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The Best of ZZ Top

1977 greatest hits album by 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]

The Best of ZZ Top (10 Legendary Texas Tales) is a greatest hits album by American rock band ZZ Top, released November 26, 1977.^[4] 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^[5]	94

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[6]	44

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	Gold	35,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[8]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ "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.