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ZZ Top - XXX Audio CD

A fair review of the ZZ Top "XXX" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all ZZ Top reviews here, or go back to the ZZ Top tabs.

ZZ Top Band: ZZ Top
Title: XXX
Rating:
Release Date: 1999-09-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Poke Chop Sandwich 2: Crucifixx-A-Flatt 3: Fearless Boogie 4: 36-22-36 5: Made into a Movie 6: Beatbox 7: Trippin' 8: Dreadmonboogaloo 9: Introduction by Ross Mitchell 10: Sinpusher 11: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 12: Hey Mr. Millionaire 13: Belt Buckle

ZZ Top "XXX" = A "Classic" ZZ Top Album CD (Including Some Live Songs) = A1+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of couse the line-up was, and still is Billy Gibbons on lead vocals & lead guitar, Dusty Hill on bass guitar, and Frank Beard on drums, and even on vocals for the Elvis Classic "Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear". This is an excellent cd by ZZ Top, originally released in 1999. Also, you get Jeff Beck singing on "Mr. Millionaire" as a guest musician.

The song set consists of the following:
(All songs are ZZ Top originals, even the "Elvis Classic" - "Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear" is performed/recorded ZZ Top sytle. )

1. Pork Chop Sandwich
2. Crucifixx-A-Flatt (I read from a magazine article about ZZ Top, that this song is about "What God gives you when life gives you a flat tire. )
3. Fearless Boogie
4. 36-22-36
5. Made into a Movie
6. BeatBox
7. Live introduction by Ross Mitchell
8. Sinpusher "Live" (sounds kinda like "Pin Cushion")
9. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear "Live" (sung by Frank Beard)
10. Hey Mr. Millionaire "Live" (includes guest singing from Jeff Beck)
11. Belt Buckle "Live"

Overall, this is a great "classic" ZZ Top Album CD, and I highly recommend it. Thanks!!!
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Power of Fuzz
Beard are a true improvement over the previous releases (especially compared to the MTV eighties stuff), his playing is more subtle and slightly funky; in short, one of the best rock albums of the post-Hendrix's era, this is indispensable for someone who have a good ear. i confirm all the positive reviews about this record, this record has indelible qualities for it ; this is a hint of the future of music, and a real foray into the future, not like those pseudo-innovators who invented in fact nothing, this album sounds like nothing which has been done before; for completing its advantages there is a bunch a standout tracks, lousy, distorted fuzz guitar which at times sounds almost like a synthesizer (a kind of sound that you can hear at the end of a Hendrix's song on 'Electric Ladyland' called 'Gypsy's eyes); there is two excellent tracks: 'Pop Chop Sandwich' and 'Sinpusher' (a re-writing of 'Pincushion', Billy Gibbons thought that this live version was an improvement over the studio track released on 'Antenna'); for me this two songs are classics; 'Beatbox' (it begins like an electronica thing before turning into a superb guitar solo), 'Crucifixx-A-Flat' (very bizarre track, i would describe it as a cross between rap and ZZ sound), 'Dreadmonboogaloo' (experimental dance tune, ZZ here experiments with sampling) and 'Made into a movie' (slow blues, a little bit repetitive though but with a nice guitar) are also good tracks; the guitar tone and playing is superb and the drums of F.


ZZ Top XXX
Not a bad song on it. This is the best ZZTop album I have heard. I live in Utah and only hear a few ZZTop tunes on the radio. In my opinion XXX is some of their finer stuff. ZZTop forever!.


Tone,Tone and more Tone.
I've listened over and over to this CD (always) with a big smile on my face. Billy is a god of tone. No one and I mean no one rocks like ZZ.


Better than Rythmeen
But this album is another true original. Not quite as dirty as Rythmeen. The boys' darkest album yet. This one is not as roudy as Rythmeen, but better due to its understated and ominous quality. Another gem from the most underated legends in the music industry.


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