ZZ Top discography

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ZZ Top discography
ZZ Top Live.jpg
ZZ Top in 2008. From left to right: Dusty Hill, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons.
Studio albums15
Live albums4
Compilation albums6
Video albums4
EPs2
Singles44

The following is a comprehensive discography of ZZ Top, an American rock band. They have released 15 studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums and 44 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[1][2]
(sales threshold)
US
[3] 		AUS
[4][5] 		CAN
[6] 		GER
[7] 		SWE
[8] 		NOR
[9] 		SWI
[10] 		AUT
[11] 		FIN
[12] 		FRA
[13] 		UK
[14]
1971 ZZ Top's First Album
—[A] — — — — — — — — — —
1972 Rio Grande Mud
  • Release date: April 4, 1972
  • Label: London Records
 104 90 — — — — — — — — —
1973 Tres Hombres
  • Release date: July 26, 1973
  • Label: London Records
 8 36 13 — — — — — — — —
1975 Fandango!
  • Release date: April 18, 1975
  • Label: London Records
 10 61 1 — — — — — — — 60
  • US: Gold[16]
  • CAN: Platinum
1976 Tejas
  • Release date: November 29, 1976
  • Label: London Records
 17 72 3 — 21 — — — — — —
1979 Degüello
24 100 5 — — — — 19 — — —
  • US: Platinum[16]
  • GER: Gold
1981 El Loco
  • Release date: July 20, 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 17 — 19 52 26 — — — — — 88
1983 Eliminator
  • Release date: March 23, 1983
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 9 2 2 25 13 13 11 — 1 16 3
  • US: Diamond[16]
  • CAN: Diamond
  • UK: 4× Platinum
  • AUS: 4× Platinum[17]
  • FIN: Platinum[18]
  • GER: 3× Gold
  • AUT: Gold
  • FRA: 2× Platinum
1985 Afterburner
  • Release date: October 28, 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 4 6 1 3 3 8 2 18 1 — 2
  • US: 5× Platinum[16]
  • AUS: 2× Platinum[19]
  • GER: 3× Gold
  • UK: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum[18]
  • FRA: Gold
1990 Recycler
  • Release date: October 16, 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 6 27 10 4 2 2 1 15 1 9 8
  • US: Platinum[16]
  • CAN: Platinum
  • GER: Platinum
  • FIN: Platinum[18]
  • SWI: Platinum[20]
  • UK: Silver
  • FRA: 2× Gold
1994 Antenna
14 40 12 3 1 4 3 2 1 7 3
  • US: Platinum[16]
  • AUT: Gold
  • CAN: Gold
  • FIN: Gold[18]
  • FRA: Gold
  • GER: Gold
  • NOR: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
1996 Rhythmeen
  • Release date: September 17, 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
 29 — 38 9 6 15 8 31 3 14 32
1999 XXX
  • Release date: September 28, 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
 100 — — 11 26 — 23 — 24 50 —
2003 Mescalero
  • Release date: September 9, 2003
  • Label: RCA Records
 57 — — 9 22 21 22 33 18 46 —
2012 La Futura
6 — 7 5 11 7 4 7 4 13 29
  • GER: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[3] 		AUT
[11] 		GER
[7] 		UK
[14]
2008 Live from Texas
— — — —
2011 Live in Germany 1980
— — — —
2016 Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World
  • Released: September 9, 2016
  • Label: Suretone
 111 50
[21] 		35 50
2022 Raw ('That Little Ol' Band From Texas' Original Soundtrack)
141
[23] 		19 3 81
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[3] 		US Blues
[3] 		AUS
[4][5] 		GER
[7] 		NZ
[24] 		SWE
[8] 		NOR
[9] 		AUT
[11] 		UK
[14]
1977 The Best of ZZ Top
  • Released: March 21, 1977
  • Label: London Records
 94 — 44 — — — — — —
  • US: 2× Platinum[16]
1992 Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 14, 1992
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 9 — 2 4 2 2 7 2 5
  • US: 3× Platinum[16]
  • FRA: Diamond
  • AUS: 4× Platinum[17]
  • FIN: Platinum[18]
  • GER: 3× Gold
  • AUT: Platinum
  • BEL: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
  • SWI: Platinum[20]
  • UK: Gold
1994 One Foot in the Blues
  • Released: November 22, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 — 10 — 47 — 25 — — —
2004 Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
30 — — — — — — — —
  • UK: Silver
2014 The Very Baddest
95 — — — — — — — —
  • UK: Silver
2019 Goin' 50
  • Released: June 14, 2019
  • Label: Warner Records Inc.
 129
[25] 		— — 28 — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
GER
[7]
1992 Greatest Hits: The Video Collection
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Warner Music Vision
 —
2008 Live from Texas
21
  • US: 2× Multi-Platinum[16]
  • CAN: 5× Multi-Platinum[26]
  • GER: Platinum[27]
  • AUS: Gold[28]
  • FIN: Gold[18]
2009 Double Down Live: 1980 & 2008
  • Released: October 20, 2009
  • Label: Eagle Rock
 60
2014 Live at Montreux 2013
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: Eagle Rock
 35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

