Reviews (page 13 of 14)
Not as good as I remember
Always thought this was a little too radio friendly, too polished losing the charm they originally had. It's ok but they were better
Once again an album that just isn’t my thing. There’s some good rock licks and I understand on a fundamental level why someone would love this. But I can’t stand listening to this kind of thing more than a couple of minutes. 2/5
I recognised more of these songs than I realised I would have –– most likely from sitting in Hard Rock Cafe I expect. A solid good dad-rock type band, average album. There hits were at the beginning of the album, meaning I didn’t care too much about finishing it. Favourite tracks: Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin’.
Hey man it's zz top.
Man I didn't really like this. Just feels so formulaic and repetitive, similar grooves in every song. The hits are OK. Feels like Van Halen and that type of thing which I also don't like :/. Fav songs: - Gimme all your loving - Sharp dressed man
All right. Overall this albums didn't suit me very well, but Gimme All Your Lovin' and Sharp Dressed Man is two very very good songs. But that's it. The slower songs is feeling meningless and is dragging the hell of anybody who tries to enjoy something. I had to stop writing when I noticed the exhausted guitar on Need You Tonight still was playing after five minutes.
The two big hits off here are great for what they are: songs for tearing down a highway on a hot day. ZZ Top bring the riffs and the beards, but not much else. All style and no substance to me, and I was pretty bored by the halfway mark. They kinda strike me as the band that Van Halen would have been, had they been Truckers.
Really not for me
Interesting discovery, that in essence this was a studio creation. Still don’t like it, thiugh
From the beginning, it's not the usual kind of music I listen to but I can rock with it. Gimme All Your Lovin' feels like a solid album opener, it sets the tone nicely and allows every artist in the band to show themselves off well, from guitar solos to strong, charismatic vocals. The next song Got Me Under Pressure is a lot more intense, there's a heavier driven bass and darker subject matters are discussed in this one. I feel like it's slightly repetitive though, but the momentum is never dropped which is always a positive. Judging by the next song Sharp Dressed Man, I think I've found the style I prefer from them, which is the playful and flirty side of them, which is weird to say about a hard rock group but you know what I mean. It's a lot more charming, and the vocalist's humour and charisma shines a lot more through this. Also, the improvisational sections from the band seem to feel a lot more engaging and free with this kind of concept, so I'm a fan! I won't lie, I feared their ballads as I know a lot of groups of this time easily came off as very cheesy with ballads, but there's a smoothness and a finesse to this track that makes it feel so sultry and sexy. The vocalist's gruff vocals work to add a raw edge to the song, and the guitar solos are something to be admired. The whole sound of this just works so well to create that nighttime romance experience. I Got The Six weirdly comes off as very artificial and abrasive to me, the vocals don't do enough for me to feel engaged but rather feel repelled and the whole energy of the song just feels too camp and processed rather than real and raw, which is what I'm growing to enjoy from their music. Legs has the perfect balance of camp and rock to me, it's sleazy but it's fun and playful at the same time. The composition of this song feels sonically satisfying, I love the blending of synth and acoustic instrumentation and the gruff vocals really shine here as it adds to the whole sleazy aesthetic. Overall, one of the strongest songs on the album so far and a strong showcase of my favourite qualities from this band. I can't lie, the beginning of this song made me feel nauseous but that's because it's wishy-washy. However, as soon as the song begins, I'm hooked. The subversive nature of this song having an instrumental chorus is fantastic, and shows there's a mystery and unexpected element to their music which you wouldn't necessarily attribute to them on a casual listen. They're a multi faceted group with a lot of hidden qualities, and this song feels perfectly within their wheelhouse while also pushing their boundaries. I feel like I could hear New Order or Depeche Mode releasing something similar too, which shows their influence on rock music as a whole. TV Dinners, in comparison to the rest of the album, feels dull and lifeless. It feels like it's just plodding along, and I could understand how someone may enjoy this outside of the album, but when put against such stronger tracks, this just feels pathetic and boring. Every album needs to have a couple of filler tracks, but it's just a shame when you can tell which ones were intended to be the filler tracks. Maybe this will grow on me in time, maybe I'll prefer to listen to this outside of the album like I'm assuming others might too, right now this just feels forgettable, which is more offensive than being bad to me. Dirty Dog sounds like at least 3 of the other tracks on this album, and unfortunately it sounds like the ones I feel come across as artificial. The best way I can describe this song is that it sounds like a theme song for Cops. The guitar solos in this song are very good, I'll give it that at least, but the song itself just feels naff and over-produced. I'm craving the variety back now though, because I'm getting deja vu in the space of 35 minutes. Now I know you think you know what I'm going to say, but I actually really like this one. It's very hypocritical of me, but this actually works. The structural composition of this song aids to keep the interest and momentum going in the song, the genre presentation fits the narrative to a T and there's a new softer vocal quality expressed in this song which feels really nice to listen to. The energy in this song never gives up, and it reminds me of some of my favourite contemporary artists like St Vincent so maybe I'm just more tuned to this style. I hate to say that we've ended this on a slight disappointment but the artificial dad rock sound is back, and I'm not overjoyed to see it. I can see that this is clearly their signature style, and I can understand how that may not be for me but it's a shame it's ended like this for me personally. I will say the energy is electric in this, and it feels like them at their prime so for hard core ZZ Top fans, this would be the perfect encore, just not for me. Track ranking: Thug Legs If I Could Only Flag Her Down Sharp Dressed Man I Need You Tonight ----------------------------------------- Gimme All Your Lovin' ----------------------------------------- Dirty Dog Got Me Under Pressure Bad Girl TV Dinners I Got The Six Final comments: Pleasantly surprised by this album, I found a lot that I could get into that didn't align with their stereotypical style but I still feel a slight disconnect from it unfortunately. Score: 68/100
I understand that these men are talented musicians - particularly Billy Gibbons - but I really can’t stand their music. I find their blues riffs annoyingly unrelenting and their lyrics absolutely misogynistic. Obviously they weren’t the only ones to go this sexist direction with their songs in the 80’s (“Cherry Pie,” anyone?), but the fact that I don’t enjoy their music just makes it worse. However, I’ll round up my 1.5 stars to 2 in light of their contribution in the third installment of the Back to the Future trilogy.
If I am going to be so honest, this was a hard one to get through. It sounds a bit too much like what would play in a movie while the main protagonist is in a bar after going to a trucker derby :((
A few good well known songs but its 80s low tier rock, proof that a memorable music video can make a middling song better.
vaya temazos, simplemente gimme all your lovin’ para empezar !! ya se avecinaba un buen disco me gusta mucho la guitarra distorsionada y el groove en general del disco (y aún no lo he terminado) es un género que me puede embafar un poco, pero sin duda para escucharlo y ponerme de buen humor es un sí la guitarra en thug, wow es que es un disco para escucharlo cuando hace sol, tienes cosas que hacer y estás sola y contenta y puedes bailar y sentir la música mientras haces cosas
Not my cup of twa
Starts strong but quickly becomes very repetitive.
