This is relentless assault of rock that doesn’t stop (pun fully intended) until the sadly too short song is finished (it’s the shortest song on the disc dammit). Though the accuracy of the title is debatable, given the preceding song, the quality of this track is not. Thankfully things are immediately rectified with “Can’t Stop Rocking”. Extra distaste goes to this song for being the only song from the album that gets played live. It’s not particularly bad, it’s just a boring slow song with very little that’s memorable. Sly “Woke up With Wood” is next and even though it’s definitely formulaic in the sense that it matches previously mentioned four aspects, it’s still a winner.Īt this point though we do hit my least favorite song on the album, “Rough Boy”. Like most of the other songs it’s features great vocals on the verses, good hooks on the chorus, a cool solo and acceptable levels of synth. Although, it was the most successful single off the album, so what do I know? “Stages” is the next song and is more indicative of the quality of the album.
It’s a pretty good song with a nice solo, but there are better ones and that synth is definitely too much. “Sleeping Bag” commences proceedings and is the only song where the overuse of the synth is a legitimate criticism.
This was the first ZZ Top album I heard, and to me I don’t think I could have picked a better one to start with. And we got Afterburner, a massive hit financially, but oddly underrated by some, even to this day. In 1985 ZZ Top had the unenviable task of recording the follow up to the massively successful Eliminator.
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