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El Loco is the seventh studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1981. The title means "The Crazy One" in Spanish. The band's guitarist/singer Billy Gibbons has said that the recording of this album was the first time the three members of the band were isolated from one another in the studio, rather than recording simultaneously in the same room. It also foreshadowed ZZ Top's synthesizer-driven direction later in the decade, with early experimentations in synthesizer backing on certain tracks.

For other uses, see El Loco (disambiguation).
El Loco
Studio album by
ZZ Top
ReleasedJuly 20, 1981[1]
Recorded1979-81
Genre
  • Blues rock
  • boogie rock
Length36:49
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerBill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
Degüello
(1979)		 El Loco
(1981)		 Eliminator
(1983)
Singles from El Loco
  1. "Leila"
    Released: 1981
  2. "Tube Snake Boogie"
    Released: 1981
  3. "Pearl Necklace"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Robert ChristgauB+ [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Background


El Loco was produced by Bill Ham and recorded and originally mixed by Terry Manning. The biographer David Blayney explains in his book Sharp Dressed Men that the recording engineer Linden Hudson was involved as a pre-producer on this album.[5] Hudson did not receive credit for engineering the tracks on "Groovy Little Hippie Pad" which were used on the final album mix. In 1987, most of the band's back catalog received a controversial "digitally enhanced" remix treatment for CD release; however, El Loco did not receive this remix treatment and the original mix of the album has been available on CD since 1987.

On June 3, 2013, Gibbons told Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com that the album was "a really interesting turning point", explaining that the band had "befriended somebody who would become an influential associate, a guy named Linden Hudson. He was a gifted songwriter and had production skills that were leading the pack at times. He brought some elements to the forefront that helped reshape what ZZ Top were doing, starting in the studio and eventually to the live stage. [He] had no fear and was eager to experiment in ways that would frighten most bands. But we followed suit, and the synthesizers started to show up on record. Manufacturers were looking for ways to stimulate sales, and these instruments started appearing on the market. One of our favorite tracks was "Groovy Little Hippie Pad". Right at the very opening, there it is – the heavy sound of a synthesizer. For us, there was no turning back."[6] Gibbons would later cite seeing a Devo soundcheck in Houston as inspiring the synthesizer line on "Groovy Little Hippie Pad."[7]


Track listing


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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Tube Snake Boogie"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons3:02
2."I Wanna Drive You Home"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons4:44
3."Ten Foot Pole"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons4:19
4."Leila"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons3:13
5."Don't Tease Me"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons, Hill4:19
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."It's So Hard"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons5:12
2."Pearl Necklace"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons4:01
3."Groovy Little Hippie Pad"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons2:40
4."Heaven, Hell or Houston"Gibbons, Hill, BeardGibbons2:31
5."Party on the Patio"Gibbons, Hill, BeardHill2:49

Personnel



Production



Charts


Chart (1981) Peak
position
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 88
United States (Billboard 200) 17

Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. "ZZ Top". Ultimate Music Database. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  2. El Loco at AllMusic
  3. Robert Christgau. "ZZ Top". Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  4. 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.
  5. Blayney, David (1994). Sharp Dressed Men. New York: Hyperion. pp. 196–202. ISBN 0-7868-8005-8.
  6. "Billy Gibbons talks ZZ Top: The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990)". 3 June 2013.
  7. "Billy Gibbons: My Life in 15 Songs". Rolling Stone. 10 November 2015.
  8. "American album certifications – ZZ Top – El Loco". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

На других языках

- [en] El Loco

[es] El Loco (álbum de ZZ Top)

El Loco es el séptimo álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de blues rock ZZ Top, publicado en 1981 por el sello Warner Bros. Con este trabajo, el grupo demostró los primeros toques de su nuevo sonido el que fue terminado con el posterior disco Eliminator de 1983.[1]

[ru] El Loco

El Loco (исп. сумасшедший, помешанный) — седьмой студийный альбом рок-группы ZZ Top, выпущенный в 1981 году. Первый альбом группы, записанный с использованием синтезаторов, и первый альбом группы, партии инструментов на котором записывались отдельно друг от друга и затем микшировались, тогда как предыдущие альбомы записывались просто во время исполнения той или иной песни группой. Билли Гиббонс назвал этот альбом «интересной переломной точкой» [1]


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