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Fandango! is the fourth album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975. The album's first side consists of selections from live shows, with the second side being new studio recordings. A remastered and expanded edition of this album was released on February 28, 2006.

Fandango!
Studio album / Live album by
ReleasedApril 18, 1975[citation needed]
RecordedApril 12, 1974 (tracks 1–3) December 30, 1974 March 23, 1975
Length33:33
LabelLondon
ProducerBill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
Tres Hombres
(1973)
Fandango!
(1975)
Tejas
(1976)
Singles from Fandango!
  1. "Tush"
    Released: May 1975
  2. "Heard It on the X"
    Released: 1978 (Japan)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Album title


Fandango, from which the album gets its name, is a type of dance similar to flamenco.


Background


Frontman Billy Gibbons said of the album:

The live capture wound up being in the can first. We had enough live material to make up one side of the disc, so we decided to go with the unusual move of making the album half live, half studio. It turned out to be a winning combination for us.[4]

The album's opening song "Thunderbird", despite having ZZ Top writing credit, was originally written and performed by The Nightcaps, a band formed in the 1950s when the members were teenagers.[5] The Nightcaps performed the song and distributed it on their album Wine, Wine, Wine but never applied for copyright.[5] ZZ Top began performing the song as early as 1974, and has conceded that their version is lyrically and musically identical to the Nightcaps' song.[6] The Nightcaps sued ZZ Top for copyright infringement but their claims were dismissed as ZZ Top had registered a copyright on the song in 1975.[7]

The song "Heard It on the X" was written about the influence of Mexican border blaster radio stations (so-called "X Stations") on Texas and other parts of the United States,[8] namechecking "Dr. B," an alias of Dr. John R. Brinkley.[9]


Promotion and release


The only single released from the album was "Tush". The single peaked at #20 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's first top 40 single in the US. The song "Heard It on the X" also received heavy rotation on classic rock radio.[citation needed]

In the late 1980s the album was released on CD with the studio recordings being digitally remixed and the original 1975 mix version was discontinued. The remix version created controversy among fans because it significantly changed the sound of the instruments, especially the drums.[citation needed] The remix version was used on all early CD copies and was the only version available for over 20 years.

A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released on February 28, 2006, containing three bonus live tracks. The 2006 edition is the first CD version to use Terry Manning's original 1975 mix.

The album was re-released in 2009 on 180 gram vinyl using the original master tapes. It appears exactly the same except that it had a 180 gram vinyl LP sticker, by Back to Vinyl records.


Track listing


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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thunderbird" (Live) 4:10
2."Jailhouse Rock" (Live)Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller2:01
3."Backdoor Medley" (Live)
  • "Backdoor Love Affair"
  • "Mellow Down Easy"
  • "Backdoor Love Affair No. 2"
  • "Long Distance Boogie""
  9:45
  • 0:40
  • 4:03
  • 2:00
  • 3:02
Side two
No.TitleLength
4."Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings"2:37
5."Blue Jean Blues"4:42
6."Balinese"2:37
7."Mexican Blackbird"3:04
8."Heard It on the X"2:23
9."Tush"2:14
2006 remastered version bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Heard it on the X" (Live) 2:36
11."Jailhouse Rock" (Live)Leiber, Stoller1:52
12."Tush" (Live) 3:42

Personnel



Production



Charts


Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] 61
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 60
United States (Billboard 200) 10

Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. Fandango! at AllMusic
  2. Rollingstone
  3. 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.
  4. "Billy Gibbons talks ZZ Top: The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990)". 3 June 2013.
  5. Dabou/sb v. Gibbons, 42 F.3d 285, 287 (5th Cir. 1995).
  6. Dabou/sb v. Gibbons at 287 and 287 n.1.
  7. Dabou/sb v. Gibbons at 291.
  8. Spin. SPIN Media LLC. February 1986.
  9. Wilkening, Matthew (June 14, 2011). "ZZ Top 'Heard It on the X' – Lyrics Uncovered". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  10. 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.
  11. "Canadian album certifications – ZZ Top – Fandango". Music Canada. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  12. "American album certifications – ZZ Top – Fandango". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 9, 2019.



На других языках


[de] Fandango!

Fandango! ist das vierte Album der amerikanischen Bluesrock-Band ZZ Top. Es erschien im April 1975 bei London Records, in Nordamerika wurde das Album von Warner veröffentlicht. Die A-Seite des Albums besteht aus Live-Aufnahmen, während die B-Seite sechs neu geschriebene Lieder enthält. In den USA erhielt es im Juni 1975 Gold-Status für 500.000 verkaufte Einheiten.[2]
- [en] Fandango!

[ru] Fandango!

Fandango! (исп. Фанданго!) — четвёртый альбом рок-группы ZZ Top, вышедший в 1975 году на лейбле London Records. Альбом записывался с 30 декабря 1974 года, поступил в продажу 18 апреля 1975 года. Одна сторона пластинки представляет собой концертную запись выступления группы в концертном зале The Warehouse в Нью-Орлеане, вторая сторона пластинки записана в студии. Название альбома буквально — это название испанского народного танца, однако здесь оно употребляется в ином значении



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