Mescalero
Mescalero is the fourteenth studio album by ZZ Top, released in September 2003. It was the last record the band made for RCA Records, and it sits between XXX in 1999 and La futura in 2012 in their studio catalogue. Billy Gibbons produced it, and the sessions took place at Foam Box Recordings in Houston.
The band keep their footing in blues rock here, but they wander a little further afield than you might expect, taking in country and Tejano along the way. That nod to the sounds of their home state makes it a record worth hearing if you only know the Texas trio through their boogie and hard rock side. It shows a band happy to stretch out while staying recognisably themselves.
Mescalero: tracklist and credits
16 tracks · 1:06:23Tracklist
- 1MescaleroBilly Gibbons3:50
- 2Two Ways to PlayBilly Gibbons4:16
- 3Alley‐GatorBilly Gibbons3:30
- 4Buck NekkidBilly Gibbons3:02
- 5Goin’ So GoodBilly Gibbons5:35
- 6Me So StupidGibbons, Hardy, Moon3:34
- 7PieceBilly Gibbons4:19
- 8Punk Ass BoyfriendBilly Gibbons3:06
- 9Stackin’ PaperBilly Gibbons and Joe Hardy2:58
- 10What Would You DoBilly Gibbons3:03
- 11What It Is KidBeard, Gibbons, Hill4:14
- 12Que lastimaBilly Gibbons4:24
- 13TrampLowell Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin5:13
- 14CrunchyBilly Gibbons3:14
- 15DustedBilly Gibbons3:56
- 16Liquor / As Time Goes ByHerman Hupfeld and Billy Gibbons8:10
- Produced by
- Billy Gibbons
- Recorded at
- Foam Box Recordings, (Houston, Texas, United States)
- Recorded
- 2002
- Mixed by
- Joe Hardy
- Engineered by
- Joe Hardy
- Labels
- Bertelsmann Club, RCA
- Length
- 1:06:23
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2003-09-08 vs 2003-09-09 (musicbrainz+wikipedia alt), 2003-04-15 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 9 September 2003 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 8 September 2003 | |
| Wikidata | 15 April 2003 | |
| Wikipedia (other date) | 9 September 2003 | |
| US release | 9 September 2003 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 3 December 2003 | earliest UK or European date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XE | BMG | 828765165426 | other |
| 2003 | XE | Bertelsmann Club | 0336263 | other |
| 2003 | RU | RCA | 828765615426 | other |
| 9 September 2003 | US | RCA | 828765116824 | original |
| 25 September 2003 | JP | BMG | 4988017615171 | other |
| 3 December 2003 | XE | RCA | 828765165426 | other |
| 9 January 2019 | XW | RCA | 886447511275 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |