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ZZ Top discography
ZZ Top in 2008. From left to right: Dusty Hill, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons.
Studio albums15
Live albums4
Compilation albums6
Video albums4
EPs3
Singles38

The following is a comprehensive discography of ZZ Top, an American rock band. They have released 15 studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums and 38 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications [1]
( sales threshold)
US
[2]
AUS
[3] [4]
AUT
[5]
CAN
[6]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
UK
[12]
1971 ZZ Top's First Album
[A]
1972 Rio Grande Mud
  • Release date: April 4, 1972
  • Label: London Records
104 90
1973 Tres Hombres
  • Release date: July 26, 1973
  • Label: London Records
8 36 13
1975 Fandango!
  • Release date: April 18, 1975
  • Label: London Records
10 61 1 60
  • US: Gold [14]
  • CAN: Platinum
1976 Tejas
  • Release date: November 29, 1976
  • Label: London Records
17 72 3 21
1979 Degüello
24 100 19 5
1981 El Loco
  • Release date: July 20, 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
17 19 52 26 88
1983 Eliminator
  • Release date: March 23, 1983
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
9 2 2 25 13 13 11 3
  • US: Diamond [14]
  • AUT: Gold [16]
  • CAN: Diamond
  • AUS: 4× Platinum [17]
  • FIN: Platinum [18]
  • GER: 3× Gold [15]
  • FRA: 2× Platinum
  • UK: 4× Platinum [19]
1985 Afterburner
  • Release date: October 28, 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
4 6 18 1 3 8 3 2 2
  • US: 5× Platinum [14]
  • AUS: 2× Platinum [20]
  • GER: 3× Gold [15]
  • FIN: Platinum [18]
  • FRA: Gold
  • UK: Platinum [19]
1990 Recycler
  • Release date: October 16, 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
6 27 15 10 4 2 2 1 8
  • US: Platinum [14]
  • CAN: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum [18]
  • GER: Platinum [15]
  • SWI: Platinum [21]
  • UK: Silver [19]
  • FRA: 2× Gold
1994 Antenna
14 40 2 12 3 4 1 3 3
  • US: Platinum [14]
  • AUT: Gold [16]
  • CAN: Gold
  • FIN: Gold [18]
  • FRA: Gold
  • GER: Gold [15]
  • NOR: Gold
  • SWI: Gold [21]
1996 Rhythmeen
  • Release date: September 17, 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
29 31 38 14 9 15 6 8 32
1999 XXX
  • Release date: September 28, 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
100 50 11 26 23
2003 Mescalero
  • Release date: September 9, 2003
  • Label: RCA Records
57 33 46 9 21 22 22
2012 La Futura
6 7 7 13 5 7 11 4 29
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[2]
AUT
[5]
BEL
[22]
FIN
[23]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[24]
SWI
[11]
UK
[12]
2008 Live from Texas
145
2011 Live in Germany 1980
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Eagle Rock
2016 Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World
  • Released: September 9, 2016
  • Label: Suretone
111 50 108 89 35 139 30 50
2022 Raw ('That Little Ol' Band from Texas' Original Soundtrack)
141
[26]
19 85 37 102 3 5 81
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[2]
AUS
[3] [4]
AUT
[5]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[24]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
UK
[12]
1977 The Best of ZZ Top
  • Released: March 21, 1977
  • Label: London Records
94 44
  • US: 2× Platinum [14]
1992 Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 14, 1992
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
9 2 2 4 7 7 2 1 5
  • US: 3× Platinum [14]
  • AUS: 4× Platinum [17]
  • AUT: Platinum [16]
  • BEL: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum [18]
  • FRA: Diamond
  • GER: 3× Gold [15]
  • SWI: Platinum [21]
  • UK: Platinum [19]
1994 One Foot in the Blues
  • Released: November 22, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
47 25 28
2004 Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
30 178
2014 The Very Baddest
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: Warner Brothers
95 200 82 48
2019 Goin' 50
  • Released: June 14, 2019
  • Label: Warner Records Inc.
129
[27]
28 22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
GER
[8]
SWI
[11]
1992 Greatest Hits: The Video Collection
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Warner Music Vision
2008 Live from Texas
  • Released: October 28, 2008
  • Label: Eagle Rock
21 2
  • US: 2× Multi-Platinum [14]
  • CAN: 5× Multi-Platinum [28]
  • GER: Platinum [29]
  • AUS: Gold [30]
  • FIN: Gold [18]
2009 Double Down Live: 1980 & 2008
  • Released: October 20, 2009
  • Label: Eagle Rock
60 8
2014 Live at Montreux 2013
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: Eagle Rock
35 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

