Afterburner
Album by ZZ Top
Released	colspan="2" valign="top"October 28, 1985]]
Recorded	???
Genre	Blues-Rock
Length	37 min 02 sec
Record label	Warner Brothers
Producer	Bill Ham
Professional reviews
AMG	3/5	link
Rolling Stone	Unfavorable	link
Q	3/5	March 1994
ZZ Top Chronology
Eliminator (1983)	Afterburner (1985)	Recycler (1990)

Afterburner is the ninth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). While Afterburner was a financial success, going several times platinum and launching several hit singles, fans of ZZ Top were highly disappointed in the synthesizers and drum machines which, they felt, robbed the band of its groove and heartfelt Texas blues beats. Cover of the ZZ Top album Afterburner. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... ZZ Top is a rock band, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, from Houston, Texas. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Five record labels. ... In the music industry, a record producer is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a globally comprehensive metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Eliminator is the eighth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Recycler is the tenth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... ZZ Top is a rock band, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, from Houston, Texas. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1984 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon... A classic FM synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7. ... It has been suggested that drum machine programming be merged into this article or section. ... Texas blues is a subgenre of the blues. ...

Track listing

all songs by Beard, Gibbons and Hill

1. "Sleeping Bag" - 4:02
2. "Stages" - 3:32
3. "Woke up With Wood" - 3:45
4. "Rough Boy" - 4:50
5. "Can't Stop Rockin'" - 3:01
6. "Planet of Women" - 4:04
7. "I Got the Message" - 3:27
8. "Velcro Fly" - 3:29
9. "Dipping Low in the Lap of Luxury" - 3:11
10. "Delirious" - 3:41

Personnel

• Frank Beard - Drums
• Billy Gibbons - Guitar, Vocals
• Dusty Hill - Bass, Vocals

Production

• Producer: Bill Ham
• Engineers: Joe Hardy, Bob Ludwig
• Art direction: Jeri McManus
• Design: Jeri McManus
• Artwork: Barry Jackson

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America) An example of a Billboard Magazine. ...

Singles - Billboard (North America)