Reviews (page 7 of 14)
Delicious. 3.1/5.
If I had to pick a favorite song, I didn't mind sharp dressed man or gimme all your lovin'. But overall, not quite my beat of music. It was fine but not great.
A solid classic rock album, but a bit generic. This has a bunch of their hits, but it's missing 'La Grange' and 'Tush', which are their two best. The album really petered out toward the end; the good songs are all in the front half. Not much else to say about this, we've all heard ZZ Top before and know what they are, a serviceable blues-rock band from the 70s and early 80s. Nothing spectacular here, but nothing bad either. Decent 3/5
fav song: got me under pressure least fav song: i got the six my first time listening to this band! love the overall vibe of this album. feels like soundtrack from a movie where the scene of main character driving a car is necessary.
Just scraped a 3 because sharp dressed man was pretty good
A huge album for the band. Elevating them from Southern boogie to international pop/rock stars. A formula created that along with MYV saw them become unlikely pop stars.
3.5/5 80s rock
This is the ultimate ZZ top album. Ready to roll up to Chili's with Nance while sporting some jorts and sunglasses.
Like being at a summer time backyard BBQ in the 80s
Good fun, but not troubling my shelves Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 335 Already owned : 76 Purchased : 16 To buy : 3 Nope : 240
This was a solid rock album, just feel good, out for a good time, horny man fun.
Chill typ
3/5
Perfect fine chugging hard rock that has a nice groove. I'm not going to go back to this but I didn't hate it.
Four pretty cool songs, but it really is boiler-plate stuff. Every song more or less sounds the same, has the same innuendo and might as well have a drum machine going. Still, a handful of great tunes helps.
Exactly what I expected
Some of their songs, certainly 4, but a lot of similar material. I think a 3+ is fair.
++: Got Me Under Pressure, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, Thug, Dirty Dog, If I Could Only Flag Her Down +: Gimme All Your Lovin' +-: I Got the Six, TV Dinners, Bad Girl -: I Need You Tonight 7,0/10
Ich wollte ja nichts zu den Videos schreiben. Aber diese hier sind so pubertär-dämlich, dass es mir peinlich ist, da zuzuschauen. Egal, ich habe die 70er von ZZ Top immer gemocht: La Grange, Tush, Blue Jean Blues, Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, Just got paid... aber mit diesem Album trennen sich langsam unsere Wege.
The album perfectly captures ZZ Top’s unique cheesy-but-cool charm, blending 1980s style with bluesy, groove-driven rock. But I still prefer the rawer, more grounded sound of Tres Hombres overall.
Enjoyable. Good band.
Fast paced, high tempo blues, with a lot of soloing. ZZ Top have a distinctive sound, and this is consistent throughout the album. It was...ok
Like, this was a crap ton of fun. But also -- when it's all so consistent and so generically rock-n-rollin' awesome-sauce, I can't help but question the artistic level going on here. It's hard not to enjoy this music. And today, that feels like a slight issue to me. Other than the middle few songs, all solid hits.
Okay, so I would’ve easily given this album a 4, it’s a fun time all the way through, BUT……. The drums…. How the HELL can a “hard rock” album have drum sounds like this? This shit sounds like a backing track for a guitar hero version. Like a Drum Learning app that makes this sound when someone messes up the part they’re supposed to play. Now at first I thought they were electric drums played by a person, which just makes my skin boil. But it’s more like a drum machine, which makes it a tiny bit better, but still. What do you mean a bunch of tough rock dudes with beards and hot rods and choppers make music with shitty electronic drum sounds that sound much worse than what i can now do in Garage band on the toilet??? I think the hot rod on the cover should be replaced by a TESLA bc of this. FUCK electric drums. They’re for practice. Would love to, but can’t give it lower than 3, bc its full of bangers if i listen on speakers far from my ears.
tv dinners rules
Overall a good album
Kinda whatever. Didn't do anything for me but it wasn't actively terrible. First time in my life I've wished for less guitar solos.
I’m not that familiar with ZZ Top’s sound prior to this album, but a lot of the other reviews on this site seem to act like this album was a betrayal to who they were. I didn’t bring that baggage to my listening of it, so I only heard the album through fresh ears and it’s fine. It’s starts really strong with some catchy songs that will get stuck in your head, but by the end of the album it’s a bit less memorable and a bit more monotonous. The songs are all a little too similar with a driving beat and don’t feel quite as catchy as the openers.
I have always been a bit ambivalent about ZZ Top and this record encapsulates that experience. I really like the heavy blues inspired guitar work, but the vocals and pop hooks are more Robert Palmer ecsque. I kind of want them to pick a field and plow it. Some good tracks though!
Kind of can't believe we are getting two ZZ Top albums in close succession, but I guess that's the way of the randomizer. This album represents ZZ Top's highest achievement in what they do well: fun, silly, high-energy, catchy singles. Like the blues-rock version of the B52s. But ... come on. (The filler tracks by the B52s are much better than what's here, for what it's worth.) It never occurred to me that one would ever sit and listen to a whole ZZ Top album start to finish, and especially not this one, where the cleverly-dumb, commercial aspects have been amped up so thoroughly. You take the singles you like from an album like this, put them on a playlist with other, equally dumb-fun singles of a related vibe, and listen to that playlist in the car when the mood takes you. You don't sit and listen to the album in its entirety. (Right?) Evidently, different individuals' mileage may vary. There's something funny about "Legs (Edit)" ... with no full length version to be found elsewhere on the album, not even at the end, of maybe the full length cd release or what have you ... that's some accidental postmodernism right there. Or something. I Need You Tonight sounds like a filler track from a late 70s Peter Green album. Good guitar work, not much of a song there. It's hard to believe there was a lawsuit over ownership of as lousy a song as Thug. Though, apparently the guy got cheated out of cowriter credits on the hits. Which sucks. Songs I already know and enjoy, songs I find it tough to get all the way through ... and not a lot in between.
There's something almost sugar-y about the blend of pop and rock here. And you gotta love the horniness.
The true definition of fine dad rock. This whole album is on classic rock radio rotation it feel likes. 6/10
In the summer of 1983, ZZ Top's distinctive Texas boogie rock could be heard everywhere. A series of cool music videos for “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Sharp Dressed Man”, followed later by “Legs”, propelled the blues-rock group to become one of the world's most successful bands. In reality, however, it was three old dogs presenting their eighth album, which they had adapted to the contemporary new wave sound of the 1980s. Notably, Frank Beard’s drumming was largely replaced by a drum machine and the tempo was adjusted to the Hi-NRG standard of the time, around 125 bpm. The result was danceable blues-rock pop that, while accessible to the masses, had lost much of the original charm of their early albums. From today's perspective, the 'more modern' Hi-NRG sound seems significantly more dated than the timeless Texas blues sound of classic albums like "Tres Hombres" (1973) and "Fandango!" (1974). Undoubtedly, the album contains numerous catchy tunes and is a classic of the '80s. However, objectively speaking, it is not ZZ Top’s best album.
