The Best of ZZ Top
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Best of ZZ Top (10 Legendary Texas Tales)
| type = greatest
| artist = ZZ Top
| cover = ZZ Top - The Best of ZZ Top.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 26, 1977
| recorded = 1970–1975
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = 34:21
| label = London Records
| producer = Bill Ham
| prev_title = Tejas
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Degüello
| next_year = 1979
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r22730|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=0-89919-026-X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: Z|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=Z&bk=70|accessdate=March 9, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|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 = B{{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}}
}}
The Best of ZZ Top (10 Legendary Texas Tales) is a greatest hits album by American rock band ZZ Top, released November 26, 1977.Billboard Magazine November 26, 1977, Issue, Album review – page 94. Spanning the years from 1971 to 1975, this compilation album does not contain any songs from Tejas, which was released the year before.
Track listing
{{track list
|headline = Side one
|extra_column = Original album
|title1 = Tush
|writer1 = Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard
|extra1 = Fandango! (1975)
|length1 = 2:14
|title2 = Waitin' for the Bus
|writer2 = Gibbons, Hill
|extra2 = Tres Hombres (1973)
|length2 = 2:59
|title3 = Jesus Just Left Chicago
|writer3 = Gibbons, Hill, Beard
|extra3 = Tres Hombres
|length3 = 3:29
|title4 = Francine
|writer4 = Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron
|extra4 = Rio Grande Mud (1972)
|length4 = 3:33
|title5 = Just Got Paid
|writer5 = Gibbons, Bill Ham
|extra5 = Rio Grande Mud
|length5 = 4:27
}}
{{track list
|headline = Side two
|extra_column = Original album
|title1 = La Grange
|writer1 = Gibbons, Hill, Beard
|extra1 = Tres Hombres
|length1 = 3:51
|title2 = Blue Jean Blues
|writer2 = Gibbons, Hill, Beard
|extra2 = Fandango!
|length2 = 4:42
|title3 = Backdoor Love Affair
|writer3 = Gibbons, Ham
|extra3 = ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
|length3 = 3:20
|title4 = Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
|writer4 = Gibbons, Hill, Beard
|extra4 = Tres Hombres
|length4 = 3:23
|title5 = Heard It on the X
|writer5 = Gibbons, Hill, Beard
|extra5 = Fandango!
|length5 = 2:23
}}
Personnel
- Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
- Dusty Hill – bass, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Tush", co-lead vocals on "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" and "Heard It on the X"
- Frank Beard – drums, percussion
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Chart (1977) ! Peak |
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|94|artist=ZZ Top|rowheader=true|accessdate=November, 8 2023}} |
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! Chart (1984) ! Peak |
| scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=348}}
| align="center"| 44 |
|---|
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Chart (2024) ! Peak |
| scope="row"| Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ){{cite web |title=Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 18. hét |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista-fizikai-hanghordozok/2024/18 |publisher=MAHASZ |access-date=9 May 2024}}
| align="center"| 17 |
|---|
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=ZZ Top|title=The Best of ZZ Top|relyear=1977|certyear=1987|award=Gold|certref={{cite web |url=https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/490/lot/214191|date=November 15, 2023|title=Dusty Hill The Best of ZZ Top Australian Record Award}}}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=ZZ Top|title=Best Of ZZ Top|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1994|relyear=1977|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}
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References
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Category:1977 greatest hits albums
Category:Albums produced by Bill Ham