![]() ![]() Right from the start, with 'Gimme All Your Lovin'' and the rest of the 'Eliminator' trilogy - 'Sharp Dressed Man' and 'Legs' - ZZ Top has pioneered the high-concept video. The songs alone would have made Eliminator one of ZZ Top’s three greatest albums, but their embrace of synths and sequencers made it a blockbuster hit, since it was the sound of the times. ZZ Tops early sound was rooted in blues but eventually grew to exhibit contemporary influences. Formed in 1969, the group consists of Billy Gibbons (guitar and vocals), Dusty Hill (bass and vocals), and Frank Beard (percussion). ![]() It dips back into the '70s for "Pearl Necklace" and "La Grange," with a couple of selections from the post-peak '90s, but this does offer the MTV-era basics: "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man," "Rough Boy," "Tush," "My Head's in Mississippi," "Doubleback," "Cheap Sunglasses," "Sleeping Bag." What slows this record down are some new cuts and album tracks that don't deserve to be here, along with a remix, not the original version, of "Legs." Still, that may just be quibbling for some listeners, since the basics are all here, making this a good complement to the '70s-focused The Best of ZZ Top (although it would be nice if a definitive disc, with all the hits, would appear on the market). ZZ Top's Greatest Videos, a groundbreaking collection from the band that made chopped cars, great-looking girls and fur-covered guitars an art form all their own. Description: ZZ Top - Discography (1970-2012) INFO: ZZ Top is an American rock band from Houston, Texas. ![]() This isn't a perfect roundup of ZZ Top's superstar years of the '80s, but it comes pretty close. ZZ Top Greatest Hits Back Item Preview ZZ Top - Greatest Hits Back.jpg. ![]()
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