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Length
  
38:55

Artist
  
ZZ Top

Producer
  
Bill Ham

Rio Grande Mud (1972)
  
Tres Hombres (1973)

Release date
  
4 April 1972

Label
  
London Records

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Released
  
April 4, 1972 (1972-04-04)

Recorded
  
1971–1972 at Robin Hood Studios, Tyler, Texas

Genres
  
Blues rock, Hard rock, Southern rock, Boogie rock, Texas blues

Similar
  
ZZ Top albums, Southern rock albums

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Rio Grande Mud is the second album by the American rock band ZZ Top. It was released in 1972.

Contents

The album title was inspired by the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border between Mexico and Texas.

In 1987, the album was remixed for CD release. On January 11, 2011, Rhino released a remastered version from the original 1972 mix on vinyl only. This album was put up for download on Amazon.com's MP3 store and iTunes as a digital download in 2012, and features the original mixes of the tracks that are on Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, and the 1987 remixes of the tracks that are not from that boxset. The original mix of the album was released on CD in June 2013 as part of the box set The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990).

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Reception

AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars stating: "With their second album, Rio Grande Mud, ZZ Top uses the sound they sketched out on their debut as a blueprint, yet they tweak it in slight but important ways."

The album peaked at number 104 on the Billboard 200.

Singles

The only single released from the album was "Francine" (b/w "Down Brownie") which peaked at number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another 45 version was released with "Francine" appearing on both sides (side one with English vocals and side two with Spanish vocals). Various official ZZ Top releases throughout the years, beginning in 1972, have used the alternative spelling "Francene", especially on the various 45 releases both within and outside the United States. A song about romance with an underage girl, the lyrics contain lines such as "My Francine just turned thirteen, she's my angelic teenage queen, and I love her, she's all that I want."

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Francine" (Billy Gibbons, Marty Cordray) - 3:33
  2. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) - 4:49
  3. "Mushmouth Shoutin'" (Gibbons, Ham) - 3:41
  4. "Ko Ko Blue" (Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard) - 4:56
  5. "Chevrolet" (Gibbons) - 3:47
Side B
  1. "Apologies to Pearly" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) - 2:39
  2. "Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:34
  3. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 7:39
  4. "Whiskey'n Mama" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) - 3:20
  5. "Down Brownie" (Gibbons) - 2:53

Personnel

ZZ Top
  • Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
  • Dusty Hill – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals on "Francine" and "Chevrolet"
  • Frank Beard – drums, percussion
  • Pete Tickle - acoustic guitar on "Mushmouth Shoutin'"
    • Production
  • Bill Ham – production
  • Robin Brian – engineering

    • Charts

    Album
    Singles

    Songs

    1Francine3:34
    2Just Got Paid4:49
    3Mushmouth Shoutin’3:45

    References

    Rio Grande Mud Wikipedia
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