Zz top discography biography

1972 studio album by ZZ Top

Rio Grande Mud is the second studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top. It was released in 1972 by the London Records label. The album title was inspired by the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border between Mexico and Texas.

Background

ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons said of the album:

It was the first record that brought us into step with the writing experience. We started documenting events as they happened to us on the road; all of these elements went into the songwriting notebook.

Zz top discography biography

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As we went along, we were keeping track of skeleton ideas as they popped up. The craft was certainly developing.^[3]

Release

The only single released from the album was "Francine", which peaked at number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The A-side was the album version, while the B-side featured the song with the vocals re-recorded in Spanish.^[8] Another 45 version was released in the UK and Germany backed wit