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One Foot in the Blues

 
Album Review: One Foot in the Blues

  • Artist: ZZ Top
  • Rating: StarStar
  • Release Date: November 22, 1994
  • Total Time: 65:55
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Before they sweated their image down to beards, babes and hot rods, ZZ Top were a down 'n' dirty blues-rock trio with a bonafide hot guitar player in Billy Gibbons. On this 14-track offering, Warner goes back through the back ZZ catalog and cobbles together an interesting collection of the Texas trio's bluesier sides that originally appeared on their earliest albums. Highlights include "Brown Sugar," "A Fool for Your Stockings," "My Head's in Mississippi," "Apologies to Pearly" and Gibbons' storming stringwork on "Bar-B-Q." ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Brown Sugar (Lyrics) Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (5:20)
Just Got Back from Baby's (Lyrics) Bill Ham, Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (4:09)
A Fool for Your Stockings Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard, Dusty Hill ZZ Top (4:16)
I Need You Tonight (Lyrics) Frank Beard, Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (6:15)
She Loves My Automobile (Lyrics) Frank Beard, Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (2:23)
Hi Fi Mama (Lyrics) Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard ZZ Top (2:24)
Hot, Blue and Righteous (Lyrics) Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (3:17)
My Head's in Mississippi (Lyrics) Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard ZZ Top (4:20)
Lowdown in the Street (Lyrics) Frank Beard, Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (2:49)
If I Could Only Flag Her Down (Lyrics) Frank Beard, Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (3:39)
Apologies to Pearly Bill Ham, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill ZZ Top (2:44)
Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell (Lyrics) Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (6:47)
Bar-B-Q (Lyrics) Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham ZZ Top (3:21)
Old Man (Lyrics) Billy Gibbons, Rube Beard, Frank Beard, Dusty Hill ZZ Top (3:32)
Certified Blues (Lyrics) Bill Ham, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons ZZ Top (3:25)
2000 Blues (Lyrics) Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard, Dusty Hill ZZ Top (4:42)
Heaven, Hell or Houston (Lyrics) Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard ZZ Top (2:32)

Credits

Frank Beard (Drums (Snare)), Jeri Heiden (Design), Dusty Hill (Vocals), Robin Brian (Engineer), Joe Hardy (Engineer), Frank Beard (Percussion), Terry Manning (Engineer), Dusty Hill (Bass), Bill Ham (Producer), Bill Bentley (Liner Notes), Robin "Hood" Brians (Engineer), Dusty Hill (Liner Notes), Bob Ludwig (Mastering), Frank Beard (Liner Notes)
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One Foot in the Blues
Compilation album by ZZ Top
Released November 22, 1994
Genre Blues-rock, hard rock
Length 65:55
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bill Ham
Professional reviews
ZZ Top chronology
Antenna
(1994)
One Foot in the Blues
(1994)
Rhythmeen
(1996)

One Foot in the Blues is a compilation album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). The album contains a selection of the band's songs which fall into the blues genre.

Contents

Track listing

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

  1. "Brown Sugar" (Gibbons) – 5:20
  2. "Just Got Back from Baby's" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:09
    • Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
  3. "A Fool for Your Stockings" – 4:16
  4. "I Need You Tonight" – 6:15
  5. "She Loves My Automobile" – 2:23
    • Originally from Degüello (1979)
  6. "Hi Fi Mama" – 2:24
    • Originally from Degüello (1979)
  7. "Hot, Blue and Righteous" (Gibbons) – 3:17
  8. "My Head's in Mississippi" – 4:20
  9. "Lowdown in the Street" – 2:49
    • Originally from Degüello (1979)
  10. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" – 3:39
    • Originally from Eliminator (1983)
  11. "Apologies to Pearly" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 2:44
  12. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 6:47
    • Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
  13. "Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:21
    • Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
  14. "Old Man" – 3:32
    • Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
  15. "Certified Blues" (Gibbons, Beard, Ham) – 3:25
    • Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
  16. "2000 Blues" – 4:42
    • Originally from Recycler (1990)
  17. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" – 2:32

Personnel

ZZ Top

Production

  • Producer – Bill Ham
  • Engineers – Robin Brian, Joe Hardy, Terry Manning
  • Mastering – Bob Ludwig
  • Design – Jeri Heiden
  • Liner notes – Bill Bentley, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill

Charts

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1995 Top Blues Albums 10

 
 

 

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