.
Soulful blues rock album.
Cannot fault the musicianship on this one and when it’s good it’s really good but… it just didn’t click for me! Favourite Tracks: Waitin’ for the Bus, La Grange Least Fav Track: Move Me on Down the Line
To steal a line from David Sims of the Blank Check podcast, an album with rocks in its head. Still a lot of fun, and La Grange is pretty undeniable.
penis
Hit or miss, some good ones
If I could give this partial stars it would be a 2.5 The good songs are really good but the rest is just filler. It gets a bump up because of the memories I have of sitting up late at night listening to this with friends when Eliminator came out and we discovered ZZTop wasn't a new band
I have never listened to Z Z top before, I am looking forward to this, I am expecting Bearded rock and roll!! What I got is what I expected and I enjoyed it. Beardy blues rock with some great guitar riffs. The album is enjoyable but not ground breaking, its a decent score of 3/5. it lacks a couple of really big songs! Favourite song: Hot blue and righteous and La grange Least favourite: None of the tracks were bad! Album artwork: Green!!!
Some great tunes..La grange in particular a stand out. Got a bit samey towards the end but the musicianship is top drawer.
More bluesy than I thought it would be. Would try out again. 3.5 stars
I'm not one who has sought out all of ZZ Top's discography. I've heard their hits like most. But let's see what they had to offer here, in what ended up being their breakthrough album. This is Texas rock if you were ever to give that label a distinct sound. Blues, boogie, swampy, what say you. "La Grange" is the blues rock classic that everyone's heard at least once, and is surrounded by some other, slower blues rock with a Southern twang. Not a bad record overall, just a bit lukewarm outside of the big hit I guess.
Rating: 7/10 A-haw haw haw-haw Heh, a-haw haw-haw
Didn’t get all of it listened to, but it’s ZZ Top. What more do you need to know?
I like the early ZZ Top before they became a caricature of themselves. Greazzy Texas blues good stuff
Like Blues Vibes and Guitar
Da hani immerno chli e ami-rock overdose und dun mi darum widermal bi tres puntos por los tres hombres festlege. Han ehrlichgseit aber au nur miteme halbe ohr zueglost.
I feel my freedom growing
68/100. The album is mostly okay, with "La Grange" standing out as the only truly noteworthy track. The rest of the songs feel mediocre.
I struggled with this one. I wanted to like it more than I actually did. It is unpretentious, unsophisticated, blues rock. I'm not a fan of the vocal delivery. Reluctantly 3/5.
I like maybe 4 songs by ZZ Top. La Grange is one of those songs, so this album has that going for it. The rest of the songs are forgettable. They’re not bad, just nothing special. I’m sure some people probably really dig this, I just find it kind of boring.
Beards, beer, and bros
Best version of blues for me
I enjoyed it, solid overall and didn’t feel too long or anything. Straight forward rock.
A few great songs and a whole lot of filler. Not sure why this is on the list.
This album rocks, exactly what you’d expect. Nothing over the top, nothing necessarily amazing, but nothing bad either. Solid classic rock.
3.5 - pretty good - not what I necessarily expected
Not best but a couple of hits.
I like the feel of old ZZ Top. Just fun party blues rock. I'll also never tire of La Grange, and i think this album gets a star for that track alone.
É impressionante a revolução que as guitarras tiveram na década de 1970. Não há música ruim quando se trata de ZZ Top.
decent, I liked waiting on bus and la grange.
Well executed early 70s bluesy rock. Exactly what you’d expect and nothing special.
Okay, but on the other hand, I could be listening to Sharp-Dressed Man on repeat for fifty minutes.
Podobałoby mi się bardziej, gdybym była prawicowym brodatym mężczyzną. Muzyka ciężkiego życia, brudnej podłogi w barze i Harleya o lśniącym lakierze. Dla ludzi, którzy nigdy nie czyszczą powierzchni pod paznokciami.
