Tres Hombres
by ZZ Top

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-07-26
Overall rank: 1,666th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 331 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (31st)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (310th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,666th)

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ZZ Top bestography

Tres Hombres is ranked 2nd 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.

ZZ Top album bestography « Higher ranked (1,156th)
Eliminator
This album (1,666th)
Tres Hombres
Lower ranked (4,390th) »
Degüello

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Tres Hombres rankings

Tres Hombres rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,666th | 1970s rank: 310th | 1973 rank: 31st  Overall chart history
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Tres Hombres ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 331 votes)
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09/07/2026 11:02 TroutMaskGreg  Ratings distribution  1,82369/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.


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75/100
From 07/29/2026 15:34 | #315460
Not really my thing but a handful of decent highlights. (Edited)
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90/100
From 05/19/2026 15:24 | #314498
The best ZZ Top album. Just has such a great groove to it. Outstanding stuff (Edited)
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90/100
From 10/23/2022 20:50 | #290742
My all time favorite blues album. It's got rhythm. It's got blues. It's got boogie. The sum of all parts makes close to perfection. Fucking outstanding. Best album they've made.
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Rating:  
90/100
The best ZZ Top album, no fillers.
La Grange as maybe their best and also most famous song overall, Waitin for the bus and Jesus just left Chicago nicely blend into each other and are followed by the also great Beer Drinkers & Hellraisers.
Completed with Precious and Grace as one of the best ZZ Top songs ever recorded.
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75/100
From 04/24/2022 18:51 | #284596
I have this on green vinyl to match the sleeve, great title, tres hombres sounds much more inviting than the English translation! My other ZZ Top album is Eliminator, those ten years could be a lifetime. It sounds like two different bands, both of which I enjoy for different reasons. This album is much more blues based with a less commercial appeal. Le Grange and Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers are the standouts. No synths used on this album. Eliminator embraces synths and electronic drums.
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