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Track Listings
| 1. Waitin' For The Bus (Remastered Album Version) |
| 2. Jesus Just Left Chicago (Remastered Album Version) |
| 3. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers |
| 4. Master Of Sparks |
| 5. "Hot, Blue And Righteous" |
| 6. Move Me On Down The Line |
| 7. Precious And Grace |
| 8. La Grange |
| 9. Sheik |
| 10. Have You Heard ? |
| 11. Waitin' For The Bus |
| 12. Jesus Just Left Chicago |
| 13. La Grange |
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1-Waitin' For The Bus 2-Jesus Just Left Chicago 3-Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers 4-Master Of Sparks 5-Hot, Blue And Righteous 6-Move Me On Down The Line 7-Precious And Grage 8-La Grange 9-Shiek 10-Have You Heard? (2006/WARNER) 13 tracks
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I absolutely agree with the review below, this is the essential ZZ Top album, yet it was always only available on CD with absolutely dreadful '80s mastering. This version sounds fantastic - back to the gorgeous natural warmth of the vinyl version. Buy it now and destroy your other CD copy.
But those live bonus tracks, they are terrible. Very cruddy. Why oh why do remastered CDs always seem to have to include a bunch of terrible live bonus tracks that no-one wants and which, as the reviewer below says, just leave a nasty taste at the end of a classic album. I was going to knock off a star for this but just couldn't bring myself to, Tres Hombres is too good for 4 stars!
Now, please remaster the other early albums which received the same '80s hatchet job..
But those live bonus tracks, they are terrible. Very cruddy. Why oh why do remastered CDs always seem to have to include a bunch of terrible live bonus tracks that no-one wants and which, as the reviewer below says, just leave a nasty taste at the end of a classic album. I was going to knock off a star for this but just couldn't bring myself to, Tres Hombres is too good for 4 stars!
Now, please remaster the other early albums which received the same '80s hatchet job..
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A great place to start the remastered series of ZZ Top albums. The first time ZZ Tops albums came out on cd someone hammered the life out of them by adding really dodgy effects to the drum sound. Not so this time. The albums sound like they were recorded last week and have surpassed the original vinyl. The rhythm section are in stunning, nay telepathic, form on this outing.
The extra tracks are a mixed blessing. I reckon they ought to have been put onto an album of their own along with the live tracks from Fandango. They were recorded, if memory serves correctly, in the Capital Theatre, Passiac, New Jersey 1980. I have heard a couple of different bootlegs of this show and these do not sound as good on bootleg as they do here.
Overall a must buy album for lovers of good rockin' music.
The extra tracks are a mixed blessing. I reckon they ought to have been put onto an album of their own along with the live tracks from Fandango. They were recorded, if memory serves correctly, in the Capital Theatre, Passiac, New Jersey 1980. I have heard a couple of different bootlegs of this show and these do not sound as good on bootleg as they do here.
Overall a must buy album for lovers of good rockin' music.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Philip Kane
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the finest albums I own, I have it on vinyl and CD, and to be honest I prefer the vinyl version, the mix is better. That and there's a much needed pause after "Hot, Blue & Righteous" where you flip the disc over. I think that's one of the under rated masterpieces of ZZ Top.
I think the way this album takes you from the raucus foot stompin of "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" to the really soft bluesy stuff that tugs on the heart strings was a sure sign that this was a band that'd go places, and places they have gone, and those places are good.
This is not just essential to a ZZ Top collection, but this album deserves a place in any rock & roll collection. If you have acess to a turn table it's worth getting the older ZZ Top stuff on vinyl too, if for nothing other than "collecting's" sake.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Early days of Sludge
On the whole I got the good ole sludge I was expecting, diluted inevitably by one or two later tracks.
Published 1 month ago by D. B. Walters
5.0 out of 5 stars
The way ZZ Top should be heard!
Forget all of those dreadful CD remasters from the 80s, this is how ZZ Top are meant to sound. This is a wounderful quality vinyl pressing that i would recommend any fan of the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr M.A.Heath
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant - a classic!
Just a brilliant ZZ Top album! Brilliant sound, great tracks and altogether a blast!
Glad I bought this version as the sound is much improved on some of the reissues of... Read more
Glad I bought this version as the sound is much improved on some of the reissues of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by james
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rawwcck an Rolllllll.
Just listen to the guitar solo on 'beer drinkers and hell raisers'...worth the price alone.
If you like Texas rock with integrity u gottit!
If you like Texas rock with integrity u gottit!
Published 6 months ago by Mr. K. Webster
5.0 out of 5 stars
Texan blues with extra fries!
Before they went "all commercial", ZZ Top put out some pretty nifty heavy blues. This album showcases that side of the band. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Eric Ian Steele
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally
I was never impressed with this album, and now I know why. Thanks to previous reviewers, I realise my CD was the old version with the rotten mastering, leaving it sounding like the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by BrassMonkey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Te Hombre
Have only just re discovered ZZ in the last couple of months , this album really hits the spot , great lead in with " Bus" & "Jesus". BG is on top form with his playing . Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. F. Mills
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tres Bien
The best, most consistent album by the band. The songs are great, but the guitar playing is exceptional - not flashy and doodly, but fly away groovy. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jimothy
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT the first pressing at all
Tres Hombres was first released on LONDON records so this is not rare and the description is inaccuate.
Buyer beware.
Buyer beware.
Published 19 months ago by S. Cant
4.0 out of 5 stars
Short, Catchy, and Cool
With plenty of catchy riffs, "Tres Hombres" is undeniably cool to listen to. And at its 33 minutes, the album doesn't get tiring. Read more
Published on 15 May 2011 by Paperback Critic
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