Chrome, Smoke & BBQ

At the time of its release in 2003, Chrome, Smoke & BBQ was noteworthy because it was the only CD release, except for the greatest hits album The Best of ZZ Top (1977/CD 1984), which used the original mixes of tracks from the band's first five studio albums. Other track or whole album CD releases for those five albums used remixed versions from 1987. (See The Six Pack box set.) These remixed versions displeased many fans because they significantly changed the sound from the original albums.{{cite web |last1=Gallucci |first1=Michael |title=New ZZ Top Box Will Include Original Mixes of First 10 Albums |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-box-set-original-mixes/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Townsquare Media, Inc. |access-date=22 June 2021 |ref=OriginalMixes |language=en}}

The Best of ZZ Top (1977) was first released on CD in 1984, and uses the original track mixes for the CD. It includes one track from ZZ Top's First Album, two from Rio Grande Mud, four from Tres Hombres and three from Fandango!. Tres Hombres and Fandango! were reissued on CD in 2006, and were remastered using the original mixes. Chrome, Smoke & BBQ is the first ZZ Top track compilation release to include anything from the Tejas album.

In 2013, Warner Bros. Records released the CD box set The Complete Studio Albums 1970–1990, which includes the first ten ZZ Top studio albums, all with their original mixes.{{cite web |last1=Bosso |first1=Joe |title=Billy Gibbons talks ZZ Top: The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990) |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/billy-gibbons-talks-zz-top-the-complete-studio-albums-1970-1990-575728 |website=MusicRadar |publisher=Future plc |access-date=22 June 2021 |ref=CompleteStudioAlbums}} The timeframe of that ten album box set corresponds basically with the timeframe of Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, that is, the London Records and Warner Bros. Records recording years.

All tracks are written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted.

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc one

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = You Make Me Shake

| note1 = by Moving Sidewalks

| writer1 = Gibbons

| extra1 = Flash (1969)

| length1 = 3:02

| title2 = Joe Blues

| note2 = by Moving Sidewalks

| writer2 = Gibbons, Dan Mitchell, Tom Moore, Don Summers

| extra2 = Flash

| length2 = 7:36

| title3 = Crimson Witch

| note3 = by Moving Sidewalks

| writer3 = Gibbons

| extra3 = Flash

| length3 = 3:03

| title4 = Miller's Farm

| writer4 = Gibbons

| extra4 = B-side of "Salt Lick" single (1970)

| length4 = 2:36

| title5 = Salt Lick

| writer5 = Gibbons

| extra5 = Non-album single (1970)

| length5 = 2:46

| title6 = Brown Sugar

| writer6 = Gibbons

| extra6 = ZZ Top's First Album (1971)

| length6 = 5:22

| title7 = Goin' Down to Mexico

| writer7 = Gibbons, Hill, Bill Ham

| extra7 = ZZ Top's First Album

| length7 = 3:22

| title8 = Just Got Back from Baby's

| writer8 = Gibbons, Ham

| extra8 = ZZ Top's First Album

| length8 = 4:10

| title9 = Francine

| writer9 = Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron

| extra9 = Rio Grande Mud (1972)

| length9 = 3:34

| title10 = Just Got Paid

| writer10 = Gibbons, Ham

| extra10 = Rio Grande Mud

| length10 = 4:28

| title11 = Ko Ko Blue

| extra11 = Rio Grande Mud

| length11 = 4:32

| title12 = Chevrolet

| writer12 = Gibbons

| extra12 = Rio Grande Mud

| length12 = 3:21

| title13 = Bar-B-Q

| writer13 = Gibbons, Ham

| extra13 = Rio Grande Mud

| length13 = 3:28

| title14 = Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell

| writer14 = Gibbons

| extra14 = Rio Grande Mud

| length14 = 7:20

| title15 = Whiskey 'n' Mama

| writer15 = Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham

| extra15 = Rio Grande Mud

| length15 = 3:22

| title16 = La Grange

| extra16 = Tres Hombres (1973)

