Track Listing

1. I Thank You
2. She Loves My Automobile
3. I'm Bad I'm Nationwide
4. Fool For Your Stockings
5. Manic Mechanic
6. Dust My Broom
7. Lowdown In The Street
8. Hi Fi Mama
9. Cheap Sunglasses
10. Esther Be The One

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10970 in Music
• Released on: 1984-04-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
ZZ Top took an extended break from the tour trail and the recording studio after wrapping up the tour for its 1976 album, TEJAS. DEGUELLO (Spanish for 'beheading') was issued three years later, and continued the Texas trio's winning streak.
Most ZZ Top fans consider DEGUELLO to be the last link to the band's characteristic early blues-rock; it moved to amore accessible sound with its '80s releases EL LOCO, ELIMINATOR, and AFTERBURNER. Ending the '70s on a high note for the band, DEGUELLO includes a pair of the group's biggest classic rock staples--the funky "Cheap Sunglasses", and the anthemic "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide".
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Customer Reviews

zz tops
Hendrix called billy gibbons one of the greatest blues guitarists, and if you wont take jimi's word for it then just listen to this album! Classic blues riffs, great lyrics and the boys themselves played the horn section too! This album was heavily drawn upon for their compilation album 'one foot in the blues' and rightly so. Check out 'a fool for your stockings', 'cheap sunglasses' (my favourite track) and the elmore james track 'dust my broom' - lets be honest - there aint a bad track on this album. If you like zz top or just a general blues fan this is one to add to your collection.

Among ZZ Top's best
The general concensus seems to be that "Tres Hombres" is ZZ Top's finest album.
Well, I disagree. "Tres Hombres" is a fine album, but "Degüello" is better. Not by much, sure, but it has a stronger selection of songs, with more of them being instantly memorable, such as the delightful blues-n'-boogie of "Cheap Sunglasses", "Fool For Your Stockings" and "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide".

It's not perfect, sure, not everything is great, but nothing is less than good, and "Degüello" is one of the few truly essential purchases for any ZZ Top fan.

GOOD OLD FASIONED BLUES
LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM AGAIN AFTER NOT HEARING IT FOR SOME TIME, BRILLIANT WITH MAYBE ONLY ONE BAB TRACK,MANIC MECHANIC. BUT MAKES UP FOR IT WITH TOP CLASS TRACKS MY FAVOURITS BEING CHEAP SUNGLASSES + FOOL FOR YOUR STOCKINGS.ENJOY