One Foot in the Blues is a compilation album

Album

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 by American

United States

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 blues-rock

Blues-rock

Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

 band ZZ Top

ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...

, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music

1994 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....

). The album contains a selection of the band's songs which fall into the blues genre. With the exception of the songs taken from the Degüello

Degüello

Degüello is the sixth studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1979 . "Degüello" means "beheading" or, idiomatically, "no quarter" in Spanish and was the title of a Moorish-origin bugle call used by the Mexican Army forces at the Battle of the Alamo, Texas, in 1836.Degüello...

, El Loco

El Loco

El Loco is the seventh studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1981 . The title means "The Crazy One" in Spanish. Guitarist/singer Billy Gibbons has stated that the recordings of this album was the first time the three members of the band were isolated from one another in the...

, Eliminator, and Recycler

Recycler

Recycler is the tenth studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990.The band had a cameo in the 1990 movie Back to the Future Part III playing an "old west" version of "Doubleback" along with some local musicians....

albums, the 1987 digital remixes were used.

Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons

Billy Gibbons

William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...

, Dusty Hill

Dusty Hill

Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...

 and Frank Beard

Frank Beard (musician)

Frank Lee Beard is the drummer in the rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellars, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top.Beard was born in...

 except where noted.

1. "Brown Sugar" (Gibbons) – 5:20
   • Originally from ZZ Top's First Album
     ZZ Top's First Album
     ZZ Top's First Album is the debut album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1971.In 1987, this album was remixed for CD release...
     
     (1971)
2. "Just Got Back from Baby's" (Gibbons, Bill Ham
   Bill Ham
   Bill Ham was the manager, producer, and image-maker of ZZ Top, from its inception in late 1969 until September 2006.-Career:...
   
   ) – 4:09
   • Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
3. "A Fool for Your Stockings" – 4:16
   • Originally from Degüello
     Degüello
     Degüello is the sixth studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1979 . "Degüello" means "beheading" or, idiomatically, "no quarter" in Spanish and was the title of a Moorish-origin bugle call used by the Mexican Army forces at the Battle of the Alamo, Texas, in 1836.Degüello...
     
     (1979)
4. "I Need You Tonight" – 6:15
   • Originally from Eliminator (1983)
5. "She Loves My Automobile" – 2:23
   • Originally from Degüello (1979)
6. "Hi Fi Mama" – 2:24
   • Originally from Degüello (1979)
7. "Hot, Blue and Righteous" (Gibbons) – 3:17
   • Originally from Tres Hombres
     Tres Hombres
     Tres Hombres is the third album by American blues rock band ZZ Top and was released in 1973. The album marked the first of many times the band worked with engineer Terry Manning which proved a successful combination as the release was the band's first commercial breakthrough...
     
     (1973)
8. "My Head's in Mississippi" – 4:20
   • Originally from Recycler
     Recycler
     Recycler is the tenth studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990.The band had a cameo in the 1990 movie Back to the Future Part III playing an "old west" version of "Doubleback" along with some local musicians....
     
     (1990)
9. "Lowdown in the Street" – 2:49
   • Originally from Degüello (1979)
10. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" – 3:39
    • Originally from Eliminator (1983)
11. "Apologies to Pearly" (Gibbons, Hill, Beard, Ham) – 2:44
    • Instrumental
    • Originally from Rio Grande Mud
      Rio Grande Mud
      Rio Grande Mud is the second album by American blues rock band ZZ Top and was released in 1972.The album title was inspired by the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border between Mexico and Texas and means "big river" in Spanish....
      
      (1972)
12. "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell" (Gibbons) – 6:47
    • Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
13. "Bar-B-Q" (Gibbons, Ham) – 3:21
    • Originally from Rio Grande Mud (1972)
14. "Old Man" – 3:32
    • Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
15. "Certified Blues" (Gibbons, Beard, Ham) – 3:25
    • Originally from ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
16. "2000 Blues" – 4:42
    • Originally from Recycler (1990)
17. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" – 2:32
    • Originally from El Loco (1981)

ZZ Top

• Billy Gibbons
  Billy Gibbons
  William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Dusty Hill
  Dusty Hill
  Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Frank Beard
  Frank Beard (musician)
  Frank Lee Beard is the drummer in the rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellars, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top.Beard was born in...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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Production

• Producer – Bill Ham
• Engineers – Robin Brian, Joe Hardy, Terry Manning
  Terry Manning
  Terry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....
  
  
• Mastering – Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
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• Design – Jeri Heiden
• Liner notes – Bill Bentley
  Bill Bentley (producer)
  Bill Bentley is a music industry executive, particularly notable for having produced tribute albums of the music of significant cult artists Roky Erickson and Skip Spence , in addition to other projects, such as being the co-producer of a tribute album to noted Texas and international artist Doug...
  
  , Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1995	Top Blues Albums	10