Afterburner (album)
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| Studio album by ZZ Top | |||||
| Released | October 28, 1985 | ||||
| Recorded | 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Hard rock, Blues-rock | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Producer | Bill Ham | ||||
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Afterburner is the ninth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). Afterburner was a financial success, going several times platinum and launching several hit singles.
The song "Can't Stop Rockin'" was featured in the 1993 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.
The song "Velcro Fly" was an element in Stephen King's "The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands"; Eddie keeps hearing drums playing off in the distance and thinks it sounds like, then later realizes it is, the drum track for "Velcro Fly".
The most successful single released from this album was "Sleeping Bag", which peaked at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In the UK, it was the band's second album to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry, attaining Gold(100,000 units) in 1985. In 1990, it was certified Platinum (300,000 units), to date their final Platinum certification in the UK.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. All lead vocals by Billy Gibbons, except "Can't Stop Rockin'" and "Delirious", performed by Dusty Hill
- "Sleeping Bag" – 4:03
- "Stages" – 3:32
- "Woke up With Wood" – 3:45
- "Rough Boy" – 4:50
- "Can't Stop Rockin'" – 3:02
- "Planet of Women" – 4:04
- "I Got the Message" – 3:27
- "Velcro Fly" – 3:29
- "Dipping Low (In the Lap of Luxury)" – 3:11
- "Delirious" – 3:41
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Production
- Producer – Bill Ham
- Engineers – Joe Hardy, Bob Ludwig
- Art Director – Jeri McManus
- Design – Jeri McManus
- Artwork – Barry Jackson
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1985 | The Billboard 200 | 4 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1985 | "Can't Stop Rockin'" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 8 |
| 1985 | "Sleeping Bag" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1985 | "Sleeping Bag" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
| 1985 | "Stages" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1986 | "Delirious" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 16 |
| 1986 | "Rough Boy" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 5 |
| 1986 | "Rough Boy" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
| 1986 | "Sleeping Bag" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 41 |
| 1986 | "Stages" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 21 |
| 1986 | "Velcro Fly" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 43 |
| 1986 | "Velcro Fly" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 15 |
| 1986 | "Velcro Fly" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 35 |
| 1986 | "Woke up With Wood" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 18 |
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