Rhythmeen is the twelfth studio album by the American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1996. It is the first ZZ Top album to have a title track, which is the first track on the album (though Antenna featured a song called "Antenna Head"). It is also the last album with longtime producer, Bill Ham.
Video Rhythmeen
Reception
Allmusic gave it a mixed review, stating: "ZZ Top's long-awaited return to blues finally arrived in 1996, well over a decade after they abandoned their simple three-chord boogie for a synth and drum machine-driven three-chord boogie."
The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and at number 32 on the UK Albums Chart.
Maps Rhythmeen
Track listing
- Bonus track [Japan]
Personnel
- Billy Gibbons - guitar, vocals
- Dusty Hill - bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Loaded"
- Frank Beard - drums, percussion
- James Harman - harmonica on "What's Up With That"
Production
- Producers - Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham
- Engineer - Joe Hardy
- Assistant engineers - Lizzie Harrah, Gary Moon
- Mixing - Joe Hardy
- Mastering - Bob Ludwig
- Director - Douglas Biro
- Art direction - Sean Mosher-Smith
- Design - Billy Gibbons, Sean Mosher-Smith
- Photography - James Bland
- Studio - John Moran's House of Funk aka Digital Services Recording
Recording
"We originally had a working title of 'Nearing The Completion Stage'. But, it was the backbeat, that mean groove, which hit us as a strong recurring element of the album. So, we did our customary play on words, shuffling words about until we came up with our own invention - a feel-good elixir named Rhythmeen."
Gibbons uses an early 1950s Les Paul Goldtop guitar and is featured prominently throughout the album.
Charts
Album - Billboard (United States)
Singles - Billboard (United States)
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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