Released November 29, 1976 Length 34:44 Release date 29 November 1976 Producer Bill Ham | Recorded 1976 Artist ZZ Top Label London Records | |
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Tejas
(1976) The Best of ZZ Top
(1977) Genres Rock music, Blues rock, Hard rock, Boogie rock, Texas blues Similar ZZ Top albums, Southern rock albums | ||
Tejas is the fifth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top. It was released in late November 1976. The title is a Caddo language word meaning 'friends', and is the origin of the name Texas, the band's home state.
Contents
Background and release
Tejas was produced by Bill Ham and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. In 1987, a digitally remixed version of the recording was released on CD and the original 1976 mix version was discontinued. The remix version created controversy among fans because it significantly changed the instrument balance and the sound of the instruments, especially the drums.
Tejas was released as a digital download on Amazon.com's MP3 store and iTunes in 2012, with the original mixes of the tracks that are included 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).
Track listing
All tracks written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted.
Personnel
Production
Charts
Singles – Billboard (North America)
Songs
1It's Only Love4:24
2Arrested For Driving While Blind3:07
3El Diablo4:22