ELIMINATOR is the eighth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1983 . It was the band's most successful album, having reached Diamond status. The album is a successful blend of blues rock and analog synthesizers. In 1989, it was ranked #39 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's. In 2003, the album was ranked number 396 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In the U.K., it was the band's first album to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry, attaining Silver (60,000 units) in 1984. By the year end, it was certified Platinum (300,000 units) and currently it is certified 4x Platinum.
"Thug" was featured in the 2008 video game GRAND THEFT AUTO IV.
ELIMINATOR, with its churning guitars and synthesizer hooks, was on the album charts for over a year, and had hits with "Sharp Dressed Man," "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Legs." The album and its accompanying videos were ubiquitous in 1983, on television ZZ Top was seen on MTV, "St. Elsewhere," even on the TONIGHT SHOW.
1983 was the year ZZ Top went from being everyone's favourite bar-room boogie band to international superstars. Graced with mind-boggling and incredibly photogenic beards, a very neat trilogy of sexy videos and a collective ear for a quite distinct and highly stylized, if somewhat grizzled blues/pop, the sudden enormity of their success seems in retrospect like no real surprise.
ZZ Top:
Billy Gibbons (guitar, vocals); Dusty Hill (bass, synthesizers, vocals); Frank Beard (drums, percussion).
Engineered by Terry Manning & Bob Ludwig. Produced by Bill Ham.
Track Listing:
1. Gimme All Your Lovin' - 3:59 2. Got Me Under Pressure - 3:59 3. Sharp Dressed Man - 4:13 4. I Need You Tonight - 6:14 5. I Got the Six - 2:52 6. Legs - 4:35 7. Thug - 4:17 8. TV Dinners - 3:50 9. Dirty Dog - 4:05 10. If I Could Only Flag Her Down - 3:40 11. Bad Girl - 3:16
Eliminator (1983)
ReplyDeleteZZ Top
Album Description:
ELIMINATOR is the eighth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1983 . It was the band's most successful album, having reached Diamond status. The album is a successful blend of blues rock and analog synthesizers. In 1989, it was ranked #39 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's. In 2003, the album was ranked number 396 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In the U.K., it was the band's first album to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry, attaining Silver (60,000 units) in 1984. By the year end, it was certified Platinum (300,000 units) and currently it is certified 4x Platinum.
"Thug" was featured in the 2008 video game GRAND THEFT AUTO IV.
ELIMINATOR, with its churning guitars and synthesizer hooks, was on the album charts for over a year, and had hits with "Sharp Dressed Man," "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Legs." The album and its accompanying videos were ubiquitous in 1983, on television ZZ Top was seen on MTV, "St. Elsewhere," even on the TONIGHT SHOW.
1983 was the year ZZ Top went from being everyone's favourite bar-room boogie band to international superstars. Graced with mind-boggling and incredibly photogenic beards, a very neat trilogy of sexy videos and a collective ear for a quite distinct and highly stylized, if somewhat grizzled blues/pop, the sudden enormity of their success seems in retrospect like no real surprise.
ZZ Top:
Billy Gibbons (guitar, vocals); Dusty Hill (bass, synthesizers, vocals); Frank Beard (drums, percussion).
Engineered by Terry Manning & Bob Ludwig.
Produced by Bill Ham.
Track Listing:
1. Gimme All Your Lovin' - 3:59
2. Got Me Under Pressure - 3:59
3. Sharp Dressed Man - 4:13
4. I Need You Tonight - 6:14
5. I Got the Six - 2:52
6. Legs - 4:35
7. Thug - 4:17
8. TV Dinners - 3:50
9. Dirty Dog - 4:05
10. If I Could Only Flag Her Down - 3:40
11. Bad Girl - 3:16