This was one of the few bands my dad and I bonded over when I was a teenager. Weird now to realize how old they seemed (and sounded). Definitely felt more like old person music at the time. Extra star for nostalgia.
Fun 80s rock. I think it blended the pop-metal styles of the time with some great beats to make an enjoyable record.
I like this one a lot and loved them when I was a kid.
Some really really really fun rock and roll music here with big riffs. But an entire song about tv dinners is….non good.
ok.
This was fine, unlikely to reach for it again but an enjoyable enough commute
3 stars for Sharp Dressed Man. I could take or leave the rest.
Against all odds and expectations, I really enjoyed Gimme All Your Lovin’ and didn’t mind some of the other songs in there too. It sounded big, it was kinda silly and fun and I way preferred this over the other ZZ Top album we had. Interesting considering this one is from 10 years later. not sure if this is maybe them selling out?
Good
Redneck music with great guitars, other albums from ZZ are better
About as deep as a sheet pan, but there's some pretty groovy riffs.
Enjoyable and solid. Not as good as Tres Hombres as its devolved into more guitar cock-rock and less blues but the guitars are good. Thankfully this wraps the two ZZ Top albums on the list because I was worried we were going to get some off-the-wall cuts
A lot of famous singles, but some hidden gems in there. Not something I'd normally listen to, but a welcome change for me.
One time I was blitzed at a bar in one of the Carolinas and I told this blondie that I was the drummer to ZZ Top and she fully believed me. Spent the rest of the night hitting on her mom and pretending to play the air drums
Dad rock before dad rock. Grandpa rock? Uncle rock? Just some dudes and some beards playing some music adequately. Sharp Dressed Man is a fun song, but is it good? Not particularly, no.
fun but likely won’t revisit
This is fine. Gimme All Your Lovin' and Sharp Dressed Man are classics, they kick ass. The rest of this is fine. There's nothing in here past those two songs that made me really care, but there was also nothing in here that was really bad. Legs is solid if I had to pick something else, but that's the most I have to say.
(Previously rated June 2025) I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Possibly because it reminds me of youth. "Gimme All Your Lovin" "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" were huge back then. The rest or the album shares that slick sound. A sound that is both thoroughly 80's yet completely timeless.
Ahhhhh gringo y barbón
It's alright. Got some classics. But not something I would ever listen to normally.
dqdovski redneck rock ama e mn qk
Their beards are more impressive than their music
Ok
Iconic band with a signature sound and style. They do one sound and do it well, but it unfortunately grows old after a song or two. Didn’t hate it, but I’ve never been much of a fan.
I should love this - but the ZZ Top schtick gets tiring long before the 45 mins of Eliminator passes by. It's a high 3/5 but a 3/5 nonetheless. Not much else out there that sounds like ZZ Top - great riffs, great production but these guys really only have like 3 chord progressions and every song is about getting down with your old lady. I did like Dusty Hill's Van Halen screams on a few tracks and I think the singles are iconic. Perhaps ZZ Top is America's AC/DC?
Average at best. First 3 songs are good however it get more repetitive the longer it goes on. Definitely of its time
This album starts off with a blast. 3 really good songs that got me already thinking of 4 or even 5 star rating. Sadly the rest of the album fall short for me. The songs weren't bad but they were just meh. I did enjoy listening to them but they didn' get to the same level as the first 3 tracks. Still thi is solid 3/5 album. Best track was Got Me Under Pressure.
Me gustó gimme all your love y i need you tonight
Some big hits. Some straightforward stuff the rest of the way. It's fine.
Buenos riffs, buenos temas, buen disco en general. Si no era por esta sugerencia nunca hubiera escuchado un disco completo de los ZZ.
classic driving music, big fan of this albums sound (mainly bc it sounds like the stuff i like from this era) honestly, the whole album is just good. its driving music which means i sometimes miss when the songs switch but i dont think thats a bad thing. the whole album is a good experience my individual thoughts on each song werent very varied, i think honestly i wouldnt seek out these songs bc there are so many others like them but if they were on a playlist i'd really enjoy them maybe the most 3/5 album yet (i'd give it a 3.5/5)
Didn’t give this a proper listen but went through the whole album. Was pretty generic 80s rock to me some decent songs
Old countryside rock style
Fun album. Get's a little delirious about being on the road but I think that's the point.
I wanted to like this more than I actually did, I expected it to be bluesier but this was straight rock with a more new wave, synth laden sound. I guess I’ll enjoy Tres Hombres more as it will be more in line with my expectations. Having said that, there are 2 very famous singles here that formed my image of the band growing up, along with their unforgettable appearance, and this was largely an enjoyable outing. Another to return to and appraise properly.
this was fine
I grew up in a hick town in the Midwest, so ZZ Top was part of the fabric of my youth. This isn't a great album, quite a drop off from the hits to the other tracks and definitely not as enjoyable as their earlier work.
Really good for what it is -- the hits are great but mostly not for me.
I liked it, 3/5. Just discovered blues rock, and honestly, it’s such a chill but iconic vibe.
Otro album rutero. Vibes hiper yankees. I need you tonight y TV dinners estan buenas. No es mi onda pero bancamos.
I do like this album, with the 3 classic songs on it, thumping Rhythm
Half point off for TV Dinners.
i enjoyed this more than i thought i would, but the bar was pretty low.
This was one of the 3 CDs we had when we first got a CD player so I have very fond memories of it. It's funny to read how it was originally panned due to the extensive use of synthesisers, because when I was young, this was as rock n roll as anything could be; guitars, cars, beards and babes. Still enjoyed it today
It was fun and full of confidence, an anomaly of what kind of musicians make this in the first place. And every girl crazy about a sharp dressed man
It feels like ZZ Top were more of a singles band. Nothing new here worth listening to beyond the stuff we already know.
Lacking enough variation between songs to be really good, but some great songs. best song: Sharp Dressed Man (ofc)
первая половина- скелетик с гитарой "ЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕРОК" 2ая половина- drained
Bien
Mid
Slick production and clever videos propelled this album back in the MTV days and the songs are pretty good. The music does wear on you after awhile. Although this isn't part of the review there are one of the worst band to see live.