| length16 = 3:53

| title17 = Waitin' for the Bus

| writer17 = Gibbons, Hill

| extra17 = Tres Hombres

| length17 = 2:53

| title18 = Jesus Just Left Chicago

| extra18 = Tres Hombres

| length18 = 3:30

| title19 = Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers

| extra19 = Tres Hombres

| length19 = 3:25

| title20 = Master of Sparks

| writer20 = Gibbons

| extra20 = Tres Hombres

| length20 = 3:30

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc two

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = Precious and Grace

| extra1 = Tres Hombres

| length1 = 3:11

| title2 = Shiek

| writer2 = Gibbons, Hill

| extra2 = Tres Hombres

| length2 = 4:06

| title3 = Thunderbird

| note3 = live

| extra3 = Fandango! (1975)

| length3 = 3:04

| title4 = Jailhouse Rock

| note4 = live

| writer4 = Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

| extra4 = Fandango!

| length4 = 1:55

| title5 = Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings

| extra5 = Fandango!

| length5 = 2:45

| title6 = Heard It on the X

| extra6 = Fandango!

| length6 = 2:26

| title7 = Blue Jean Blues

| extra7 = Fandango!

| length7 = 4:45

| title8 = Mexican Blackbird

| extra8 = Fandango!

| length8 = 3:06

| title9 = Tush

| extra9 = Fandango!

| length9 = 2:18

| title10 = It's Only Love

| extra10 = Tejas (1976)

| length10 = 4:23

| title11 = Arrested for Driving While Blind

| extra11 = Tejas

| length11 = 3:06

| title12 = El Diablo

| extra12 = Tejas

| length12 = 4:22

| title13 = Enjoy and Get It On

| extra13 = Tejas

| length13 = 3:25

| title14 = She's a Heartbreaker

| extra14 = Tejas

| length14 = 3:03

| title15 = Asleep in the Desert

| writer15 = Gibbons

| extra15 = Tejas

| length15 = 3:29

| title16 = I Thank You

| writer16 = Isaac Hayes, David Porter

| extra16 = Degüello (1979)

| length16 = 3:26

| title17 = Cheap Sunglasses

| extra17 = Degüello

| length17 = 4:48

| title18 = I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide

| extra18 = Degüello

| length18 = 4:49

| title19 = A Fool for Your Stockings

| extra19 = Degüello

| length19 = 4:15

| title20 = Degüello album radio spot

| length20 = 1:02

| title21 = Manic Mechanic

| extra21 = Degüello

| length21 = 2:38

| title22 = She Loves My Automobile

| extra22 = Degüello

| length22 = 2:24

| title23 = Leila

| extra23 = El Loco (1981)

| length23 = 3:16

| title24 = Tube Snake Boogie

| extra24 = El Loco

| length24 = 3:02

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc three

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = I Wanna Drive You Home

| extra1 = El Loco

| length1 = 4:48

| title2 = It's So Hard

| extra2 = El Loco

| length2 = 5:11

| title3 = Pearl Necklace

| extra3 = El Loco

| length3 = 4:06

| title4 = Heaven, Hell or Houston

| extra4 = El Loco

| length4 = 2:33

| title5 = Gimme All Your Lovin{{'-}}

| extra5 = Eliminator (1983)

| length5 = 4:00

| title6 = Got Me Under Pressure

| extra6 = Eliminator

| length6 = 4:01

| title7 = TV Dinners

| extra7 = Eliminator

| length7 = 3:51

| title8 = Sharp Dressed Man

| extra8 = Eliminator

| length8 = 4:14

| title9 = Legs

| note9 = single mix

| extra9 = Eliminator

| length9 = 3:36

| title10 = I Got the Six

| extra10 = Eliminator

| length10 = 2:53

| title11 = Dirty Dog

| extra11 = Eliminator

| length11 = 4:03

| title12 = If I Could Only Flag Her Down

| extra12 = Eliminator

| length12 = 3:42

| title13 = Sleeping Bag

| extra13 = Afterburner (1985)

