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ZZ Top - Tres Hombres Audio CD

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

Tracks: 1: Waitin' for the Bus 2: Jesus Just Left Chicago 3: Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers 4: Master of Sparks 5: Hot, Blue and Righteous 6: Move Me on Down the Line 7: Precious and Grace 8: Grange 9: Sheik 10: Have You Heard? 11: Waitin' for the Bus [Live][*] 12: Jesus Just Left Chicago [Live][*] 13: Grange [Live][*]

Disappointed by a mastering error
Nor is it for the mix: the original mix as intended by the artist at the time of recording has indeed been restored. My 2-star rating isn't for the material: ZZ Top's seminal work merits 4-5 stars. My gripe concerns the remastering. There's an error in "LaGrange" at 2:22: in the process of "cleaning up" the original master to create a master for CD, about 1/4 second or 1-2 beats of Frank Beard's fill has been deleted. Most may not notice it, but being a drummer and having the song committed to memory, this error sticks out like a sore thumb, and now makes me question the integrity rest of the material, with which (with the exception of Bus/Jesus) I and other most casual fans are probably not quite so familiar. Bottom line: If you're intent is to buy "LaGrange," arguably the song that best defines ZZ Top, get "Best of ZZ Top" or a vinyl copy instead and you won't miss a beat.
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ZZ TOP TRES HOMBRE Review
I have been a zz top fan since the 1970's and 1980's This cd is not really hard rock as hard rock goes but is like mild rock. I Like this cd a lot. ZZ Top has put this cd together so that you can listen to it without you ears ringing afterwards. The songs on it are put together really well. I think ZZ Top is still a good group to listen to and are well worth the money to go see them in concert which I have done. I think buying this cd is well worth the money. Signed, Phil Hitchcock

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the best version of their breakout work
Hearing Waitin For The Bus took me by the back of the neck, shook me, and woke me up. It's 1973 and I'm a 19 year old in college. Having seen the Top 1. 5 years before when they were touring to support Rio Grande Mud, I had no idea they would mature so quickly. This is the first CD version to compare to the LP I listened to that day. Get it if you don't have it! .


master of sparks
this recording is the pinnacle of the art movement and mind set defined by the 13th floor elevators, jimi hendrix, little walter horton, muddy waters, howlin' wolf, lightnin' hopkins, and of course the infinite number of acid cracked/backwoods beard strokers & homo sapiens soaking up this swamp mix around the world. tres hombres encapsulates the 10 - 15 years of pentatonic blues/garage rock/lsd laced musical exploration from the late 60's/early 70's into less than 40 crackling minutes. listening today brings back the paradoxical appreciation of Molly's chalupas, cervezas, and 4 way hits to nirvana. i thought i'd breathed my last breath!

as Billy sez. . . . think about it.


ZZ Top's Best Album Is Finally Available On CD In Its Original Mix
Previously, in order to hear it without all the electronics, you had to own either the vinyl or cassette version, because the only CDs available had been remixed and tricked-up. TRES HOMBRES, ZZ Top's third, and best, album, is finally available on CD in its original mix. That's a shame, because the album is truly a down 'n' dirty Texas blues-rock album with pure roots that were obscured on the original CDs. Moreover, the band's advocacies of sanctions against countries that convict foreign visitors for trumped-up crimes, capital punishment/life without parole for aggravated kidnapping, and increased funding for law enforcement make it especially gratifying that their best album is now available on CD as it was originally meant to be heard.


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