Get away from the singles I'm familiar with, this album is better than expected
A big seller, but I prefer earlier ZZ when I listen to it.
No sabía que podían sonar tan pop y synth A veces un poco kiss, a veces un poco retro. No es garantía de calidad que pueda ser escuchado de un tirón, mucho menos si no se ignora que es terriblemente subjetivo, pero al sexto tema ya es todo una masa amorfa del mismo tema. O eso parece a primera oida, no le dedicaré otra hoy
попсовый рок, что это, глэм рок, да? я просто не очень шарю, похоже на кисс, наверное глэм приятный инструментал, но все звучит почти одинаково, разнообразия инструментального нет не драйвовый вокал, проесный и быстро надоел вокал звучит где-то далеко, скучно 2.8
Great players, great look, I can never get past their bar band blues thing that they do. They’re great at it but not for me
Good riffs but good grief do these guys need to go to horny jail.
I've heard the obvious 'hits' before and quite liked them, but have never listened to a full album before. Having now done so I'm a bit disappointed because there isn't as much variation between tracks as I'd have thought there would be. It's not awful and it is listenable, but just a bit samey.
Paar haarde bangers, over het algemeen vrij eentonig en een paar missers
Enjoyed it more so than I thought I would. I imagined a lot more metal, just didnt really know much of ZZ Top. Couple good ones, a couple not so much
All the hits, boogie in overdrive Gimme all your lovin, Sharp dressed man Legs
80s pop rock kings. I like the singles, everything else didn’t really seem to add much for me.
A solid album from the classic MTV era. The hits are fun, you can understand why they were hits, and there's even some solid b-sides in "Dirty Dog" (maybe the best song on the album) and "If I Could Only Flag Her Down." This is one of those albums with too much 80's drum machine and synth cheese, especially from a band that was capable of cooking without all the electronics, but the new wave was here and the charts required it. But we're going to hear non-synth ZZ Top as Tres Hombres is also on the menu for this exercise. Did we really need two ZZ Top albums?
Fav- sharp dressed man 2.5/5
O sea, me gustó pero hasta ahí, no logré conectar mucho sinceramente. Quizás porque de por sí ya no le tenía fe desde un inicio. Aunque por lo que veo en las reseñas, el factor psicológico no tiene nada que ver, simplemente es un álbum "meh" y ya está. (Es de los proyectos que se escuchan una vez y no lo volvés a reproducir nunca más en tu vida).
Bogan mullet music, a couple of classics ⭐⭐⭐
Sharp Dressed Man is probably my favorite ZZ Top song, I never get sick of hearing it and it's a 5 all on its own. There's some other great tracks on here too, but the B side has some real trash too. Thug has some of the worst attempts at funky bass solos I think I've heard, and Bad Girl seems like an attempt at creating a hair band track that made me want to pull mine out. I'll come back to Sharp Dressed Man any day, any time, so coming back to this I'd likely only ever listen to side A and then move on. 3/5
Good, hard charging rock from the 80’s. Fantastic guitar work. It just gets repetitive towards the end.
еееее рок!!
I liked this as a teenager. Grown past it now. A few fun songs - "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man."
The hits were great fun, the rest of the album more of the same, but inferior. And then there’s a song about tv dinners…
Pretty standard rock n roll
Good reminds me of pop
I liked the album overall. Good voice.
This sounds like a beer commercial for lite beer, still, it was better than I expected
liked this
Pretty solid
The Car! Sharp Dressed Man! Gimme All You Lovin'! 1983 was the time when metal was taking off in a big way, and ZZTop were certainly riding that wave I loved how this album connected with people of all ages, in a way I hadn't seen that often before Good to hear this one again, but for me the magic didn't really continue to their other ablums
One of my recent albums made me think a lot about musical hybrids - true hybrids, where the combination of styles makes something new, as opposed to music that is a hodgepodge. "Eliminator" is definitely the former - by combining gnarly blues-rock with new wave, ZZ Top made something aggressive, slick, and truly new. You can hear its robotic, penetrating style in bands like Queens of the Stone Age, 20 years later. All that being said - the singles are great, and all you really need from this one. Therefore it is a solid - THREE STARS
Now That's What I Call Dad Rock! Volume 1435. pretty good guitar work, pretty rough lyrics writing and vocal performances. sometimes struggles to reconcile the rigidity of a drum machine with the desired fluidity of guitar playing.
Like the hits, but listening to this music is like mozzarella sticks, you regret more than 3 in one sitting
There’s some pretty good songs in here, but some of it sounds a bit redundant.
Solid rock, enjoy the vocals and classic guitar riffs. Album cover does not lie, great driving album.
I like the boogie rock aspect of the album, not knowing really what to expect. It did become a bit one-note and repetitive as the album went on though. Southern, soulful, catchy were my takeaways.
Nice but no songs stuck to me
Just average….
It's kind of hard to take ZZ Top seriously but I think they are ok with that. This is definitely their quintessential album and really captures this very specific moment in time - the crossover from the analog rock sound of the 70's to a more modern computer-aided sound of the 80's and 90's. I think ZZ Top were able to bridge that gap for a lot of music listeners. It's undeniably catchy and I am not surprised it was as popular as it was (and still is today) but it doesn't really do it for me from a musical perspective.
This album sounds like the 80s. It’s flashy, it’s gimmicky, it’s a bit dirty, and there’s just so much cocaine. Anyway, I enjoyed the hits, not sure if I really wanted to stick around for the whole album.
Haha fun. Decent album. Great working tunes
Of all the 70s rock bands that embraced synths in the 80s, ZZ Top may have sounded the most natural doing it. The core of Eliminator is still their meaty guitar riffs, and the album has a boogie rock swagger that isn't interrupted by big hooks. The synths subtly bubble under the rock, to the point where you can almost miss them. The hits here are good, even if I can't hear "Give Me All Your Loving" without picturing an 80s movie montage underneath it. The non-hits...mostly sound like the hits. As much as I'm down for a turn-your-brain-off rock album, the songs here aren't quite good enough and the 80s polish is a bit too clean for the lack of variety to not show. And songs that do switch things up, like the slow "I Need You Tonight," don't always work. Undoubtedly fun but undoubtedly lacking substance.
очень удивлена что шарп дрессд мэн оказывается не самая популярная их песня. снова милый альбом, успела не забыть что они не одно и то же с эйсидиси. но не хватает за душу)
This is a glowing 3 star review. I am so happy that Eliminator exists. I don’t think it does anything unique or interesting, but dang it it’s fun. Just some dudes ripping sick riffs.
