 
ZZ Top formed in 1969 in Texas with members Billy
Gibbons on guitar and lead vocals, Dusty Hill on bass
and vocals, and Frank Beard on drums. Gibbons first
became involved with a band called 'The Coachmen' in
the mid-60s which later became 'Moving Sidewalks.' By
1970, ZZ Top was formed with Gibbons, Lanier Grieg
and Dan Mitchell who were soon replaced with Hill and
Beard. ZZ Top has transcended decades in the music
industry with their mix of rock, boogie and blues -
while keeping their music fun and their trademarks
beards and sunglasses.
ZZ Top performed together for the first time live in
Texas.
ZZ Top released ZZ
Top's First Album.
ZZ Top released Rio
Grande Mud.
ZZ Top released Tres
Hombres.
The LP became the group's first commercial success
and hit the Billboard Top 10.
 Tres
Hombres
was certified gold.
ZZ Top performed in front of 80,000 fans for the 'ZZ
Top's First Annual Texas Size Rompin' Stompin'
Barndance & Bar B.Q."
The LP Fandango was released. The LP contained
live tracks and new songs.
Fandango was certified gold.
ZZ Top released Tejas.
Tejas was certified gold.
The
Best Of ZZ Top was released.
The
Best Of ZZ Top was certified gold.
ZZ Top released Deguello.
ZZ Top hit the Top 40 with "I Thank You."
Deguello was certified gold.
ZZ Top released El
Loco.
El
Loco was
certified gold.
ZZ Top released what would become their biggest LP - Eliminator.
ZZ Top hit the Top 40 with "Gimme All Your Lovin'."
 Eliminator was certified gold.
Eliminator was certified platinum.
 # 78
Singles Artist of the Year
ZZ Top were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Duo or Group (Eliminator).
Deguello was certified platinum.
ZZ Top hit the Top 40 with "Legs."
ZZ Top hit the Top 10 with "Legs."
The video for "Legs" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video and the video for "Sharp
Dressed Man" won for Best Direction. ZZ Top videos were also nominated for Best Group Video and Best Editing ("Sharp Dressed Man"), Best Editing ("Legs"), and Best Direction ("Gimme All Your Lovin'".)
Eliminator was certified 4x platinum.
ZZ Top released Afterburner.
ZZ Top hit the Top 40 with "Sleeping Bag."
ZZ Top hit the Top 10 with "Sleeping Bag."
During the year, ZZ Top topped the Billboard
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Sleeping Bag."
 # 38
Singles Artist of the Year
Afterburner was certified 2x platinum.
ZZ Top hit the Top 40 with "Stages."
ZZ Top hit the Top 40 with "Rough Boy."
Afterburner was certified 3x platinum.
ZZ Top hit the Top 40 with "Velcro Fly."
The video for "Rough Boy" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best
Art Direction,
and was nominated for Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Most Experimental Video and Best Special Effects.
During the year, ZZ Top topped the Billboard
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Stages."
ZZ Top released the box set Six
Pack.
ZZ Top were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Duo or Group (Afterburner).
Eliminator was certified 6x platinum.
ZZ Top released Recycler.
ZZ Top hit the Top 40 with "Doubleback."
ZZ Top had a cameo performance and appeared on the
soundtrack for Back
To Future III.
 Eliminator was certified 7x platinum
ZZ Top were nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best
Video from a Film ("Doubleback").
During the year, ZZ Top topped the Billboard
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Doubleback" and "My Head's In
Mississippi."
 Recycler was certified platinum.
The governor of Texas, Ann Richards, declared it 'ZZ
Top Day' in Texas.
 ZZ
Top Greatest Hits was released. The set included 2 new
tracks: "Viva Las Vegas" and "Gun
Love."
ZZ
Top Greatest Hits was certified gold.
 ZZ
Top Greatest Hits was certified platinum.
ZZ Top released Antenna.
ZZ
Top Greatest Hits was certified 2x platinum.
Antenna was certified gold.
 Antenna was certified platinum.
The
Best Of ZZ Top was certified 2x platinum and Afterburner was certified 4x platinum.
ZZ Top released One
Foot In The Blues. The compilation set focused on the
band's blues tracks.
During the year, ZZ Top topped the Billboard
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with
"Pincushion."
 Eliminator was certified 8x platinum.
Eliminator was certified 10x platinum.
ZZ Top released Rhythmeen.
