ZZ Top's First Album

Occupation

• Billy Gibbons: Vocals, Guitar
• Dusty Hill: vocals, bass

ZZ Top's First Album is the debut album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top. It was released in January 1971 by London Records in North America, the album was released by Warner. Neither the pre-release single " ( Somebody Else Been ) Shakin ' Your Tree " yet the album itself could be placed in the charts.

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Billy Gibbons and manager Bill Ham had put together in the spring of 1970 the first line-up of ZZ Top by dedicated first drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill subsequently, both of which were preferred candidate of Gibbons. The recordings took place in Brian's Recording Studio in Tyler, Texas, instead. The album was produced by manager Bill Ham, who also participated in the songwriting for some songs. Billy Gibbons said later that the main reason for the recording of the album was that the band had the opportunity to release their album on the same record label, in which the Rolling Stones were under contract. The band remained in the opinion of Gibbons true to their roots and recorded a blues-rock album that was influenced by bands such as The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks and The Who.

1985 album for the CD version was re-edited.

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In a contemporary review in Billboard magazine, the band is called " hot rock band with blues bonds " that published the single " ( Somebody Else Been ) Shaking Your Tree " and the play " Brown Sugar" were a plus point for the album and showed Gibbons classic blues song. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic writes that the album is not perfect, but have the foundation for the band's sound and set its setting, and calls it a " dirty little blues-rock album".