Degüello

This article is about the ZZ Top album. For the bugle call, see El Degüello.
Degüello
Studio album by ZZ Top
Released November 1979[1]
Recorded 1979
Genre Texas blues, blues rock, boogie rock, southern rock, hard rock
Length 34:03
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
The Best of ZZ Top
(1977)
Degüello
(1979)
El Loco
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Robert ChristgauA− link
Smash Hits8/10[2]

Degüello is the sixth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). "Degüello" means "cut/slit someone's throat" or, idiomatically, when something is said to be done "a degüello", it means "no quarter" (as in "no surrender to be given or accepted--a fight to the death") in Spanish. It also was the title of a Moorish-origin bugle call used by the Mexican Army at the Battle of the Alamo, Texas, in 1836. It was the first ZZ Top release on Warner Bros. Records and eventually went platinum.

Degüello was produced by Bill Ham, recorded and mixed by Terry Manning, and mastered by Bob Ludwig.

Track listing

All tracks written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted. 

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "I Thank You" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) 3:23
2. "She Loves My Automobile"   2:24
3. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"   4:46
4. "A Fool for Your Stockings"   4:15
5. "Manic Mechanic"   2:37
Side B
No. Title Length
6. "Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson) 3:06
7. "Lowdown in the Street"   2:49
8. "Hi Fi Mama"   2:23
9. "Cheap Sunglasses"   4:48
10. "Esther Be the One"   3:31

Original LP pressings of Degüello credited authorship of "Dust My Broom" to Elmore James.

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Album Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1980 Pop Albums 24
1984 The Billboard 200 183

Singles

Singles Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "Cheap Sunglasses" Pop Singles 89
1980 "I Thank You" Pop Singles 34

References

  1. Edwards, Eyries and Callahan (2004). "WB Album Discography, Part 9". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. Hepworth, David. "ZZ Top: Deguello". Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2, 1999): 31.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.