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Recycler | 
| Artist: Zz Top
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 36937
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 26265
UPC: 075992626521
EAN: 0075992626521
ASIN: B000002LLY
Release Date: February 15, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Concrete and 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 ZZ's "Blue Period"? December 11, 2002
Erik K (Albuquerque, NM.)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
(Three and a half stars) The album that brought the "Eliminator" period to a close, and the end of the eighties for ZZ. I get the feeling that the band knew exactly what they were doing when they made this album. They had ridden a second wave, and a second decade, of popularity, and being the accomplished musicians they were, they knew it had to end sometime, why not finish it of with an effort befitting a band of journeyman musicians? It's a bit of a shame they didn't take more chances... this release has a slightly mellow, and even melancholy attitude about it, and although it uses this effect to good end in some songs, it also makes it somewhat unspectacular overall. Billy's guitar playing has gone completely in the direction of the thick distortion and simple chords that started with Afterburner, and though his lead playing has it's hot spots, I personally miss the arpeggiated rhythms, clean tones and raw feel of earlier ZZ Top.
2000 Blues has a great deal of feeling, I think it's a high point. Burger Man is an interesting song, how many other bands tried a classic blues-novelty style song in 1990? If only it was a little better... I have a thing for Tell It, with its laid back rhythm and syncopated flourishes. My Head's in Mississippi is this releases signature song, with it's La Grange like sound. There was a lot of "they're finally back to the old ZZ" with Recycler's release, mostly because of this song, but the creative direction that it started really didn't hit it's stride until the release of Rhythmeen six years later. Recycler ended ZZ's stay in the '80's limelight, and the beginning of their semi-retired(?) period, in which ZZ has recaptured some of the spark of individualism that is their best quality, and that mega stardom can apparently dull, and that little old band from Texas still churns 'em out.....
Never A Disappointment June 24, 2006
Tom Fairchild (Florida)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I give "Recycler" 4 stars, only because no band can put out absolutely great albums time after time. This album was an attempt to break away from the synthesized pop sound they had picked up in the 80's and get back to a little more of the straight-ahead, blues rock roots they are so famous for. I think they did exactly what they set out to accomplish, and the album is definitely a must for any ZZ fan. The first 4 cuts, and the slow blues number "2000 Blues" are the best cuts...the rest are okay, but more of an attempt at pop songs or songs intended for radio play. What ZZ fans will remember most about this album was that it produced the cut "Doubleback" which was on the "Back to the Future Part III" sound track...ZZ even managed a small cameo in the film. For the true ZZ fan, every album is different, and this one has its place in ZZ history just like the rest. But most importantly, ZZ releases are never a disappointment.
 It'll grow on you November 23, 2003
Tnahpellee (Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I guess the thing I want to point out with this review is that sometimes albums grow on you. I bought this album looking for something bluesy. It was the first in my ZZ TOP collection and was expecting something like Canend Heat. It wasn't and even though it didn't seem that bad I think I only liked burger man. I lost interest in the band and bought Afterburner after seeing it cheap and loved it straight away. Then I bougth Deguello and it was about that time I had a rejuvenated interest in Recycler. To keep this short, I've loved the album ever since. I think a lot of people listened to it once, didn't like it, sold it and then forgot about. I urge people not to do that. If you buy an album and don't like it the first listen or so, put it away and then listen later. Only some albums hit you really sudden
A mix of blues basics and 80's tech sound December 22, 2001
Quinn Miller (Columbus, OH United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Recycler sees Top slowly backing away from the techno blues pop (who would have thought you could combine those elements?) of Eliminator and Afterburner and reaching for a more rough and raw bluesy sound. No, Deguello or El Loco this CD ain't, but Recycler does recapture some of the guts lost during ZZ's stroll through it's MTV daze. The tracks that work best are the one's that show off Gibbon's soulful licks such as "Lovething," "My Head's In Mississippi" and the meandering ballad "2000 Blues." Still, one can't help but wish Gibbons would turn it up a notch, as the riffs and solos generally come across as a bit too understated.
Elsewhere, Eliminator-style synthesized blues is still in evidence with the likes of "Concrete and Steel," "Give it Up" and "Doubleback." A sometimes frustrating album, I can't help but think Recycler tries desperately to make up for lost time. But it's obvious that the boys won't ever make a true blues record again. Maybe they became too concerned with commerce, maybe they're just doing their thang.
Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover October 2, 2000
Christopher Fama (Chicago, IL USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Too bad ZZ decided to stick with the slick artwork which graced it's MTV period CDs Eliminator and Afterburner. And even worse was too give Recylcler such a horrible title -- a name which seems to imply that it's just another jolt of drum machine music -- it's not. In fact, this CD is jam packed with great tunes, and more importantly, the great textured guitar work featured on earlier ZZ Top records. Jimmy Page gets a lot of credit for guitar layering, but Gibbons is equally facile and far more experimental. Another strength of Mr. Gibbons is the incredible ability to string hilarious lyrics together which sound really cool sung. Check this CD out!...
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