Antenna
Artist: ZZ Top
Release Date: January 18, 1994
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Sub-Genre: Blues-Rock
Record Label: RCA
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After seven straight-ahead blues-rock albums between 1970 and 1981, ZZ Top layered in New Wave synthesized backing sounds and a bit of MTV glamour to their trademark. There followed three Top 10, multi-platinum albums Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990) that brought the band a level of success unmatched by even their best 70s discs. For their eleventh studio album, Antenna (released on January 18, 1994), the boys returned to the hard edge of Tres Hombres (1973 and Fandango! (1975) but maintained just enough synth-pop to keep the music relevant. Antenna is not their best, but its quite good and worth a long listen for its two Top 10 singles, Pin Cushion and the slow-burning Breakaway. the searing guitar on Lizard Life and the growling pump of Fuzzbox Voodoo.
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Dr. Rock's POV
Back-to-70s roots in growling blues-rock after three multi-platinum experiments with synthesized and MTV glammed blues rock. Worth a long listen.
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