The classics are pretty solid, but this album could've had a few less songs OR shorter songs.
Cool album, tunes etc, not my style so much :)
Fun album, though I prefer their bluesier stuff
This was fine. Some strong rock songs, but they are all kind of the same.
As músicas parecem sempre as mesmas kkkk. Mas é muito bom e divertido
A few songs were familiar. Good background music for getting ready in the morning.
I can appreciate that every song on here is a classic, and definitely deserves a place on this list. My own musical tastes pulls this down a little
Return of ZZ Top, and their final list album to boot. I listened to Tres Hombres a looong time ago, way longer than I remember. It was just over 200 albums ago - how horrifying. I don't remember much about their previous album, truth be told. I think it was a mix between metal and hard rock, which are both genres that I'm not particularly animated by. There's a ten year gap between these two albums, though I'm not expecting the music to have changed much between then. ZZ Top strike me as a band who are very much locked into their lane. Anyways, let's get into it. Wow, quite a lot has changed in ten years. They've really shaped up. I remember Tres Hombres having a lackadaisical and amateurish production, whereas these songs have a fuller and more refined sound. Hard rock, sadly, isn't really in my wheelhouse. I made a testosterone pact with the hormone devil in order to live my life as a snivelling little nerd who writes about music for free on the Internet. Any albums that are intended for men with dicks are a lost cause on me as my testosterone is being funneled straight to hell or wherever else the illicit hormone trade is taking place. At least I know of some cool myoosik, however. Anyways, getting back on track. This music is pretty alright. The guitars have a cool, thundering feel to them, and I like the rough, raw solos which are peppered throughout this album. There's a good bit of dynamism to the guitars, too. The album can go from more subdued offerings like "I Need You Tonight" to jumpy ones like "I Got the Six" without creating any real sense of whiplash. There's less to remark about the remaining instruments, however. The percussion is decent, though it is obviously second fiddle to those guitars. Same goes for the vocals. I enjoyed this album for much of the first half, though by the time side B rolled around my attention was beginning to wane. Book time. "...they conjured an electro-boogie masterpiece..." Sold 10 million copies. Wikipedia says this album had four hit singles, roped in a younger audience thanks to some popular music videos, was well-received by critics but was somewhat controversial with ZZ Top fans as a result of the move to digital production. It was a smash hit across Europe and the West, yet had the lowest placement on the American weekly charts out of every Western country, funnily enough. Yeah, all of these are solid qualifiers. I cosign this inclusion.
Zzzzzzz!!!!!!
I mean, what can I say. I need a different rating system for albums full of glossy-ass singles and then the rest of the album is there too. It gets a 🎩 out of 3 🦵 or something
vroom vroom really front loaded. no one cares about side b, huh. zz top is, imo, a singles band - this was Okay as an album
It's fun (This album is what I presume it feels like to have a big beard)
3.5 maybe 4 on more listens
Soms strong songs. Very consistent. I like the exploration into new wave. But also a bit simplistic, and repetitive, across the entire album. For an 11th album, some pretty strong tracks.
I was a kid in the 80s in midwestern USA, so ZZ Top has a lot of associations for me, some good some bad. The album is ok, but I wouldn’t add it to the rotation.
Hey didn’t rock my shit but deffo notice an unconscious head bop here and there
Fun, classic rock and roll.
Classic ZZ Top is never a bad thing and there are some great hits on here. I wasn’t a huge fan back in the 80’s but they always had fun videos.
ZZ Top was a fine 70s rock band that was remade into pop-rock stars in the early 80s. Turning away from their guitar driven, gritty rock hits like Tush, La Grange and Cheap Sunglasses, this album started the remolding of their image into a more upbeat, pop friendly music group with a playful attitude. MTV packaged that with great music videos, full of those spinning furry guitars, the sunglasses and long beards and those cool old cars. The band became very visual and image conscious but it made them very commercially successful. They followed this formula to longtime success but left their ‘real’ rock roots behind. I liked the hits this produced when I was younger, but looking back now, I wish they had stuck with their early stuff more strongly instead of selling out.
It's obviously a massive record, and the shift to that synth-heavy, user-friendly sound is something that has to be respected. Songs like "Gimme All Your Lovin' and "Sharp Dressed Man" are undeniably catchy, and Billy Gibbons' guitar tone still manages to shine through all the heavy production. But honestly, it feels like a lot of their original soul was lost in the process. The raw, swampy Texas blues that made their earlier albums (especially Tres Hombres) so great was largely replaced by rigid drum machines and sequencers. Because of that heavy reliance on technology, the rhythm section ends up sounding a bit sterile and mechanical to my ears. Also, once the big hits are out of the way, the rest of the album starts to blend together since the tempo and groove aren't varied much. Overall, it's a fun listen with some iconic singles. But the polished, almost robotic feel keeps it from being a true masterpiece for me. So in the end, this albums gets a 3.1/5 from me.
Good album but overall, but just okay. 3/5
Between a 3 and 4, much better than their previous album on the list, but still had some low tracks
Good 80s rock stuff, I really like the hits but there are quite a bit of misses here as well. Fairly memorable stuff.
Pretty basic 80’s rock album some good hits but not memorable
Whilst this is an album very much of the 80’s- the synths, the drum machines, the smooth production, the reliance on videos. The heart of this is still what ZZ Top always did blues grooves, boogies and solos topped off with gravel tough vocals. World changing no, massive fun, yes
80s radio rock. It’s a competent example of it, but I’m not a fan.
My favorite concept album about oral sex.
3.25
I prefer earlier ZZ Top, but still a decent album.
*1983. *All their big hits on one album (Gimme All Your Loving, Sharp Dressed Man, and Legs). *I liked this better than I thought I would - there were some jazzy/bluesy bits, and pretty high quality musicianship, but just not my cup of tea. RATING - 6/10
3,1/5
A classic but I just don't care for it.
394/1089 - Yet another Blues Rock album.
Erfindet das Rad nicht neu, aber ist kurzweilig und (gerade zu Beginn) recht spaßig. Flacht im Laufe des Albums dann etwas ab.
Ich mag meinen Blues ja gerne dreckig und bin daher eher bei den alten ZZ Top zuhause ("Tres Hombres" <3). Wenn man also mit der Zeit gehen möchte und die Songs bis aufs Letzte glattbügelt und mit zeitgenössischen Effekten aufpeppt, dann muss schon ein Bomben-Songwriting dahinter stehen. In der ersten Hälfte schaffen sie diesen Spagat und liefern hier einen nahezu perfekten Banger nach dem nächsten. In der zweiten Hälfte verlässt sie leider die Muse und durch die ganzen Effekte fällt hier jeder Song für mich deutlich unter Genre-Standard. Daher kommt die Platte als Ganzes nicht über Mittelmaß hinaus.
