(02) ZZ Top - La Futura (2012)
"La Futura " is the fifteenth studio album by American rock band ZZ Top, and their first in nine years, following "Mescalero". "La Futura " was recorded at The Foambox Recordings in Houston , Texas La Futura ", “I Gotsta Get Paid,” “Chartreuse,” “Consumption” and “Over You” debuted last month as Texicali, a digital preview collection exclusively available from iTunes that achieved significant critical and sales success. “I Gotsta Get Paid,” performed by the band in video spots for the Jeremiah Weed line of beverages raised awareness of the song that was inspired by the 1990’s underground Houston rap song “25 Lighters” by DJ DMD with Lil’ Keke and Fat Pat. USA Today named ““I Gotsta Get Paid” its top pick of the week, citing the band for unleashing “its trademark grit and grease in a raw, bluesy rough-and-tumble treatment…” No Depression called “Consumption” “a grinding groove with a bit of Texan funk squeezed into the grooves.” Music Radar analyzed “Consumption,” noting, “The groove is fat, crunchy and full of swagger,” summing the effort us as “ZZ Top crankin’ up some fresh, vital roadhouse blues.” Also part of "La Futura " is, fittingly, “Flyin’ High.” The track made its interstellar debut when it was piped into the Soyuz spacecraft at the time of its launch to the International Space Station thirteen months ago. Before it was fully completed, the song was heard onboard at the request of NASA Astronaut Mike Fossum, a long-time ZZ Top fan and intimate who had caught wind of it in an earlier conversation with Dusty Hill. "La Futura " also includes “I Don’t Wanna Lose, Lose, You” that has a real garage rock feel while “Big Shiny Nine” is a double entendre tour de force. “It’s Too Easy Mañana” is a down tempo lament, written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, whose chorus includes the lyric “it’s too easy to feel good.” “Heartache In Blue” includes vocals shared by Gibbons and Hill and can be likened to country blues as reimagined for the 21st Century. The album closes with “Have A Little Mercy,” a down and dirty funky tune, complete with tempo shift, that should serve to underscore the ZZ Top motto that “you just can’t lose with the blues.”
Track listing
01. "I Gotsta Get Paid" - 4:03
02. "Chartreuse" - 2:57
03. "Consumption" - 3:48
04. "Over You" - 4:30
05. "Heartache in Blue" - 4:09
06. "I Don’t Wanna Lose, Lose, You" - 4:21
07. "Flyin’ High" - 4:18
08. "It’s Too Easy Manana" - 4:48
09. "Big Shiny Nine" - 3:11
10. "Have a Little Mercy" - 3:19
Released: September 10 2012
Label: American Recordings
Genre: Blues Rock, Boogie Rock
Length: 39:18
Producer: Rick Rubin, Billy Gibbons
Personnel
Billy Gibbons – lead vocals, guitar, piano
Dusty Hill – bass, backing vocals
Frank Beard – drums
James Harman - Harmonica
Labels:
ZZ Top
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