Rio Grande Mud
by ZZ Top
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ZZ Top bestography
Rio Grande Mud is ranked 9th best out of 28 albums by ZZ Top on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by ZZ Top is Eliminator which is ranked number 1171 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,502.
(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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Rio Grande Mud track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rio Grande Mud rankings
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Rio Grande Mud ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/04/2026 06:15 | Sumbody | 1,916 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 05:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2025 00:26 | mrmcrook | 1,117 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2025 17:31 | Olli | 7,841 | 62/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2025 20:39 | MasterOfPuppets | 845 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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Good early days album from them, when they thrived on barroom blues and boogie. (Edited)
The Texas Boogie band's 2nd release and a step forward from their eponymous release. The release setting the stage for even greater things to come. Profiles Billy Gibbons into the forefront as a premier journeyman blues rock guitarist paralleling the great Duane Allman. The cuts rock hard and set the tone for their next solid gold release "Tres Hombres". No overdubbing here. Just a pure "Hell on Wheels" assault of Rock & Roll. (Edited)
Jboy56 02/04/2022 14:41 | #280712
Solid TOP, quality is consistent and cohesive.
Fischman 01/02/2019 04:31 | #228544
Not a great album overall, but Just Got Paid is one of their greatest songs ever.
They pretty much have their signature sound down now. They just need some more memorable songs to go with it.
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