Some fun songs on here but ultimately just Dad rock. But this is like a better ACDC for me, more enjoyable and fun. Sharp Dressed Man always goes hard. Top Songs: Sharp Dressed Man, Gimme All Your Lovin’, Legs
Gimme All Your Lovin - 4/5 Got Me Under Pressure - 4/5 Sharp Dressed Man - 4.5/5 I Need You Tonight - 3/5 I Got the Six - 3/5 Legs - 4/5 Thug - 3/5 TV Dinners - 3/5 Dirt Dog - 3/5 If I Could Only Flag Her Down - 3/5 Bad Girl - 3/5 This album is hard carried by the first 3 tracks and then the rest peter out to somehow all blend together into one blues rocky-poppy mush. Favorites: Gimme All Your Lovin, Got Me Under Pressure, Sharp Dressed Man
Just because this is their most famous album doesn't mean that it is their best. Solidifying their iconography, ZZ Top successfully used MTV to promote their brand of 80s rock. If you want to read about the dirty side of rock n roll, look up Dusty Hill and Frank Beard's connection to The Zombies.
I can’t say I didn’t listen to, or even get a kick out of, this stuff. Sure, I much prefer their 70s boogie, and yeah, this band is basically a cliché of misogyny, grease, and Texas dust. The 80s touch isn’t always a success. But they are the cliché of the era, and one of the last blues acts that still felt a bit hyped, if you leave aside the R.L. Burnside comeback. The intros are totally over the top, yet they still make you want to hit the road. A real guilty pleasure…
Kinda mid *the bass line in thug is awesome
2.7
I only know ZZ-Top from his role in Bones lol so I'm so intrigued about what this is going to sound like. Okay! So it's 80s divorced dad rock! It's catchy and fun but boy is it one note. Still, I enjoyed the hits and I didn't mind the rest.
A decent blues tinged rock album that's a lot better than most of the hard rock of the era.
Sure it’s generic 80s rock deluxe, but it’s FUN. Have some fun people!!!!
Enjoyed it more than I expected to - the hits are a bit naff, but good fun - all a bit samey I guess
ZZ Top, which I'm barely realizing is spelled with only one p and not two, are THE rock band from Houston. They're not the biggest name out from my part of my town, but at a point in time, they would've been the hottest thing in Houston along with Phi Slamma Jamma. Eliminator shows them incorporating some new wave flavor into their blues offering and the results can vary to my ears. There's real catchy work on the singles "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man". Those synths in the back create a running texture for the guitars and drums to do their thing. Unfortunately, a lot of the other tracks don't exactly catch me as much as the hits. I had a feeling that a lot of fun Talking Heads/Devo type of stuff was going to come in and steal the show, but I'm still sitting through slower and basic blues stuff. They are a blues band after all, but I do commend the guys on finding a way to update their sound. ZZ Top represent my city and I stroke my imaginary long beard as a sign of respect. That and the fact that I spent some of the listen thinking about why Sonic Youth gave them a nod on (Z.) Eliminator Jr (6/10, 3/5 on this scale)
While I appreciate the switch up in style, the music is still a tad too repetitive and inconsistent in my opinion. 5/10
Multi million seller but not the Tops best
Cool guitar, groovy sounds, nice rusty voice. But it is much of the same flavor.
Beard approved - Americans are weird
вайб есть, вот то, что ожидаешь, то и получаешь не мое
Leuke hitjes, voor de rest niet bijzonder, wel grappig om te horen dat ze niet alleen maar recht toe recht aan muziek maakte
If you grew up in the 80s, you could not escape the hits from this record. I thought it was alright nothing special back then and nothing's changed my mind.
På en måte noe tøft, men jeg er litt hyggelig nå assa
rock tipo ac/dc, movido, ta bien de fondo pero nada del otro mundo
Ganske killer, men også litt whatever? Clap/pjooong lyden på legs e vill
Ok some good stuff
favorite song: Sharp Dressed Man
Review - Definitely worth a listen, the combo of blues rock + synthesisers was cutting edge for it's time. That said, a lot of the songs are very samey. Rating - 6.5/10 Need to hear? YES
Stand-out tracks: Got Me Under Pressure - a great opener Sharp Dressed Man - a hit for a reason, enough said I Got The Six - despite the questionable lyrics, I like the energy of this one Legs - the higher pitch vocals sort of work on this one and the guitar melody is catchy I feel sort of indifferent about this album. It isn't awful, but nothing really stands out apart from the few tracks I mentioned. Sometimes the lyrics don't vibe with me and other times there is just too much distorted guitar and unecessarily long guitar solos with those loud drums in the background. It all kind of just blends together, but it is pretty much classic rock so it can't be that bad. I also feel like the album has a much stronger start and gets worse near the end.
Highlights: Gimme All Your Lovin', Got Me Under Pressure, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, Dirty Dog A decent pick for a mindless rockout record with great hits but a good amount of filler too. Second half is noticeably lacking in that sense. Tracks aren't as good and they always close on a drawn out instrumental. It really focuses on the rockstar esthetic and therefore it's really a "seasonal" play which depends on the listener's mood. It would make a nice highway soundtrack or a gigachad hangout theme, but otherwise I would only stick to the highlights on their own. The musical style is very 80's with the use of the synths and the drum machines and I really like that part, but it's not unique to ZZ Top so I don't think they deserve any points for inventing that style. They found a formula that works and copy pasted it all over the place. I didn't expect much lyrical depth, but I was surprised by the bluntness of tracks like Dirty Dog and I Got the Six.
Great album to bop along to as I do my monitors work tasks. There is not a lot to think about and nothing deep. It’s pure pop that mostly has the same sound. Sharp Dressed Man is the best track, while Tv Dinners may be one of the absolute worst songs I’ve ever heard.
A good piece of nostalgia, brings back the 80's
“Now for a vibe like you’re driving down route 66” - DJ X.
Yeah pretty good. Too bad I listened to Thin Lizzy first—I think they have more action and drive. However, if I was listening to this on a boat or in a sick car or on a dope motorcycle, I wouldn’t complain.
Party on, Unc.
