Fandango!

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Fandango!
Fandango! cover
Compilation album by ZZ Top
Released April 18, 1975
Recorded December 30, 1974 - March 23, 1975
Genre Hard rock, Blues-rock
Length 32:00
Label London Records
Producer Bill Ham
Professional reviews
ZZ Top chronology
Tres Hombres
(1973)		 Fandango!
(1975)		 Tejas
(1977)

Fandango! is the fourth album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). Half the cuts are selections from live shows, the other half are new songs from the studio. A remastered and expanded edition of this album was released on February 28, 2006.

Fandango, from which the album gets its name, is a type of dance similar to flamenco.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard except where noted.

[edit] Side A

  1. "Thunderbird" (live) – 2:49
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  2. "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (live) – 1:57
    • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
  3. "Backdoor Medley" (live) – 9:25
    • "Backdoor Love Affair" (Billy Gibbons/Bill Ham) – 1:10
    • "Mellow Down Easy" (Willie Dixon) – 3:39
    • "Backdoor Love Affair No. 2" (Gibbons) – 2:05
    • "Long Distance Boogie" – 2:32
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill

[edit] Side B

  1. "Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" – 2:42
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  2. "Blue Jean Blues" – 4:43
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  3. "Balinese" – 2:39
    • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
  4. "Mexican Blackbird" – 3:07
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
  5. "Heard it on the X" – 2:24
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill
  6. "Tush" – 2:15
    • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill

[edit] 2006 Remastered Version Bonus Tracks

  1. ""Heard it on the X" (Live)
    • Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill
  2. "Jailhouse Rock" (Live) (Leiber, Stoller)
    • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
  3. "Tush" (Live)
    • Lead vocals: Dusty Hill

Tracks 1-3 (side A of the original LP) were recorded live at The Warehouse, New Orleans, "captured as it came down-hot, spontaneous and presented to you honestly, without the assistance of studio gimmicks". Tracks 4-9 (side B) were new studio recordings. Tracks 10-12, recorded live, are bonus to CD.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producer – Bill Ham
  • Engineers – Robin Brian, Terry Kane, Bob Ludwig, Terry Manning, Jim Reeves
  • Album concept – Bill Ham
  • Design – Bill Narum
  • Photography – John Dekalb

[edit] Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1975 Pop Albums 10

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1975 "Tush" Pop Singles 20

[edit] References


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