Goin' 50

by ZZ Top

Overview

The very title of Goin' 50 suggests ZZ Top are considering their 50th anniversary as an event to be celebrated with a sense of humor. That's appropriate. Good spirits and lascivious jokes always have been integral to the trio's appeal, and they can be heard in abundance on this triple-CD/five-LP set that tells their story from beginning to end (there is also a single-disc edition that rounds up the highlights). The set breaks down into three easy acts: the band's greasy early years, spanning from "La Grange" to "Pearl Necklace," are on the first disc; the second installment covers their MTV glory days; the third CD traces the aftermath of Afterburner, beginning with "Viva Las Vegas" and ending with the 21st century barnburner "I Gotsta Get Paid" (plus recent live versions of "Waitin' for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago," which brings this full circle to the beginning). Other compilations cover similar ground more succinctly -- if you want just the hits, look elsewhere, or grab the single-disc incarnation of this 2019 set -- but Goin' 50 tells ZZ Top's story in detail, proving that the "Lil' Ol' Band from Texas" was one of America's great bands. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/16/2019
Label:	Rhino / Warner Bros.
UPC:	0603497851614
Rank:	6392

Tracks

Disc 1

1. La Grange
2. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
3. Tush
4. Salt Lick
5. Miller's Farm
6. (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree
7. Francine
8. Heard It on the X
9. It's Only Love
10. Arrested For Driving While Blind
11. Enjoy and Get It On
12. I Thank You
13. Cheap Sunglasses
14. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
15. Leila
16. Tube Snake Boogie
17. Pearl Necklace

Disc 2

18. Gimme All Your Lovin'
19. Got Me Under Pressure
20. Sharp Dressed Man
21. TV Dinners
22. Legs
23. Sleeping Bag
24. Can't Stop Rockin'
25. Stages
26. Rough Boy
27. Delirious
28. Woke Up With Wood
29. Velcro Fly
30. Doubleback
31. Concrete and Steel
32. My Head's in Mississippi
33. Give It Up
34. Decision or Collision

Disc 3

35. Viva Las Vegas
36. Gun Love
37. Pincushion
38. Breakaway
39. Girl in a T-Shirt
40. Fuzzbox Voodoo
41. She's Just Killing Me
42. What's Up With That
43. Bang Bang
44. Rhythmeen
45. Fearless Boogie
46. 36-22-36
47. Piece
48. I Gotsta Get Paid
49. Waitin' for The Bus [Live From Nashville]
50. Jesus Just Left Chicago [Live From Nashville]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

ZZ Top   Primary Artist,Vocals
Dusty Hill   Bass,Vocals,Keyboards,Sax (Tenor),Guitar (Bass)
Frank Beard   Drums,Vocals,Percussion,Sax (Alto)
Billy Gibbons   Fiddle,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Slide Guitar,Sax (Baritone)
Dan Mitchell   Drums
James Lewington   Vocals
Pete Tickle   Guitar
Rube Beard   Drums
Lanier Greig   Organ

Technical Credits

Dorie Dorsey   Composer
Albert Brown   Composer
Ken Cordray   Composer
Kristin Attaway   Project Assistant
Matthew Taoatao   Packaging Manager
Bill Ham   Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Kyle West   Composer
Joe Hardy   Composer,Engineer
Larry Nix   Engineer
Dusty Hill   Composer,Group Member
Frank Beard   Composer,Group Member
Doc Pomus   Composer
Steve Woolard   Discographical Annotation
Rick Rubin   Producer,Original Recording Producer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Al B. Sure!   Composer
Sir Mack Rice   Composer
Terry Manning   Engineer
Billy Gibbons   Composer,Producer,Group Member,Original Recording Producer
Bob Ludwig   Engineer
ZZ Top   Original Recording Producer
John Srebalus   Project Assistant
Luther Ingram   Composer
David Porter   Composer
Robin Brian   Engineer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Blain Clausen   Photography
Gary L. Moon   Composer
Ken Corday   Composer
Joe Hill   Composer
Jim Reeves   Engineer
Terry Kane   Engineer
Steve Perron   Composer
Rory Wilson   Design,Art Direction
Helen Owens   Product Manager