ZZ Top - Eliminator (30th anniversary)

Today (March 23rd) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Eliminator, the eighth studio album from the hard-rocking Texas band ZZ Top. Though the trio had been around for nearly a decade at this point, this record really helped widen their audience base. I know that was the case with me.

Click here for my full review of this iconic early 80's album.

ZZ Top - Eliminator

ZZ Top had been recording since 1971 and had quite a bit of success so far. On March 23rd of 1983, the blues-rock band from Texas put out their eighth studio album Eliminator, and it became their most successful album.

Chart-wise, it went to number 13 in Norway and Sweden, number 11 in Switzerland, number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 200, number 4 in Austria and New Zeland, number 3 in the UK and number 2 in Australia. It was ranked number 39 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Albums of the 80’s and number 396 on that magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time list. By 1996 it had achieved Diamond status (selling over 10 million copies world-wide).