The Best of ZZ Top

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

The Best of ZZ Top (subtitled 10 Legendary Texas Tales) is a greatest hits album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1977.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Tush"	Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard	Fandango! (1975)	2:14
2.	"Waitin' for the Bus"	Gibbons, Hill	Tres Hombres (1973)	2:59
3.	"Jesus Just Left Chicago"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Tres Hombres (1973)	3:29
4.	"Francine"	Gibbons, Kenny Cordray, Steve Perron	Rio Grande Mud (1972)	3:33
5.	"Just Got Paid"	Gibbons, Bill Ham	Rio Grande Mud (1972)	4:27

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"La Grange"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Tres Hombres (1973)	3:51
2.	"Blue Jean Blues"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Fandango! (1975)	4:42
3.	"Backdoor Love Affair"	Gibbons, Ham	ZZ Top's First Album (1971)	3:20
4.	"Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Tres Hombres (1973)	3:23
5.	"Heard It on the X"	Gibbons, Hill, Beard	Fandango! (1975)	2:23

Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
Dusty Hill – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Tush", co-lead vocals on "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" and "Heard It on the X"
Frank Beard – drums, percussion


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

^ Billboard Magazine November 26, 1977 Issue, Album review - page 94.
^ Allmusic review
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Z". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 9, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "ZZ Top". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 907-8. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 348. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "American album certifications – ZZ Top – Best Of ZZ Top". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 10, 2019. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.