ZZ TOP – AFTERBURNER LP – Nr MINT A3/B3 1985 BLUES ROCK

ZZ Top – Afterburner
(Warner Bros Records  1985  WX27)
Matrix No’s: A3/B3

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– tiny bit of wear along spine edge
Inner Sleeve & Insert in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For 51 years, it consisted of the vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, the drummer Frank Beard and the bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill, until Hill’s death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons’ blues style and Hill and Beard’s rhythm section. They are known for their live performances, sly and humorous lyrics, and the matching appearances of Gibbons and Hill, who wore sunglasses, hats and long beards.

Afterburner is the ninth studio album by the American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1985. Afterburner was a financial success, going several times platinum and launching several hit singles, the most successful of which was “Sleeping Bag” which peaked at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In the UK, it was the band’s second album to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry, attaining Gold (100,000 units) in 1985. In 1990, it was certified Platinum (300,000 units), to date their final Platinum certification in the UK.

The song “Can’t Stop Rockin'” was used in the 1993 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. The song “Velcro Fly” was an element in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands; Eddie keeps hearing drums playing in the distance and thinks it sounds like, then later realizes it is, the drum track for “Velcro Fly”.

Track listing

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

1. “Sleeping Bag” – 4:03
2. “Stages” – 3:32
3. “Woke Up with Wood” – 3:45
4. “Rough Boy” – 4:50
5. “Can’t Stop Rockin'” – 3:02
6. “Planet of Women” – 4:09
7. “I Got the Message” – 3:27
8. “Velcro Fly” – 3:29
9. “Dipping Low (In the Lap of Luxury)” – 3:11
10. “Delirious” – 3:41

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead (1-4, 6-9) and backing vocals
• Dusty Hill – bass guitar, backing and lead (5, 10) vocals, keyboards
• Frank Beard – drums

Production

• Producer – Bill Ham
• Engineers – Joe Hardy, Bob Ludwig
• Art director – Jeri McManus
• Design – Jeri McManus
• Art work – Barry E. Jackson