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- Fandango!
- - 5,929 plays
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ZZ Top
Released 1975

Mexican Blackbird
03:06
918 plays

Balinese
02:37
823 plays

Tush
02:14
764 plays

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- 1
- Thunderbird
- 02:49
- 449 plays

- 2
- Jailhouse Rock
- 01:56
- 1,971 plays

- 3
- Backdoor Medley: Backdoor Love Affair/Mellow Down Easy/Backdoor Love
- 09:23
- 2,030 plays

- 4
- Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings
- 02:42
- 290 plays

- 5
- Blue Jean Blues
- 04:42
- 471 plays

- 6
- Balinese
- 02:37
- 823 plays

- 7
- Mexican Blackbird
- 03:06
- 918 plays

- 8
- Heard It on the X
- 02:23
- 619 plays

- 9
- Tush
- 02:14
- 764 plays

album review

Blessed with their first full-fledged hit album, ZZ Top followed it up with Fandango!, a record split between a side of live tracks and a side of new studio cuts. In a way, this might have made sense, since they were a kick-ass live band, and they do sound good here, but it's hard not to see this as a bit of a wasted opportunity in retrospect. Why? Because the studio side is a worthy successor to the all-fine Tres Hombres, driven by "Tush" and "Heard It on the X," two of their greatest songs that build on that album by consolidating their sound and amplifying their humor. If they had sustained this energy and quality throughout a full studio album, it would have been their greatest, but instead the mood is broken by the live cuts. Now, these are really good live cuts -- and "Backdoor Medley" and "Jailhouse Rock" were fine interpretations, making familiar songs sound utterly comfortable in their signature sound -- and Fandango! remains one of their better albums, but it's hard not to think that it could have been even better. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide