Album · 1990
Recycler
by ZZ Top
Recycler is a 1990 blues rock album by ZZ Top. It runs 10 tracks across 40 minutes on Warner Bros. Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.0/5 from 3 ratings.
Blues Rock · Classic Rock · Hard Rock
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- 3.0 /5
- 3 ratings
- 66 /100
- 4 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 40 min
- Runtime
- 138 bpm
- Tempo
- F minor
- Key
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10 tracks · 40 min
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Recycler is the tenth studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990. The band had a cameo in the 1990 movie Back to the Future Part III playing an "old west" version of "Doubleback" along with some local musicians. (The regular version of the song plays over the credits). The music video for "Doubleback" also had clips from the movie and was included on the DVD. The album spawned three hits in the form of "Doubleback" (#1 on the Album Rock Tracks for 5 weeks), "Concrete And Steel" (#1 on the Album Rock Tracks for 4 weeks), and "My Head's In Mississippi" (#1 on the Album Rock Tracks for 6 weeks). Music videos were also made for "My Head's in Mississippi", "Burger Man" and "Give It Up". In the UK, it was the band's third album to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry, attaining Silver (60,000 units) in 1990. To date, this is the last studio album to achieve UK certification.
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The song "Tell It" marks the first instance of a song in a which a sampled clip of a distinctively-toned saying of the word "fine" is used, which was later featured again on the song "Lizard Life", off Antenna, the band's next album, and even in a performance of the song "Cheap Sunglasses" on the Live from Texas album.
In brief
- Is Recycler good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Recycler 3.0/5 from 3 ratings.
- When was Recycler released?
- Recycler was released in 1990 on Warner Bros. Records.
- How many tracks are on Recycler?
- Recycler has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 40 minutes.
- What genre is Recycler?
- Recycler is catalogued under Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock.
- What BPM is Recycler?
- Recycler runs at a median tempo of 138 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Recycler?
- Listeners of Recycler also rate Use Your Illusion I by Guns N' Roses, Back in Black by AC/DC, Shades of Two Worlds by The Allman Brothers Band.
- Who produced Recycler?
- Bill Ham produced all 10 tracks on Recycler.
- Who wrote the songs on Recycler?
- Recycler was written by Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.
Credits
- Produced by
- Written by
- Billy F. GibbonsDusty HillFrank Beard
- Engineered by
- Played by
- Billy GibbonsDusty HillFrank Beard
- Vocals by
- Billy GibbonsDusty Hill
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