498 - ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

[csberry]

Man, oh, man am I enjoying this album. I'm on my third listen to it and I'm not quite ready to move along yet. I love that this album followed Albert King. The two albums make good listening partners.

Tres Hombres was made for road trips. The songs chug and shuffle along with a temporary downshift in tempo in the middle of the track list. With each listen I become convinced that "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" and "Master of Sparks" should have also been recorded by KISS. "BD&HR" especially sounds like it just needs a slight dusting off of some of the blues affectations and it could have been a lost track from Rock and Roll Over.

Songs I knew I liked: "Jesus Just Left Chicago" and "La Grange"

Songs I didn't know but now like: "Waitin' For the Bus," "Hot, Blue, and Righteous," "Precious and Grace," and "Have You Heard?"

Songs I can go the rest of my life without hearing again: "Sheik"