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Rio Grande Mud - Wikipedia

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Rio Grande Mud

Studio album by

ZZ Top

Released

April 4, 1972

Recorded

September 1971 – January 1972

Studio

Robin Hood, Tyler, Texas

Genre

Length

40:51

ZZ Top chronology

ZZ Top's First Album
(1971)

Rio Grande Mud
(1972)

Tres Hombres
(1973)

Singles from Rio Grande Mud

"Francine"
Released: April 1972

Rio Grande Mud is the second studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top. It was released in 1972 by the London Records label. The album title was inspired by the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border between Mexico and Texas.

Background

ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons said of the album:

It was the first record that brought us into step with the writing experience. We started documenting events as they happened to us on the road; all of these elements went into the songwriting notebook. As we went along, we were keeping track of skeleton ideas as they popped up. The craft was certainly developing.^[3]

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C^[4]
Rolling Stone	Mixed^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]
The Daily Vault	A−^[7]

The only single released from the album was "Francine", which peaked at number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. The A-side was the album version, while the B-side featured the song with the vocals re-recorded in Spanish.^[8] Another 45 version was released in the UK and Germany backed with "Down Brownie". Various official ZZ Top releases throughout the years, beginning in 1972, have used the alternative spelling "Francene", especially on the various 45 releases both within and outside the United States as well as the first edition of the LP.

In 1987, the album was remixed for CD release. On January 11, 2011, Rhino released a remastered version from the original 1972 mix on vinyl only. This album was put up for download on Amazon's MP3 store and iTunes as a digital download in 2012, and features the original mixes of the tracks that are on Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, and the 1987 remixes of the tracks that are not from that box set. The original mix of the album was released on CD in June 2013 as part of the box set The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990).^[9]

Reception

AllMusic retrospectively gave the album 3.5 stars, stating: "With their second album, Rio Grande Mud, ZZ Top uses the sound they sketched out on their debut as a blueprint, yet they tweak it in slight but important ways."^[2]

The album peaked at number 104 on the Billboard 200 in June 1972.^[10]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Francine"	Billy Gibbons, Steve Perron, Kenny Cordray	3:33
2.	"Just Got Paid"	Gibbons, Bill Ham	4:49
3.	"Mushmouth Shoutin'"	Gibbons, Ham	3:41
4.	"Ko Ko Blue"	Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard	4:56
5.	"Chevrolet"	Gibbons	3:47

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Apologies to Pearly (instrumental)"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham	2:39
2.	"Bar-B-Q"	Gibbons, Ham	3:34
3.	"Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell"	Gibbons	7:39
4.	"Whiskey'n Mama"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham	3:20
5.	"Down Brownie"	Gibbons	2:53
Total length:			38:55

Personnel

ZZ Top

Billy Gibbons – guitar, harmonica, vocals
Dusty Hill – bass guitar, vocals on "Francine" and "Chevrolet"
Frank Beard – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

Pete Tickle – acoustic guitar on "Mushmouth Shoutin'"

Production

Bill Ham – production
Robin Hood Brians – engineering

Charts

Chart performance for *Rio Grande Mud*
Chart (1972–1974)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[11]	85
US Billboard 200^[12]	104

References

^ ^a ^b Myers, Marc (April 4, 2022). "ZZ Top's 'Rio Grande Mud' at 50". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rio Grande Mud at AllMusic
^ "Billy Gibbons talks ZZ Top: The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990)". June 3, 2013.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Z". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 9, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "ZZ Top: Rio Grande Mud". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2007.
^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "ZZ Top". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 907–8. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Thelen, Christopher (2019). "The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Rio Grande Mud". dailyvault.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "The Hot 100, The week of July 8, 1972". Billboard.
^ Gallucci, Michael (April 30, 2013). "New ZZ Top Box Will Include Original Mixes of First 10 Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
^ "Billboard 200, The week of June 17 & June 24, 1972". Billboard.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 348. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "ZZ Top Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July, 8 2023.

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Billy Gibbons Frank Beard Elwood Francis Lanier Greig Dan Mitchell Billy Ethridge Dusty Hill
Studio albums	ZZ Top's First Album Rio Grande Mud Tres Hombres Fandango! Tejas Degüello El Loco Eliminator Afterburner Recycler Antenna Rhythmeen XXX Mescalero La Futura
Compilations	The Best of ZZ Top Greatest Hits One Foot in the Blues Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
Live albums	Live from Texas
Box sets	The Six Pack Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
Singles	"Francine" "La Grange" "Tush" "It's Only Love" "Arrested for Driving While Blind" "I Thank You" "Cheap Sunglasses" "Leila" "Tube Snake Boogie" "Gimme All Your Lovin'" "Sharp Dressed Man" "TV Dinners" "Legs" "Sleeping Bag" "Stages" "Velcro Fly" "Rough Boy" "Doubleback" "My Head's in Mississippi" "Viva Las Vegas" "Pincushion" "She's Just Killing Me" "What's Up with That"
Other songs	"Waitin' for the Bus" "Jesus Just Left Chicago" "Master of Sparks" "Pearl Necklace" "Got Me Under Pressure"
Video albums	Greatest Hits Live from Texas Live at Montreux 2013
Tours	Worldwide Texas Tour Recycler Tour XXX Tour Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour Whack Attack Tour Hollywood Blues Tour El Camino Ocho Tour 2010 World Tour Gang of Outlaws Tour Tonnage Tour
Related articles	Discography Super Bowl XXXI halftime show CadZZilla Bill Ham Moving Sidewalks American Blues Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends
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