Warner
's 2013 box set
The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990
rounds up the ten albums
ZZ Top
recorded for
Warner Bros
over the course of 20 years: 1971's
ZZ Top's First Album
, 1972's
Rio Grande Mud
, 1973's
Tres Hombres
, 1975's
Fandango!
, 1976's
Tejas
, 1979's
Deguello
, 1981's
El Loco
, 1983's
Eliminator
, 1985's
Afterburner
, and 1990's
Recycler
. Each album is packaged as a mini LP containing the original artwork, but the real news is that the original LP mixes for
,
, and
are presented on CD for the first time, a move that will please all hardcore fans. That said, the whole package is quite attractive, and not just from a packaging perspective: this is the prime of
, available in one place at a very attractive price (a retail of $59.98, which may be discounted to around $40 by some retailers). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine