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This article is about the ZZ Top album. For the bugle call, see El Degüello.
Degüello
Studio album by
ZZ Top
ReleasedNovember 1979 (1979-11)[1]
Recorded1979
Genre
Length34:03
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerBill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
The Best of ZZ Top
(1977) 		Degüello
(1979) 		El Loco
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Christgau's Record GuideA–[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Smash Hits8/10[5]

Degüello is the sixth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in November 1979. It was the first ZZ Top release on Warner Bros. Records and eventually went platinum.

Degüello was produced by Bill Ham, recorded and mixed by Terry Manning, and mastered by Bob Ludwig.

Meaning of the title

"Degüello" means "decapitation" or, idiomatically, when something is said to be done "a degüello", it means "no quarter" in Spanish (as in, "no surrender to be given or accepted—a fight to the death"). It was also the title of a Moorish-origin bugle call used by the Mexican Army at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."I Thank You" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter)3:23
2."She Loves My Automobile"2:24
3."I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"4:46
4."A Fool for Your Stockings"4:15
5."Manic Mechanic"2:37
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson)3:06
2."Lowdown in the Street"2:49
3."Hi Fi Mama"2:23
4."Cheap Sunglasses"4:48
5."Esther Be the One"3:31

Original LP pressings of Degüello credited authorship of "Dust My Broom" to Elmore James.

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1980 Pop Albums 24
1984 The Billboard 200 183

Singles

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "Cheap Sunglasses" Pop Singles 89
1980 "I Thank You" Pop Singles 34

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[6] Gold 250,000^
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Edwards, Eyries and Callahan (2004). "WB Album Discography, Part 9". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. ^ link
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Z". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 9, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  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. ^ Hepworth, David. "ZZ Top: Deguello". Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2, 1999): 31.
  6. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (ZZ Top; 'Degüello')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  7. ^ "American album certifications – ZZ Top – Deguello". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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