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2004 greatest hits album by ZZ Top
Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top is a
greatest hits album by the
rock band
ZZ Top . It was released in
2004 on
Rhino Entertainment . The title is a
portmanteau of "texan" and "mexicano", meaning "Tex-mex Ranch". [
citation needed ] The 2-CD compilation is essentially a pared-down version of the 4-CD box set
Chrome, Smoke & BBQ , released the previous year. All songs are original mixes that have been digitally remastered.
Track listing
All tracks are written by
Billy Gibbons ,
Dusty Hill and
Frank Beard , except where noted.
Disc one Title Writer(s) Original album 1. "Brown Sugar" Gibbons
ZZ Top's First Album (1971)5:22 2. "Goin' Down to Mexico" Gibbons, Hill,
Bill Ham ZZ Top's First Album 3:22 3. "Just Got Back from Baby's" Gibbons, Ham ZZ Top's First Album 4:10 4. "
Francine " Gibbons,
Kenny Cordray , Steve Perron
Rio Grande Mud (1972)3:34 5. "Just Got Paid" Gibbons, Ham Rio Grande Mud 4:28 6. "Bar-B-Q" Gibbons, Ham Rio Grande Mud 3:28 7. "
La Grange "
Tres Hombres (1973)3:53 8. "Waitin' for the Bus" Gibbons, Hill Tres Hombres 2:53 9. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" Tres Hombres 3:30 10. "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" Tres Hombres 3:25 11. "Mexican Blackbird"
Fandango! (1975)3:06 12. "
Tush " Fandango! 2:18 13. "Thunderbird" (live) Fandango! 3:04 14. "Blue Jean Blues" Fandango! 4:45 15. "Heard It on the X" Fandango! 2:26 16. "It's Only Love"
Tejas (1976)4:23 17. "Arrested for Driving While Blind" Tejas 3:06 18. "
I Thank You "
Isaac Hayes ,
David Porter
Degüello (1979)3:26 19. "
Cheap Sunglasses " Degüello 4:48 20. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" Degüello 4:49 21. "A Fool for Your Stockings" Degüello 4:15
Personnel
Billy Gibbons -
guitar ,
vocals
Dusty Hill -
bass ,
keyboards ,
backing vocals , lead vocals on "Goin' Down to Mexico", "Tush", and "Viva Las Vegas", co-lead vocals on "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers", "Heard It on the X", and "It's Only Love"
Frank Beard -
drums ,
percussion
Charts
Album -
Billboard (United States)
Year
Chart
Position
2004
The Billboard 200
[3]
77
2012
30
Certifications
References
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas.
"Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top- ZZ Top" . AllMusic . Retrieved September 17, 2018 .
^
Cross, Charles R. (2004). "ZZ Top". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.).
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.).
Simon & Schuster . pp.
907-8 .
ISBN
0-7432-0169-8 .
^ Grein, Paul (August 1, 2012).
"Chart Watch: Week Ending July 29, 2012. Albums: Dog Days Of Summer" . Yahoo! . Retrieved September 7, 2013 .
^
"British album certifications – ZZ Top – Rancho Texicano" .
British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
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