 Afterburner was certified 5x platinum.
ZZ Top released XXX.
MTV: 100 Greatest
Videos Ever Made included "Gimme All Your Lovin'" at # 43.
Hill was diagnoses with Hepatitis C which resulted in
tour dates being cancelled.
 ZZ
Top Greatest Hits was certified 3x platinum.
VH1: 100 Greatest Artists of
Hard Rock included ZZ Top at # 44.
 VH1: 100 Greatest Videos included "Legs" at # 96.
Gibbons was honored by the Cancer League for his
cancer fund raising efforts in Texas.
ZZ Top released Mescalero.
The box set Chrome,
Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box was released.
Rolling Stone: The 500
Greatest Albums of All Time included Eliminator (1983) at # 396
and Tres
Hombres
(1973) at # 498.
 March 15: ZZ top were inducted into the
Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame.
Rancho
Texicano: The Very Best Of ZZ Top was released.
# 292 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25
Years
chart.
 Live
From Texas
was released.
ZZ Top released La
Futura.
ZZ Top topped the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart
with La
Futura.
The 10-CD box set The
Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990 was released.
- July 28: Dusty Hill died at the
age of 72.
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ZZ
Top's First Album
Released: January, 1971
Tracks: "(Somebody Else Been) Shakin'
Your Tree" - "Brown Sugar" -
"Squank" - "Goin' Down To
Mexico" - "Old Man" -
"Neighbor, Neighbor" - "Certified
Blues" - "Bedroom Thang" -
"Just Got Back From Baby's" -
"Back Door Love Affair" |
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Rio
Grande Mud
Released: April, 1972
Billboard peak: # 104
Tracks: "Francine" - "Just
Got Paid" - "Mustmouth Shout" -
"Ko Ko Blue" - "Chevrolet" -
"Apologies To Pearly" -
"Bar-B-Q" - "Sure Got Cold After
The Rain Fell" - "Whiskey'n Mama"
- "Down Brownie" |
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Tres
Hombres
Released: July, 1973
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 8
Tracks: "Waitin' For The Bus" -
"Jesus Just Left Chicago" - "Beer
Drinkers & Hell Raisers" - "Master
Of Sparks" - "Hot, Blue And
Righteous" - "Move Me On Down The
Line" - "Precious And Grace" -
"La Grange" - "Shiek" -
"Have You Heard?" |
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Fandango
Released: April, 1975
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 10
Tracks: "Thunderbird" -
"Jailhouse Rock" - "Backdoor
Medley: Backdoor Love Affair/Mellow Down
Easy/Backdoor Love Affair No. 2/Long Distance
Boogie" - "Nasty Dogs And Funky
Kings" - "Blue Jean Blues" -
"Balinese" - "Mexican
Blackbird" - "Heard It On The X" -
"Tush" |
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Tejas
Released: January, 1977
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 17
Tracks: "It's Only Love" -
"Arrested For Driving While Blind" -
"El Diablo" - "Snappy Kakkie"
- "Enjoy And Get It On" - "Ten
Dollar Man" - "Pan Am Highway
Blues" - "Avalon Hideaway" -
"She's A Heartbreaker" - "Asleep
In The Desert" |
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The
Best Of ZZ Top
Released: March, 1977
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 94
Tracks: "Tush" - "Waitin'
For The Bus" - "Jesus Just Left
Chicago" - "Francine" - "Just
Got Paid" - "La Grange" -
"Blue Jeans Blues" - "Back Door
Love Affair" - "Beer Drinkers &
Hell Raisers" - "Heard It On The
X" |
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Deguello
Released: August, 1979
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 24
Tracks: "I Thank You" - "She Loves My
Automobile" - "I'm Bad, I'm
Nationwide" - "A Fool For Your
Stockings" - "Manic Mechanic" -
"Dust My Broom" - "Lowdown In The
Street" - "Hi Fi Mama" -
"Cheap Sunglasses" - "Esther Be
The One" |
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El
Loco
Released: October, 1981
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 17
Tracks: "Tube Snake Boogie" -
"I Wanna Drive You Home" - "Ten
Foot Pole" - "Leila" - "Don't
Tease Me" - "It's So Hard" -
"Pearl Necklace" - "Groovy Little
Hippie Dad" - "Heaven, Hell Or
Houston" - "Party On The Patio" |
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Eliminator
Released: March, 1983
US: 10x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 9
Grammy Nominee: Best Performance by a Duo or Group
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Gimme All Your Lovin'" - "Got Me Under
Pressure" - "Sharp Dressed Man" -
"I Need You Tonight" - "I Got The
Six" - "Legs" - "Thug" - "TV
