I swear, the electronic drum machine is really getting old. Every single drum riff sounds like "Sharp Dressed Man". Personally, I think Frank Beard retired (or keeled over) after "El Loco" and Billy has been using the electronic drum machine in his place ever since. Billy & Dusty are just propping old Frank up for the photo shoots and concerts. ZZ should come out with an album "Weekend At Frank Beards". Even Billy's guitar riffs sound worn, old & "recycled"; so maybe the joke is on the listener. The title tells us exactly what to expect. None the less any ZZ Top album is 10 times better than most of the corporate cr@p being spit out these days. So for any ZZ Top fan, ya gotta get this disc. There are enough good tracks like "Heads In Mississippi" to satisfy your "ZZ" mojo.
For the uninitiated, go for the new "Chrome, Smoke & BBQ" 4 cd box first. Ya, it's a bit pricey, but you won't be disappointed.

If you are only going to own one Guess Who album, this collection is the one to get. All their greatest are here on one disc. I also own the 2 cd "Track Record: The Guess Who Collection" which is twice the price. I have only listened to disc 2 once; "Star Baby" is the only decent song on the entire disc. I would also recommend the recent live album, "Running Back Thru Canada". The band is in fine form and Randy rips off some killer BTO tunes too!

Just the title is enough to make you gag. Plus the sound here is horrible. "Best Of"? How about the "Least Worst Of"! Yuck!

Arguably the best album the group ever made. ZZ Top's defining muscial moment; and a must have for ANY music fan. Billy Gibbons "guitar-slinger" attitude and playing have never been better. Ya' got the real drum kit, the tube amps and no electronic-synthesizer mumbo jumbo to be found. If you need to buy one ZZ Top album...this is the one.

With the release of the "Chrome, Smoke & BBQ" box, this album is pretty much rendered obsolete. Almost all the tracks presented here are included in the box; and with better sound quality. So for ZZ fans who want to pop this in their car cd player and go, it's a great compilation (with the exception, however, of "Heaven, Hell Or Houston" ...arguably the worst song ZZ ever did...yet it is on almost every "greatest" album or box). If you do not already own any ZZ Top cds, the "Chrome.." 4 cd box is definitely the way to go. You can not go wrong with Billy Gibbons on guitar, period.

Unfortunately it is straight down the dustpipe from there. I remember when I bought the original vinyl back in college. After the first listen, I put the lp back in the sleeve and it's been gathering dust there ever since. Virtually unlistenable when compared to any of the groups previous efforts. Why 2 stars instead of one? "Ace Frehley lead guitar!". The final nail in the coffin of the original KISS.

Love Gun contains one of the best lead guitar solos ever recorded on Ace's "Shock Me" and two great songs from Gene, "Plaster Caster" & "Christine Sixteen". Unfortunately this is the last album by Kiss that be considered a true group effort. I would actually rate it 4 1/2 or 5 stars if it was not for the sappy, Phil Spector-ish "Then She Kissed Me".
This album hold up & invites multiple listens even after 25 years. A must have for any hard rock fan.

The production on this album is not as powerful in intensity as "Who's Next" or "Quadrophenia". However, the overall sound needed to be more refined and smooth to compliment Townshend's early mid-life crisis material. Arguably some of Townshend's best songwriting. A solid effort throughout with no weak songs whatsoever. Moons drumming is brilliant. The bonus tracks are a treat; 3 live tunes recorded in 1976. Fans who own the bootleg "Who Put The Boot In 1976" already have heard these tracks. Excellent.

I really, really wanted to enjoy this dvd; but half way thru the third song I found myself hitting the fast forward button...over & over. The band looks old and they play old. There is very little energy in the performance other than bassist Ritchie Scarlett performing a few "Townshend" windmills on his bass (Scarlett really looks out of place in this band). You really can't blame the band; there is only about 100 people in the audience and they all look like they carry AARP cards.
Being a guitar player and a huge fan of Mountain, I was most disappointed in West's guitar. He plays thru so many guitar effects, it diminishes his skills and sounds awful. There is no trace whatsoever of his classic 70's tone & vibrato. I wonder why he's "hiding" his guitar playing behind so many electronic pedals (he often comes off sounding like a poor man's Alex Lifeson). If you close your eyes thru the concert and just listen, the band sounds like a unrehearsed version of Rush. The instrumental section of "Nantucket Sleighride" is almost unlistenable with Laing's aging drum kit barely holding the band together. The vintage footage is the only section worth a dang. Great shots of the band (mostly still photos) and a few amusing anecdotes from Corky & Leslie. When you here the power of the original "Mississippi Queen", it makes the concert portion ever more disappointing. Unfortunately the vintage section only runs about 15 minutes. All in all a purchase for a die-hard Mountain fan only. (...)

Although the songwriting is not up to par with previous 4 studio albums, "R N'R Over" is far and away the best "sounding" studio album from Kiss's glory years (thanks to producer Eddie Kramer). Having been remastered, it has never sounded better. I always wondered what the first three "original" albums (all very un-produced in my opinion) & "Destroyer" would have sounded like if they had Kramer at the helm (of course we "sorta" know because he produced the less than live masterpiece "Alive!"). Anyway, this is the "studio" album where Ace's guitar finally begin to shine. His solo on "Makin' Love" is a flat out classic. Frehley rips off a great solo in nearly every track (unlike "Destroyer" where Ace's guitar is M.I.A. on several tracks). The key to this albums success, it sounds as fresh today as it did back in the 70's. So if you already own "Alive!" make this your second Kiss purchase...to bad you won't get those cool album cover stickers I got back in the 70's with my vinyl copy.