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ZZ Top - Fandango! Audio CD

A fair review of the ZZ Top "Fandango!" 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: Fandango!
Rating:
Release Date: 2006-02-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Thunderbird 2: Jailhouse Rock 3: Backdoor Medley: Backdoor Love Affair/Mellow Down Easy/Backdoor ... 4: Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings 5: Blue Jean Blues 6: Balinese 7: Mexican Blackbird 8: Heard It on the X 9: Tush 10: Heard It on the X [Live][*] 11: Jailhouse Rock [Live][*] 12: Tush [Live][*]

FANDANGO! Is Finally Back To Its Original Mix On CD
The remastering is warm and thick, and you can actually hear every instrument without all the electronic trickery, which is great. It's great to see FANDANGO! restored to its original mix, which had previously been available only on LP and cassette, on CD. The fact that the band's members advocate sanctions on countries which falsely convict foreign visitors, capital punishment/life without parole for aggravated kidnapping, and increased law-enforcement funding makes me hope that the first two albums and TEJAS will get the same treatment as TRES HOMBRES and this one have received.


It changed my life!
While I was stationed in Germany in the early 70s, a friend lent me "Fandango" and "Tres Hombres. OK, maybe "Fandango" only had a profound influence on my taste in music. " (When we get together, he asks me when I plan to return them. I tell him there are two chances of that happening: Fat and none. ) I've been a fan ever since. There are many purveyors of Texas-style rock, but none of the others make me just wanna to get up and boogie the way Billy Gibbons (& Pearly, mercy me!), Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard do. ZZ Top's pre-MTV stuff is raw, raunchy, straight to the gut, b**s-to-the-wall, kick-a** rock & roll. Unlike some fans, I think their MTV/RWG (Really Weird Guitars) output is great, too, but nothing matches the foundation they laid down on their early vinyl. So grab a Lone Star long-neck, crank it to 11, and boogie!.


Gotta mella out.......
ZZ Top - Fandango, right till the end!!! Watch your speedometer when jammin' on this CD! I'm pleased!.


Excellent CD
It has been remastered. The CD has excellent Sound qulaity. Frankly I was l little concerned because I read other reviews that stated they went overboard with the effects. It just sounds clean and balanced to me. Plus you get previousley unreleased versions of Tush and Jailhouse rock.


Classic Old School ZZ Top


This album is so deep it could count as a Greatest Hits for many other bands. This is classic Old School ZZ Top? How old school? They don't have the trademark beards on the album covers. Jailhouse Rock covers the Elvis classic. Backdoor Medley, a compilation of John Lee Hooker blues tunes, is my favorite of the batch. Mexican Blackbird is another great tune - is she a lady or a car? Tush, I heard it on the X and Blue Jeans Blues are all true classics - they've survived the test of time and are still staples of their concerts, and classic rock airwaves.

The album's a must for any ZZ Top or Blues Rock afficianado!.


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