Dinners" - "Dirty Dog" - "If
I Could Only Flag Her Down" - "Bad
Girl" |
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Afterburner
Released: October, 1985
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 4
Grammy Nominee: Best Performance by a Duo or Group
Tracks: "Sleeping Bag" - "Stages" - "Woke Up With
Wood" - "Rough Boy" - "Can't Stop
Rockin'" - "Planet Of Women" -
"I Got The Message" - "Velcro Fly" - "Dipping Low (In The
Lap Of Luxury)" - "Delirious" |
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Six
Pack
(box set)
Released: January, 1987
Tracks: "(Somebody Else Been) Shaking
Your Tree" - "Brown Sugar" -
"Squank" - "Goin' Down To
Mexico" - "Old Man" -
"Neighbor, Neighbor" - "Certified
Blues" - "Bedroom Thang" -
"Just Got Back From Baby's" -
"Back Door Love Affair" -
"Francine" - "Just Got Paid"
- "Mustmouth Shoutin'" - "Ko Ko
Blue" - "Chevrolet" -
"Apologies To Pearly" -
"Bar-B-Q" - "Sure Got Cold After
The Rain Fell" - "Whiskey'n Mama"
- "Down Brownie" - "Waitin' For
The Bus" - "Jesus Just Left
Chicago" - "Beer Drinkers & Hell
Raisers" - "Master Of Sparks" -
"Hot, Blue And Righteous" - "Move
Me On Down The Line" - "Precious And
Grace" - "La Grange" -
"Shiek" - "Have You Heard?" -
"Thunderbird" - "Jailhouse
Rock" - "Backdoor Medley: Backdoor Love
Affair/Mellow Down Easy/Backdoor Love Affair No.
2/Long Distance Boogie" - "Nasty Dogs
And Funky Kings" - "Blue Jean
Blues" - "Balinese" -
"Mexican Blackbird" - "Heard It On
The X" - "Tush" - "It's Only
Love" - "Arrested For Driving While
Blind" - "El Diablo" -
"Snappy Kakkie" - "Enjoy And Get
It On" - "Ten Dollar Man" -
"Pan Am Highway Blues" - "Avalon
Hideaway" - "She's A Heartbreaker"
- "Asleep In The Desert" - "Tube
Snake Boogie" - "I Wanna Drive You
Home" - "Ten Foot Pole" -
"Leila" - "Don't Tease Me" -
"It's So Hard" - "Pearl
Necklace" - "Groovy Little Hippie
Dad" - "Heaven, Hell Or Houston" -
"Party On The Patio" |
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Recycler
Released: March, 1990
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 6
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Concrete & Steel" -
"Lovething" - "Penthouse
Eyes" - "Tell It" - "My
Head's In Mississippi" - "Decision Or
Collision" - "Give It Up" -
"2000 Blues" - "Burger Man" -
"Doubleback" |
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ZZ
Top Greatest Hits
Released: April, 1992
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 9
Tracks: "Gimme All Your Lovin'" - "Sharp
Dressed Man" - "Rough Boy" - "Tush" - "My
Head's In Mississippi" - "Pearl
Necklace" - "I'm Bad, I'm
Nationwide" - "Viva Las Vegas" -
"Doubleback" - "Gun
Love" - "Got Me Under Pressure" -
"Give It Up" - "Cheap
Sunglasses" - "Sleeping Bag" - "Planet Of
Women" - "La Grange" - "Tube
Snake Boogie" - "Legs" |
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Antenna
Released: January, 1994
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 14
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Pincushion" -
"Breakaway" - "World Of
Swirl" - "Fuzzbox Voodoo" -
"Girl In A T-Shirt" - "Antenna
Head" - "Pch" - "Cherry
Red" - "Cover Your Rig" -
"Lizard Life" - "Deal Goin'
Down" |
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One
Foot In The Blues
Released: November, 1994
Tracks: "Brown Sugar" -
"Just Got Back From Baby's" - "A
Fool For Your Stockings" - "I Need You
Tonight" - "She Loves My
Automobile" - "Hi Fi Mama" -
"Hot, Blue And Righteous" - "My
Head's In Mississippi" - "Lowdown In
The Street" - "If I Could Only Flag Her
Down" - "Apologies To Pearly" -
"Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell" -
"Bar-B-Q" - "Old Man" -
"Certified Blues" - "2000
Blues" - "Heaven, Hell Or Houston" |
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Rhythmeen
Released: September, 1996
Billboard peak: # 29
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Rhythmeen" - "Bang
Bang" - "Black Fly" - "What's
Up With That" - "Vincent Price
Blues" - "Zipper Job" -
"Hairdresser" - "She's Just
Killing Me" - "My Mind Is Gone" -
"Loaded" - "Pretty Head" -
"Hummbucking, Pt. 2" |
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XXX
Released: September, 1999
Billboard peak: # 100
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Poke Chop Sandwich" -
"Crucifixx-A-Flat" - "Fearless
Boogie" - "36-22-36" - "Made
Into A Movie" - "Beatbox" -
"Trippin'" -
"Dreadmonboogaloo" - "Live
Intro" - "Sinpusher" - "(Let
Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" - "Hey Mr.