I will forever love La Grange but ladly that’s it
chill and kinda catchy la grange sounds rly familiar, especially the guitar, la grange was my favourite but i only had the chance to listen to the bus one and the jesus one. i liked the jesus one
its fine, only real replayable song for me is the most popular one and the last one. Singing at best sounds like a pre-cursor to red hot chili peppers but at worst is just ass. guitars and solos are cool in some sections. overall around 5/10
Pretty classic bluesy rock, which isn’t really my thing but it’s okay for what it is.
We all know La Grange (that is, in fact, the only ZZ Top song I know) is a classic. Outside of that, and some wicked solos, especially the guitarwork on Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, this doesn't really offer up much. Once you get up to La Grange, you've pretty much heard all they have to offer on this record. I didn't hate this in the slightest, but it just teeters off and it really does feel a bit plain. Still, an enjoyable listen, and a nice, fresh change in tone after having to listen to another fucking dreadful The Smiths album.
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top (1973) Occupies a similar position to me as something like Machine Head, where I am having a tough time really attributing different praise to the album for its really strong elements because they are just a given. this is another album that feels like it is not trying to impress me but just put on some good tunes and have a fun time. Compared to similar albums in this space though I am not sure where to place it. I like a few of these songs quite a bit, but there's not a lot of songs to this album and the non-hits really do feel like they are there to just occupy the space to qualify this as an album. It feels harsh to critique it this way as the songs I like would be a highlight on any album. But the lesser known stuff does not fill this album out too well for me. Highlights: Ride The Bus, Master of Sparks, La Grange
Bit of a disappointing listen to be quite honest. I suppose I’m really only familiar with ZZ tops hits. This is music for the specific class of bloke who has a beer gut, a long and unkempt beard, and some very faded tattoos, who is REALLY into cars. Probably got like Peter Brock memorabilia in his man cave/shed and still buys nudie mags. Possible project car/motorbike that he will never finish because he’s too busy doing jobs around the house for his nagging wife. Only wears footy shorts and either old hivis work shirts or those blue shearer singlets. Decent album but the deep cuts don’t really do much for me personally.
Is this only on here because of La Grange? Because that’s what it feels like. A serviceable album but there is a reason people only know La Grange and Sharp Dressed Man (and I guess Sleeping Bag too if you’re a REAL ZZ Too diehard). It’s a garage beers album, not something I’m going to go out of my way to listen to but not something I’ll complain about if someone gives it a spin. Highlights: Hot, Blue and Righteous, La Grange
hell yeah brother
不炸耳朵，好评
okay for a road trip i guess
3.6
Good greasy fun. "LaGrange" has an all-time hook and "Waiting for the Bus" is strong opener, and "Hot, Blue & Righteous" and "Master of Sparks" are best of the deep cuts. Rounding down because Eliminator should be nowhere near this list.
Nunca los había escuchado en LP. Buen nivel, me han sorprendido gratamente.
Nice vibe, not that adventurous though
1. Groovy beat. Not sure about the singing so far, a bit lazy the singing i feel. Nice guitar playing, guitar solo is good. *** 2. "Bluesy" start to the song. I like the singing a bit more. *** 3. Groovy, singing is getting better. Good guitars. *** 4. Liked this one. **** 5. Not my favorite ** 6. Best one so far. Good harmonies, singing is good, sound is tight **** 7. Not feeling this one as much, maybe its because i liked the one before so much. ** 8. Classic tune. Guitar sound is iconic. Perhaps a bit overplayed through time, especially in movie/television. Still a ***** song 9. Again not as good as the previous song. ** 10. More melodic than many of the songs. Nice singing. Guitar playing is great on it. *** In whole i would say. A classic song, two really good songs, a bit more of 3 star songs and two that i didn't like as much on the first listen. Guitar playing on the album is TOP
Very middle of the road. Nothing terrible but apart from La Grange nothing memorable either.
