Recycler (studio album) by ZZ Top

Recycler by ZZ Top
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 29,136th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 43 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (393rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (4,642nd)
Award Best albums of all time (29,136th)
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ZZ Top bestography

Recycler is ranked 13th best out of 26 albums by ZZ Top on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by ZZ Top is Eliminator which is ranked number 1121 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,578.

ZZ Top album bestography « Higher ranked (27,359th) This album (29,136th) Lower ranked (38,717th) »
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Recycler track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 43 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.1/100, a mean average of 65.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 09/14/2018 16:44
Their best work were "Eliminator" and "Afterburner" and they continued in the same style on "Recycler" but without any genuine great new song. The single releases like "Concrete and Steel", "Doubleback" or "My Head's in Mississippi" were no. 1 chartbreakers in the USA but lack the europhoria of their previous hits.
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From 12/10/2014 21:46
Good hard rock/blues rock/electronic rock album. Best 10 songs average is 86,2/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best songs are "My head's in Mississippi" and "Give it up" both 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100.
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From 07/23/2013 20:23
By this point, ZZ Top is doing nothing new. They're well embedded in their poppy blues-rock sound, and there's nothing interesting.
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