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| Eliminator (Collector's Edition) (CD/DVD) | 
| Artist: Zz Top
Label: WEA/Reprise/Rhino
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7085
Format: Collector's Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.7
MPN: 238204
UPC: 081227997519
EAN: 0081227997519
ASIN: B000TSJU0E
Release Date: September 9, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Gimme All Your Lovin | | • | Got Me Under Pressure | | • | Sharp Dressed Man | | • | I Need You Tonight | | • | I Got The Six Legs (Original Album | | • | Thug | | • | TV Dinners | | • | Dirty Dog | | • | If I Could Only Flag Her Down | | • | Bad Girl | | • | Legs (Single Version) | | • | Gimme All Your Lovin (Live) | | • | Sharp Dressed Man (Live) | | • | I Got The Six (Live) | | • | TV Dinners (Live) | | • | Got Me Under Pressure (Live) | | • | Legs (12" Dance Mix) |
Disc 2
| • | Gimme All Your Lovin Video | | • | Sharp Dressed Man Video | | • | Legs Video | | • | TV Dinners Video | | • | Got Me Under Pressure | | • | Gimme All Your Lovin | | • | Sharp Dressed Man | | • | Tube Snake Boogie |
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Amazon.com
ZZ TOP' s 1983 masterpiece Eliminator illustrates their cultural evolution fired up with boogie and synths, the disc was both timeless Top and perfectly of-the- moment. It hit #9 in Billboard, remained on the Hot 100 for three years and was one of the first albums to be certified Diamond by the RIAA for sales of over 10 million. At the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, Legs took Best Group Video and Sharp Dressed Man won Best Direction. As this classic album hits its 25-year mark, Rhino pays its respects with a Texas-sized CD + DVD Collector's Edition.
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 Great Remastering January 6, 2009
I'm not writing this review to comment on the album. You probably already know about Eliminator and nothing I can tell you will change your opinion or add anything substantial. The reason I bought this was because as is the case with a lot of CDs released in the mid/late 80s, the mastering on the original CD release was terrible. If you have a decent stereo and speakers, it sounded bad...no bass, shrill treble...blah. I have to say that I'm very happy with the mastering on this release. "Gimme All Your Lovin" starts out with the thumping bass you'd expect. "Thug" is phenomenal. The rest of the tracks are much, much better than the original. Granted they don't sound like recently recorded music that is correctly mixed and mastered, but it isn't bad. The live tracks don't sound great, but that is kind of to be expected considering when and how they were recorded.
ZZ Top at the top! December 20, 2008
When you listen to this remastered CD, you know why it was the great breaktrue for ZZ Top around the world. It's still a great album to listen too. And the DVD shows all the classic videoclips and some great live stuff.
 Music is Fantastic! Extras, not so, why it's only 4 stars. November 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a 25th anniversy re-issue of ZZ Top's seminal album, Eliminator. This came out originally my senior year of high school, and with it's combination of music and stylish videos, it was a MAJOR hit at the time. I owned this as a pre-recorded cassette when it was new, and held onto that for a long time. I likely dumped it when I dumped all my old tapes years ago.
But the music has always carried on. It's been cleaned up for this issue, which is a two disc release. The first is the album. The remastering work is really quite good. It sounds great to my ears, and given that I never owned this on CD, it's nice to hear some of the songs that don't get the usual airplay again. Possibly the most well known track from the album "Legs" appears here in it's original form. What I didn't realize is that the version that most people know - the one on the album that most people had was not the original. Apparently the original album version (which is here) was replaced with the slightly different mix for the single/video. Both are here - and I have to say I prefer the single version, the "original" version feels like it is missing something.
There are also some live tracks which don't sound terribly up to snuff recording wise. The second disc has the four videos (Gimme All Your Lovin, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, & TV Dinners) from the classic days, as well as some live concert footage from November 1983.