80s rock style, generic movie background music for when cars are going across the highway. I liked “sharp dressed man” Made it to “Legs”
really average and forgettable. like it was fine. but i forgot i was listening to it half way through listening to ut because it became background noise but better to forget then for my ears to be in pain for 45 minutes.
This is about as generic as you can get when it comes to 70s rock, which is strange, because this came out in 1983... its certainly got the technical ability at times, but otherwise this sounds like nothing in particular for most of its run time, and I genuinely forgot I was listening to music until I looked down and realized I had four tracks left, all of which I could also tell you nothing about. Its fine, I guess? It has a quality to it that isn't as cheesy as the glam metal outfits that were starting to sprout at the time, nor are the synths used in a way to overshadow the main instrumentals, something groups like Van Halen failed to do, but still this album is incredibly dull. Sharp Dressed Man has a good hook and riff, but otherwise this is the kind of music people mean when they say they like "classic rock," and I don't mean that in a good way.
Hviler seg på at riff og kul gitarlyd er nok til å fenge. Det er det ikke. Det er både treigt og slitsomt samtidig, trolig pga trommene. De trege låtene er best. En gammel variant av White Stripes.
Pretty generic dude rock
take the groove out of ZZ Top and put a steady 80s beat underneath, with predictably mediocre results. energy without heart. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
ZZ Top has a lot of charm to me but I’m not sure it goes much further than that. God bless ‘em for being the blues rock band that came up with a good enough gimmick to have real longevity and success.
I had to listen to this growing up when I was in the car with my dad and brother. I didn't enjoy it then, and I don't enjoy it now. It all sounds about the same.
easy listening - nothing super special
More accesible rock
I've finally learned why there are so many ZZ Top tribute bands. Because every rock band is a ZZ Top tribute band, some people are just more honest about it than others. This includes ZZ Top, who seemed to just parody themselves in the second half of the album. I was actually having a blast with this until the line "She has legs and she knows how to use them" made me fall out of my chair laughing and it was all downhill from there. 2/5. They had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
Repetitiver, tanzbarer Hardrock mit zugegebenermaßen teilweise guten Gitarren. 2-3
I don't get why a band that feels so loose can sound so stiff. Not like that Billy. The bad kind of stiff. Seriously, I've heard "Tres Hombres," I know this is a fun band, but this record is no fun. I read the album summation and while I should be on board for pushing ZZ into Blondie territory, I can't help wishing for the zonked out weirdos that knew how to boogie. Instead they've recast themselves as Nueve riche party crashers who drive their caddie into the pool or pour everclear into the punch bowl. Watch out folks, hide your monocles, the boys are hack in town.
I know ZZ Top's hits (e.g. Tracks 1, 3 and 6 here, 'Gimme All Your Lovin', 'Sharp Dressed Man' and 'Legs') and I'm not a huge fan. It's just kind of generic 70s/80s rock. They sound like a ton of other bands from that time, they don't really have anything that about their music that stands out to me. Let's see if this album can change my opinion about that. Meh, pretty much what I was expecting. 2/5
This album tops out at enjoyable but inessential, and bottoms out at deeply embarrassing (“I Need You Tonight”, “I Got the Six”).
Fun to drive to, but not much more than that.
The band's deep dive into their signature sound. Nothing wrong with it (esp if you like boogie blues), but not an album I'll seek out.
meh, some food songs but kinda boring
lowkey this was not good…. like tv dinners???? was that lifted from an infomercial and no one told me?
this music that i think i can only fully understand if i peaked in 1988 when i was the popular high school quarterback, and now have an unfulfilling marriage and a queer art school son that i try to support but don't understand. that being said, it's pretty alright dad rock. not the best, not the worst.
The general cycle of my enjoyment of this album is enjoying the first few seconds when the punchiness is at its max and most visceral. Then when the vocals come in, my enjoyment plateaus. I don't mind the vocals typically but to me, they contrast the instrumentals in a way that's less than stellar. Then when the distorted, bluesy guitar takes the forefront again, my enjoyment goes up once more before one last steady decline. "Sharp Dressed Man" is an exception here and it's a song where I think every aspect blends particularly well with one another. Not a fan of how it just fades out though. "TV Dinners" is another favorite of mine because it, ever so slightly, reminds me of a The Doors song. I sort of already mentioned this but easily my least favorite part of any of these songs is the vocals. They're not bad per se (unless we're talking songs like "I Need You Tonight") just very one-dimensional. The song structures aren't very interesting either and neither are the lyrics. The only thing this album has going for it is its hard rock instrumentation which I will say, does sound great and Billy Gibbons is a very talented guitarist, taking notes for 60s legends and blues styles. Those moments when the drums and guitars hit are firey and the highlight of this album. Overall not a terrible album, just not one I found particularly interesting. Still found stuff I enjoyed here though.
Technically excellent, but really really not my style. Active since 1969 => holy fucking shit!
One of the weirdest commercial successes of the early MTV era or any musical era. Their earlier records are miles better. And this gets serious points off for being way overexposed (with cheesy videos and stupid songs) at a time when much more interesting music would have better used the space. One's still not convinced it wasn't all a joke; certainly these guys seemed to enjoy it.
Un buen álbum de Blues Rock, con una producción bastante interesante. El mejor track del LP es sin duda Sharp Dressed Man, ya que es sumamente entretenida y pegajosa. Sin embargo, después de un tiempo, el disco comienza a sentirse largo y repetitivo; la novedad de la producción se pierde en las primeras pistas del trabajo, logrando que la segunda mitad del disco sea bastante aburrida. ¿Hay alguna necesidad para que haya más de un disco de ZZ Top en esta lista? No lo creo.
As a white person I naturally like ZZ Top, but outside of the hits this one sucks.
It was okay, nothing very memorable. Not much to say about this one.
Personalmente no me gusta este genero, pero tiene mezclas de sonidos interesantes...
The hits are the hits. The rest didn't interest me.
This era and style of 80's rock really carries mixed reviews for me, but of all the bands trying to do this ZZ Top is one of the ones that worked better for me. However, there were still the issues I find typical of the genre with frequently empty lyrics and songs that are about a minute longer than needed as well as some songs that were their entire run length too long. I think I'll stick to the hits only and even then they are an average listening experience. Highlights - Gimme All Your Lovin', Sharp Dressed Man
Meh
Meh.
A lot of my favorite childhood memories were spent with my Dad driving to and from baseball games on the weekends, for most of my junior high and high school career we spent our Saturdays driving to the cursed land of Agoura Hills for scrimmages . A great deal of that time was devoted to my Classic Rock education. We'd trawl between Southern California's 2-3 classic rock stations, playing the game of who could guess the song the fastest. One lesson imparted on me across all those drives is how profoundly embarassing the 80's were for many bands. Creative bankruptcy and seismic changes to culture left many of the biggest bands of the 60's/70's in the lurch and their attempts to retain a cultural and commercial cache ranged from either flat-out cringe to just plain terrible. Somewhere in the middle of that spectrum lies ZZ Top's Eliminator. A mid career, sign o' the times appeal to the commercial overlords. An album with a couple undeniably catchy songs that still get classic rock airplay, but also sounds so very sterile and mechanistic. Just about every element on this record sounds so dated and processed to all hell. These songs move at a quick tempo, but the use of drum machines sucks all the life out of them. The result just sounds comically overblown and even if a number of the songs are solid I'll just never be able to get behind this.
I might have liked this better if I was a lyrically undemanding, horny, single, unsuccessfully on the prowl, beer-addled young male ready to party.
Eliminating the album from my brain after today.
sounds like any other generic 80s album
I can see this albums influence on modern day rock, especially southern rock all over the place. Unfortunately i struggle to separate this album from the beer and pick up truck commercials that it’s sounds are all too often found in
2 out of 5. It all sounds the same, good vibe but I wouldn’t jump to listen to this or throw it on. Couple good songs but overall; it’s ok.
Thug good track for sampling
väldigt lame alltså. en svag tvåa. det fanns något parti här och där som kändes lite gött men generellt väldigt kass
This album didn’t really do much for me. A lot of songs were much longer than they needed to be. It was honestly a struggle to get through at some points.
Im just not a boomer uncle I guess
Not my thing
Best Songs: N/A Listen Again: No
I didn’t want to listen to this. The popular songs were torture to get through. The rest was fine for background music I guess.
Mostly 45 minutes of the same song. I remember being 10 years old and thinking some of these were bangers. I was a really dumb kid. But to be fair the lyrics sound like they were written by a 16 year old trying to sound badass to his 10 year old little cousins - 2
Vrij heftig. Niet heel medolieus. Hard rock. Ik mis way diepgang. Het wordt overspoeld met elektrische gitaren. Te weinig hevoeligheid
At their best, ZZ Top are quite enjoyable. This is not ZZ Top at their best. The album is still fairly enjoyable though.
Hearing one of these songs is fine. Less so hearing them all in a row. I didn't make it through this.
Idk I just don’t get the ZZ Top thing.
Ah, well, those days... From today's view: mediocre music and bad lyrics.
Kinda generic sounding. Like rock you’d hear when you go to a bar.
They had a thing going, it's just not for me.
Generic rock. Nothing stands out
Not my type of 80s music. It’s ok, but I don’t like rock anymore so it’s tough to rate a classic rock album
Ok, but not for me
Known Before: Standouts: 4.0
No prior experience with ZZ Top. Dig the guitar/drums in Gimme all your lovin, even though by today's standards they may seem simplistic. Maybe this is like ACDC, where all the songs sound the same after a while. Didn't hate it, but there's no originality when it's all so samey. 2*. This led to White Wedding though, so that's cool.
meh
The singles off this album are bangers, but the rest of the album is very one note and drags a bit.
the problem with genre defining albums is that it becomes the average of all following music that apes it. the result is that i find this album boring despite how much stuff *should* interest me. the exception is the bassline on 'Thug' and also 'If I Could Only Flag Her Down'
There have been some albums from this genre I’ve been pleasantly surprised with. Eliminator isn’t quite one of them. It’s fine. I don’t hate it but it’s not special 5.5/10
Not my thing
not my cup of tea
It's fine... not my genre but fun as background music. Got me through a late night of coding at work at least.
Not necessarily my taste, but damn do does Riffs go hard holy smokes
Bunches of classic songs that I'm fine with never hearing again.
Bof! Couple of good-ish 80s poppy rockers but a lot of filling. Nostalgia trip, but not in a good way.
Silly blues.
Old rock
I preferred Tres Hombres over this one. Also, what was going on with the TV Dinner song?
Couldn't finish it. Basic
I thought ZZ Top was supposed to rock. How is this album so boring
I'd forgotten how good the first few songs were, but the remainder of the album is same and dated.
Dad rock innit
Sounded basically exactly what I predicted. Seems so generic
Sounded exactly like I thought it would based on the album cover. Cars with flame decals. An 80s vibe that always feels scuzzy and unappealing to me. Okay, the synth in legs is pretty good
Not really my style
Boring and formulaic guitar driven rock.
Is this butt rock? Singer sounds like he is having his balls squeezed. I’ve heard Sharp Dressed Man but I think it was just the intro guitar lick. Music by Duck Dynasty. Kidney Stone Vocals. I need you tonight is BAD and tone deaf, did it really need two three minute long guitar solos? I Got The Six was ok, little too generic still. I literally thought the same song was replaying every time a new song started. Thug had slappa da bass solos. Were they in the Blues Brothers? “I like the enchiladas and the terriyaki too and even the chicken if its not too blue” - Z Top on the subject of Tv Diners. This music tastes like Nascar. What a boring repetitive album. 3/10
Pretty hard hitting, some nice guitar work but wasn't bothered by any of the songs
Sounds like the Home Depot theme. 1000x better than Metallica. Good background music. I didn’t mind it. I’m sure all their albums sound just like this one, I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life.
Meh
Ei herätä oikeastaan mitään tunteita. Aika tasapaksua junttausta.
Apart from the obvious hits, I found this quite dull
The most classic sounding classic rock. Very MTV. I prefer their earlier blues stuff.
tråkigt
obviously i know a lot of these songs from my years and years of listening to classic rock, but i can't say i was really a fan of zz top going into listening to this one. i was hoping that some of the album cuts would change my mind. unfortunately, that was not the case. this album is so same-y, i think if you listen to one song off of it, you've heard the whole album. the production is not my favorite and the songs are just really uninteresting. the kind of vibe you would expect some lame middle aged dude to really get into. i can get past the guitar tone but the underlying synth throughout the whole thing is so bad. but don't worry! on the second side, the seinfeld bass starts! god this album kinda sucks. i can't imagine the type of person this resonates with. sorry. not a fan.
If I ever lose my job, just hire me as ZZ Top’s drummer. 2/5
kinda boring. nothing interesting
No more zz top plz
Obviously a number of big hits on this. However, this does sound a bit too 80s for me. Doesn’t have the feel I remembered.
Sounded like one long song...
Classic but Probably won't listen to it again. 2.5
The drum machine was so distracting.
