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ZZ Top discography

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

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.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Album details Peak 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
—[A] — — — — — — — — —
1972 Rio Grande Mud
  • Release date: April 4, 1972
  • Label: London Records
 104 90 — — — — — — — —
1973 Tres Hombres
  • Release date: July 26, 1973
  • Label: London Records
 8 36 — 13 — — — — — —
1975 Fandango!
  • Release date: April 18, 1975
  • Label: London Records
 10 61 — 1 — — — — — 60
  • US: Gold[13]
  • CAN: Platinum
1976 Tejas
  • Release date: November 29, 1976
  • Label: London Records
 17 72 — 3 — — — 21 — —
1979 Degüello
24 100 19 5 — — — — — —
1981 El Loco
  • Release date: July 15, 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 17 — — 19 — 52 — 26 — 88
1983 Eliminator
  • Release date: March 23, 1983
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 9 2 — 2 — 25 13 13 11 3
1985 Afterburner
  • Release date: October 28, 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 4 6 18 1 — 3 8 3 2 2
  • 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
 6 27 15 10 — 4 2 2 1 8
  • US: Platinum[13]
  • CAN: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum[17]
  • GER: Platinum[14]
  • SWI: Platinum[20]
  • UK: Silver[18]
  • FRA: 2× Gold
1994 Antenna
14 40 2 12 — 3 4 1 3 3
  • 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
 29 146 31 38 14 9 15 6 8 32
1999 XXX
  • Release date: September 28, 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
 100 176 — — 50 11 — 26 23 —
2003 Mescalero
  • Release date: September 9, 2003
  • Label: RCA Records
 57 — 33 — 46 9 21 22 22 —
2012 La Futura
6 75 7 7 13 5 7 11 4 29
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(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 — — — —
2011 Live in Germany 1980
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Eagle Rock
 — — — — — — — — —
2016 Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World
  • Released: September 9, 2016
  • Label: Suretone
 111 50 108 — 89 35 139 30 50
2022 Raw ('That Little Ol' Band from Texas' Original Soundtrack)
141
[25] 		19 85 37 102 3 — 5 81
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(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
 94 44 — — — — — — — —
  • US: 2× Platinum[13]
1992 Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 14, 1992
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 9 2 2 — 4 7 7 2 1 5
  • 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
 — 142 — — 47 — — 25 28 —
2004 Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
30 — — 178 — — — — — —
2014 The Very Baddest
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: Warner Brothers
 95 — — 200 — 82 — — 48 —
2019 Goin' 50
  • Released: June 14, 2019
  • Label: Warner Records Inc.
 129
[26] 		— — — 28 — — — 22 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(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
 21 2
  • US: 2× Multi-Platinum[13]
  • CAN: 5× Multi-Platinum[27]
  • GER: Platinum[28]
  • AUS: Gold[29]
  • FIN: Gold[17]
2009 Double Down Live: 1980 & 2008
  • Released: October 20, 2009
  • Label: Eagle Rock
 60 8
2014 Live at Montreux 2013
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: Eagle Rock
 35 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

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Year Album details Peak 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
 — — — —
2013 The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990
  • Released: June 7, 2013
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
 — 40 88 38
2017 Cinco: The First Five LPs
  • Released: June 9, 2017
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
 — — — —
2018 Cinco №2: The Second Five LPs
  • Released: June 1, 2018
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs

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Year EP Peak chart positions[30][31][32]
US
[2] 		IRE
[33] 		NOR
[8] 		NZ
[34][35] 		UK
[11]
1985 The ZZ Top Summer Holiday E.P. — 23 — 24 51
1987 Club — — — 6 —
2012 Texicali 106 — 35 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions[30][31][32] Certifications Album
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" 69 — — — — — — — — — Rio Grande Mud
1973 "La Grange" 41 18 34 — — — — — — — Tres Hombres
"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" — — — — — — — — — —
1975 "Tush" 20 87 14 — — — — — — — Fandango!
1976 "It's Only Love" 44 — 55 — — — — — — — Tejas
1977 "Arrested for Driving While Blind" 91 — 86 — — — — — — —
"Enjoy and Get It On" 105 — 87 — — — — — — —
1980 "I Thank You" 34 — 52 — — — — — — — Degüello
"Cheap Sunglasses" 89 — — — — — — — — —
1981 "Leila" 77 — — — — — — — — — El Loco
"Tube Snake Boogie" 103 — — — — — — — — —
1983 "Gimme All Your Lovin'" 37 82 39 — 9 3 — — — 10 Eliminator
"Sharp Dressed Man" 56 66 — — 8 8 — — — 22
"TV Dinners" — — — — — — — — — 67
1984 "Legs" 8 6 9 — 9 19 7 — — 16
1985
"Sleeping Bag" 8 36 18 40 14 — 13 13 — 27 Afterburner
"Stages" 21 63 42 — 23 — 40 — — 43
1986 "Rough Boy" 22 85 58 — 23 — — — — 23
"Velcro Fly" 35 — — 68 — — 10 — — 54
1987 "Planet of Women" — — — — — — — — — —
1990 "Doubleback" 50 41 14 33 — — 28 9 13 29 Recycler
"Concrete and Steel" — — 35 — — — — — — —
"My Head's in Mississippi" — 166[39] 79 — — — — — — 37
"Give It Up" 79 106[40] 33 69 — — — — — —
1991 "Burger Man" — — — — — — — — — —
1992 "Viva Las Vegas" — 28 34 34 8 27 17 7 20 10 Greatest Hits
"Rough Boy" (1992 re-release) — 165 — — — 81 — — 38 49
1994 "Pincushion" 124 122 32 — — — 33 11 40 15 Antenna
"Breakaway" — 166 42 — — — — — — 60
"PCH" — — — — — — — — — —
"Fuzzbox Voodoo" — — — — — — — — — —
1996 "She's Just Killing Me" — — 34 — — — — — — — Rhythmeen
"What's Up with That" — 196 7 — — — — — — 58
"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
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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
GER
[7] 		BEL
[41] 		SWI
[38] 		UK
[11]
1999 "Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000"
(Martay feat. ZZ Top) 		39 56 33 28 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Promo singles

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

Other charted songs

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

Other appearances

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Year Song Album Artist Notes
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 & Friends Live recording
2016 "Waiting for the Bus" / "Jesus Just Left Chicago" Crossroads Revisited: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festivals Eric Clapton and Guests Live recordings

Notes

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  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]

References

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  1. ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Cria.ca. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "ZZ Top". billboard.com. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Australian chart peaks:
  4. ^ a b c Steffen Hung. "Austria Top 40". austriancharts.at. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  5. ^ "ZZ Top". billboard.com. Retrieved November 2, 2022. Canadian album charts since 2000
  6. ^ a b c Steffen Hung. "Discographie ZZ Top". lescharts.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Suche nach "ZZ Top"". Media Control. 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2012.Type ZZ Top in search field
  8. ^ a b c Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  9. ^ a b c Steffen Hung. "Swedish charts portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  10. ^ a b c d Steffen Hung. "Die Offizieel Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "ZZ Top". officialcharts.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1998). Bubbling Under Singles & Albums. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 396. ISBN 0-89820-128-4.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by ZZ Top". Riaa.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "German certifications". Retrieved November 18, 2022.Type ZZ Top in search field
  15. ^ a b c "IFPI GOLD & PLATINUM - ZZ Top". Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  16. ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  17. ^ a b c d e f "ZZ Top". Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i "British certifications – ZZ Top". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 17, 2024. Type ZZ Top in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  19. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  20. ^ a b c "Swiss Charts Search Certifications -> ZZ Top". Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  21. ^ "Discography ZZ Top". ltratop.be. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  22. ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Discography ZZ Top". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  23. ^ a b "Dutch Albums". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  24. ^ "ZZ Top Raw live album and new tour announced | Louder". Loudersound.com. March 8, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  25. ^ @billboardcharts (August 1, 2022). "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2)..." (Tweet). Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ @billboardcharts (August 9, 2021). "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (3/3)..." (Tweet). Retrieved August 10, 2021 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "Gold and Platinum Search". musiccanada.com. August 6, 2012. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  28. ^ "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Musikindustrie.de. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  29. ^ "ARIA - Accreditations". aria.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  30. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 12th Edition. Joel Whitburn. Copyright 2009.
  31. ^ a b Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Joel Whitburn. Copyright 2008.
  32. ^ a b The Essential Rock Discography. Martin C. Strong. Copyright 2006.
  33. ^ a b "Irish charts search". Retrieved November 17, 2022.Type ZZ Top in search artist field
  34. ^ a b Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  35. ^ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  36. ^ "Dutch Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  37. ^ Steffen Hung. "Swedish charts portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  38. ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Die Offizieel Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  39. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing April 15, 1991". Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  40. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 26 November 1990". Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  41. ^ "Discography ZZ Top". ltratop.be. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
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