ZZ Top discography

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ZZ Top discography
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ZZ Top in 2008. From left to right: Dusty Hill, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons.
Studio albums15
Live albums4
Compilation albums6
Video albums4
EPs3
Singles38

The following is a comprehensive discography of ZZ Top, an American rock band. They have released 15 studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums and 38 singles.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications [1]
(sales threshold)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
CAN
[5]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11]
1971 ZZ Top's First Album
[upper-alpha 1]
1972 Rio Grande Mud
  • Release date: April 4, 1972
  • Label: London Records
10490
1973 Tres Hombres
  • Release date: July 26, 1973
  • Label: London Records
83613
1975 Fandango!
  • Release date: April 18, 1975
  • Label: London Records
1061160
  • US: Gold [13]
  • CAN: Platinum
1976 Tejas
  • Release date: November 29, 1976
  • Label: London Records
1772321
1979 Degüello
24100195
1981 El Loco
  • Release date: July 15, 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
1719522688
1983 Eliminator
  • Release date: March 23, 1983
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
922251313113
  • US: Diamond [13]
  • AUT: Gold [15]
  • CAN: Diamond
  • AUS: 4× Platinum [16]
  • FIN: Platinum [17]
  • GER: 3× Gold [14]
  • FRA: 2× Platinum
  • UK: 4× Platinum [18]
1985 Afterburner
  • Release date: October 28, 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
4618138322
  • US: 5× Platinum [13]
  • AUS: 2× Platinum [19]
  • GER: 3× Gold [14]
  • FIN: Platinum [17]
  • FRA: Gold
  • UK: Platinum [18]
1990 Recycler
  • Release date: October 16, 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
627151042218
  • US: Platinum [13]
  • CAN: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum [17]
  • GER: Platinum [14]
  • SWI: Platinum [20]
  • UK: Silver [18]
  • FRA: 2× Gold
1994 Antenna
144021234133
  • US: Platinum [13]
  • AUT: Gold [15]
  • CAN: Gold
  • FIN: Gold [17]
  • FRA: Gold
  • GER: Gold [14]
  • NOR: Gold
  • SWI: Gold [20]
1996 Rhythmeen
  • Release date: September 17, 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
291463138149156832
1999 XXX
  • Release date: September 28, 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
10017650112623
2003 Mescalero
  • Release date: September 9, 2003
  • Label: RCA Records
5733469212222
2012 La Futura
67577135711429
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US
[2]
AUT
[4]
BEL
[21]
FIN
[22]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7]
NLD
[23]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11]
2008 Live from Texas
145
2011Live in Germany 1980
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Eagle Rock
2016Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World
  • Released: September 9, 2016
  • Label: Suretone
1115010889351393050
2022Raw ('That Little Ol' Band from Texas' Original Soundtrack)
141
[25]
1985371023581
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7]
NLD
[23]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11]
1977 The Best of ZZ Top
  • Released: March 21, 1977
  • Label: London Records
9444
  • US: 2× Platinum [13]
1992 Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 14, 1992
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
922477215
  • US: 3× Platinum [13]
  • AUS: 4× Platinum [16]
  • AUT: Platinum [15]
  • BEL: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum [17]
  • FRA: Diamond
  • GER: 3× Gold [14]
  • SWI: Platinum [20]
  • UK: Platinum [18]
1994 One Foot in the Blues
  • Released: November 22, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
142472528
2004 Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
30178
2014The Very Baddest
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: Warner Brothers
952008248
2019Goin' 50
  • Released: June 14, 2019
  • Label: Warner Records Inc.
129
[26]
2822
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
GER
[7]
SWI
[10]
1992 Greatest Hits: The Video Collection
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Warner Music Vision
2008 Live from Texas
  • Released: October 28, 2008
  • Label: Eagle Rock
212
  • US: 2× Multi-Platinum [13]
  • CAN: 5× Multi-Platinum [27]
  • GER: Platinum [28]
  • AUS: Gold [29]
  • FIN: Gold [17]
2009Double Down Live: 1980 & 2008
  • Released: October 20, 2009
  • Label: Eagle Rock
608
2014 Live at Montreux 2013
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: Eagle Rock
353
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[3]
FIN
[22]
GER
[7]
SWE
[9]
1987 The Six Pack
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
99
2003 Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
  • Released: October 14, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
2013The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990
  • Released: June 7, 2013
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
408838
2017Cinco: The First Five LPs
  • Released: June 9, 2017
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
2018Cinco №2: The Second Five LPs
  • Released: June 1, 2018
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs

YearEPPeak chart positions [30] [31] [32]
US
[2]
IRE
[33]
NOR
[8]
NZ
[34] [35]
UK
[11]
1985The ZZ Top Summer Holiday E.P.232451
1987Club6
2012 Texicali 10635
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions [30] [31] [32] CertificationsAlbum
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN GER
[7]
IRE
[33]
NLD
[36]
NZ
[34]
SWE
[37]
SWI
[38]
UK
[11]
1969"Salt Lick"
b/w "Miller's Farm"
Non-album single
1970"(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree"ZZ Top's First Album
1972"Francine"69Rio Grande Mud
1973"La Grange"411834Tres Hombres
"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers"
1975"Tush"208714Fandango!
1976"It's Only Love"4455Tejas
1977"Arrested for Driving While Blind"9186
"Enjoy and Get It On"10587
1980"I Thank You"3452Degüello
"Cheap Sunglasses"89
1981"Leila"77El Loco
"Tube Snake Boogie"103
1983"Gimme All Your Lovin'"3782399310Eliminator
"Sharp Dressed Man"56668822
"TV Dinners"67
1984"Legs"869919716
1985
"Sleeping Bag"836184014131327Afterburner
"Stages"216342234043
1986"Rough Boy"2285582323
"Velcro Fly"35681054
1987"Planet Of Women"
1990"Doubleback"504114332891329Recycler
"Concrete and Steel"35
"My Head's in Mississippi"166 [39] 7937
"Give It Up"79106 [40] 3369
1991"Burger Man"
1992"Viva Las Vegas"2834348271772010Greatest Hits
"Rough Boy" (1992 re-release)165813849
1994"Pincushion"1241223233114015Antenna
"Breakaway"1664260
"PCH"
"Fuzzbox Voodoo"
1996"She's Just Killing Me"34Rhythmeen
"What's Up with That"196758
"Bang Bang"35
1999"Fearless Boogie"XXX
2000"36-22-36"
2003"Piece"Mescalero
2012"I Gotsta Get Paid"La Futura
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, "x" denotes when chart did not exist
YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
GER
[7]
BEL
[41]
SWI
[38]
UK
[11]
1999"Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000"
(Martay feat. ZZ Top)
39563328Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Promo singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Main
[2]
1985"Can't Stop Rockin'"8Afterburner
1986"Delirious"16
"Woke Up with Wood"18
1990"Decision or Collison"14Recycler
1994"Girl in a T-Shirt"27Antenna
1997"Rhythmeen"35Rhythmeen
"Loaded"-
2000"Poke Chop Sandwich"-XXX
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Main
[2]
1981"Pearl Necklace"28El Loco
1983"Got Me Under Pressure"18Eliminator
1992"Gun Love"8Greatest Hits
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

YearSongAlbumArtistNotes
1990"Reverberation (Doubt)" Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson Various artists The 13th Floor Elevators cover
2003"She Loves My Automobile"
(Willie Nelson with ZZ Top)
Live and Kickin' Willie Nelson & FriendsLive recording
2016 "Waiting for the Bus" / "Jesus Just Left Chicago" Crossroads Revisited: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festivals Eric Clapton and GuestsLive recordings

Notes

  1. ZZ Top's First Album did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at #201 on the Bubbling Under the Top LP's chart. [12]

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