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The Best of ZZ Top

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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

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Chart (1977)	Peak position
USBillboard 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[edit]


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[edit]

^ ^a ^b AllMusic review

^ 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.

^ 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.

^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: ZZ Top". Tom Hull. Retrieved December 7, 2020.

^ Billboard Magazine November 26, 1977, Issue, Album review – page 94.

^ "ZZ Top Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November, 8 2023.

^ 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.

^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 18. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

^ "Dusty Hill The Best of ZZ Top Australian Record Award". November 15, 2023.

^ "American album certifications – ZZ Top – Best Of ZZ Top". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 10, 2019.