Millionaire" - "Belt Buckle" |
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Mescalero
Released: April, 2003
Billboard peak: # 57
Tracks: "Mescalero" - "Two
Ways To Play" - "Alley-Gator" -
"Buck Nekkid" - "Goin' So
Good" - "Me So Stupid" -
"Piece" - "Punk Ass
Boyfriend" - "Stackin' Paper" -
"What Would You Do" - "What It Is
Kid" - "Que Lastima" -
"Tramp" - "Crunchy" -
"Dusted" - "Liquor" |
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Chrome,
Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box (box set)
Released: October, 2003
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "You Make Me Shake" -
"Joe Blues" - "Crimson Witch"
- "Miller's Farm" - "Salt
Lick" - "Brown Sugar" -
"Goin' Down To Mexico" - "Just Got
Back From Baby's" - "Francine" -
"Just Got Paid" - "Ko Ko
Blue" - "Chevrolet" -
"Bar-B-Q" - " Sure Got Cold After
The Rain Fell" - "Whiskey'n Mama"
- "La Grange" - "Waitin' For The
Bus" - "Jesus Just Left Chicago" -
"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" -
"Master Of Sparks" - "Precious And
Grace" - "Shiek" -
"Thunderbird" (live) - "Jailhouse
Rock" (live) - "Nasty Dogs And Funky
Kings" - "Heard It On The X" -
"Blue Jeans Blues" - "Mexican
Blackbird" - "Tush" - "It's
Only Love" - "Arrested For Driving
While Blind" - "Diablo" -
"Enjoy And Get It On" - "She's A
Heartbreaker" - "Asleep In The
Desert" - "I Thank You" - "Cheap
Sunglasses" - "I'm Bad, I'm
Nationwide" - "Fool For Your
Stockings" - "Deguello Album Radio
Spot" - "Manic Mechanic" -
"She Loves My Automobile" -
"Leila" - "Tube Snake Boogie"
- "I Wanna Drive You Home" - "It's
So Hard" - "Pearl Necklace" -
"Heaven, Hell Or Houston" - "Gimme All Your Lovin'" - "Got Me Under
Pressure" - "TV Dinners" -
"Sharp Dressed Man" - "Legs" - "I Got The Six" -
"Dirty Dog" - "If I Could Only
Flag Her Down" - "Sleeping Bag" - "Stages" - "Woke Up With
Wood" - "Rough Boy" - "Can't Stop
Rockin'" - "Planet Of Women" -
"Velcro Fly" -
"Delirious" - "Concrete &
Steel" - "Lovething" -
"Penthouse Eyes" - "My Head's In
Mississippi" - "Give It Up" -
"Doubleback" - "2000
Blues" - "Reverberation (Doubt)" -
"Viva Las Vegas" - "Gun Love"
- "Francine" (Spanish) - "Cheap
Sunglasses" (live) - "Legs" (Dance Mix) - "Viva Las
Vegas" (12" Remix) - "Give It
Up" (2,800 Mile Remix) - "Velcro Fly" (12" Remix) |
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Rancho
Texicano: The Very Best Of ZZ Top
Released: June, 2004
Billboard peak: # 77
Tracks: "Brown Sugar" -
"Goin' Down To Mexico" - "Just
Back From Baby's" - "Francine" -
"Just Got Paid" - "Bar-B-Q" -
"La Grange" - "Waitin' For The
Bus" - "Jesus Just Left Chicago" -
"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" -
"Mexican Blackbird" - "Tush"
- "Thunderbird" - "Blue Jean
Blues" - "Heard It On The X" -
"It's Only Love" - "Arrested For
Driving While Blind" - "I Think
You" - "Cheap Sunglasses" -
"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" - "A
Fool For Your Stockings" - "Tube Snake
Boogie" - "Pearl Necklace" -
"Gimme All Your Lovin'" - "Sharp
Dressed Man" - "Legs" - "Got Me Under
Pressure" - "Sleeping Bag" - "Stages" - "Rough Boy" - "Velcro Fly" - "Woke Up With
