ZZ Top - ZZ Top's First Album (1971) {1990, Japan 1st Press}
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Boogie Rock, Blues Rock, Texas Blues | Warner Music Japan #WPCP-3980
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 219 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 86 Mb
Scans Included | 00:34:16 | RAR 5% Recovery
Boogie Rock, Blues Rock, Texas Blues | Warner Music Japan #WPCP-3980
ZZ Top's First Album may not be perfectly polished, but it does establish their sound, attitude, and quirks. Simply put, it's a dirty little blues-rock record, filled with fuzzy guitars, barrelhouse rhythms, dirty jokes, and Texan slang. They have a good, ballsy sound that hits at gut level, and if the record's not entirely satisfying, it's because they're still learning how to craft records – which means that they're still learning pacing as much as they're learning how to assemble a set of indelible material. Too much of this record glides by on its sound, without offering any true substance, but the tracks that really work – "(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree," "Backdoor Love Affair," "Brown Sugar," and "Goin' Down to Mexico," among them – show that from their very first record on, ZZ Top was that lil' ol' blues band from Texas.