While this is a double disc, I can't imagine myself listening to the extras more than a couple of times. The album itself - yeah. But the extra live tracks are a snooze, and I've seen the videos more times than I care to remember. :) Still, having said that the actual Eliminator album is fantastic. This could have been a single disc release and been far more streamlined.
Nice to see 'Eliminator' remastered, but why not the '70s classics also? October 3, 2008
ZZ Top's 1983 MTV classic 'Eliminator' brought a change of scenary for the band. Gone are the days of the "Texas tornado blues effect." This album is driven by the synthesizer work of Dusty Hill, who plays the synthsizers (uncredited), and does a pretty good job with it too.
After hearing 1981's 'El Loco,' I kind of figured ZZ Top was heading this way. And that's not a bad thing, either. While this isn't one of my all time favorite albums from them, it's still pretty awesome.
While I loved 'Sharp Dressed Man' and Hill's funky bass playing on 'Thug,' the real highlight to me on this album is 'I Need You Tonight,' a bluesy jam with no synths and no drum machines. Just Gibbons, Hill and Beard jamming. It could have easily been a hit on the 'Deguello' or 'Tejas' record.
'Legs' was a crucial MTV hit for the band; the video was extremely popular. 'Gimme All Your Lovin' was also a big single for the band, and achieved commercial success.
Another one of my all time favorite ZZ Top songs is 'Got Me Under Pressure.' It's one of their best songs, and definitely the second best song here (besides 'I Need You Tonight').
While I'll be the first to tell you that if I had the choice between 1981-1990 ZZ Top or the 1971-1980 ZZ Top, I pick '71-'80 every time. But, I really do enjoy 'Eliminator,' and it's much better than 'Afterburner' and 'Recycler.'
Now that I've talked about the album, let's move forward into the remastering and the "collector's edition" bonus disc:
-The sound quality is superb! Compare this to the original '90s Warner Bros. CD edition of this and you'll be stunned. There is no comparison, this is hands down the version to own.
-The DVD is awesome! Great music videos, although why is 'Tube Snake Boogie' on 'Eliminator' even though that appeared on 'El Loco'? I do question Warner Bros. move to include that here. It's almost like adding 'Sharp Dressed Man' as a bonus track on 'ZZ Top's First Album' from 1971.
Now, here are a couple of side comments that do not relate to the album or reissue, but are questions that I would like to know?
It's nice to see Warner Bros. reissuing the 1983 classic 'Eliminator,' but where the heck are the reissued versions of 'Tejas' and 'El Loco,' from 1976 and 1981, respectively? If you are gonna remaster 'Eliminator,' at least remaster those! Unlike some ZZ Top fans, the drum machines/filtered drums don't bother me, but since 'Eliminator,' 'Fandango!,' 'Rio Grande Mud,' 'ZZ Top's First Album' and 'Tres Hombres' have been remastered, why not reissue the other two albums? It's only logical!
Overall, if you don't own 'Eliminator' and you want to get it, hands down, buy the collector's edition. The bonus DVD and the exceptional remastering job make it worth the entire price of admission.
Highly recommended for any ZZ Top fan. The music is five stars, and so is the music. ZZ Top are the greatest band to come out of Texas, and anything less than five stars is criminal in my books. Closing statement: REISSUE 'EL LOCO' AND 'TEJAS' ALREADY!!!
ENJOY!!!
Very Worthy Upgrade September 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This review is only for the original album since I don't care much about bonus tracks or DVDs, but since you brought it up, I will say that the "bonus" live tracks on disc 1 sound homemade. I can't believe they were included.
Anyway, back to the main course: The original CD release, and even the Eliminator material in the gorgeous box set a few years ago, just never did anything for me sound wise. Sure, it's great rock 'n' roll, but the digital mastering didn't do it justice. This remastering changes that. The music comes to life with punch, presence, and transparency - and it was done with no noticeable compression. They even resisted the urge to master it too loudly. This is a remaster that both the average CD buyer and the audiophile will be VERY happy with.
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