Degüello

Degüello
Studio album by ZZ Top
Released	November 1979[1]
Recorded	1979
Genre	Texas blues, blues rock, boogie rock, southern rock, hard rock
Length	34:03
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
The Best of ZZ Top (1977) Degüello (1979) El Loco (1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Robert Christgau	A− link
Smash Hits	8/10[2]

Degüello is the sixth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). "Degüello" means "cut/slit someone's throat" or, idiomatically, when something is said to be done "a degüello", it means "no quarter" (as in "no surrender to be given or accepted--a fight to the death") in Spanish. It also was the title of a Moorish-origin bugle call used by the Mexican Army at the Battle of the Alamo, Texas, in 1836. It was the first ZZ Top release on Warner Bros. Records and eventually went platinum.

Degüello was produced by Bill Ham, recorded and mixed by Terry Manning, and mastered by Bob Ludwig.

Track listing

All tracks written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, except where noted. 

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Thank You" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter)	3:23
2.	"She Loves My Automobile"	2:24
3.	"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"	4:46
4.	"A Fool for Your Stockings"	4:15
5.	"Manic Mechanic"	2:37

Side B
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson)	3:06
7.	"Lowdown in the Street"	2:49
8.	"Hi Fi Mama"	2:23
9.	"Cheap Sunglasses"	4:48
10.	"Esther Be the One"	3:31

Original LP pressings of Degüello credited authorship of "Dust My Broom" to Elmore James.

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals, baritone saxophone
• Dusty Hill – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Hi Fi Mama", tenor saxophone
• Frank Beard – drums, percussion, alto saxophone

Production

• Producer – Bill Ham
• Engineer – Terry Manning
• Mastering engineer – Bob Ludwig

Charts

Album

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Pop Albums	24
1984	The Billboard 200	183

Singles

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	"Cheap Sunglasses"	Pop Singles	89
1980	"I Thank You"	Pop Singles	34

References

1. Edwards, Eyries and Callahan (2004). "WB Album Discography, Part 9". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
2. Hepworth, David. "ZZ Top: Deguello". Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2, 1999): 31.