"XXX" is the 13th studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1999. This album celebrates the 30th anniversary of the band. The live track, "Sinpusher", is an altered version of their 1994 song "Pincushion" with different lyrics and a slightly heavier guitar riff. The album ends with four tracks that were recorded live but sound as processed as the eight studio cuts that precede them. There is no grit, no sensuality to the music, no propulsion in the rhythm, and no joy to the playing. Even when the band stretches out, they feel tightly wound, and there is no spark to Billy Gibbons' guitar playing. If there was, maybe the three-chord shuffle of "Poke Chop Sandwich" would feel right, instead of a bastardized, emasculated knock-off of "Pearl Neckless." But there is nothing to the songs and nothing to the performances. Ironically, ZZ Top doesn't follow the advice they offer in "Fearless Boogie": they're too scared of sounding organic to really let loose and boogie, or play the blues like the accomplished veterans they are.
Track List
01. "Poke Chop Sandwich" - 4:50
02. "Crucifixx-A-Flatt" - 3:59
03. "Fearless Boogie" - 4:01
04. "36-22-36" - 2:36
05. "Made into a Movie" - 5:13
06. "Beatbox" - 2:48
07. "Trippin" - 3:55
08. "Dreadmonboogaloo" - 2:36
09. "Live Intro by Ross Mitchell" - 0:35
10. "Sinpusher [live]" - 5:18
11. "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann) - 5:21
12. "Hey Mr. Millionare [live]" - 4:14
13. "Belt Buckle [live]" - 4:05
Artist: ZZ Top
Title: XXX
Released: September 28, 1999
Genre: Blues Rock
Length: 49:31
Label: RCA
Producer: Billy Gibbons
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