ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends
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| name = ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends
| type = compilation
| artist = Various artists
| cover = ZZ Top_album_2011.jpg
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| released = {{start date|2011|10|11}}
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| genre = Rock
| length = 45:37
| label = RCA
| producer = Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Howard Benson
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ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends is the fourth tribute album to honor American blues-rock band ZZ Top. It includes performances from Daughtry, Nickelback, Wolfmother, Filter and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith among others.
Background information
The album includes 11 cover tracks such as "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Legs," a combination of two songs "Waitin' for the Bus"/"Jesus Just Left Chicago" and "La Grange."
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web | last = Thomas Erlewine | first = Stephen | author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | title = ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends Review | publisher = Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi) | access-date = 2011-10-07 | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2254094/review|pure_url=yes}}}}
|rev2 = American Songwriter
|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web | last = Gil de Rubio | first = Dave | title = Various Artists: ZZ Top — A Tribute from Friends | work = American Songwriter | date = October 18, 2011 | access-date = 2011-10-07 | url = http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/10/various-artists-zz-top-a-tribute-from-friends/}}
|rev3 = Classic Rock Revisited
|rev4 = HitFix
|rev4score = (mixed){{Cite web | last = Newman | first = Melinda | title = Album Review: Daughtry, Mastodon, Nickelback, Grace Potter and Steven Tyler salute ZZ Top | work = HitFix | date = October 17, 2011 | access-date = 2011-10-07 | url = http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/album-review-daughtry-mastadon-nickelback-salute-zz-top}}
|rev5 = Loudwire
|rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web | last = Conaway | first = Alanna | title = ZZ Top, 'A Tribute From Friends' – Album Review | publisher = Loudwire.com | access-date = 2011-10-07 | url = http://loudwire.com/zz-top-a-tribute-from-friends-album-review/}}
|rev6 = The Oklahoman
|rev6score = (mixed){{Cite web | last = Triplett | first = Gene | title = CD review: Various artists, 'ZZ Top: A Tribute From Friends' | work = The Oklahoman | date = October 28, 2011 | access-date = 2011-10-07 | url = http://newsok.com/cd-review-various-artists-zz-top-a-tribute-from-friends/article/3617444?custom_click=headlines_widget}}
}}
Upon release, ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends debuted at number 121 on the Billboard 200, and number 8 on the Top Hard Rock Albums, selling 4,000 copies.{{Cite web | last = Mansfield | first = Brian | title = Lauren Alaina's 69,000 sales mean a top-five debut | work = USA Today | publisher = Gannett Company | date = October 19, 2011 | access-date = 2011-10-07 | url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/10/lauren-alaina-scotty-mccreery-sales-debut/1}}{{Cite web | title = ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends Charts | publisher = Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi) | access-date = 2011-10-07 | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2254094/charts-awards/billboard-album|pure_url=yes}}}} The album also debuted at number 151 on the Canadian Albums Chart.{{Cite web | title = Nielsen SoundScan Charts | publisher = Canadian Online Explorer. Sun Media | access-date = 2011-10-07 | url = http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html| archive-url = https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html| url-status = usurped| archive-date = December 26, 2004}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| extra_column = Artists
| title1 = Sharp Dressed Man
| extra1 = The M.O.B. (Steven Tyler, Mick Fleetwood,{{Cite web|url=http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/show_interview.php?id=109|title = CRR Interview - Sharp Dressed Men: Mick Fleetwood on the New Zz Top Tribute Album}} John McVie, Jonny Lang, Brett Tuggle)
| length1 = 4:03
| title2 = Gimme All Your Lovin'
| extra2 = Filter
| length2 = 3:10
| title3 = Tush
| extra3 = Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
| length3 = 2:49
| title4 = Legs
| extra4 = Nickelback
| length4 = 3:15
| title5 = Cheap Sunglasses
| extra5 = Wolfmother
| length5 = 4:14
| title6 = Got Me Under Pressure
| extra6 = Loaded
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
| extra7 = Coheed and Cambria
| length7 = 3:13
| title8 = Just Got Paid
| extra8 = Mastodon (Billy Gibbons, guitar {{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-ZZ-Top-A-Tribute-From-Friends/release/3863056|title = ZZ Top - A Tribute from Friends (2011, CD)|website = Discogs}})
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = Rough Boy
| extra9 = Wyclef Jean
| length9 = 3:05
| title10 = Waitin' for the Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago
| extra10 = Daughtry
| length10 = 6:31
| title11 = La Grange
| extra11 = Jamey Johnson (Billy Gibbons, vocals and guitar {{Cite web |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/billy-gibbons-talks-about-the-new-zz-top-tribute-album-503887/4 |title=Billy Gibbons talks about the new ZZ Top tribute album | Jamey Johnson - la Grange | MusicRadar.com |access-date=2015-06-17 |archive-date=2011-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118232438/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/billy-gibbons-talks-about-the-new-zz-top-tribute-album-503887/4 |url-status=dead }})
| length11 = 8:04
}}
References
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{{ZZ Top}}
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Category:2011 compilation albums
Category:ZZ Top tribute albums