Year Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[3]
FIN
[23]
GER
[8]
SWE
[10]
1987 The Six Pack
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
99
2003 Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
  • Released: October 14, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
2013 The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990
  • Released: June 7, 2013
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
40 88 38
2017 Cinco: The First Five LPs
  • Released: June 9, 2017
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
2018 Cinco №2: The Second Five LPs
  • Released: June 1, 2018
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs

Year EP Peak chart positions [31] [32] [33]
US
[2]
IRE
[34]
NOR
[9]
NZ
[35] [36]
UK
[12]
1985 The ZZ Top Summer Holiday E.P. 23 24 51
1987 Club 6
2012 Texicali 106 35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions [31] [32] [33] Certifications Album
US
[2]
AUS
[3] [4]
CAN GER
[8]
IRE
[34]
NLD
[37]
NZ
[35]
SWE
[38]
SWI
[39]
UK
[12]
1969 "Salt Lick"
b/w "Miller's Farm"
Non-album single
1970 "(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree" ZZ Top's First Album
1972 " Francine" 69 Rio Grande Mud
1973 " La Grange" 41 18 34 Tres Hombres
"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers"
1975 " Tush" 20 87 14 Fandango!
1976 " It's Only Love" 44 55 Tejas
1977 " Arrested for Driving While Blind" 91 86
"Enjoy and Get It On" 105 87
1980 " I Thank You" 34 52 Degüello
" Cheap Sunglasses" 89
1981 " Leila" 77 El Loco
" Tube Snake Boogie" 103
1983 " Gimme All Your Lovin'" 37 82 39 9 3 10 Eliminator
" Sharp Dressed Man" 56 66 8 8 22
" TV Dinners" 67
1984 " Legs" 8 6 9 9 19 7 16
1985
" Sleeping Bag" 8 36 18 40 14 13 13 27 Afterburner
" Stages" 21 63 42 23 40 43
1986 " Rough Boy" 22 84 58 23 81 38 23
" Velcro Fly" 35 68 10 54
1987 "Planet Of Women"
1990 " Doubleback" 50 41 14 33 28 9 13 29 Recycler
"Concrete and Steel" 35
" My Head's in Mississippi" 166 [40] 79 37
"Give It Up" 79 106 [41] 33 69
1991 "Burger Man"
1992 " Viva Las Vegas" 28 34 34 8 27 17 7 20 10 Greatest Hits
1994 " Pincushion" 124 32 33 11 40 15 Antenna
"Breakaway" 42 60
"PCH"
"Fuzzbox Voodoo"
1996 " She's Just Killing Me" 34 Rhythmeen
" What's Up with That" 7 58
"Bang Bang" 35
1999 "Fearless Boogie" 13 XXX
2000 "36-22-36"
2003 "Piece" Mescalero
2012 "I Gotsta Get Paid" La Futura
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, "x" denotes when chart did not exist

As featured artist

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
GER
[8]
BEL
[42]
SWI
[39]
UK
[12]
1999 " Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000"
(Martay feat. ZZ Top)
39 56 33 28 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Promo singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Main
[2]
1985 "Can't Stop Rockin'" 8 Afterburner
1986 "Delirious" 16
"Woke Up with Wood" 18
1990 "Decision or Collison" 14 Recycler
1994 "Girl in a T-Shirt" 27 Antenna
1997 "Rhythmeen" 35 Rhythmeen
"Loaded" -
2000 "Poke Chop Sandwich" - XXX
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Main
[2]
1981 " Pearl Necklace" 28 El Loco
1983 " Got Me Under Pressure" 18 Eliminator
1992 "Gun Love" 8 Greatest Hits
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

Year Song Album Artist Notes
1990 "Reverberation (Doubt)" Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson Various artists The 13th Floor Elevators cover
2003 "She Loves My Automobile"
(Willie Nelson with ZZ Top)
Live and Kickin' Willie Nelson & Friends Live recording
2016 "Waiting for the Bus" / "Jesus Just Left Chicago" Crossroads Revisited: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festivals Eric Clapton and Guests Live recordings

Notes

  1. ^ ZZ Top's First Album did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at #201 on the Bubbling Under the Top LP's chart. [13]

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