ZZ Top's First Album
by ZZ Top
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ZZ Top bestography
ZZ Top's First Album is ranked 8th best out of 28 albums by ZZ Top on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by ZZ Top is Eliminator which is ranked number 1156 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,517.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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ZZ Top's First Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
ZZ Top's First Album rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 81 Music Albums of 1971 | 24/81 | 4 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | JoshN125 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 25/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 72 Music Albums of 1971 | 50/72 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1971 | 32/34 | 0 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 65 Music Albums of 1971 | 36/65 | 2 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 21 Music Albums of 1971 | 16/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | spinout | Custom chart | 12/40 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | 1971: Part 2- #101-200 | 8/27 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 69 | |||
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ZZ Top's First Album ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 06:25 | LammyTS1 | 1,103 | 59/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 04:30 | Tiki-bar | 3 | 88/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2026 21:51 | AgingVagabond | 36 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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ZZ Top's First Album forum mentions
pedro1976 04/28/2024 08:22 in What album are you listening to right now?ZZ Top's First Album comments
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This is a great album! Essential ZZ, I would put it as 2nd best, after Tres Hombres. If you're looking for the true, Texas blues rock ZZ Top, then this is it. Unadulterated. No BS. Raw. Pure ZZ Top, before all the gimmicks. (Edited)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2019 04:28 | #228542
Solid debut with hints of what the band could/would become.
Best Track: (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree
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