Eh. Better than the last one
Had this since release and was looking forward to it, but if has dated badly. The 4 singles even sounded the same. MTV vids were great…
Wel oke
I only ever listenend to the hits off this record so it's strange hearing how 80's influenced it is. Almost like don henley style rock more than the og southern/blues/boogie woogie i associate with these guys. Not bad by any means just a little surprised. the hits are still the hits
Good classic rock album which I enjoyed listening to but won't rush to listen to again.
One of the many things that bugs me about this list is that it has a lot of these Blues Rock bands, but barely has any true blues artists. That said, this album is fine. Not great, but not bad.
If you're gonna have one ZZ Top album this is it but I won't know because I won't come over. Shame their most interesting (sexiest) songs weren't singles
Excellent running soundtrack, riff laden classic rock, enjoyed it more than I thought I would
I’ve sat on this review for ages, struggling to decide on a mark. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this - I knew the hits, but was surprised how much I enjoyed listening to them, because I do not remember enjoying them that much as I was growing up. I also really enjoyed “I Need You Tonight”, and found many of the others very listenable. However, this album sounds very of its time, and I suspect my enjoyment of it is more to do with that, rather than its legacy as a great album. If I could give it 3.5*, that would just be perfect - but I don’t think there’s a world that I could say it’s worth 4* objectively.
liked this more than i thought i wld 3.5/5
A lot of this album unfortunately came off as very samey to me. Most of the songs just kind of melded into the same generically good 80s Southern Rock song to me. That being said, there were a couple fun highlights and I think most of the songs individually were pretty good, just a bit trying when put back to back. Favorite Songs: “I Need You Tonight”, “Thug”, “TV Dinners” Least Favorite Song: “Legs” High 3.
Sympa
3/5
The hits from this album are great, especially Gimme All Your Livin’ but the rest is just fine.
Aside from the opening track and Legs, not much else stood out to me. I will say that I found the guitar to be the star of the show, but the rest of the album felt forgettable for me.
She Got Legs, She Knows How To Use 'Em 1001 Albums Generator 205 (1/14/2025) I have no idea why I had such a strong association with ZZ Top and the 70's; I'm really surprised to see that this album came out in 1983. Anyway, similar to Tom Petty earlier this week, I really find the hits on this album to be the most standout tracks, while the other songs feel more like cheap imitations of the well known songs. Gimme All Your Lovin' is a classic with one of my favorite guitar riffs, and Sharp Dressed Man is the best example of the electronic sounds that ZZ Top were playing with on this album. Legs is the other big hit, and it's my least favorite of the three as I find it to go on a little too long, but it's still pretty good. Outside this, Got Me Under Pressure, the long jam I Need You Tonight, and the surprisingly funky Thug are also all solid tracks (seriously, Dusty's bass work in that last song is so fire). Lyrically, there's not much to say. ZZ Top is classic machismo cock rock, so the lyrics aren't exactly deep, but they get by. The second half of this album is certainly less interesting. Idk, maybe a 3.5/5, rounded down to a 3. Favs: Gimme All Your Lovin' Sharp Dressed Man Legs Least Fav: If I Could Only Flag Her Down
Ok. Not bad
Liked the riffs and sound better than Tres Hombres
This album is the same as The Black Album. No better, no worse.
i think ive never heard such an 80s album, this is the epitome of the 80s. I enjoyed this album but lo mio isnt rock, so i cant say that ill 100 listen to it again. Maybe in an ocassion where i HAVE TO LISTEN TO ROCK this is the album i would chose.
I don’t get ZZ Top. I have a hard time understanding the lyrics. Not their meaning, but what words they’re actually singing. Maybe the beard hairs garble them. No matter the reason, from what I can parse, I don’t think I’m missing much. “I want to have sex with pretty girls” seems to be the general sentiment. Fair enough. The 1980’s were weird. There was the futuristic shiny shirt, spiky hair, eye liner, synthesizer 1980’s. But there was also the backwards looking, line-dancing, western shirts, “Young Guns”, Reaganite, synthesizer 1980’s (everyone, no matter their affiliation, had synthesizers; they just issued them to all of us one morning in 1982 and we never questioned it). It’s like the difference between “Back to the Future”s II and III. I guess ZZ Top was part of that second 1980’s. But I still don’t really get it. I see the word “boogie” associated with ZZ Top (and Skynrd for that matter) a lot and have never really understood what that term means. Like danceable in a bar band kind of way? I’ve heard yacht rock described as acoustic seventies soft rock made by people who appear to be aware of the existence of black people. Maybe people use the term “boogie” to describe Southern blues rock made by people who appear to be aware of the existence of black people. I don’t know. This album isn’t bad. I can kind of bob my head to most of the songs. It doesn’t bother me. But I also never go, “you know what I feel like listening to? ZZ Top.” I reckon “Eliminator” is worth hearing before you die. Boogie on bearded Texan weirdos.
The catholic church. We've made a few changes.
Boogie blues rock with a driving beat. Apparently the album, with its synth and drum machines, saved the band from obscurity in the age of MTV (even though Gibson replaced most of Beard’s drums and Hill’s bass with their electronic equivalents). A pretty forgettable album for me outside of the historic context, but I couldn’t help dancing around the kitchen while it was on. A soft 3.
I am familiar with ZZ Top, but I have not listened to their music in a while so I am excited for this. Track 1 is very groovy. Historically, "Blue Jean Blues" has been my favorite song of theirs so I am hoping for that to change. The first track is good, but nothing incredible to me. I feel like the first track of an album is almost never the best one. However, this one is impressive and gives me hope for the rest of the album. Track 2 is not that great in my opinion, I feel like so far for this album the guitar riffs have been technically difficult but are lacking in musicality or authenticity. It feels a little bland and somewhat robotic. I wish it was more bluesy. Everyone knows track 3, if not by name then definitely by the main guitar riff. I do like this song, it is quite catchy and more musical than the first two. I am liking track 4 a lot. The musicality in the album seems to grow the further I progress which is nice. The main riff in track 5 sounds a lot like track 3. Honestly, the base of the songs all sound the same. Funny enough, track 6 is individually recognizable with less guitar riffs and longer, more melodic singing. I still do not entirely love it though. Honestly, I am not that impressed with this album. I have two tracks left and am a little disappointed with how similar a lot of the songs sound.
loved Sharp Dressed Man and I Need You Tonight.
Jeg bliver altid overrasket over, at deres stemmer lyder sådan
pretty fun but they do all sound the same
pretty nice, good sound consistently
Low/mid 3? Super polished but everything kind of moves by without doing much
First three songs are incredible. The rest of the album is just trying to remake those first three songs.
