|
Greatest Hits | 
| Artist: ZZ Top
Label: Warner
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
Buy New: £2.78
as of 22/11/2009 13:27 GMT details
You Save: £13.21 (83%)
New (70) Used (23) Collectible (3) from £1.92
Seller: through-the-post
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 950
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.4 x 0.4
MPN: 26846
UPC: 075992684620
EAN: 0075992684620
ASIN: B000002LSV
Release Date: April 13, 1992
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
| |
| Tracks:
| • | Gimme All Your Lovin' | | • | Sharp Dressed Man | | • | Rough Boy | | • | Tush | | • | My Head's In Mississippi | | • | Pearl Necklace | | • | I'm Bad I'm Nationwide | | • | Viva Las Vegas | | • | Doubleback | | • | Gun Love | | • | Got Me Under Pressure | | • | Give It Up | | • | Cheap Sunglasses | | • | Sleeping Bag | | • | Planet Of Women | | • | La Grange | | • | Tube Snake Boogie | | • | Legs |
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
One of ZZ Top's great gifts is its concision; even in the side-long-jam era of the 1970s, the Texans almost always fit 10 cuts on their albums. Surveying two decades of their output, iGreatest Hits/i isn't the perfect overview you might expect, but it's still a pretty darn good driving album. The disc goes easy on the pre-iDeguello/i stuff surveyed on their earlier best-of, and seems to digitally boost the drums on tracks like the 1975 "Tush". Still, later cuts like "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" and "My Head's in Mississippi" are full-on triumphs of this trio's very weird, very blues-drenched sensibility. i--Rickey Wright/i
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 Excellant - as far as it goes ... September 25, 2003
David Cranson (Hereford, UK)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Now, by that I mean this. On a world-wide scale, things broke with Eliminator. Yet for 15 or so years before that they had been releasing good solid blues/rock albums. Selling loads in US and not much elsewhere. pThis album - with a couple of exceptions - ignores the early/earleir years, and concentrates on 1984 onwards. SO alothough it's a fine compilation, I can only hope that we can get a fuller 'Best of' one day which includes all the years.pSo, of this stuff we have everything which is expected. "Gimme All Your Loving", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Legs", "Sleeping Bag", "Gun Love" etc . . . There's a couple from Deguello, incl "Cheap Sunglasses" and a couple from El Loco, incl "Tube Snake Boogie".pSo from a world-wide perspective it is the greatest hits; but oh for an all-encompassing "Best Of" to include the early years.
ClasZZic cuts from those mavens of style and flair April 30, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I actually remember when we thought ZZ Top was going to be a one hit wonder. They had "La Grange" and then that seemed like it was going to be the end of the road as the Seventies fizzled out. Then 1983's "Eliminator" came out with "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and suddenly ZZ Top exploded as a rockin' blues based power trio. When it comes to putting your pedal to the metal and having a driving beat nobody beats ZZ Top. In fact, in one of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" books one of Roland's crew recognizes the bass line from a ZZ Top song coming from an evil city. See? Even in fictional dimensions the servants of the Dark Man know the value of ZZ Top. Some people say they cannot tell the difference between "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs," but that is their headache; people like that probably cannot tell who has the longer beard, Billy Gibbons or Dusty Hill (ironically its not Frank Beard, LOL). ZZ Top has been keeping me awake at night grading student papers for almost two decades and if I am not mistaken, a vehicle that looks a lot like their snaZZy red vehicle was car of the year or something like that. Even if you are not inclined to have their entire oeuvre on your shelf, then you have to at least have this "Greatest Hits" collection. Remember: "they've got a lot of nice girls out there."
zz top's greatest hits rocks!! October 2, 2007
for whom the bell tolls (seattle, san francisco, san diego usa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think that ZZ Top are a very good band and they remain one of my favorite bands of all-time. this is one great collection and they made great blues music in the 1970s and the 1980s. here are my comments about most of the songs. GIMME ALL YOUR LOVING this is a really great song and is my 2nd favorite song on the entire cd. SHARP DRESSED MAN this is pretty great too, but probably my 5th favorite. ROUGH BOY is a ballad that is too slow and too sad for me. TUSH is an excellent blues rocker remains one of my 5 favorites on this album. MY HEAD'S IN MISSISSPII is a blues rocker one of my favorites, PEARL NECKLACE not my fave, IM BAD IM NATHIONWIDE this is pretty good although remains as a 10th favorite or something. I AINT CRAZY ABOUT VIVA LAS VEGAS, DOUBLEBACK is a pretty good hard blues rocking song possibly remains as a 6th favorite. CHEAP SUNGLASSES what kind of song is that? i don't like the title and the music and lyrics are pure $$$. SLEEPING BAG is great although maybe a 5th on the album as a favorite. LA GRANGE is the best! It is my favorite song on the cd and almost an instrumental song with great blues solos and great opening lyrics. Anyway that's all i feel about commenting it.
A CD full of power. January 21, 2001
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
The greatest singles of ZZ Top's long career. A cd that all fans of rock should have in their collection whether they are fans of ZZ Top or not. This cd is a hymn to rock music and its power. Songs like Sharp-Dressed-Man and Legs are considered among the best rock songs. Whoever likes rock music or would like to feel some power and see his car's or home's windows trembling should buy this cd. You will love it even by just looking at the front cover photo. in three words: Power-Women-Rock.
Almost 5 star February 18, 2004
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Put this on while eating your TV Dinner (which is actually not on this album)brYou should buy this album to supplement the original ZZ Top albums as they are all classics.brBut this is nice addition that is great at full volume in the car.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON EU S.à.r.l. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. | |
