El Loco

ZZ Top | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002KMP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,042 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: ZZ TOP
Title: EL LOCO
Street Release Date: 11/04/1987
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars El Fantastico!, May 8, 2004

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high class slim "high_class_slim" (Tejas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: El Loco (Audio CD)

Wondering what they're doing in those greasy overalls shown on the cover? They were working very hard on another sweet album!

ZZ sounds more contemporary on this album than they ever had before, while at the same time throwing down some funky blues (Tube Snake Boogie, Don't Be Cruel), sweet 70's country-flavored ballads (Leila, It's So Hard), and a couple truly bizarre, genius tracks (10 Foot Pole, Heaven Hell or Houston).

As with Tejas, Billy's tones are more frequently in the Strat realm than the fat Les Paul territory he is widely known for. He doesn't hold back on this one, slingling his gun with great zeal. Tube Snake, Don't Be Cruel, and Heaven, Hell or Houston all feature some of his sweetest solo work, in my opinion.

Out of my five star rating I give one star to each of these tracks:

*Tube Snake
*10 Foot Pole
*Leila
*Don't Be Cruel
*It's So Hard
*Heaven, Hell or Houston

Whoops, that's 6 stars. It's just a sweet thing!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST ZZ TOP YET, October 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: El Loco (Audio CD)

This is ZZ TOP at it's best the whole range of ZZ TOP'S music is here in this one album.Starting with the anthem 'TUBE SNAKE BOOGIE' to the rockin 'I WANT TO DRIVE YOU HOME',In which Billy Gibbons guitar licks are just awesome.If you like a good hard rockin album with the best guitar riffs and great lyrics this album from 'THAT LITTLE OL BAND FROM TEXAS'is a must.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet!, March 19, 2008

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Nick (Wherever Carmen Sandiego is) - See all my reviews

This review is from: El Loco (Audio CD)

Um, I don't know why this album has caught so many bad reviews... I've never heard the original version (though I'd like to) but even so, this just may be my favorite ZZ Top album and I own quite a few. I will admit that at first, I didn't care for it much at all. But the more I listened, the more it grew on me and now I listen to it the most out of my ZZ Top collection. It sounds weak through an iPod, so I prefer to play it in my car, which has a very nice stereo system... it sounds so groovy and laid back, which I really like. Good cruisin' music. This album sounds like blues numbers mixed with a surf edge to them; there isn't much in the way of heaviness and distortion on this album. I guess it's really about personal taste more than anything else; I'm a laid-back guy so I like laid-back music. So yeah this isn't an album for angry people. Actually I take that back, buy it if you're angry cause it'll calm you down. Anyway, I'm done. Long live ZZ Top.