Here’s a question, would ZZ Top had been as famous as they were if they didn’t have those beards and sunglasses? My guess is no. This is mediocre blues rock overlaid with some mindless radio friendly hits. Did I like Legs and Sharp Dressed Man as a teenage? Yes I did, because they are juvenile and simple. As I grew up, I learned there are so many better bands that played the blues than these clowns.
Eh
So this is their sellout album, is it? I got Tres Hombres before this, and after reading some of the reviews of that and seeing the cover art for this one, I thought it was going to be even worse and even more 80s with synths replacing guitars. As it was it was just kind of meh. The songwriting can't really be taken seriously. I preferred Tres Hombres to this, but overall I'm definitely not a fan of this band. Favourite tracks: Sharp Dressed Man, I Need You Tonight
Simple rock tunes, completely produced to death. Very dated, very boring.
meh
Feels like I was listening to the same song over and over again; ZZ Top is good enough on this to make this a tolerable listen but not much more. Doesn't feel like this album tries to push any boundaries Stand out tracks were Legs and TV Dinners 2/5
I did not like it at all. Just all blended together and the lyrics (from what I noticed) were just dumb.
Eifach voll nöd mis. Nöd emal fertig gloset. 2 Stern (will chli en Klassiker nöd nur eine).
Me gustó el titulo. No soy fan del genero pero un poquito para jugar esta bien. El timbre de la guitarra me gusta, medio filoso, motosierra.
Muy poco memorable para mí.
this feels boring in a way i find everything zz top does boring. i think they’re just not for me
Название знакомое. Причём знакомое из периода, когда я будучи 13-14летним школьником сидел ВКонтакте в тематических пабликах, посвященных рок-музыке и лайках посты с русским роком, потому что "другой я не понимал". Я помню, что из того времени у меня осталось только одно впечатление: вы посмотрите на их офигительные бороды! Битлы делали чупчики, а чуваки из ZZ Top растили брутальные бороды. Но вернёмся к музыке. Прямая бочка, сладкие ритмичные рифы, кое-где более лиричные баллады. И оно всё... фактически собрано из одних и тех же кусочков, с небольшими изменениями по тональности и темпу произведения. По сути это такой блюз, только в который сверху накинули тяжеляка. Некоторые критики пишут, что стиль группы не менялся с момента её основания и если сравнивать альбомы с промежутком в 10-20 лет - они будут похожи. Ну... не сказать, что они прям 1 в 1, но что-то похожее и правда есть (я сравнил с Tres Hombres 1973 года и с La Futura 2012ого). Наверное это достигается аскетичностью их состава: их всего трое, в основном все песни записаны на классической тройке инструментов гитара-бас-ударные, кое-где проскакивают клавиши, а приглашённых музыкантов они звали только 2 раза за всю свою 50+ летнюю историю. Резюмируя: блюз с овердрайвом. Точно: альбом имени педали "овердрайв". Мне начало наскучивать в какой-то момент.
Not my vibe
ZZ Mid imo sorry if that hurts anyone but I don’t carry the gene that allows me to enjoy this band
They really know how to rock out 2/5
Ultimate 80s rocker corn fest. TV Dinners and Legs were hilarious.
-Retrospectively Reviewed on 21/06/23 (generated: 19/06/23)- AL: it was very middle of the road rock. Type of thing I’d listen to whilst road tripping in ‘MURICA. Not bad but for a band you’d expect to hear on a station with a slogan like “not your momma’s radio station” it is pretty inoffensive. Maybe would give a relisten though. FT: “Sharp Dressed Man”, “I Need you Tonight” 2/5
Echt niet mijn muziek...
What if Devo rocked out to the Texas blues? "Elements of the past and the future combining to make something not quite as good as either..." Finally, the drums sound bad on this album.
Feels very gimmicky
Not great, not terrible. Few good songs
Not bad. Not my cup of tea, but track 6 all the way thru the end was solid.
It’s tolerable and very Miami Vice adjacent, but not very good. This may be treason against my home state of Texas, but when I’m looking for 70s/80s drug-fueled, debauched, power trios, I’d prefer Motörhead every single time.
They call 'em ZZ Top because you'll be catching Zs after listening to their music. Their best album by a metric fuckton. Still a 2/5 though because I suck.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not really, a bit too dry for me Favourite song: didn’t have one
In my memory this album had a lot more synthesizers than I hear when now re-listening this for the 1001. I realized the synths in my memory were actually heavy processed guitars, underlined with an almost drumcomputer-like beat. In comparison to La Grange, which I previously had on this list, this feels like a huge step back musically, but I'm glad they got the money and fame they were due.
You can really hear that this was released when Reagan was president Vroooom kapow liberty rock n roll sent from my 1978 Dodge Magnum
I first heard “Eliminator” a few years ago, just as my newfound love of Talking Heads was changing my life. By comparison, this lightweight pop-rock - self-consciously retro even in the early 80s - did absolutely nothing for me. Listening now, I wondered if I’d been too harsh on it. Theres a certain laid-back self-assured quality to these songs, together with pristine production. Almost every track chugs along with crisp, disco-style drum beats, buzzing one-note synths and meaty guitar riffs. Yes, I bopped along to the shuffling “If I Could Only Flag Her Down”. Yes, “Thug” boasts an impressive extended workout on the bass. And yes, the guitars sound great in many of these tracks, particularly the crunchy refrain throughout “Gimme All Your Loving”. But the main issue is that there’s really no discernible charisma in these songs. It sounds as though there’s nothing on the line, that the band are going through the motions with some new-wave stylings slapped on top to make a sweet sweet dollar. The lyrics are worse still: “TV Dinners” is exclusively about its name, full of winking lyrics about twenty year old turkey, enchiladas, teriyaki. Can you imagine a more banal subject for a song? What were they thinking? Though on balance, the TV dinners are fleshed out more, and treated with more reverence and grace, than most of the women unfortunate enough to be subjects of ZZ Top’s songs here. In “Legs”, a woman is described and defined almost entirely by her lower half. In “Dirty Dog”, she’s just that, even though he “dug her bush and her ass was fine”. And then we have “I Got the Six” (followed by “give me a nine” in the chorus). Rather than sexual bravado or irresistible attraction, the image of someone forming half the 69 position just brings to mind a gibbering and drooling sweaty naked man in the foetal position, grasping at the intangible. ZZ Top, ladies and gentlemen, showcasing their sex appeal. Fans of “Eliminator” may cry that the band were in on the joke, that they were just trend-hopping, or somehow skewering a sleek new-wave culture they knew full well to have no place in. But when it’s all over, the album leaves little impression either way. My copy of “Eliminator” has been gathering dust since 2016… now back on the shelf it goes.
