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Rhythmeen is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1996. It is their last album with longtime producer Bill Ham.

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Rhythmeen
Studio album by ZZ Top
Released	September 17, 1996
Recorded	February-June 1996
Genre	Blues[1]
Length	53:55
Label	RCA
Producer	Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
One Foot in the Blues (1994) Rhythmeen (1996) XXX (1999)

Production and recording

“We originally had a working title of ‘Nearing The Completion Stage'. But, it was the backbeat, that mean groove, which hit us as a strong recurring element of the album. So, we did our customary play on words, shuffling words about until we came up with our own invention – a feel-good elixir named Rhythmeen.”[2]

Gibbons uses an early 1950s Les Paul Goldtop guitar and is featured prominently throughout the album.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Allmusic gave it a mixed review, stating: "ZZ Top's long-awaited return to blues finally arrived in 1996, well over a decade after they abandoned their simple three-chord boogie for a synth and drum machine-driven three-chord boogie."[1]

The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and at number 32 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

Bonus track [Japan]

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
• Dusty Hill – bass, keyboards, vocals
• Frank Beard – drums, percussion
• James Harman - harmonica on "What's Up With That"
• Greg Morrow - percussion, drums (credited[7] as 'Gangzz Clangzz & Percussion Thangzz') on "She's Just Killing Me"[8] and other tracks[9]

Production

• Producers – Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham
• Engineer – Joe Hardy
• Assistant engineers – Lizzie Harrah, Gary Moon
• Mixing – Joe Hardy
• Mastering – Bob Ludwig
• Director – Douglas Biro
• Art direction – Sean Mosher-Smith
• Design – Billy Gibbons, Sean Mosher-Smith
• Photography – James Bland
• Studio - John Moran's House of Funk aka Digital Services Recording

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	The Billboard 200	29[citation needed]

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1996	"Bang Bang"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	22[citation needed]
1996	"She's Just Killing Me"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	12[citation needed]
1996	"What's Up with That"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	5[citation needed]
1997	"Rhythmeen"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	35[citation needed]

References

На других языках

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[de] Rhythmeen

Rhythmeen ist das zwölfte Studioalbum der amerikanischen Bluesrock-Band ZZ Top. Es erschien im September 1996 bei RCA Records. Mit rund 310.000 in den USA verkauften Einheiten[2] war es das erste Album der Band seit dem 1973 erschienenen Tres Hombres, das in den USA weder Gold- noch Platinstatus erreichte.

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- [en] Rhythmeen

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[es] Rhythmeen

Rhythmeen es el duodécimo álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de hard rock y blues rock ZZ Top, publicado en 1996 por RCA Records. Con este disco la banda retorna al sonido de sus primeros trabajos en los setenta, debido a la exclusión de los sintetizadores que los hicieron famosos en la década anterior, proceso que ya venía desde su álbum anterior.[1]

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[ru] Rhythmeen

Rhythmeen (англ. производное от существительного «a rhythm», ритм) — двенадцатый студийный альбом рок-группы ZZ Top, выпущенный в 1996 году на лейбле RCA Records. Последний альбом, который продюсировал бессменный менеджер группы Билл Хэм. Альбом занял 29-е место в американском чарте Billboard 200[2].

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