It was fine enough. I'll use this time to say I should have put common at a 4.
Probably should be a 4 given when it came out but I've listened to a lot of rock music from the decades since so this just doesn't hit like it probably did at the time.
Not bad, also not very exciting.
its guitar rock. Nothing that i really found too amazing, gut it wasn't unbearable. Never really listened to ZZ Top, a and likely won't listen to ZZ top again
a couple good songs one great one but not really compelled to listen again
never the biggest ZZ Top fan. But I wasn't overly familiar with this album or the songs on it. I liked it a bit more than their mainstream hits...
ZZ Top is cool in that they have a unique, super-recognizable sound. They are also smart enough to know what they do and not overcomplicated it. Each song is one cool guitar lick on repeat, but never for more than three minutes - and sometimes with a key change in there to keep it interesting. Simple. This is also probably their best album.
Tres stars for tres hombres
I was initially not excited about this album, as all I can think of with ZZ Top is "Sharp Dressed Man," which was sadly used as the theme song for the show Duck Dynasty. I was thinking maybe this was some music for my boyfriend's dad (of the long beard, aesthetically appropriate), but ready to be open minded about it. BF predicted this album would come in at a 2 or 3 for me after I told him that I was "pleasantly surprised" that I didn't hate it, lol. My favorite tracks are "Waiting for the Bus" (with a nice transition into "Jesus Just Left Chicago"--I am a sucker for a good transition), "Move Me On Down the Line," which is what I imagine the Rolling Stones wished they sounded like when they play white-man blues, and obviously the classic "La Grange." The rest of the songs are pretty good-a driving, blues-inflected album that is a decent listen all around. I also learned that Billy Gibbons has a 5-octave + 5 note vocal range, which is bigger than that of Freddie Mercury, Axl Rose and Mariah Carey.
I enjoyed the blues influence on this album. Goes without saying that "La Grange" is a classic.
Honestly, this album didn't impress me as much as I thought it would. Maybe I went in with too much of an expectation that the album would sound a lot like La Grange (shout out Guitar Hero). But that wasn't the case. I wanted more hard rockin' and serious licks, which this album didn't really produce sadly. I waffled with this being a two, but I think a three works fine. It's not a bad album, but it didn't knock my socks off.
La Grange is a classic. I love the style of these guys, but everything sort of just sounded the same. Still it’s something I won’t ever get tired of.
Real solid 70s rock album. Some catchy tunes and two that I knew. I liked their bluesy sound. They seem like a band that would be better to see live than just listening to an album. Strong 3
La Grange is an all time song. I thought the album in general was fine, but that song is a banger for sure. 3 based upon my ratings for the list. Too many 3’s recently. We gotta mix it up!
La Grange might be one of the most fun rock songs to listen to, but it’s not enough to boost this above a three. Enjoyed the classic rock vibes, but there was a lot that blended together in this really short album.
I'm not the biggest ZZ Top fan, but you have to respect the ripping guitar throughout this album. I felt cool just walking around with this playing.
Gostosinho demais a sonoridade e La Grange é simplesmente sensacional. Enebriante demais.
Quite good.
Great southern rock
-I had never listened to ZZ Top before this but apparently my dad and his friend once dressed up as them for Halloween at school lol -I do like it tho. Sort of started to blend together by the second half but the blues rock elements add for a nice touch -Favorites are Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers and Sheikh
oh yeah..... good stuff.