Starts off good, gimme all your lovin is classic blues rock, but then the vibe stays very much the same and doesn’t develop, bit of fun but not much else. Probs a 2.5 from me
maybe a 2.3. big songs were big, the rest didn’t do it for me
My beard is not capable of growing long enough to quite pick up on the esoteric whispers this album wanted me to hear. I'll revisit when I'm in my late 40s, maybe it'll have more to say to me then
Too much guitar. And I’m a fan of guitar
I don't know, man. There's some interesting stuff, but I didn't really care by the end. I don't think it's a bad album, but I personally found it kind of boring. My favourite song was Legs.
At first I was going to say something along the lines of.. wow got my daily dose of testosterone today🤪 and while I still kinda feel like that.. some of the lyrics aren’t what I would call typically masculine. “living room/ passing time/talking trash/drinking wine/ I need something more substantial!” Slaaayyy. I love the lyrics to legs. I feel like I’m at Gretna Fest. Overall not my vibe. Don’t really know enough about 80s music to make any kind of educated points ab this album but yea wouldn’t listen again:/
It was fine! Was pretty rock and roll and had me leg pumping. Don’t know if it’s just that I listened to way too much 80’s rock as a kid but I wasn’t crazy excited throughout. Overall not the biggest fan but was listenable for sure. I remember seeing them live as an opener for Aerosmith when I was a little kid and they absolutely crushed it. Really good energy for a live performance
Resident zz
Catchy riffs and upbeat rhythms; however, nothing stood out to me.
Some classic tunes, but just not my style.
Everytime a song would start I'd be reminded that I don't really like ZZ Top. Cringy lyrics, annoying vocals...just, no thanks. Then I'd get to the instrumental portion and think, "Hey this is pretty good!" Then either back to the cheesiness and the cycle would repeat. I guess I came away from this feeling ZZ Top has a place in rock and roll and can certainly play the guitar, but their overall vibe? Nah, I'm good. Didn't hate it, but this is a one and done for me.
Not very good. Classic 80s america rock vibe, legs is okay.
Pretty generic sounding overall. A couple ok songs.
I mean, it's ZZ Top so you pretty much get what you would expect. I found the first side more engaging, but that might just be because a full albums worth of their signature hard rock is too much for me.
This album is a fantastic cure for insomnia as I can’t listen to it without falling asleep. It could be that unchanging, steady beat or those horrible lyrics just send me off. At best the songs are silly - at worst they are misogynistic. As a substitute for Nytol 5/5. Their place in musical history is just about middling.
It's classic riffage - but it's the same classic riffs repeatedly.
Gimmicky period piece. Eitt og eitt lag í lagi, en ansi einhæft til lengdar.
I've never heard people talking about this band before, but this band apparently has 7 million monthly listeners on Spotify which is kind of understandable. In this particular album they have a couple of massive hits and I actually enjoyed it, they were catchy, uplifting, and just hard rock. Although, there is a lack of variety on this record, especially on the slower songs, where it were just unnecessarily long and that's a big turn off for me.
Hyvä mahtava albumi, suosittelen, kunnon rokkia!
I mean it was like exactly what I expected - not bad or anything but pretty much the exact same as 80% of popular music, not special at all like low 2.5
Didn’t really listen. So boring
I couldn't get over all the "hits" that are on this album. It's like I was listening to the Best of ZZ Top. While I was familiar with nearly all the songs, I realized I don't know much about this band, including why these songs were so popular. I found myself singing along but I think it was simply the familiarity. The conditioned response of having heard one of these tunes every single day in high school or having watched one of their videos on solid repeat on MTV after school. Are they good musicians? I don't know. I'll wait and see what Scott & Andre have to say. I feel it's more likely that they were the right band at the right time --- the dawn of the MTV video with a specific look that does very little to intrigue me.
Quite boring and repetitive
Not my thang.
This album definitely hast he well known hits, but I am not in to the production at all. It certainly rocks, but it is not for me.
i value my time more than to listen to boring 80s dad rock albums all the way through. why do all the songs sound the same?
It is what it is. Not much light and shade, but it’s well produced.
Boooooo
Music to ride your motorcycle to Fav song - TV dinners???? - Hilarious, reminded me of superfast jellyfish by gorillaz - Also liked the guitar breaks as a change of pace Least Fav - I need you tonight - Too long, too many rambly solos - I feel bad for their bass player
Some nice pentatonic riffs. They didn’t really bring anything unique to blues rock, besides top hats.
Very rock. Not memorable, sorry.
For southern rock it is leans a little more rock. Good reminder of my youth, but probably won't be on a playlist.
loud but dull
-First time listening to ZZ Top -Like chunky Guitars -Actually heard sharp dressed man before: like it -like singers tone and sound -super 80's esq lyrics - I Need you Tonight: boring and bad rock ballad, too fucking long - I Got the Six: good energy, lyrics sounds off (dif singer?) -Legs: kinda sick, cool weird synth beat, one of my fav so far -Thug: nice bass line, make me think of flea, bass line best part of song this rest is pretty boring - TV Dinners: What the fuck is this song, who thought a song about tv dinners was a good idea lol, has to be the worst song on this album, -Dirty Dog: forgettable song -If I Could Only Flag Her Down: sounds like singing in a bag, good beat and guitar but singing super inconsistent -Bad Girl: Is Steven Tyler singing?? kinda mid 80's rock song Overall: pretty typical 80's rock, guitar holds the mess of vocals together. Don't know if there are multiple singers but is very off putting to listen to. would be irrelevant album if the guitar play wasn't soo good. Fav tracks: -Sharp Dressed Man: classic I didn't realize I knew -Legs: Fun and dif than that I expect from 80's rock Worst tracks: -I Need You Tonight: most generic and boring rock ballad -TV Dinners: This might be the worst song I've ever listened too, easily in the top 5 if not the worst ever.
Perfectly fine classic rock sound that is really iconic...I just got tired of it by the end of the album. Not something I would ever go to in order to listen on my own. Do think their look is hilarious though. 2.5/5
One of the hardest albums for me to listen thoroughly. It felt like a one, long song, with an unchanged drum pattern and sleepy riffs in the background (except for few solos, which were very good, but not enough to wake you up from the coma). I'm trying to remember anything about vocal, and honestly, I can't. That means is as forgettable, as it can be. Not the record for me.
Bon, il y a 2 hits sur cet album qu’on aime bien entendre de temps à autres. À part de ça, c’est très linéaire comme tounes. Il ne se passe pas grand chose d’intéressant. Ça sonne plastique, surtout les drums (les crashes...). Ça me donne l’impression qu’on essaie d’asceptiser du blue-rock.
