Six Pack (ZZ Top album)
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| Compilation album by ZZ Top | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
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| Length | 212:52 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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The Six Pack is a compilation album released in 1987 by the American blues rock band ZZ Top. The compilation encompasses the first five studio albums by ZZ Top plus El Loco into a three-disc set. All of the albums, except El Loco and the live tracks from Fandango! were remixed with 1980s percussion. This was done due to the success of the albums Eliminator and Afterburner, on which the band had found success by using such percussion. These were used for the single CD versions of the albums as well. Many fans disliked these remixes, complaining the band had sold out, preferring the raw blues sound of the originals.
In 2006, the original mixes of Tres Hombres and Fandango! were released on CD. Several tracks from the remaining albums appeared on the box set Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, and its companion compilation release Rancho Texicano until 2013 when the albums were re-released on CD with the original mixes restored.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it 2 stars out of 5, stating: "Six Pack gathers ZZ Top's first five albums, plus El Loco ..., with the added 'bonus' of new drum and guitar effects, all added to contemporarize the sound -- to make it sound a bit like Eliminator, then. If Six Pack just delivered the original albums, it'd be a good investment, but the studio tinkering makes this a disaster."
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