Z.Z. Hill - Greatest Hits

Z.Z. Hill | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Malaco Records
• ASIN: B000001KZO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,972 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #19 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Texas Blues

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

After twenty-odd years of undervalued singing, soul bluesmaster Hill hit it big on the 1982-83 black charts with his four-star Down Home album-only to pass away months later, at age forty-four. His breakthrough label, Malaco, of Jackson, Mississippi, does his memory proud with this eleven- song salute, just chock-full of his stray-beyond-the-marriage-bed compunction. Forget about his voice lacking firmness and emotional sway a' la Bobby Bland; its earthiness is dignified by one excellent song after another from on-call Malaco scribes and by soul-stirring arrangements. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Product Description

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Media Type: CD
Artist: HILL,Z.Z.
Title: GREATEST HITS
Street Release Date: 06/07/1990
Domestic
Genre: BLUES

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is a must have for any zz hill lovers, November 18, 2004

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hillbilly katz (odessa texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Z.Z. Hill - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

this is the album to have added to your zz hill collection. are even your blues collection. even if it aint his true best, i still like it just fine and it sounds great to me like blues should sound. i first heard zz hill back in the early 90,s late 80,s and have loved his stuff ever since then. its a shame he isnt around anymore. to make great music for us all to enjoy. thanks to my uncle who got me a blues masters cd for chrstmas one year i have been hookd ever since to zz hill. bottom line a must have. kellyd.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christoofer Anderson Is Wrong, February 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Z.Z. Hill - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This is by far the best representation of ZZ Hill at his peak. He is in full stride throughout this record.

I have purchased this for friends, family and several times for myself in various formats through out the years.

If you want to start a party, this is the kicker.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars These are not Z.Z. Hills Greatest Hits - steer clear!!, January 30, 2002

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Christoffer Andersen (santa cruz, california USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Z.Z. Hill - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The title of this CD is blatant false advertising.
These recordings were made for the Malaco label in the 80s, and sound generic, synthesized, dull and have nothing to do with ZZ's greatest achievements, mainly his 60's and early 70's output.
Although the singing is great at times, you just can't get that great southern soul feeling when the backup tracks sound like they were played on a 40$ Casio synth.
Try and get some of his older stuff instead.