Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
{{Infobox album
| name = Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
| type = Greatest hits
| artist = ZZ Top
| cover = ZZ Top - Rancho Texicano.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 8, 2004
| recorded = 1970–1992
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 153:54
| label = Rhino
| producer = Bill Ham
| prev_title = Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Live from Texas
| next_year = 2008
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rancho-texicano-the-very-best-of-zz-top-mw0000453288 |title=Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top- ZZ Top |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |website=AllMusic |access-date=September 17, 2018}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=ZZ Top|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/907 907-8]}}
| rev4 = Tom Hull
| rev4score = A−{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: ZZ Top |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=zz+top| publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=7 December 2020}}
}}
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. {{cn span |text=The title is a portmanteau of "texan" and "mexicano", meaning "Tex-mex Ranch".|date=March 2024}} 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.
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc one
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Brown Sugar
| writer1 = Gibbons
| extra1 = ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
| length1 = 5:22
| title2 = Goin' Down to Mexico
| writer2 = Gibbons, Hill, Bill Ham
| extra2 = ZZ Top's First Album
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Just Got Back from Baby's
| writer3 = Gibbons, Ham
| extra3 = ZZ Top's First Album
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Francine
| writer4 = Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron
| extra4 = Rio Grande Mud (1972)
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Just Got Paid
| writer5 = Gibbons, Ham
| extra5 = Rio Grande Mud
| length5 = 4:28
| title6 = Bar-B-Q
| writer6 = Gibbons, Ham
| extra6 = Rio Grande Mud
| length6 = 3:28
| title7 = La Grange
| extra7 = Tres Hombres (1973)
| length7 = 3:53
| title8 = Waitin' for the Bus
| writer8 = Gibbons, Hill
| extra8 = Tres Hombres
| length8 = 2:53
| title9 = Jesus Just Left Chicago
| extra9 = Tres Hombres
| length9 = 3:30
| title10 = Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
| extra10 = Tres Hombres
| length10 = 3:25
| title11 = Mexican Blackbird
| extra11 = Fandango! (1975)
| length11 = 3:06
| title12 = Tush
| extra12 = Fandango!
| length12 = 2:18
| title13 = Thunderbird
| note13 = live
| extra13 = Fandango!
| length13 = 3:04
| title14 = Blue Jean Blues
| extra14 = Fandango!
| length14 = 4:45
| title15 = Heard It on the X
| extra15 = Fandango!
| length15 = 2:26
| title16 = It's Only Love
| extra16 = Tejas (1976)
| length16 = 4:23
| title17 = Arrested for Driving While Blind
| extra17 = Tejas
| length17 = 3:06
| title18 = I Thank You
| writer18 = Isaac Hayes, David Porter
| extra18 = Degüello (1979)
| length18 = 3:26
| title19 = Cheap Sunglasses
| extra19 = Degüello
| length19 = 4:48
| title20 = I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
| extra20 = Degüello
| length20 = 4:49
| title21 = A Fool for Your Stockings
| extra21 = Degüello
| length21 = 4:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc two
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Tube Snake Boogie
| extra1 = El Loco (1981)
| length1 = 3:02
| title2 = Pearl Necklace
| extra2 = El Loco
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = Gimme All Your Lovin{{'-}}
| extra3 = Eliminator (1983)
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = Sharp Dressed Man
| extra4 = Eliminator
| length4 = 4:01
| title5 = Legs
| note5 = single mix
| extra5 = Eliminator
| length5 = 3:36
| title6 = Got Me Under Pressure
| extra6 = Eliminator
| length6 = 4:01
| title7 = Sleeping Bag
| extra7 = Afterburner (1985)
| length7 = 4:04
| title8 = Stages
| extra8 = Afterburner
| length8 = 3:34
| title9 = Rough Boy
| extra9 = Afterburner
| length9 = 4:52
| title10 = Velcro Fly
| extra10 = Afterburner
| length10 = 3:31
| title11 = Woke Up with Wood
| extra11 = Afterburner
| length11 = 3:47
| title12 = Doubleback
| extra12 = Recycler (1990)
| length12 = 3:58
| title13 = My Head's in Mississippi
| extra13 = Recycler
| length13 = 4:20
| title14 = Viva Las Vegas
| writer14 = Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
| extra14 = Greatest Hits (1992)
| length14 = 4:46
| title15 = Cheap Sunglasses
| note15 = live
| extra15 = "Cheap Sunglasses" single (1979)
| length15 = 5:14
| title16 = Legs
| note16 = dance mix
| extra16 = "Legs" single (1984)
| length16 = 7:57
| title17 = Velcro Fly
| note17 = 12" remix
| extra17 = "Velcro Fly" single (1986)
| length17 = 6:38
}}
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)
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Chart !Position |
| 2004
|align="center"|77 |
| 2012
|align="center"|30 |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=ZZ Top|title=Rancho Texicano|award=Silver|certyear=2010|relyear=2004|id=8668-140-2|access-date=December 10, 2019}}
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References
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{{ZZ Top}}
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Category:2004 greatest hits albums
Category:ZZ Top compilation albums