Je reconnais que Gimme All Your Lovin' et Sharp Dressed Man sont des gros hits du groupe. Je salue le désir d'adapter le son à ce qui se faisait à l'époque en incorporant des éléments du New Wave. C'est probablement ce qui a contribué à leur succès et qui a fait en sorte qu'ils cadraient bien pour apparaître régulièrement sur MTV. Donc je reconnais qu'il faut écouter cet album, par contre, ça ne m'accroche pas du tout et ça vieilli mal comparativement à d'autres band de l'époque. Le 45 minutes qui n'est pas si long pour un album m'a apparu comme une éternité. Même si je ne suis pas un fan du groupe, je préfère le ZZ Top de Tres Hombres.
avg rock album nothing special
Weird - sleazy lazy boogie that is good when it is one of the hits, and terrible otherwise
Aparte de La Grange nunca he prestado mucha atención a sus canciones. Su imagen les precede. Este disco está entretenido pero no me ha entusiasmado.
Não empolgou, reconheci um hit.
Good solos, pretty good synth incorporation, but no where near peak zz top
The classics were ok, but got pretty bored after that.
Its all pretty mediocre Dad rock
ok
80’er rock, Sharp dressed man, rimelig tung elguitar
I have already forgotten everything that wasn't Sharp Dressed Man
Status Quo with beards
Don’t hate it, don’t love it. Would give it 2.5/5 if I could
Glossy Radio Rock 2.1
This album reminds me of my dad. He was (is?) super into this band. He also had a massive beard.
This was exactly what I expected from a ZZ Top album. The opening song was great and Sharp Dressed Man is a classic I was already a fan of, but it got samey quite quickly. Not a bad album at all, just not for me
Not my favorite
In all honest, it does trudge a bit, but Sharp Dressed Man and Gimme All Your Lovin are great fun. Not an all time one. But not altogether unwelcome.
"Sharp dressed man" är otrolig, allt annat är lite meh. Överaskande bra kvalitet med en riktigt tight bas på vissa låtar. Kunde i min åsikt, (desamma gäller den tidigare ZZtopsskivan också), gott vara en singel. Det är ju inte dålig musik men heller ingenting som bör hålla sån här status? SOLID goob-rock.
I'm not sure why these guys have such a devoted following. I was trying to figure out what 'Legs' would've sounded like if it was written by women. "She's got legs, and she knows how to use them" ...would be changed to... "He's got money, and he knows how to save it?" And what would they look like? A trio of hairy women in trench coats and sunglasses, perhaps? And it was with that exercise that made me realize that it was more fun than listening to this music.
Gubbigt
Started off strong and I like the album artwork, but lost interest towards the end. Some strong guitar and bass but a bit uninteresting overall for me.
This brand of 80s rock doesn't do much for me.
another rock album to the collection, heavy on the guitars and more upbeat which is good. but still not my favorite.
At first it sounded ok but after a couple of songs I lost interest, too noisy
Fun fact about ZZ Top! The drummer's name is Brain Good-At-Writing-Songs, which is so ironic because this band sucks.
The sound of the 80's
Not too bad. Some songs better than others. Some were fun like "Sharp Dressed Man"
1st thought: dang sharp dressed man has one crunchy riff! 2nd thought: wait a second all these songs have the same goddamn riff... 3rd thought: zz top is the plebeian choice of dad music to steely dan's patrician. 4th thought: i am putting this album into a category i hereby dub 'guitar center core'
There’s a reason they needed the long beard gimmick. Imma marking them up a point just for the quality of guitar work, which is the redeeming quality of this album, though not enough to ever make me listen to it again.
Respeito menos mas é mais a minha.
Worst one yet, got bored with it on whilst working
Gimme all your Lovin' ist ein schöner Klassiker. Stabile Bärte und stabiler Sound. Ansonsten wenig Überraschungen. Kann man mal gut beim Autofahren hören.
Not very exciting, background music
80s timepiece - such an odd combination of Dire Straits, Status Quo and Lynard Skynard with some comically bad slap bass and questionable lyrics (2/5)
Only had time for one listen. Quite good, fun-sounding rock music.
Top-notch blues riffage; but lyrics as deep as a kiddie-pool
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Is this a song about TV dinners? Did I accidentally switch to a Weird Al album? Not quite my jam. The spotify radio that came on after the album was pretty solid though.
O-V-E-R-R-A-T-E-D <CLAP> <CLAP> <CLAP> <CLAP> <CLAP>
I can't really take ZZ Top seriously... The best songs in the albums are singles that have become memes from 80s movies and classic rock stations. The worst, like I Need You Tonight, sound like Dirk Diggler trying to make an album.
Not the worst hair metal I’ve heard
one good single
5th-grade Graham liked ZZ Top, but that was probably because of the weird music video for TV Dinner. Not a group I'd really listen to today.
Äijärockia jossa veivataan samaa keskinkertaista biisiä 40 vuotta. Sama pelikirja käytössä kuin Popedalla ja Metallicalla. Hassut parrat eivät tällä kertaa nosta arvosanaa.
Mm, ZZ Top... Dies ist eine sehr gewöhnliche Rock-Platte, wie sie viele machen könnten. Und davon Abstand nehmen, weil sie sich dabei selbst langweilen würden. Trotz des erkennbaren Willens zum Experiment und der dabei verwendeten Geräte wie Drumcomputer und Synthesizer, die seinerzeit state-of-the-art waren, reißen einen die Songs nie vom Hocker. (Note to self: vielleicht mal eine Platte mit Aufnahmen meines eigenen nachmittäglichen Rock-Gegniedels machen?) Nicht ganz widerlich, aber auch nicht mehr als 2 Sterne.
trash
this sort of music killed rock in the 80s, and forced the following generation of bands to look back further and go a different route. thank the gods we got grunge and britpop and american punk in the 90s to replace all that harley davidson and spandex stadium stuff from the late 70s and mid 80s
lyrics aged like milk. guitar riffs are ok but I would rather listen to any other band
Man, who knew you could make talking about sex so boooring.
Not really my type of sound but I guess it's okay. It's American to the max and I found the music "TV Dinners" curious to say the least.
reminds me of working in the ice cream shop attached to a BBQ restaurant that only played the Classic Rewind siriusXM station... which unfortunately is all the same music my dad has listened to for my entire life
Oh, hey, it’s the worst parts of ‘70s rock in an ‘80s font. That’s cool, moving on.
county fair ass music Will I listen to again: 0%
rock is not really my thing but I had fun
7.21.26 serviceable but boring. i can't say that i gafed nor that will i ever want to listen to this again. tv dinners is quite a bad song like actually so bad that it knocked my rating down. Favorite Song: Legs Rating: 1/5
A painful experience
I just can't!! Not my jam. Did not finish.
Boring af
this feels spiritually dead to me. I did listen to the whole thing even though I did not want to
The worst of the worst.
