Afterburner (album)
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| Afterburner | ||
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| Studio album by ZZ Top | ||
| Released | October 28, 1985 | |
| Recorded | 1985 | |
| Genre | Blues-Rock | |
| Length | 37:02 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Ham | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| ZZ Top chronology | ||
| Eliminator (1983) |
Afterburner (1985) |
Recycler (1990) |
Afterburner is the ninth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). While Afterburner was a financial success, going several times platinum and launching several hit singles, part of the ZZ Top fanbase was highly disappointed in the synthesizers and drum machines which, they felt, robbed the band of its groove and heartfelt Texas blues beats.
The song "Can't Stop Rockin'" was featured in the 1993 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3.
The song "Velcro Fly" was alluded to in Stephen King's "The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands"
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Billy Gibbons/Dusty Hill/Frank Beard.
- "Sleeping Bag" – 4:02
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
- "Stages" – 3:32
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
- "Woke up With Wood" – 3:45
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
- "Rough Boy" – 4:50
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
- "Can't Stop Rockin'" – 3:01
- Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
- "Planet of Women" – 4:04
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
- "I Got the Message" – 3:27
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
- "Velcro Fly" – 3:29
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
- "Dipping Low (In the Lap of Luxury)" – 3:11
- Lead vocals: Billy Gibbons
- "Delirious" – 3:41
- Lead vocals: Dusty Hill
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Production
- Producer – Bill Ham
- Engineers – Joe Hardy, Bob Ludwig
- Art Director – Jeri McManus
- Design – Jeri McManus
- Artwork – Barry Jackson
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1985 | The Billboard 200 | 4 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1985 | "Can't Stop Rockin'" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 8 |
| 1985 | "Sleeping Bag" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1985 | "Sleeping Bag" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
| 1985 | "Stages" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1986 | "Delirious" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 16 |
| 1986 | "Rough Boy" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 5 |
| 1986 | "Rough Boy" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
| 1986 | "Sleeping Bag" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 41 |
| 1986 | "Stages" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 21 |
| 1986 | "Velcro Fly" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 43 |
| 1986 | "Velcro Fly" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 15 |
| 1986 | "Velcro Fly" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 35 |
| 1986 | "Woke up With Wood" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 18 |
| ZZ Top |
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| Billy Gibbons • Dusty Hill • Frank Beard
Discography
Albums: ZZ Top's First Album • Rio Grande Mud • Tres Hombres • Fandango! • Tejas • Degüello • El Loco • Eliminator • Afterburner • Recycler • Antenna • Rhythmeen • XXX • Mescalero Compilations: The Best of ZZ Top • ZZ Top's Greatest Hits • One Foot in the Blues • Chrome, Smoke & BBQ • Rancho Texicano Singles: Salt Lick • (Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree • Francine • Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago • La Grange • Tush • It's Only Love • Arrested For Driving While Blind • Cheap Sunglasses • I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide • I Thank You • Leila • Pearl Necklace • Tube Snake Boogie • Gimme All Your Lovin' • Got Me Under Pressure • Sharp Dressed Man • TV Dinners • Legs • Can't Stop Rockin' • Sleeping Bag • Stages • Delirious • Rough Boy • Velcro Fly • Woke up With Wood • Concrete and Steel • Doubleback • Give it Up • My Head's in Mississippi • Decision or Collision • Viva Las Vegas • Breakaway • Fuzzbox Voodoo • Girl in a T-Shirt • Pincushion • Tush • Bang Bang • She's Just Killing Me • What's Up with That • Rhythmeen • Fearless Boogie • 36-22-36 Related articles
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