ZZ Top - Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top (2004) flac

Tracklist:

[5:22] 01. ZZ Top - Brown Sugar
[3:20] 02. ZZ Top - Goin' Down to Mexico
[4:09] 03. ZZ Top - Just Got Back from Baby's
[3:33] 04. ZZ Top - Francene
[4:27] 05. ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
[3:26] 06. ZZ Top - Bar-B-Q
[3:53] 07. ZZ Top - La Grange (1999 Remaster)
[2:53] 08. ZZ Top - Waitin' for the Bus
[3:30] 09. ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago
[3:23] 10. ZZ Top - Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
[3:06] 11. ZZ Top - Mexican Blackbird
[2:17] 12. Dusty Hill - Tush
[3:04] 13. ZZ Top - Thunderbird
[4:39] 14. ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues
[2:25] 15. ZZ Top - Heard It on the X
[4:23] 16. ZZ Top - It's Only Love
[3:06] 17. ZZ Top - Arrested for Driving While Blind
[3:24] 18. ZZ Top - I Thank You (2003 Remaster)
[4:47] 19. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses (2003 Remaster)
[4:47] 20. ZZ Top - I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide (2003 Remaster)
[4:15] 21. ZZ Top - A Fool for Your Stockings (2003 Remaster)
[3:03] 22. ZZ Top - Tube Snake Boogie (2003 Remaster)
[4:06] 23. ZZ Top - Pearl Necklace (2003 Remaster)
[3:58] 24. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' (2003 Remaster)
[4:13] 25. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (2003 Remaster)
[4:35] 26. ZZ Top - Legs (2003 Remaster)
[3:58] 27. ZZ Top - Got Me Under Pressure (2003 Remaster)
[4:02] 28. ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag (2003 Remaster)
[3:32] 29. ZZ Top - Stages (2003 Remaster)
[4:51] 30. ZZ Top - Rough Boy (2003 Remaster)
[3:29] 31. ZZ Top - Velcro Fly (2003 Remaster)
[3:46] 32. ZZ Top - Woke up with Wood (2003 Remaster)
[3:57] 33. ZZ Top - Doubleback (2003 Remaster)
[4:19] 34. ZZ Top - My Head's in Mississippi (2003 Remaster)
[4:44] 35. ZZ Top - Viva Las Vegas (2003 Remaster)
[5:15] 36. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses (Live; 2003 Remaster)
[7:51] 37. ZZ Top - Legs (Dance Mix; 2003 Remaster)
[6:38] 38. ZZ Top - Velcro Fly (Remix; 2003 Remaster)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 38 track(s)
Total length: 02:34:26
Main artist: ZZ Top
Label: Rhino - Warner Records
Genre: Pop/Rock, Rock
(c) 2004 Warner Records Inc.
(p) 2004 Warner Records Inc.

Since Rhino released an exhaustive four-disc ZZ Top box in October 2003, some may question the appearance of a double-disc retrospective in June 2004, a mere eight months after the box set. The two may be released awfully close to each other, but they do play to different audiences -- in other words, there are a bunch of fans who want all the hits, but not a full box set, and that's what the 38-track Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top delivers. Not that it gets everything right -- there are a few classic album cuts, like "Leila" and "I Got the Six," that probably should have been included, and ending the set with a live version of "Cheap Sunglasses" and 12" remixes of "Legs" and "Velcro Fly" leaves a bad aftertaste -- but it gets it close enough, containing all of their biggest hits and a great cross-section of album tracks and AOR favorites. And apart from the aforementioned bewildering final three tracks, it's sequenced well, with the down-n-dirty '70s material on the first disc, and the MTV hits from the '80s on the second. There's still a need for a single-disc that has all the biggest hits, but until that comes along, Rancho Texicano is the best and most concise overview of that lil' ol' band from Texas.