🤮 Formula 80s
It just doesn’t do it for me.
waste of time
Rock for guys that lost custody
Yuck. I have never understood their appeal.
was a bit too excited for this to be over. yawn
Daft nonsense. The joke wears thin pretty quickly. Give me Tres Hombres any day
Straight to the bottom of the pile
I literally have no words to describe how unlistenable this is, using creative language in response to music as tedious as it is misogynistic would be an insult to creative language. Tom.
Esto ya es triste... decepcion tras decepcion, y lo peor es q a este album si le tenia fe, no se por q. solo había escuchado dos temas de los sisi tops, esos dos los cuales habían salido una década antes… no me debi guiar por ellos. Es como q todo el sonido de este álbum es algo parecido al de esos dos temas pero como si lo hubiesen hecho una década despues y con una producción mucho mas pulida ahr. siento q capaz es eso lo q no funciona para esta banda, deberían haber dejado de sacar música despues del 73 ahr malo. No pero ahora enserio ta ahora si. Si el albun de los roling me había parecido olvidable este es otro nivel. Y si el álbum de prince me había parecido malo, bueno este directamente me da vergüenza. Bueno no quiero irme por las ramas… voy a tratar de empezar.. por el principio. Me paso algo muy parecido q con los rolin, y es q el álbum empezó dentro de todo bien, pero básicamente despues del cuarto tema me empezó a cansar. El álbum sufre del famoso efecto al q me gusta llamar "album bajo la ley de la gravedad universal"… ahr le re copiaba los términos. No, pero lo q ya empiezo a entender q hacen los álbumes q apuntan a éxito comercial es poner los singles y los hits al principio y dsp dejar el resto del álbum lleno de mierda, ahr re obvio. Pero es q los tres primeros temas son de los mas conocidos dentro de la discografía de esta gentuza y aparte son disfrutables dentro de su banalidad. Despues el resto son mas q nada deep cuts y destacan sobre todo por ser una verga… mas q verga son una verga gigante y sucia con esmegma, se me hacen obscenos, pero en serio no estoy exagerando. Hay temas q aparte de ser malos, me disgusta la letra… ah las letras, eso es posiblemente de lo peor del álbum, pero despues voy a profundizar en eso. Bueno los dos primeros temas me parecen q están bien, “Gimme All Your Lovin” es un hit de ellos y no me parece malo, tiene unos segundos interesantes durante el break instrumental de la mitad del tema y ta eso. Despues “Sharp Dressed Man” también me parece bien y me gusta bastante el bajo. El cuarto tema, “I Need You Tonight”, es un bajon de velocidad q agradezco bastante. La intro con esa guitarra me gusta mucho, creo q es de los mejores vocal deliveries del álbum, ahr porq usaba ese termino eningles. Bueno es eso q considero este tema el mejor del álbum y es casualmente el mas lento y el q se toma mas tiempo para desarrollarse. Aparte dentro de los tropecientos de miles de solos de guitarra de mierda q hay en este álbum, este tema me parece q tiene algunos q son los únicos q zafan. El álbum sigue con “I Got the Six”… aca entramos en un espiral de mierda al instante, y de aca en adelante solo vamos para abajo, cada vez mas y mas. Aca empiezan las letras mas chotas, tipo q concha es “i got the six, gimme your nine”, es horrible qn escribió esto. El álbum sigue con “Legs” q es un tema q habla de una mina con… piernas. No voy a mentir, dándole una segunda escucha me gusta bastante la voz y la melodía de esta tmb. También es un tema de los conocidos y bastante mas tranqui y liviano, no es tan malo pero bueno no destaca mucho. Lei q este álbum fue influenciado en parte por el new wave y principalmente por Depeche Mode, y la verdad q solo noto esto en este tema (simplemente por el sinte q tiene y ta), y mas q nada en el siguiente, “Thug”. Este tema tampoco esta tan mal, creo q me equivoqué cuando dije q íbamos para abajo cada vez mas y mas, pero estos dos temas son la única excepción. Este tema siento es el mas distinto dentro del álbum, es donde mas se nota ese sonido inspirado por Depeche Mode en la percusión y el bajo, me gusta si, dentro de todo. Pero, parecía demasiado bueno para ser real, y el siguiente tema nos viene a recordad q lo q estamos escuchando es una puta basura. “TV Dinners” me parece de los temas mas chotos tanto sónicamente como liricamente. En cuanto a lo musical no ofrece nada nuevo ni destacable… y bueno la letra gira en torno a disfrutar de comida congelada… ns si es mas profundo q eso pero no me transmite nada. Seguimos con otra bazofia de tema titulado “Dirty Dog”, posiblemente de los peores, quizás el q mas odié. El tema básicamente sexualiza y denigra a una mujer, como casi todo el álbum, pero aca lo hace de la forma mas descarada y hostil. Musicalmente es mas de lo mismo. Y bueno los últimos dos temas son la misma mano asi q no creo q ni valga la pena profundizar en ellos. Si, definitivamente lo peor hasta ahora. Muy repetitivo, te podrías quedar con 4 o 5 temas del álbum y ya es suficiente porq ya escuchaste todo lo q tienen q ofrecer. No entiendo en serio como entro al top este, porq ni si quiera veo la posibilidad de q haya llegado a ser importante o innovador en su época. Los puntos altos del álbum simplemente zafan, y los puntos bajos son tan tan tan tan bajos q creo q están bajo tierra.
This is my redemption
The only thing I liked on this were the riffs but it got repetitive quickly to me
ZZ Top has traumatised me from their boring music
I truly couldn't believe my eyes when this album popped up today. On a list of the 1001 albums you need to listen to before you die? This? I'm old enough to remember when this album was a huge hit, and the songs and videos were everywhere. I also recall thinking it was just sexist trash back then. I was never a fan of theirs, but the guys (always guys) who were loved that aspect of their output. This all being said, it was very difficult to listen to this today without that bias. The only positive thing I can say about this album is that much of it is catchy. It's still horribly sexist, and honestly mostly boring. Even with the addition of synths and drum machines they were still rather one-note, with the exception on this album of the song Thug, which was still awful even though it broke their mold. I've had a run of good albums lately, so it was bound to end...
Very mediocre album. Bluesy in some ways, new wave in others, hard at moments but there is little cohesion between these three streams of influence. It's a pop music approach to this type of music which I can appreciate but like lots of '80s pop-oriented rock music, it's chock full of corny lyrics and a perpetual fear of committing too much to one genre. Very disappointing album and the first one I would call bad from this exercise. I do not enjoy it much at all. Favorite track: none, but if I had to pick it would be I Need You Tonight
Se nota que son buenos, pero no es mí estilo
Not my fav
This album is terrible. Most of the lyrics consist solely of objectifying women like they were written by a guy who has never been within 5 meters of one (and is probably not allowed to anyway). It is shameful that it made it to this list. 1/5.
