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Recycler
Rock · 1990 · 10 tracks

Recycler

ZZ Top

Mechanical drum pulses meeting thick, greasy Texas guitar leads. A polished, high-octane bridge between 80s synth-pop and 90s blues-rock grit.

March 23, 1990 · GL Record

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A high-octane blend of swaggering confidence and playful, road-ready grit.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Concrete and Steel
3:50
02
Lovething
3:26
03
Penthouse Eyes
3:47
04
Tell It
4:49
06
Decision or Collision
4:03
07
Give It Up
3:34
08
2000 Blues
4:45
09
Burger Man
3:20
10
Doubleback
3:55
13
My Head’s in Mississippi
4:21
Moments Worth Listening For
The heavy, industrial-leaning stomp of the opening riff on Concrete and Steel.
The cinematic, galloping energy of Doubleback that evokes a high-speed desert chase.
The way the guitar tone on My Head's in Mississippi manages to sound both high-tech and swampy.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Recycler sound next to the rest of ZZ Top's catalogue?

Studio Polished+1.2σ

The production is pushed notably harder into studio polished than this artist usually allows.

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