Eh.. I liked it I guess. Some pretty funky takes on blues songs but it didn’t blow me away. 6/10
liked it more than the one before from zz top, fine
The most three-y 3 to ever 3. It’s not a bad album. It’s not a very captivating album, though. It’s an enjoyable listen, but other than La Grange, and maybe a few other tracks, it’s not a very memorable listen either. It just feels half-baked to me, but perhaps I’m holding this to a much higher standard than I should be. I fully recognize this album for what it is; it’s for when you’re on the road, trucking along, and you need some rock music to listen to without giving a shit. It totally works in that sense; this is fully competent 70s rock to drink some beer to. It doesn’t challenge itself too much, nor does it ever really challenge the listener. It didn’t really wow me as the listener, either. The instrumentation, other than the usually more involved guitar solos, feels a bit neglected and basic. The percussion in particular sounds like I could play it on some of these tracks, and the extent of my rhythm/instrumental experience is like, playing Rhythm Heaven and slapping a desk. I dunno, it’s just sort of disappointing compared to the last ZZ Top album we got – they definitely grew more as musicians, and got more comfortable exploring complexities, but the core of what made Eliminator work is here. It’s just not all there in terms of confidence, instrumentation, or bombast. It’s a solid 33 minutes though; I don’t hate it, and there’s not a single bad track here, but I just don’t think I can go any higher than a 3.
LaGrange. Other stuff ok. If you like southern rock - don't pass it up
sjarmerandi texasblús. frekar skemmtilegt, áhrif frá húkkaranum. vill aðra, held ég en kannski er það örlyndið. 3,5.
“La Grange” is by far the best song on the album and it’s not close.
Bluesy, Rocky and Rolly. Not the best album I've heard on this list but definitely not the worst.
Quite a good album if a bit relative. La Grange is a banging tune.
Pas pire contrey
Cool vibes. Better than anticipated. Solid 3
I've never intentionally listened to ZZ Top. This is some pretty solid bluesy rock. Fun listen.
Not my favorite but solid
Nice album
Generic blues-rock to me. Nothing stands out as especially unique. La Grange blasts tho.
This album was fine. ZZ Top was never quite my cup of tea for some reason, so it's no surprise this album fell flat for me. 'La Grange' is a classic though and takes my fave slot.
Clean sound, classic, while still just dirty enough to rock.
6.5/10
Solid 70's rock. Reminds me of roadhouses and dive bars.
holy shit man ZZ Top doing a blues style is so much better than their dumpster fire stadium rock albums of the ‘80s. I actually enjoyed many aspects of this and even tho it’s pretty inconsistent as a whole, there’s a lot to get out of it
Fun stuff but another 3 star
Never really got into them but that was ok.
It's ZZ Top, inoffensive but phenomenally boring compared to it's contemporaries. Knowing this came out 2 years after Who's next & Zeppelin IV, doesn't really help it's case.
Solid country rock ass kicking album, but just a bit slower than my speed and no virtuoistic playing
A little repentitive and rock a Billy like. Some weird switches in the first track Overall, meh.
B minus it makes me realize that I don’t think I really like the blues.
Surprisingly enjoyable! I had never listened to ZZTop before, but really liked this album. The first three were great!
I was familiar with this. Cuts were on our jukebox in high school cafeteria.
I swear la grange is the opening song for a show but I can’t remember which
This had good vibes but I liked the CCR that came on afterwards more.
Well at least this was short
Not an unpleasant way to spend 33 minutes. Simpsons: Yes
It was ok. Easy to listen to. The best tracks were La Grange and Shiek
It was good and if I liked ZZ Top I’d bloody love it but they just don’t gel with me as much as I with they did.
Waitin' for the Bus 3.5 Jesus Just Left Chicago 3.4 Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers 3.3 Master of Sparks 3 Hot, Blue and Righteous 3.1 Move Me on Down the Line 3 Precious and Grace 3.2 La Grange 3.3 Shiek 3.1 Have You Heard? 3 Score: 3.19
solid
A-haw haw haw-haw
Exactly as expected
Good
Some pretty good songs on here. La Grange is a banger. But it's all a bit samey, a bit too monotonous. And the slow song is just plain boring.
Favs: Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, Master of Sparks, La Grange Least fav: Hot, Blue, and Righteous
More interesting than I thought it would be. 3.
