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El Loco [Import]

~ ZZ Top
3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (25 Oct 1990)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Warner
  • ASIN: B000002KMP
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,963 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Tube Snake Boogie
2. I Wanna Drive You Home
3. Ten Foot Pole
4. Leila
5. Don't Tease Me
6. It's So Hard
7. Pearl Necklace
8. Groove Little Hippie Pad
9. Heaven Hell Or Houston
10. Party On The Patio

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CD Description
For 1981's EL LOCO ZZ Top's first album of the '80s, the trio decided to streamline its gritty blues rock sound somewhat and focus on hooks. While it would take this approach a step further on its next release, the monster crossover hit ELIMINATOR, EL LOCO was ZZ Top's last album before entering its synth-heavy phase.
Its Texas blues trademark sound can still be detected beneath the studio enhanced sheen. The best known track remains the X-rated uptempo ditty "Pearl Necklace", as well as the rolling "Tube Snake Boogie", and the surprisingly new wave sounds of "Groovy Little Hippie Pad".

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3.0 out of 5 stars Stars off great, runs out of steam towards the end, 12 Aug 2003
By Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews
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"El Loco" is a solid collection of blooze-n-boogie from the bearded ones (and the less bearded Frank Beard), opening with one of ZZ Top's best songs, the superbly groovy "Tube Snake Boogie".

"I Wanna Drive You Home" and "Ten Foot Pole" are fine, bluesy, mid-tempo funk, followed by one of ZZ Top's very few real ballads, the nice, melodious "Leila", and the somewhat generic "Don't Tease Me" (it's not bad, it just sounds like a hundred other blues-rock numbers).

"It's So Hard" is a good slow tune, not really a ballad and not really a slow blues, but somewhere in between. And the double-entendre "Pearl Necklace" is one of the album's best rockers (and was one of the three singles lifted off "El Loco", along with "Tube Snake Boogie" and "Leila").

The album loses momentum towards the end, though, winding down with the somewhat forgettable, synth-heavy "Groovy Little Hippie Pad", the decidedly odd "Heaven, Hell or Houston" and the rockabilly-esque "Party On The Patio".

"El Loco" is not conistent enough to be a great album, but there are several excellent songs here, good enough for about 3½ stars.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic tracks of Texan boogie., 21 May 2009
By A. Ashwell "warlock200" (Nottingham UK) - See all my reviews
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For all those people who thought that ZZ Top started with the Eliminator album, you should really check this out. This is where the class really started to show and they began to flex their musical muscles. Highlights are Ten Foot Pole and Tube Snake Boogie. All songs should be listened to with your tongue thrust firmly in cheek...
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4.0 out of 5 stars "I've just returned from the island of Chandelier", 7 May 2007
By R. J. Lee "Grim177" - See all my reviews
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Contrary to popular belief this album was NOT remixed for the Six-Pack compilation. This CD IS the original mix. Newer remastered CD's aside, buy it along with Deguello and sonically stunning 1977 best of.
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