ZZ Top discography

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ZZ Top discography
ZZ Top Live.jpg
ZZ Top in 2008. From left to right: Dusty Hill, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons.
Studio albums15
Live albums4
Compilation albums7
Singles44

The following is a comprehensive discography of ZZ Top, an American blues rock band. They have released 15 studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums and 44 singles.

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[1][2][3]
(sales threshold)
US
[4]
UK
AUS
[5]
NZL
[6]
SWE
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWI
[9]
AUT
[10]
GER
[11][12]
FIN
[13]
FRA
[14]
1971 ZZ Top's First Album
201
[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
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Gold
1975 Fandango!
  • Release date: April 18, 1975
  • Label: London Records
10 60 61
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Platinum
1976 Tejas
  • Release date: November 29, 1976
  • Label: London Records
17 72 21
  • US: Gold
1979 Degüello
24 100 19
  • US: Platinum
  • GER: Gold
1981 El Loco
  • Release date: July 20, 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
17 88 26 52
  • US: Gold
1983 Eliminator
  • Release date: March 23, 1983
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
9 3 2 4 13 13 11 25 1 16
  • US: Diamond
  • CAN: Diamond
  • UK: 4× Platinum
  • AUS: 4× Platinum[16]
  • FIN: Platinum[17]
  • GER: 3× Gold
  • AUT: Gold
  • FRA: 2× Platinum
1985 Afterburner
  • Release date: October 28, 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
4 2 6 1 3 8 2 18 3 1
  • US: 5× Platinum
  • AUS: 2× Platinum[18]
  • GER: 3× Gold
  • UK: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum[17]
  • FRA: Gold
1990 Recycler
  • Release date: October 16, 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
6 8 27 23 2 2 1 15 4 1 9
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
  • GER: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum[17]
  • SWI: Platinum[19]
  • UK: Silver
  • FRA: 2× Gold
1994 Antenna
14 3 40 13 1 4 3 2 3 1 7
  • US: Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
  • CAN: Gold
  • FIN: Gold[17]
  • FRA: Gold
  • GER: Gold
  • NOR: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
1996 Rhythmeen
  • Release date: September 17, 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
29 32 6 15 8 31 9 3 14
1999 XXX
  • Release date: September 28, 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
100 26 23 11 24 50
2003 Mescalero
  • Release date: September 9, 2003
  • Label: RCA Records
57 22 21 22 33 9 18 46
2012 La Futura
6 29 75 11 7 4 7 5 4 13
  • GER: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[4]
US Blues
[4]
UK
[20]
AUS
[5]
NZL
[6]
SWE
[7]
NOR
[8]
AUT
[10]
2008 Live from Texas
  • CAN (DVD): 5× Multi-Platinum[21]
  • US (DVD): 2× Multi-Platinum[22]
  • GER (DVD): Platinum[23]
  • AUS (DVD): Gold[24]
  • FIN (DVD): Gold[17]
2009 Double Down Live
2014 Live at Montreux 2013
2016 Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World
111 50 50
[25]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[4]
US Blues
[4]
UK
[20]
AUS
[5]
NZL
[6]
SWE
[7]
NOR
[8]
AUT
[10]
1977 The Best of ZZ Top
  • Released: March 21, 1977
  • Label: London Records
94 44
  • US: 2× Platinum
1987 The Six Pack
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
99
1992 Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 14, 1992
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
9 5 2 2 2 7 2
  • FRA: Diamond
  • AUS: 4× Platinum[16]
  • US: 3× Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum[17]
  • GER: 3× Gold
  • AUT: Platinum
  • BEL: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
  • SWI: Platinum[19]
  • UK: Gold
1994 One Foot in the Blues
  • Released: November 22, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
10 25
2003 Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
  • Released: October 14, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
2004 Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
  • Released: June 8, 2004
  • Label: Rhino Records
30
  • UK: Silver
2013 The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990
  • Released: June 7, 2013
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
2014 The Very Baddest
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: Warner Brothers
95
  • UK: Silver
2019 Goin' 50
  • Released: June 14, 2019
  • Label: Warner Records Inc.
129
[26]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation EPs[]

Year EP Peak chart positions[27][20][28][29][30] Certifications
US AUS UK IRE NLD NZL SWI SWE GER
1985 The ZZ Top Summer Holiday E.P. 51 23
2012 Texicali 106
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles[]

Year Single Peak chart positions[27][20][28][29][30] Certifications Album
US US Main AUS UK IRE NLD NZL SWI SWE GER
1969 "Salt Lick"
b/w "Miller's Farm"
x Non-album single

[31]

1970 "(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree" x ZZ Top's First Album
1972 "Francine" 69 x Rio Grande Mud
1973 "La Grange" 41 x 18 Tres Hombres
"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" x
1975 "Tush" 20 x 87 Fandango!
1976 "It's Only Love" 44 x Tejas
1977 "Arrested for Driving While Blind" 91 x
"Enjoy and Get It On" 105 x
1980 "I Thank You" 34 x Degüello
"Cheap Sunglasses" 89 x
1981 "Leila" 77 El Loco
"Tube Snake Boogie" 103 4
"Pearl Necklace" 28
1983 "Gimme All Your Lovin'" 37 2 82 10 9 3 6 33 39 Eliminator
"Got Me Under Pressure" 18 12 -
"Sharp Dressed Man" 56 8 66 22 8 8 10
"TV Dinners" 38 67
1984 "Legs" 8 3 6 16 9 19 5
1985
"Sleeping Bag" 8 1 36 27 14 13 13 40 Afterburner
"Can't Stop Rockin'" 8
"Stages" 21 1 63 43 23 40
1986 "Rough Boy" 22 5 84 23 23 81 38
"Delirious" 16
"Woke Up with Wood" 18
"Velcro Fly" 35 15 54 10 68
1987 "Planet Of Women"
1990 "Doubleback" 50 1 41 29 28 13 9 33 Recycler
"Concrete and Steel" 1
"My Head's in Mississippi" 1 37
"Give It Up" 79 2 106[33] 69
1991 "Burger Man" 14
1992 "Viva Las Vegas" 16 28 10 8 27 17 20 7 34 ZZ Top's Greatest Hits
"Gun Love" 8
1994 "Pincushion" 124 1 91 15 33 40 11 Antenna
"Breakaway" 7 60
"Girl in a T-Shirt" 27
"Fuzzbox Voodoo" 30
1996 "She's Just Killing Me" 12 Rhythmeen
"What's Up with That" 5 58
"Bang Bang" 22
1997 "Rhythmeen" 35
1999 "Fearless Boogie" 13 XXX
2000 "36-22-36" 31
2003 "Piece" Mescalero
2012 "I Gotsta Get Paid" Texicali/La Futura
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, "x" denotes when chart did not exist

Other appearances[]

Year Song Album Notes
1990 "Reverberation (Doubt)" Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson The 13th Floor Elevators cover
1999 "Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000" A dance music[34] cover by Martay which reached number 28 in the UK Top 40 and which credits ZZ Top, who provided the sample, on the single's cover.[35][36][37]

Notes[]

  1. ^ ZZ Top's First Album did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 201 on the Bubbling Under the Top LP's chart.[15]

References[]

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  34. ^ "1999-08-27 - Radio 1 Dance Party #10 - Brighton".
  35. ^ 1999 Riverhorse Records cat. no: RIVHCD2
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  37. ^ "MARTAY FEAT. ZZ TOP | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
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