| length13 = 4:04

| title14 = Stages

| extra14 = Afterburner

| length14 = 3:34

| title15 = Woke Up with Wood

| extra15 = Afterburner

| length15 = 3:47

| title16 = Rough Boy

| extra16 = Afterburner

| length16 = 4:52

| title17 = Can't Stop Rockin{{'-}}

| extra17 = Afterburner

| length17 = 3:05

| title18 = Planet of Women

| extra18 = Afterburner

| length18 = 4:09

| title19 = Velcro Fly

| extra19 = Afterburner

| length19 = 3:31

| title20 = Delirious

| extra20 = Afterburner

| length20 = 3:40

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc four

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = Concrete and Steel

| extra1 = Recycler (1990)

| length1 = 3:50

| title2 = Lovething

| extra2 = Recycler

| length2 = 3:26

| title3 = Penthouse Eyes

| extra3 = Recycler

| length3 = 3:50

| title4 = My Head's in Mississippi

| extra4 = Recycler

| length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Give It Up

| extra5 = Recycler

| length5 = 3:32

| title6 = Doubleback

| extra6 = Recycler

| length6 = 3:58

| title7 = 2000 Blues

| extra7 = Recycler

| length7 = 4:42

| title8 = Reverberation (Doubt)

| writer8 = Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland

| extra8 = Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson (1990)

| length8 = 3:03

| title9 = Viva Las Vegas

| writer9 = Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman

| extra9 = Greatest Hits (1992)

| length9 = 4:46

| title10 = Gun Love

| extra10 = Greatest Hits

| length10 = 3:42

| title11 = Francine

| note11 = Spanish version

| writer11 = Gibbons, Cordray, Perron

| extra11 = "Francine" single (1972)

| length11 = 2:56

| title12 = Cheap Sunglasses

| note12 = live

| extra12 = "Cheap Sunglasses" single (1979)

| length12 = 5:14

| title13 = Legs

| note13 = dance mix

| extra13 = "Legs" single (1984)

| length13 = 7:57

| title14 = Viva Las Vegas

| note14 = 12" remix

| writer14 = Pomus, Shuman

| extra14 = "Viva La Vegas" single (1992)

| length14 = 8:39

| title15 = Give It Up

| note15 = 2,800 Mile remix

| extra15 = "Give It Up" single (1990)

| length15 = 6:25

| title16 = Velcro Fly

| note16 = 12" remix

| extra16 = "Velcro Fly" single (1986)

| length16 = 6:38

}}

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
• Dusty Hill - bass, keyboards, vocals
• Frank Beard - drums, percussion

• Steve Ames – Producer
• James Austin – Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
• Robin Brian – Engineer
• Neal Ceppos – Mixing
• Bert Frilot – Engineer
• Bill Ham – Producer, Executive Producer
• Joe Hardy – Engineer
• Doyle E. Jones – Engineer
• Terry Kane – Engineer
• Bob Ludwig – Engineer
• Terry Manning – Engineer
• Larry Nix – Engineer
• Jim Reeves – Engineer

• Bob Alford – Photography
• Hugh Brown – Photography
• George Craig – Photography
• George DuBose – Photography
• Ross Halfin – Photography
• Mika Hashimoto – Photography
• Lee – Photography
• Dee Lippingwell – Photography
• Tony Mottram – Photography
• Bill Reitzel – Photography
• Bill Straus – Photography
• Jodi Summers – Photography
• Charlyn Zlotnik – Photography

• Farrah Fawcett – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• David Lynch – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• Bob Merlis – Interviewer
• Ann Richards – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• Kid Rock – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• Billy Bob Thornton – Quotes Researched & Compiled
• Tom Vickers – Liner Notes
• Dwight Yoakam – Quotes Researched & Compiled

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