Degüello (studio album)
by ZZ Top

Degüello by ZZ Top
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 4,129th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 143 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (71st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (706th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,129th)

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ZZ Top bestography

Degüello is ranked 3rd best out of 27 albums by ZZ Top on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by ZZ Top is Eliminator which is ranked number 1109 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,567.

ZZ Top album bestography « Higher ranked (1,639th)
Tres Hombres
This album (4,129th)
Degüello
Lower ranked (5,511th) »
Fandango!

(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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Degüello track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 76 (29 votes)Comments: View 1
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Degüello rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,129th | 1970s rank: 706th | 1979 rank: 71st

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Degüello ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 143 votes)
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10/05/2025 16:49 cicadelic   11,31473/100
 
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09/08/2025 03:28 ExTeaSea   5,07883/100
 
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06/29/2025 09:18 steve397   46076/100
 
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05/26/2025 10:18 mids   92080/100
 
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05/12/2025 17:00 Jboy69   33979/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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Degüello comments

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From 01/04/2025 00:08 | #306789
The Best ZZ Top Album, Almost all tracks are gems that they included in shows
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Rating:  
70/100
From 10/30/2022 12:16 | #290908
Great in places but really don't know what they were thinking with Manic Mechanic
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Rating:  
80/100
From 02/10/2022 17:40 | #281088
Going Down to the roots is always cutting deep.
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75/100
From 07/08/2020 08:26 | #255211
Great and solid album. No songs you can't live without but no skippers either. The last one before they changed their style and added a lot of synthezisers.
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70/100
From 01/02/2019 04:20 | #228537
Solid ZZ album. More consistent than most. 2nd only to Tres Hombres.
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90/100
From 02/20/2016 20:41 | #160364
They play all the sax parts themselves on this one.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 07/14/2015 16:54 | #145739
Not a favorite of mine. Nationwide and Automobile are my favorites, never liked Cheap Sunglasses, not sure why it became so popular.
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85/100
From 03/31/2014 15:08 | #108176
One of their best
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80/100
From 11/26/2013 18:09 | #94709
Great album this. Cool as. Funky as hell too. Like hendrix jamming with the mg's.
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
6. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
7. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
8. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
10. Reggatta De Blanc by The Police
11. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
12. Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
14. Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.
15. The B-52's by The B-52's
16. Armed Forces by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
17. Specials by The Specials
18. 154 by Wire
19. Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
20. Setting Sons by The Jam
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