Greatest Hits (ZZ Top album)

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Greatest Hits
ZZ Top - ZZ Top's Greatest Hits.jpg
Greatest hits album by
ZZ Top
ReleasedApril 14, 1992
Length
  • 72:43 (CD)
  • 51:27 (vinyl)
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
Recycler
(1990)		Greatest Hits
(1992)		 Antenna
(1994)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Viva Las Vegas"
    Released: 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau (A-) [2]
NME 7/10 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1992.

Contents

Overview

Most of the songs come from albums released during 1979–1990, from Degüello through Recycler . Exceptions include remixes of "Tush" and "La Grange", and the non-album tracks "Viva Las Vegas" and "Gun Love". "Viva Las Vegas" was previously released as a single.

The vinyl version of the album omitted four tracks included on the CD version ("Cheap Sunglasses", "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", "Pearl Necklace", and "Planet of Women") and some tracks on the vinyl version are also edited from the original running length.

A companion video album titled Greatest Hits: The Video Collection was also released.

Track listing

CD

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard except otherwise indicated

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Gimme All Your Lovin'" Eliminator (1983)3:59
2."Sharp Dressed Man"Eliminator4:14
3."Rough Boy" Afterburner (1985)4:50
4."Tush" (Six Pack remix) The Six Pack (1987); originally from Fandango! (1975)2:15
5."My Head's in Mississippi" Recycler (1990)4:21
6."Pearl Necklace" El Loco (1981)4:01
7."I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" Degüello (1979)4:46
8."Viva Las Vegas" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)Previously unreleased4:47
9."Doubleback"Recycler3:53
10."Gun Love"Previously unreleased3:43
11."Got Me Under Pressure"Eliminator4:00
12."Give It Up"Recycler3:32
13."Cheap Sunglasses"Degüello4:47
14."Sleeping Bag"Afterburner4:02
15."Planet of Women"Afterburner4:09
16."La Grange" (Six Pack remix)The Six Pack; originally from Tres Hombres (1973)3:52
17."Tube Snake Boogie"El Loco3:02
18."Legs" (Dance remix)Eliminator4:31

Vinyl

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard except otherwise indicated

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Gimme All Your Lovin'" Eliminator (1983)3:27
2."Sharp Dressed Man"Eliminator3:03
3."Rough Boy" Afterburner (1985)3:50
4."Tush" (Six Pack remix) The Six Pack (1987); originally from Fandango! (1975)2:15
5."My Head's in Mississippi" Recycler (1990)4:19
6."Viva Las Vegas" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)Previously unreleased4:02
7."Legs"Eliminator4:31
8."Doubleback"Recycler3:55
9."Gun Love"Previously unreleased3:40
10."Got Me Under Pressure"Eliminator4:00
11."Give It Up"Recycler3:29
12."Sleeping Bag"Afterburner4:02
13."La Grange"Tres Hombres3:51
14."Tube Snake Boogie"El Loco3:03

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [24] 4× Platinum280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [25] Platinum50,000*
Belgium (BEA) [26] Platinum50,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [27] Platinum100,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [28] Platinum76,129 [28]
France (SNEP) [29] Diamond750,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) [30] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [31] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [32] Platinum300,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [33]
video 		Gold25,000*
United States (RIAA) [34] 3× Platinum3,000,000^
United States (RIAA) [35]
video 		Platinum100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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