Tejas

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Tejas
Studio album by ZZ Top

Publication
(s)

February 9, 1977

Label (s) London Records

Genre (s)

Rock music

Title (number)

10

running time

34min 38s

occupation

production

Bill Ham

chronology
Fandango!
1975 		Tejas Degüello
1979
Single releases
1976 It's only love
March 1977 Arrested For Driving While Blind
June 1977 Enjoy and Get It On
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Tejas
  US 17th 01/22/1977 (24 weeks)
Singles
It's only love
  US 44 09/11/1976 (11 weeks)
Arrested For Driving While Blind
  US 91 03/26/1977 (6 weeks)

Tejas ( Spanish for "Texas") is the fifth album by the American blues rock band ZZ Top . Although the record company London Records dated 1976, it was released in February 1977. In North America, the album was released by Warner . The album reached gold status in the US for 500,000 units sold.

About the creation of the album

The year 1976 was marked by the The Worldwide Texas Tour - tour . This was repeatedly interrupted for studio stays, so that the entire recording process took over six months. In the opinion of Billy Gibbons , the album reflected the development of the band members as songwriters , the extensive activities of the band and the experiences on tour were inspiration and a source of ideas. The band experimented with wah-wahs ( Snappy Kakkie ) and a harmonica ( It's Only Love ).

In 1985 the album was re-edited for the CD version.

Track list

  1. It's Only Love (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 4:22
  2. Arrested for Driving While Blind (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 3:08
  3. El Diablo (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 4:22
  4. Snappy Kakkie (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 2:58
  5. Enjoy and Get It On (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 3:26
  6. Ten Dollar Man (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 3:41
  7. Pan Am Highway Blues (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 3:14
  8. Avalon Hideaway (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 3:07
  9. She's a Heartbreaker (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 3:01
  10. Asleep in the Desert (Gibbons) - 3:24

The piece Asleep in the Desert is an instrumental .

reception

For Dan Oppenheimer from the music magazine Rolling Stone , the band with Tejas developed away from the wild boogie towards a more sophisticated sound . The piece El Diablo surprises with double bass drums inspired by Billy Cobham and the incisive bass playing by Dusty Hill . Although the band still has their roots in the Texas Blues , they are more willing to experiment. However, the musicians left familiar territory, which is why some songs sound powerless. Stephen Thomas Erlewine sees the album as a sign that the band is running out of breath. Although it was produced cleanly, the album could be safely forgotten. Significantly, no song by Tejas was included on the compilation The Best of ZZ Top , published shortly afterwards .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sources chart placements: UK / US
  2. ↑ Certifications: ZZ Top - Tejas. RIAA, accessed March 18, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Billy F. Gibbons, Tom Vickers: Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead . MBI Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7603-2269-7 , pp. 43 .
  4. ↑ Steven Rosen: ZZ Top: From A to ZZ. (No longer available online.) Guitar World, October 22, 2009, archived from the original on June 19, 2010 ; accessed on March 20, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guitarworld.com
  5. ^ Dan Oppenheimer: ZZ Top: Tejas . In: Rolling Stone . March 10, 1977.

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