Hudson designed the studio and oversaw its construction, centered on an isolation booth holding Beard's drum kit, with more booths for guitar and bass amplifiers. The band wanted to have a private rehearsal studio, so Beard invited Hudson to move in and supervise a recording studio in his home. Getting clean in 1979, Beard bought a large house on the outskirts of Houston, in Quail Valley overlooking a golf course where he often played as a way to stay off drugs. Records, ZZ Top recorded and released Degüello in 1979, certified Platinum in early 1980. Returning to action and newly signed to Warner Bros. To help finance Palmer, Beard organized a benefit concert and an album titled Freeway, working with engineers Steve Ames and Linden Hudson at Rampart Studios in Houston. Drummer Frank Beard checked himself into Palmer Drug Abuse Program, a Houston detox community, to kick his addiction to hard narcotics. Bandleader and guitarist Billy Gibbons traveled around Europe, and bassist Dusty Hill vacationed in Mexico both of them grew their beards longer. In 1977, ZZ Top went on hiatus, weary of constant touring. A remastered version was released in 2008. It was listed at number 39 in The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s, and it was also included in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Rolling Stone named Eliminator number 398 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The video for "Legs" earned the band the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group. Following Eliminator 's release, ZZ Top embarked on a worldwide concert tour. A customized 1933 Ford coupe, depicted on the album cover, could be seen in three of the four videos. Ham claimed the album was solely the work of ZZ Top, denying the involvement of others, but in 1986 Hudson won a lawsuit establishing himself as composer of the song "Thug".Ī series of music videos served as successful promotional tools-the similarly themed videos for "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" received regular rotation on MTV and helped the band gain popularity with a younger base. Pre-production engineer Linden Hudson collaborated with Gibbons in Texas on the album tempo and songs, then producer Bill Ham and engineer Terry Manning joined Gibbons in Memphis, Tennessee, to carefully craft the sound of each song after the full band was done recording, controversially replacing much of the contributions of bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard. For Eliminator, he increased the tempo and used more synthesizers and drum machines, producing a "tighter" album with a steady, driving beat. Since El Loco in 1981, Gibbons had been edging the band's boogie and blues rock sound toward the popular new-wave/ synth-rock aesthetic while retaining ZZ Top's signature electric guitar emphasis. Recorded in 1982, the album represents a further step of modernization by bandleader Billy Gibbons. A Diamond certified album in the United States, Eliminator is ZZ Top's most commercially successful release, with sales of 11 million in the US. Four hit singles were released-" Gimme All Your Lovin'" which reached the American Top 40, " Sharp Dressed Man", " TV Dinners" and their most successful single, " Legs". Records, and rose high on the charts in many countries. It was released on March 23, 1983, by Warner Bros. Eliminator is the eighth studio album by American rock band ZZ Top.
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