The Best ZZ Top Albums of All Time

Known for being sharply dressed men and their lengthy beards, ZZ Top is considered one of the best rock bands of all time.List of the best ZZ Top albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. This ZZ Top discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top ZZ Top albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included ZZ Top singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest ZZ Top album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite ZZ Top album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.

While most Top 40 listeners first heard of ZZ Top in 1983 with the release of Eliminator (thanks in part to MTV playing their industry-changing music videos like as “Gimme All Your Lovin,” “Legs,” and “Sharp Dressed Man”), this Houston-based blues trio had been playing honky-tonks and dive bars since 1969.

If you want to know the best ZZ Top album of all time, this list will answer your question. Albums range from the band’s creatively titled studio debut, ZZ Top's First Album (1971), to Recycler (1990) to Tres Hombres (1973). These popular ZZ Top CDs have been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order isn't just one person's opinion.