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One of ZZ Top's great gifts is its concision; even in the side-long-jam era of the 1970s, the Texans almost always fit 10 cuts on their albums. Surveying two decades of their output, Greatest Hits isn't the perfect overview you might expect, but it's still a pretty darn good driving album. The disc goes easy on the pre-Deguello stuff surveyed on their earlier best-of, and seems to digitally boost the drums on tracks like the 1975 "Tush". Still, later cuts like "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" and "My Head's in Mississippi" are full-on triumphs of this trio's very weird, very blues-drenched sensibility. --Rickey Wright

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ZZ Top possède un don inné de la concision, de la sobriété et de l'efficacité. Couvrant à peu près vingt ans de carrière, Greatest Hits n'est peut-être pas à la hauteur de nos espérances mais il reste un excellent album pour faire de la route. Par rapport au Best Of précédent, celui-ci fait la part belle aux titres parus après Deguello en boostant digitalement la batterie sur de nombreux titres ("Tush" paru en 1975). Toute la sensibilité imbibée de blues de ce très étrange trio hirsute est parfaitement illustrée dans les triomphales "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" et "My Head's in Mississippi". --Rickey Wright

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best songs!, July 21 2008

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I enjoy good old rock tunes & this CD really does the job! I love the selection of songs & this album made me discover songs I never heard from them! You will enjoy for sure!

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5.0 out of 5 stars zz top- greatest hits (best of), Mar 9 2005

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truley awsome band they may be old but they still can rock awsome best of cd this band is truley a classic rock band

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4.0 out of 5 stars Simply ZZ Best , All Hitzz and no mizzes!, July 13 2004

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Will Culp (Greenville, South Carolina) - See all my reviews

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ZZ Top- Greatest Hits(1992).

Right around the beginning of MTV, one band in particular, ZZ Top, took advantage of Music Videos, blending humor with a catchy mix of Southern, Blues, and Arena Rock, instantly propelled them into superstardom. The infectious trio was comprised of Billy Gibbon(Vocals and Guitar), Frank Beard(Drums), and Dusty Hill(Bass)who came together bymixeing addictive riffs and gravelly vocals courtesty of Gibbons, Top-Notch drumming from Beard, and catchy basslines from Hill. From the Early 70's to the Early 90's, ZZ Top was a hit machine, so it's understandable that many compilations have been made. So how does ZZ Top- Greatest Hits measure up? Read on to find out...

PROS-
-CONTAINS ALL OF ZZ TOP'S BIGGEST HITS!-When you get ZZ Top-Greatest Hits, you can be expecting such huge hits as "Sharp Dressed Man", "Tush", "Got Me Under Pressure", "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", "Cheap Sunglasses", and many more! The sheer amount of hits is unbelieveable!
-HAS MANY UNDERRATED MASTERPIECES INCLUDED!-Non-Hits(Or Minor-Hits) such as "Rough Boy", "Pearl Necklace", "Doubleback", "Give It Up", and many more fit in right along with the huge hits!
-CHEAP!-Unlike Amazon's price, most stores carry this compilation for about 11.99$, and for this amount of songs it's a steal!
-18 SONGS, 73 MINUTES!- ZZ Top-Greatest Hits contains a HUGE amount of material, and even the most ardent of fans won't be complaining!
-2 NEW EXTRA TRACKS!- This compilation contains two new tracks "Viva Las Vegas" and "Gun Love", and unlike most Unreleased Tracks these are actually good! Bravo!
-GREAT LINER NOTES!- The CD Booklet contains an overview of ZZ Top's career plus an overview of every song on the compilation! Very Interesting!

CONS-
-REMIXES OF "LEGS" AND "LA GRANGE"!-Unfortuneatly, like so many other artists, ZZ Top decided to remix two of their biggest hits, "Legs" and "La Grange", and as usual, they're nowhere near as good as the originals! DON'T REMIX MATERIAL!
-NO MATERIAL FROM MANY OF ZZ TOP'S ALBUMS!- There's nothing here from the ZZ Top albums Rio Grande Mud, Tejas, Antenna, and ZZ Top's First Album, and that's a shame!

Overall, ZZ Top-Greatest Hits is very good, and would have been great if not for the remixes of "Legs" and "La Grange", and the fact that it doesn't cover many of ZZ Top's albums. I will say that the remix of "La Grange" sound very similar, yet "Legs" is different.You shouldn't change the originals! This set easily contains all of ZZ Top's hits, and this is exactly what casual fans are looking for if the want a taste of the Top!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! ZZ TOP-GREATEST HITS ADEQUATELY COVERS ALL OF ZZ TOP'S HITS WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT, AND IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE TO CASUAL FANS!

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