Didn’t really like the voice and the instrumental was sounded too much of a oldie to me but I did like the rocky sound to it
Rock clássico com pegada blues por isso não fica tão enjoativo...dad songs, but cool...
Beards, blues, and black suits. Every song on Eliminator immediately makes me think of 1980s MTV. Glossy neon graphics, bad effects, dramatic lighting, wind machines, sunglasses at night, smoke machines. The songs are cheesy as hell and mostly nonsense. But somehow, they're still likeable. I don't think anyone really takes ZZ Top too seriously. They're great musicians, but there’s a self-awareness to all of this. In my head, they sit in the same space as The Darkness: over-the-top nonsense, but enjoyable nonsense all the same.
I'm not really a zz top man. It's catchy and all that, but i feel like it's music with all the edges smoothed off. Give me all your lovin and sharp dressed man are classics, but not good enough by themselves to lift the rest of the album which sounds very same-y
First full album listen of a ZZ top record. I knew the singles - all big dumb catchy numbers that were stuck in my head all day. The rest was pedestrian. The same chugging guitar and zero tempo changes in the drums. Big beards and dumb lyrics can only take you so far. 3/5
And suddenly I'm transported to a land of dive bars past. Good background music to shoot pool to, probably not something I'd go out of my way to listen to again though.
Great album but the vibe wasn’t matching my today’s mood. Added 3 songs to my playlist, ‘got me under pressure’ and ‘sharp dressed man’ were absolute bangers
3 Arapaho Basin, spring skiing, and the smell of bbq. Ladies in bikinis. And I am thirteen thinking this is “all right, the grill is all right!”
Nothing special, just fun as hell.
Good solid rock .. but don’t need to hear it again
very dad rock but energetic
En kyllä jaksanu edes kuunnella kokonaan, mutta legendaarisuudesta ja partakaksikosta 3 pistettä
Hyvää perusvarmaa ja -turvallista rokkia. Legsiin asti ajattelin että jopa neljän tähden levy, mutta loppua kohden alkoi kyllä toistamaan aika vahvasti itseään. Ihan jeppis levy silti, mutta mennään nyt kuitenkin maltillisesti kolmella tähdellä.
Sick cover
For a ZZ Top album it's actually not too bad. I like the first 4 songs, really starts with some fun bops, good energy and catchy riffs. It's not super consistent, the 2nd half is mostly some fairly average hard rock. It's better than other things I've heard from ZZ top at least.
Hard rocking good time.
Some smoking guitars, and some solidly good songs, but ultimately a lot of same same. Although sharp dressed man is a classic
I tend to regard ZZ Top as the US Status Quo and I've walked out of two Status Quo gigs because I was bored. Perhaps slightly unfair as the guitar work is better with ZZ Top but even so... There are three tracks on here that I recognize from radio play back when the album came out. That's not enough to sustain an interesting album but enough to give it a grudging 3/5.
150/1089 A lot better than Tres Hombres i think, that one didn’t stick for me at ALL faves: Gimme All Your Lovin’, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs 60/100
it at first reminded me of electric light orchestra but then it got mid
How can an album be totally awesome and suck so much at the same time?
If this doesn't make you wanna hop on a motorcycle and drive off into the sunset than nothing will. Favorite track: Sharp Dressed Man 3.5/5
Музыка для секса с бородатым дедом 6/10
I wasn’t expecting this to be so pop-rock! Solid listen for sure, I just don’t know if I’m going to hurry back for another listen. Best Track: Legs
Hell yeah
(61/100)
perhaps a bit repetitive sound wise but enjoyable.
Again not my thing but I get it. Kind dad funk rock?
Quite a few songs with steady radio play growing up. Never really understood this band all the songs really seem to blend together. La Grange is my favorite ZZ Top song and unfortunately not on this album.
Surprisingly fun
Funny 80s movie soundtrack
no stand out tracks for me but it was an enjoyable listen. I liked the sound much better than that of the AC/DC album
Very solid, catchy Dad rock.
Good fun for a couple of songs. Then becomes generic and repetitive. Just about held on to a 3.
It's decent enough.
Meretricious
Enjoyable but forgettable
Great singles, drags a little in other parts
Not sure why this needs to be hear. Presumably something about beards. It's solid, no nonsense rock music. No real peaks, no real variance in its sound or sentiment, but sometimes that isn't important. A couple of notable singles, some good guitar, vocals on the dodgy side, possibly because all that hair keeps getting in the mouth.
ZZ Top loves a good guitar solo Fave track: Sharp Dressed Man
Such a unique sound and style is so special that you can call it a new genre of its own
Great fun with three smash hit classic pop songs and some great guitar throughout. Who would have thought this at the time of tres Hombres.
She's got legs AND she knows how to use them... for walking and running... hopping even. Magic pimps Gandalf and Saruman and their little moustachioed hobbit friend outstay their welcome a bit on this.
I can definitely vouch for its inclusion on this list. It's the quintessential ZZ Top album, and is certainly a certified classic of classic rock. The big 3 hits that everyone with a working car stereo has heard - "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Sharp Dressed Man", and "Legs" - are great. Even if you don't like classic rock, "Sharp Dressed Man" is a banger and you're wrong if you think it isn't. That's about where this album ends, though. If you've heard those 3, there's no real reason to listen to the full album. The rest of it is just meh-sounding generic ZZ Top.
Funny-looking band who put on a really great show. How to assess something that’s both dirty and harmless?
Gimme All Your Lovin' 3.8 Got Me Under Pressure 3.5 Sharp Dressed Man 4 I Need You Tonight 3.7 I Got the Six 3.4 Legs 3.5 Thug 3.3 TV Dinners 3.5 Dirty Dog 3.3 If I Could Only Flag Her Down 3.2 Bad Girl 3.2 Score: 3.490909091
Decent.
In the 70s, ZZ Top was like your favourite dive bar. Their sound reminded me of beer stained tables and the smell of smoke. Not healthy but comfortable. In the 80s it’s like they got someone to come in and renovate the place. New finish on all of the furniture. The beer stains are still visible but they’re under the new finish. I was surprised that there are still a few great riffs on here. Legs for example. But they don’t land as hard because of that 80s rhythm production that forces everything into strict alignment. No longer my favourite dive bar. If I wanted fancy, I wouldn’t go here.
Easy listening rock. The hits are the hits for a reason, and the non-hits don't really stand up in comparison.
Solid rock. A lovely relief after a stressful dar. Whisky at the bar music.
Shit day on the grind? Crack open a cold one with the beard boys. Legggggggs.
Probably a great album if you're into that sort of thing.
ZZ Top, exactly what you expect.
