By ZZ Top. I'm listening to this now. The most emphatic NC I can give.

It’s one of my favourite albums of all time.

It’s my undisputed never to be beaten number one favourite gatefold sleeve of all time.

Never Crap

NC

I’ve got my brown paper bag and my take-home pay.

Well it's no Coldplay or Deftones album.

I haven't done my homework, so I don't know how Rick Beato would rate its riffage against that of Slipknot.

But it's okay . . . I guess.

Is "Softball question ingratiation ritual" a good song title? Seems like something Steven Malkmus would come up with.

Bluegum LaBloat wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 6:07 pm Is "Softball question ingratiation ritual" a good song title? Seems like something Steven Malkmus would come up with.

Lol

Bluegum LaBloat wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 6:07 pm Is "Softball question ingratiation ritual" a good song title? Seems like something Steven Malkmus would come up with.

Sounds more like GBV to me, but I agree with the premise.

I also want to take this opportunity to put in a plug for ZZ Top's First Album. Bluesy, tight and rock solid. "Brown Sugar" rules.

Not quite my favourite Top (that's Tejas followed by Rhythmeen), but I think it's their best work overall; though you could argue it's just an upgrade on the ideas they figured out on Rio Grande Mud w/ a production upgrade thanks to Terry Manning. The interaction between these 3 musicians is steller and out of the playing comes THEIR atmosphere - that's the sign that they're operating in rarefied territory.

Remember FINALLY hearing a proper remaster of the original album and savouring the experience after years of listening to that sucky 80s digital remix. I'm not an audiophile but it really is a night and day difference - I don't want to derail the thread, but the way they defaced their first 5 albums and refused to release the original mixes for 20 years plus was criminal.

Anyway, N.C.

With all the bad news coming out of Texas recently it's nice to think about such a special band from there. I like the gospel influence on some of these tracks.