Rio Grande Mud

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Rio Grande Mud is the second album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top. It was published in April 1972 at London Records in North America, the album was released by Warner. It was the first album of the band, which was also placed on the Billboard 200, it reached there place 104 The single, " Francine " reached number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100

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The songs were written by the band members collectively, on a part seemed Manager Bill Ham with, who also produced the album. The songwriting took place during the tour for the previous album, the management organized tour pauses in which the band was able to go into the studio. The piece " Francine " the band wrote together with songwriter Steve Perron. He was a fan of the Rolling Stones, which is why the song is audibly influenced by the Rolling Stones hit " Brown Sugar". Used in the recording Billy Gibbons still a Fender Stratocaster that he no longer used live from 1973. The title "Chevrolet " and " Francine " sang a bassist Dusty Hill. With " Apologies to Pearly " there was the first instrumental on an album of the band.

1985 album for the CD version was re-edited.

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic noted the album compared to the previous harder and more powerful sound of the album and keeps the pieces of " Rio Grande Mud" for much better than the debut. He also notes that some of the tracks with their distorted blues rock and boogie influences would sound a little one-dimensional. Regrets Jon Koegel from the music magazine Rolling Stone that it had brought only to regional success despite two notable albums ZZ Top, and praises the musicians as talented and promising. The band sounded more like an English blues than by an American band and was comparable with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and early Fleetwood Mac. With a bit of promotion and airplay larger the band the breakthrough would succeed. The online magazine laut.de notes that " second string " Rio Grande Mud " ... nothing decisive tear " could. The title of the album " Rio Grande Blood" of American industrial metal band Ministry is a parody of " Rio Grande Mud".

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