Mid
в очередной раз убеждаюсь что рок не мой жанр музыки как по мне песни все очень похожи друг на друга
I can’t imagine a time where this didn’t sound like ass
ZZ Top is so strongly associated with my ex husband that listening to them makes me uncomfortable. I guess I don't mind their big hits, but I don't want to listen to it so 1 star. Based on the merits of the band and the album and not my residual emotional response, I probably would've given them a 2 or 3. The hits are hits and everything else is kind of meh.
If AI was around in the 80's I would say that it wrote this album. Just wholly uninspired, repetitive trash
Every girl may be crazy about a sharp dressed man, but no girl is crazy about sloppy boring dad rock that even your dad thinks is shit. I get that 80s "classic rock" is kinda formulaic but this is taking the piss. Also come on, literally every song is about wanting to have sex except the song about tv dinners (which is probably about having sex with tv dinners).
I didn’t bother listening to this because if the singles from the album are anything to go by I think the rest will be shite
no no no
La portada i el nom és com que ja d'entrada fan bona cara. Tot i això no m'acaba de fer el pes, no és del meu rollo diguem-ne. Suposo q si t'agrada aquest flow està prou bé.
Music in the 80’s didn’t suck, but this album is very convincing evidence to the contrary.
ehhh not my favorite....not a fan of the vocals but the instrumentals were good!
Skip forward to the one-minute mark and watch the drummer. That's all there is to say about ZZ Top. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DVbt5W-DNc
Boringggg!! I just don’t like this 80s rock. Legs was good, but every song sounds the same!
Boring boomer rock, no thanks. 2/10 Favourite track: N/A
Nein
21/1089 уже заебал этот одинаковый рипящий рок идите на хуй
долго скучно однотипно
Well. I could never have imagined I would find myself on a rainy Monday morning in 2025, listening to an album by ZZ Top on the premise it's essential I do so before anything terrible happens to me. The plodding, sludgy music aside, the lyrics are mostly horrendous and really do not belong on the 21st century. They're of their time, and fair enough, I just don't think they need to be trumpeted today. I honestly believe you could live a long and happy life without ever encountering this record. It should probably be returned to the 80s and buried in concrete.
I’m not a Texas Blues fan, and certainly not this commercialized, antiseptic version of it. The last song with different production could be a Motörhead song, but that’s not enough to get this album out of the basement.
Before this album, I would have said "yeah, ZZ Top is okay, I like a few of their songs." I mean, La Grange and Jesus Just Left Chicago aren't particularly original, but they're great songs. This album changed everything. Its mix of synthetic dance-club drum tracks and weird Richard Marx-esque vocals and general pop aspirations was awful, but also was monstrously successful, meaning that I heard it (and saw the terrible videos) constantly. On top of everything else, I think they are the worst lyricists in pop music: "She might get out a nightstick, and beat me real real bad...by the roadside." "Gimme all your lovin'...all your hugs and kisses too." "I'm needing someone like you, that I just wanna do love to." TV Dinners almost seems profound among this dreck. They should have gone back to being fake Zombies.
1/5 - I thought this music and their videos were cool when I was 9. I grew out of that by the time I was 11. Eliminator is the definition of lame. TV Dinners is the worst song I’ve heard on this list, and that’s an accomplishment.
I really dont think my life has been enhanced by listening to this, and bearing in mind that I have been awarding 2 stars to albums that have at least held my interest for at least a few songs, this album gets the award for the first one to get a single star. I liked Gimme All Your Lovin', it reminded me of parties in my teens. But the rest of the songs were either uninteresting or just poor, the guitar playing was bland and the lyrics were laughable (apparently, she has legs right down to her fanny!!) A waste of my time.
Wat. Never really listened to them. Sound like an ersatz Queen that drank a few too many whiskies playing in a shit bar in Tucson
This is… So bad. The singles are terrible, the album cuts are worse. Thug is an awful song, holy. But they have matching beards!
Not my thing
Van Halen with the pyrotechnics taken out. Tidy riffs with no eruption. Conservative sexual postures without DLR's excessive posturing: men dress well; women show off their legs. Diamond Dave just shows off, full stop. Even when these Biblical patriarch are demanding love, they ask for hugs like a trio of fuddy-duddies. 1.5 Dire. It’s difficult to pick a low point but it was probably the line ‘someone like you, I just want to do love to’ in I Need You Tonight. The high point was when I thought, for a minute, that TV Dinners was about eating TV Dinners. I can’t remember why I made that mistake. 1/5
Y’know that one buzz lightyear meme where they’re all on the shelf as identical copies of eachother? That’s every blues band, and this album and band are no exception. If you like blues noodling with the most generic “I’m a man you’re a woman let’s have sex”-type lyricism then maybe this album is for you but otherwise just avoid this schlock. The last 5 songs in particular suck particularly hard, I guess the hits are passable. 1/5
A masterclass in how to create a piece of art that holds no appeal for me.
This is so fucking corny it's unbelievable, sounds like it was dreamed up in a C-suite office and stinks of trying to target light beer enthusiasts
so basically we went from your generic reggae album to the epitome of what a “dad-rock” album sounds like i mean it was fine, i listened to it from front to end, but nothing was really interesting. no songs added, no relistens planned meh
Really, those videos?
Meh
Я походу хейтер ZZ Top. Супер одноманітно до нудоти
Ugh, absolute crap. Corny, derivative, boring.
Turgid and unimaginative rock.
0.9/bro this was just annoying
Really mediocre hard rock for conservative dads who beat their wives 5/10 Favourite: Sharp Dressed Man Least Favourite: Tv Dinners
80s dad rock. I have friends that enjoy this (born late 80's/early 90s). I never have and probably never will. 4 songs in and I'm bored already. At least Throbbing Gristle kept my attention. Usually pretty good at separating the artist from the art but they didn't credit Linden Hudson on a bunch of stuff and they stole a full song which was proven in court so that directly impacts the art. Due to lack of personal enjoyment and the lack of credit given on song writing this was going to get a 1.5...then TV Dinners came on. Jesus wept. 1/5.
Tired af
Running boogie music through MIDI quantization is how to sterilize it. Ludicrously dated.
1Star A lot of 80’s hit. Not my cup of tea.
Samey, guitar rawk with drum machines. Dodgy, sub-metal lyrics. Piffle.
Holy shit this was trash
45 minutes of car-advert riffs.
Is this what Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers would sound like without the janglepop influence? Just riffy southern rock swamp sludge? To be certain, this album does not hold up and does not belong on this list. Super one note. And yet, I hesitate to give it one star, because I don’t hate it. It’s fun and carefree and rocks steadily. Every song sounds the same, sure, but it’s a decent song. Maybe it’s the once teenage guitar student in me that thinks this would be a fun album to sit next to and learn to play, and it would be. But that and movie trailers is about all it’s good for.