Wood" - "Doubleback" - "My Head's In
Mississippi" - "Viva Las Vegas" -
"Cheap Sunglasses" (live) - "Legs" (Dance Mix) - "Velcro Fly" (12" Remix) |
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Live
From Texas
Released: November, 2008
Live Tracks: "Got Me Under
Pressure" - "Waitin' For The Bus"
- "Jesus Just Left Chicago" - "I'm
Bad, I'm Nationwide" - "Cheap
Sunglasses" - "Pearl Necklace" -
"Just Got Paid" - "Rough Boy" - "Blue Jean Blues"
- "Gimme All Your Lovin'" - "Sharp
Dressed Man" - "Legs" - "Tube Snake
Boogie" - "La Grange" -
"Tush" |
Amazon.mp3 |
La
Futura
Released: September, 2012
Billboard peak: # 6
Tracks: "I Gotsta Get Paid" -
"Chartreuse" - "Consumption"
- "Over You" - "Heartache In
Blue" - "I Don't Wanna Lose, Lose
You" - "Flyin High" - "It's
Too Easy Manana" - "Big Shiny
Nine" - "Have A Little Mercy" |
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The
Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990
Released: June 11, 2013 |
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The
Very Baddest
Released: July 22, 2014
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak:
# 95
Tracks: "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
- "Sharp Dressed Man" - "La
Grange" - "Tush" - "(Somebody
Else Been) Shaking Your Tree" -
"Francine" - "Beer Drinkers &
Hell Raisers" - "It's Only Love" -
"Arrested For Driving While Blind" -
"I Thank You" - "Cheap
Sunglasses" - "Tube Snake Boogie"
- "Pearl Necklace" - "Just Got
Paid" - "Waitin' For The Bus" -
"Jesus Just Left Chicago" - "Heart
It On The X" - "I'm Bad, I'm
Nationwide" - "Dust My Broom" -
"Velcro Fly" - "Party On The
Patio" - "Viva Las Vegas" -
"Pincushion" - "Legs" -
"Got Me Under Pressure" -
"Sleeping Bag" - "Rough Boy"
- "Doubleback" - "My Head's In
Mississippi" - "Give It Up" -
"Just Got Back From Baby's" -
"Blue Jean Blues" - "She's Just
Killing Me" - "What's Up With
That?" - "Rhythmeen" -
"Loaded" - "Fearless Boogie"
- "Mescalero" - "Que Lastima"
- "As Time Goes By" |
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vinyl |
Live:
Greatest Hits From Around The World
Released: September 9, 2016
Live Tracks: "Got Me Under
Pressure" - "Beer Drinkers & Hell
Raisers" - "Cheap Sunglasses" -
"Waitin For The Bus" - "Jesus Just
Left Chicago" - "Legs" -
"Sharp Dressed Man" - "Rough
Boy" (with Jeff Beck) -
"Pinchushion" - "La Grange" -
"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" - "Tube
Snake Boogie" - "Gimme All Your
Lovin" - "Tush" - "Sixteen
Tons" (with Jeff Beck) |
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
RAW
('That Little Ol' Band From Texas') soundtrack
Released: July 22, 2022
Tracks: "Brown Sugar" -
"Just Got Paid" - "Heard It On The
X" - "La Grange" -
"Tush" - "Thunderbird" -
"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" -
"Legs" - "Gimme All Your
Lovin'" - "Blue Jean Blues" -
"Certified Blues" - "Tube Snake
Boogie" |
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links lead you to the song's Top 40 chart run
(from the ARC Weekly Top 40) and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
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