The Best of ZZ Top

The Best of ZZ Top (10 Legendary Texas Tales)
Greatest hits album by ZZ Top
Released	November 26, 1977
Recorded	1970–1975
Genre	Rock [1]
Length	34:21
Label	London Records
Producer	Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
Tejas (1976) The Best of ZZ Top (10 Legendary Texas Tales) (1977) Degüello (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Tom Hull	B [4]

The Best of ZZ Top(10 Legendary Texas Tales) is a greatest hits album by American rock band ZZ Top, released November 26, 1977. ^[5] Spanning the years from 1971 to 1975, this compilation album does not contain any songs from Tejas , which was released the year before.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Tush"	Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard	Fandango! (1975)	2:14
2.	"Waitin' for the Bus"	Gibbons, Hill	Tres Hombres (1973)	2:59
3.	"Jesus Just Left Chicago"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Tres Hombres	3:29
4.	"Francine"	Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron	Rio Grande Mud (1972)	3:33
5.	"Just Got Paid"	Gibbons, Bill Ham	Rio Grande Mud	4:27

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"La Grange"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Tres Hombres	3:51
2.	"Blue Jean Blues"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Fandango!	4:42
3.	"Backdoor Love Affair"	Gibbons, Ham	ZZ Top's First Album (1971)	3:20
4.	"Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Tres Hombres	3:23
5.	"Heard It on the X"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Fandango!	2:23

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
• Dusty Hill – bass, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Tush", co-lead vocals on "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" and "Heard It on the X"
• Frank Beard – drums, percussion

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [6]	94

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [7]	44

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [8]	17

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9]	Gold	35,000^
United States (RIAA) [10]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Z". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   0-89919-026-X . Retrieved March 9, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
3. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "ZZ Top". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  907-8. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
4. "Tom Hull: Grade List: ZZ Top". Tom Hull . Retrieved December 7, 2020.
5. Billboard Magazine November 26, 1977, Issue, Album review – page 94.
6. "ZZ Top Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November, 8 2023.
7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 348. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
8. "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 18. hét". MAHASZ . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
9. "Dusty Hill The Best of ZZ Top Australian Record Award". November 15, 2023.
10. "American album certifications – ZZ Top – Best Of ZZ Top". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 10, 2019.