Antenna (ZZ Top album)

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Antenna
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 18, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreBlues rock, hard rock
Length50:55
LabelRCA
ProducerBilly Gibbons, Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
ZZ Top's Greatest Hits
(1992)
Antenna
(1994)
One Foot in the Blues
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Antenna is the eleventh studio album by the American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1994. It was the band's first album to be released on the RCA label. It was also the first time ZZ Top had a song with the album title in its name ("Antenna Head"). The opening track and first single from the album, "Pincushion", reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the US.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Pincushion"4:33
2."Breakaway" (Gibbons)4:58
3."World of Swirl" (Gibbons)4:08
4."Fuzzbox Voodoo"4:42
5."Girl in a T-Shirt" (Gibbons)4:10
6."Antenna Head"4:43
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."PCH"3:57
8."Cherry Red" (Gibbons)4:38
9."Cover Your Rig"5:50
10."Lizard Life"5:09
11."Deal Goin' Down"4:06
European and Japanese versions
No.TitleLength
12."Everything"3:54

Personnel

Production

  • Producers – Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham
  • Engineers – Joe Hardy, Tom Harding
  • Mixing – Joe Hardy
  • Mastering – Bob Ludwig
  • Photography – Bill Bernstein, Barbara LaBarge
  • Text – Jim Bessman

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1994 The Billboard 200 14

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1994 Breakaway Mainstream Rock Tracks 7
1994 Fuzzbox Voodoo Mainstream Rock Tracks 30
1994 Girl in a T-shirt Mainstream Rock Tracks 27
1994 Pincushion Mainstream Rock Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  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.