Year Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[4] 		GER
[7]
1987 The Six Pack
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 99 —
2003 Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
  • Released: October 14, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
 — —
2013 The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990
  • Released: June 7, 2013
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
 — 88
2017 Cinco: The First Five LPs
  • Released: June 9, 2017
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
 — —
2018 Cinco №2: The Second Five LPs
  • Released: June 1, 2018
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Records
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs

Year EP Peak chart positions[29][30][31]
US
[3] 		IRE NZ
[32][24] 		UK
[14]
1985 The ZZ Top Summer Holiday E.P. — 23 24 51
1987 Club — — 6 —
2012 Texicali 106 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions[29][30][31] Certifications Album
US
[3] 		US Main AUS
[4][5] 		CAN UK
[14] 		IRE NLD NZ
[32] 		SWI SWE GER
1969 "Salt Lick"
b/w "Miller's Farm"[33] 		— x — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
1970 "(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree" — x — — — — — — — — — ZZ Top's First Album
1972 "Francine" 69 x — — — — — — — — — Rio Grande Mud
1973 "La Grange" 41 x 18 34 — — — — — — — Tres Hombres
"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" — x — — — — — — — — —
1975 "Tush" 20 x 87 14 — — — — — — — Fandango!
1976 "It's Only Love" 44 x — 55 — — — — — — — Tejas
1977 "Arrested for Driving While Blind" 91 x — 86 — — — — — — —
"Enjoy and Get It On" 105 x — 87 — — — — — — —
1980 "I Thank You" 34 x — 52 — — — — — — — Degüello
"Cheap Sunglasses" 89 x — — — — — — — — —
1981 "Leila" 77 — — — — — — — — — — El Loco
"Tube Snake Boogie" 103 4 — — — — — — — — —
"Pearl Necklace" — 28 — — — — — — — — —
1983 "Gimme All Your Lovin'" 37 2 82 39 10 9 3 — 33 — 39 Eliminator
"Got Me Under Pressure" — 18 — — — — — — — — —
"Sharp Dressed Man" 56 8 66 — 22 8 8 — — — —
"TV Dinners" — 38 — — 67 — — — — — —
1984 "Legs" 8 3 6 9 16 9 19 7 — — —
1985
"Sleeping Bag" 8 1 36 18 27 14 — 13 — 13 40 Afterburner
"Can't Stop Rockin'" — 8 — — — — — — — — —
"Stages" 21 1 63 42 43 23 — 40 — — —
1986 "Rough Boy" 22 5 84 58 23 23 81 — 38 — —
"Delirious" — 16 — — — — — — — — —
"Woke Up with Wood" — 18 — — — — — — — — —
"Velcro Fly" 35 15 — — 54 — — 10 — — 68
1987 "Planet Of Women" — — — — — — — — — — —
1990 "Doubleback" 50 1 41 14 29 — — 28 13 9 33 Recycler
"Concrete and Steel" — 1 — 35 — — — — — — —
"My Head's in Mississippi" — 1 166[35] 79 37 — — — — — —
"Give It Up" 79 2 106[36] 33 — — — — — — 69
1991 "Burger Man" — 14 — — — — — — — — —
1992 "Viva Las Vegas" — 16 28 34 10 8 27 17 20 7 34 Greatest Hits
"Gun Love" — 8 — — — — — — — — —
1994 "Pincushion" —[B] 1 — 32 15 — — 33 40 11 — Antenna
"Breakaway" — 7 — 42 60 — — — — — —
"Girl in a T-Shirt" — 27 — — — — — — — — —
"Fuzzbox Voodoo" — 30 — — — — — — — — —
1996 "She's Just Killing Me" — 12 — 34 — — — — — — — Rhythmeen
"What's Up with That" — 5 — 7 58 — — — — — —
"Bang Bang" — 22 — 35 — — — — — — —
1997 "Rhythmeen" — 35 — — — — — — — — —
1999 "Fearless Boogie" — 13 — — — — — — — — — XXX
2000 "36-22-36" — 31 — — — — — — — — —
2003 "Piece" — — — — — — — — — — — Mescalero
2012 "I Gotsta Get Paid" — — — — — — — — — — — La Futura
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, "x" denotes when chart did not exist

As featured artist

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[14]
1999 "Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000"
(Martay feat. ZZ Top) 		28 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

Year Song Album Notes
1990 "Reverberation (Doubt)" Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson The 13th Floor Elevators cover

Notes

  1. ^ ZZ Top's First Album did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at #201 on the Bubbling Under the Top LP's chart.[15]
  2. ^ "Pincushion" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at #24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

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