Fandango

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ZZ Top had already made at least one better album than Fandango! and would go on to make two or three more, but Fandango! has all the fun that the album title implies.

In the late 80s, after the colossal successes of Eliminator and Afterburner, Warner Records made the decision to reissue all ZZ Top's London-era albums on CD for the first time. Sounds great, only an immense spanner ended up getting thrown into the works. See, some genius there had the bright idea of also giving those older albums a sonic makeover, adding extra reverb and echo to the drum sound in particular. I guess the thinking was that these 'enhanced' new versions would resonate better with younger fans of the band, only familiar with the then current, synthesised, Eliminator-era Top.a b Simmons, Sylvie (July 1–15, 1982). "Over the Top!". Kerrang!. No.19. p.6. [Billy Gibbons:] We steal our [dance] moves heavily off Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. VH1 to Premiere ZZ Top "Storytellers" " (Press release). AHN. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011 . Retrieved December 18, 2010.

Frost, Deborah (1985). ZZ Top - Bad and Worldwide. New York: Rolling Stone Press. pp.103, 106–107, 115. ISBN 0020029500. This song captivates me still, after 50+ years. Takes me to the deep South and the poverty of some who lived thru truly hard times. And the powerful spirit of a poor young girl being abandoned to her future with only a red dress and her wits to keep her alive. Matrix / Runout (Scribed in runout B, Variant 3, [STERLING is stamped]): SAHS T\ ̷ ̷S̷A̷S̷H̷ -1661-1 STERLING RL D6 For its part, side two of Fandango! introduced no less than six exhilarating new studio cuts, as strong as anything contained on the celebrated Tres Hombres. Eliminator" Reissue Coming March 25th!". ZZtop.com. January 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.

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But not before providing some amazing photographic evidence for the inner sleeve – in part to help explain their long absence from recording, and in part to inform fans that ZZ's long-awaited return was in fact a a half-live, half-studio proposition.