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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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ZZ Top's 1970 debut remains one of their roughest and certainly bluesiest albums.
It's a gritty little blues-rock record with lots of fuzzy guitar, rollicking barrelhouse rhythms and a raw, gutsy sound, and "ZZ Top's First Album" offers a handful of really excellent songs, like the tough "Brown Sugar" (not the Stones song), the swaggering, riff-driven "Goin' Down To Mexico", and the slow grind of "Just Got Back From Baby's".
It's a gritty little blues-rock record with lots of fuzzy guitar, rollicking barrelhouse rhythms and a raw, gutsy sound, and "ZZ Top's First Album" offers a handful of really excellent songs, like the tough "Brown Sugar" (not the Stones song), the swaggering, riff-driven "Goin' Down To Mexico", and the slow grind of "Just Got Back From Baby's".
Some may find that a number of these songs glide by on their tough, gut-bucket grooves without offering anything truly memorable, and while it is true that not every one of these ten songs is an instant all-time classic, the overall level is actually very high with several peaks and virtually no real let-downs.
This is 34 minutes of tight, well-played blues-rock, as muscular as anything ZZ Top has ever put out. Less MTV-friendly than their 80s pop concessions, of course, but all the more gritty and authentic.
Definitely recommended.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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This is by far the best album ZZ Top have released! If you like raw, driving, Texas blues (with a touch of wry humour.."Bedroom Thang', "The Squank") then this album is for you! ....really roots stuff!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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It's hard to believe that such a well done album was the debut! but if I didn't believe 'em then the title sure corrected me. Seriously good guitar skill throughout with some classic tracks. My two favourites were Brown Sugar and Goin' Down To Mexico. buy it and enjoy
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First Album
Bought this years ago on vinyl (ooh the old days), just had to get it again on CD, it's as good now as it was the first time I bought it.
Published on 9 Dec 2009 by G. Hill
Good album but not a Great album
Typical 1970's ZZ Top sounds, a good album but not nearly as memorable or as much fun as the Topsters other 70's albums especially Rio Grande Mud, Tejas or Deguello. Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by Mr. C. Todd
ZZ Top can do no wrong
Excellent and original riffing and chords but based around 12-bar. Always keeps the attention. Good guitar good drumming. Fresh as a daisy is this their first album.
Published on 30 Jan 2009 by Mr. Raymond A. Voyce
ZZ Top sound came before songwriting chops
The sound that ZZ Top make has survived intact through numerous changes of production style for over 35 years now; it seemed to arrive fully formed on this debut album even though... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2007 by freewheeling frankie
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