ZZ Top to me is a multiple hit wonders. So I've never listened to an album of theirs but have heard their top hits, like Gimme all your loving and Sharp Dressed Man which are on this album, so familiar territory. Overall, a solid rock album, nothing too crazy but not bad. Has catchy songs. Good album. 6/10
I enjoyed the hard rock, didn't overstay its welcome as it was starting to sound a bit samey.
"I guess I'll have to spank my monkey", ok man
This was pretty good. Most songs here rock hard. Liked the bass lines in almost all tracks. Favourite Track(s): Sharp Dressed Man Least Favourite Track(s): Got Me Under Pressure
The good songs are great but the bad ones are terrible.
Wanted to like this more. Three legit hits, but a lot of this sounded the same. I know they’re a blues/boogie band so that’s to be expected, and Chuck Berry got away with that for most of his career, but this isn’t quite in the same class as Chuck. Kudos to them for perhaps being the group with the longest span of original members and no one else — 50 years from 1971-2021 when bassist Dusty Hill died. Weird trivia. Billy Gibbons played himself, as the dad of one of the main lab techs, on five episodes of the TV series “Bones”. When she revealed who he was, she was nonchalant about it, but her co-workers were astounded.
Expected this to be a 2. After listening it’s a 3. That’s about all I have to say about ZZ Top. Oh wait. Sometimes you encounter a song where the disparity between the strength of the music and the godawful lyrics is so vast that it feels like the song is begging to be sampled and put to better use by some superior artist. “TV Dinners” is such a song. The website “who sampled” has no records of it being sampled, other than one cover version. A shame.
Slick, well-produced sleaze. The hits heavily outswing the deep tracks ("I Got the Six" pales in comparison to "Got Me Under Pressure")
Damn this is SOOO 80s. It’s not bad music, great for background music and has a few bangers such as sharp dressed man. The voice is “cool” and the guitar has a nice tone. Unfortunately this album suffers from a bit of repetition. Not really an album that stands out.
Wow. My memories of this album are deeply negative. Georgia rednecks loved it; I hated it. In 1983 it sounded cheesy and lame and it lacked any of the fire and anger that motivated me at the time. 42 years later? Well, it's still pretty cheesy, but I like it a lot more. The guitars sound dirty, maybe a little lecherous to match the lyrics (except for that fucking TV dinner song, WTF?), and it grooves in a way that an older, mellower me appreciates. I'd give it a 3.5 if I could, and I don't really want to give it a 4, so a 3 it is.
Interesting album, especially when reading about some of the lore and background behind the album that does change my perception of it a bit. Most people know Gimme All Your Lovin, Sharp Dressed Man and Legs, which are all great, but I enjoyed Thug and a couple of the other more musical tracks as well. Did ZZ Top sell out? On one hand, this was their 8th album. You can't blame a band for wanting to mix it up and evolve at some point. On the other hand, part of the transition didn't feel authentic. They couldn't even play their songs live without assistance, not to mention the calculated decision to create songs around 124BPM since analytics showed this BPM to be more popular, and then the music videos on MTV to cater to a younger audience. I liked the album overall but the background of it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm fine with artists wanting to evolve and grow their music if it's authentic. This doesn't seem to be authentic to me. From deliberately choosing a BPM because it was shown to be more popular, taking away writing credits, incapable of even playing your own songs without a tape track playing I mean come on. This was a business decision to make more money. The singles were great, but the bad songs were just......really bad. Not a fan of TV Dinners or Bad Girl. TV Dinners is just lame. I mean, you couldn't come up with something better? But no wonder it sucks, it's 100 BPM! Bad Girl feels just as lame and uninspired. Just bad song writing.
definitely listened before but don't remember much. it's ok but nothing more
There are a lot of things I like about ZZ Top, and I left with a fairly positive impression of the album, but I couldn't listen to a lot of it at once - the aggressive lack of substance is a little tiring, I guess.
ZZ Top is a fun time! This is the best version of a road band playing in a dive bar. There's not a lot of substance, but there is a lot of rhythm guitar and the songs are breezy and toe tapping. Now, a full album of ZZ Top is a lot, maybe too much, but I didn't mind listening to it for sure! The cover is great! Love the style and the graphic design on the logo and titles, it's a 4/5.
Dive bar vibes, throwback
Pretty much the ultimate classic rock album. Car on the cover, loud, filled with solo's and covering important topics such as women and being cool. I think ZZ Top works better as a singles artist though. THey have a few great songs but their albums can be kind of middling. I didn't really dislike any part of it, but it isn't that adventurous or boundary pushing. It doesn't really try to though, can't fault an album for what it isn't trying to be.
I really wouldn't have imagined that a Southern boogie rock band being influenced by Depeche Mode would be very good but I don't hate this album. There's something charming about this era of ZZ Top. They seem like they're trying to be edgy while singing about "your hugging and your kissing" and wearing suits, but it's sort of endearing and fun at the same time. This really feels like a guilty pleasure.
More like ZZ Mid
Not bad. I mean it’s rock. From the 80s. Low 3z
It's not Tres Hombres, but it's okay.
This was released when I was 9 and I loved it. I knew nothing of what they had done previously at that age. In context, it's tough not to see this as Top's attempt to cash in on the '80s. The processed guitar tone and heavy reliance on a sequencer just cheapen what this band used to be. I'm glad they got some big hits out of it, and it has a lot of nostalgic value for me, but it pales compared to their previous material.
Gimme All your Lovin'
Definitely enjoyable to listen to... but forgettable. Too much guitar makes all of the songs sound similar. A lot of meh tracks, but definitely a few that I may come back to. Not a fan of most of the lyrics. Standout Tracks: Got Me Under Pressure Sharp Dressed Man If Only I Could Flag Her Down
A bunch of hits on here that I’d enjoy a lot more if I liked this genre of rock.
I think this album made my beard grow faster than usual…. Strange
Eliminator is who I thought ZZ Top was growing up. Catchy, over produced, constantly groovy, and resoundingly 80's. I didn't know they came from somewhere grimier and less slick. Is this version of ZZ a product of the times, or did they help shape it? I'm not sure. The early 80's release date makes me feel like they closer to the bleeding edge than chasing a fad...or maybe they were just timely. It is admirable how they were able be current but also be boogie woogie...making it pretty damn original. That said, it's strengths is also its weakness for me. A little too polished, a little too clean, a little too restrained. I'm chronically allergic to music that sounds 80's for reasons I'm still trying to understand. That said, thinking too hard about this album really misses the point. 3/5 tv dinners