This was fun. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5
Another one I somehow haven’t heard of. It was good, some really funky tracks mixed in. I’d listen to the highlights again for sure. Great guitar. Rocked out a bit. It did improve as it continued. Highlights: Waitin’ for the Bus Move Me on Down the Line La Grange
Tres Hombres is an album that is pretty basic but still good. The album does get the vibe of a southern sound to a T. There are songs that had a hard rock sound (which dominated most of the album) but they also did have some ones that had more of a country style which i think is quite cool. Unfortunately this album is a bit basic which is to be expected since it seems to be an earlier hard rock album but i still would have liked to see some more interesting ideas and elements. This album is a good one, i just wish it had some more things going for it. Best Song: La Grange Worst Song: Sheik
Ok but a bit forgettable
3 Very mid classic rock album, but I’ll go with the higher side of “okay” just because of La Grange. Great rock track - everything else here is whatever. I will say, I thought ZZ Top was more of a hard rock band, but this was actually a lot more of a Southern, bluesy rock kind of thing - though, I don’t really feel like I gained anything with that insight. I’ve never been much of a fan of the group to begin with, and this didn’t do anything to change that. Hell, I may have actually liked this a bit more if it was heavier, as I thought a lot of what I heard here was kind of dull. Outside of La Grange, the only highlight for me here was Jesus Just Left Chicago, but for primarily one reason - it sounds just like Ride On by AC/DC. Like, to the point that I think those boys from down under have some explaining to do. Fortunately for ZZ, Ride On does happen to fall in my upper tier of AC/DC songs (it’s Bon’s one career moment of vulnerability, and it’s beautiful), so I kind of enjoyed this one as well - though I think it lacks the edge or personality of AC/DC’s. Which, honestly, leads me to my major critique of this album and really ZZ Top as a whole - they just don’t seem to have any sort of distinctness or personality to their music that sets them apart from other classic rock artists of the era, at least for me. Like, when I think of ZZ Top, I think of one of those bands whose record you bought from the bargain bin at the record store just because of the name and then never ended up playing. Still, it’s not bad, and it has La Grange on it, so it’s getting a 3 - or “tres calificación” if you will. On a related note, speaking of recognizing the group’s name, ironically, I had two Mandela Effects that came up while I was listening to this album. Firstly, I apparently have always thought that the band’s name has two “P”s in it, to the point where I started off writing this review with a few instances of “ZZ Topp”. I have no idea why I thought that, but then it happened again when I learned the drummer is, in fact, not the lead singer of the band, which is another falsity I seemed to have had roaming about in the very back of my mind for most of my lifetime. I don’t know if someone was feeding me ZZ Top misinformation as a kid or if I just made a couple very random, inconsequential assumptions at some point, but if nothing else, I guess I’m thankful this album made the list for at least setting me straight on those two things.
Fairly standard beardy rock. I think this list is making me more difficult to please! But this was better than most albums I’ve hard recently
Background boogie. Nothing stood out.
ZZTop is very much like AC/DC to me. They have 2 maybe 3 songs, but they do them well.
It turns out, that La Grange is the only one of my favorite ZZ Top songs that was actually done by ZZ Top; the rest were Lynrd Skynrd songs I’d misattributed to ZZ Top, like Gimme Three Steps. La Grange is surely a classic, and the rest was solid.
Perfectly acceptable southern rock
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3.5 Roadhouse Rock.
Decent southern rock, a good example of the genre.
There are some decent tunes on here which seem to demand that this album is better than a 2 but overall I think it's barely a 3.
Sure
On the one hand it's ZZ Top. The guitar is incredible and this is about as rock 'n' roll as it gets. On the other hand, that's about all it is, and it doesn't have the depth I hear in other artists.
Decent guitar, lots of blues, not quite my favorite style though
Good blues, but nothing that special?
I usually like the first 20 seconds of any zz top song then it is the same riff for 4 minutes