Afterburner | 
| Artist: Zz Top
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $7.98
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 17153
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 25342
UPC: 075992534222
EAN: 0075992534222
ASIN: B000002L8H
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 An 80s Classic That Hasn't Aged Well October 22, 2004
Andre LeBlanc (North Dakota)
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
I was in junior high when this album came out, and I played my cassette copy to death back then. I thought the song "Stages" was the coolest song I had ever heard. I recently bought the CD after not listening to the album in over 10 years. As much as I loved it in 1985, the music has not aged well at all. The heavy synthesized sound that was great back then sounds uninteresting and bland today. However, the CD does bring back a lot of memories. If you grew up during the 80s and want to return to those days (at least in spirit), go ahead and pick this up. Otherwise, don't bother.
 Great flashback album! October 6, 2004
J. Scholle (NC, USA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I remember the day, 20 years old and just finished basic training at Ft. Benning. You walk into the PX and all you hear is ZZ Top blaring from the Jukebox. That's all you would hear, either the cool and mellow "rough boy" or slip inside my "sleeping bag" or ultimately, the "shhhrch" sound when "velcro fly" is on. This is an excellent album from ZZ Top and really brings back good memories.
 Out of this World March 29, 2003
Jerry Fry (Freeman, MO USA)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Now Eliminators are flying into outer space. That's cool but what happened? ZZ Top became more marketable in the '80s and raked in a lot of jack. The space rock boogie was a good gimmick. It sold well, these guys threw away their razors and dipped low in the lap of luxury. But this is exactly the kind of "Stages" a band goes through. No longer a hungry band and it sounds like it. "Rough Boy" got played constantly and the video wasn't bad but this isn't the ZZ Top I like to remember. Somehow it seemed like this wasn't a bad direction for them to go. But that's where it ended. The following album I believe was "Recycler" and that's pretty much what I did with it.
AFTERBURNER: ZZ's Topp November 1, 2008
LBC (Pennsylvania)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just one long time rock 'n' roll listener's opinion, but Afterburner is the absolute best thing this band has done. If you have a taste for rock music that's energetic, fun, and hard-driving this is an collection you want to hear. "Rough Boy", number four on the play list, slows down the pace and gives a chance to catch one's breath in anticipation of the delights to follow. With respect for the band's right to follow it's own creative muse, I see Afterburner as an apex: everything before builds up to it, and everything after gradually becomes albums I listen to less and less. Actually, the ZZ Top albums I most listen to are Deguello, El Loco, Eliminator, Afterburner, Recycler, and the Warner Brothers issued Greatest Hits, but Afterburner is always the one I'm most tempted to pull out for another listen.
At The Height Of Their Popularity, ZZ Top Lays Out A Mixed Bag January 5, 2006
Maxim
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This album is definately better than "Deguello" and "Tres Hombres." I have those two albums and this is definately better than them. But I noticed how in almost every song on the album, the bass sounds exactly the same. It's almost as if ZZ Top recorded Dusty's bass playing for one song, then Frank and Billy
made the rest of the album on their own.
SLEEPING BAG--This was the fifth ZZ Top song I heard from beginning to end. The others were Mexican Blackbird, She's Just Killing Me, Breakaway, and Pincushion. And it's pretty good. The music video is pretty interesting as well. This is the one song were the bass doesn't sound the same. Featuring vocals by Billy Gibbons.
STAGES--This song didn't interest me much at first. I knew the chorus too well compared to how well I knew the rest of the song. But I've listened to it a couple more times and it's actually not bad. Featuring vocals by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill.
WOKE UP WITH WOOD--The second-to-best song on the album. Has some awesome guitar and a great tune as well. I don't know what else to say. Featuring vocals by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill.
ROUGH BOY--This song has a 1:30 minute difference than the music video of it, and I can't figure out why. It's the only ballad on the album, and it's surprisingly good. Billy Gibbons does a good job incorporating an awesome guitar solo into a slow rock song. Featuring vocals by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill.
CAN'T STOP ROCKIN'--The third-to-best song on the album. The earliest song that I know of where Dusty Hill really displays his real singing voice after light singing and Little Richard imitations in the 1970s. Featuring vocals by Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons.
PLANET OF WOMEN--The fourth-to-best song on the album. I enjoy the chorus of this song particularly. I noticed that whoever created the ZZ Top ringtones accidentally mislabeled this song's ringtone as 1994's Pincushion, which it sounds nothing like. Featuring vocals by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill.
I GOT THE MESSAGE--I'm not too fond of this song. I tried listening to it one day in the morning, and for the rest of the day the intro guitar sound was stuck in my head. I try to avoid it now. Featuring vocals by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill.
VELCRO FLY--This song features Dusty Hill playing the keyboards, just like 1983's TV Dinners. It's interesting to see that for a change in the music video, and to hear it in the song. That makes the sound of the song rather unique. Featuring vocals by Billy Gibbons.
DIPPING LOW IN THE LAP OF LUXURY--This is the other song on the album that I try to avoid. It doesn't have an annoying into guitar sound like I GOT THE MESSAGE, but I'm not fond of it nevertheless. Featuring vocals by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill.
DELIRIOUS--Without a doubt the best song on the album. I'm pretty sure that this song features keyboards too. I admit that the lyrics repeat themselves continueously throughout the song, but I love it despite that. Dusty Hill has the best choice of what songs to sing. Featuring vocals by Dusty Hill.
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