^ "American album certifications – ZZ Top – Afterburner". ^ "British album certifications – ZZ Top – Afterburner". ^ "Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). 
^ "New Zealand album certifications – ZZ Top – Afterburner". ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (ZZ Top 'Afterburner ')" (in German). ^ "Les Certifications depuis 1973: Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1986 - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1985 - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". ^ "ZZ Top Chart History ( Billboard 200)". ^ " – ZZ Top – Afterburner" (in German). Retrieved Febru– via World Radio History. ^ " – ZZ Top – Afterburner" (in Dutch). ^ "Austriancharts.at – ZZ Top – Afterburner" (in German). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). ^ Christgau, Robert (December 3, 1985). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). In Brackett, Nathan Hoard, Christian (eds.). ^ "ZZ Top- Afterburner 35th Anniversary- Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard". ^ "The One after the Big One: ZZ Top, AFTERBURNER | Rhino". "Why ZZ Top Went Behind Producer's Back to Finish 'Afterburner' ". ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. Track listing Īll songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.Īustralian Albums ( Kent Music Report) It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200, at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, and at number 6 on the Australian albums chart. The album was the band's first to hit number 1, topping the charts in New Zealand. Robert Christgau gave a B score, stating: "With sales on Eliminator over five mil almost by accident, this hard-boogieing market strategy is defined by conscious commercial ambition-by its all but announced intention of making ZZ the next Bruce/ Madonna/ Prince/ Michael, with two beards and a Beard at every checkout counter." Christgau cited "Rough Boy" and "Velcro Fly" as the highlights of the album. All this means that Afterburner is merely a product of its time - the only record ZZ Top could have made at the time, but it hardly exists out of that time." 
And blues-rock just doesn't kick when it's synthesized. Sometimes they can trick you into thinking they're a little flashier than usual, but they're still a lil' ol' blues band from Texas, kicking out blues-rockers. Problem is, no matter how much you dress ZZ Top up, they're still ZZ Top. And if you were praised for being visionary because you played all your blues grooves to a slightly sequenced beat, you'd probably be tempted to not just continue in that direction, but to tighten the sequencer and graft on synthesizers, since it'll all signal how futuristic you are. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic retrospectively gave it 3 stars out of 5, stating: "Well, if you just had your biggest hit ever, you'd probably try to replicate it, too.
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Reception Professional ratings Review scores It was the first ZZ Top record since Rio Grande Mud without involvement from Terry Manning. The album is also notable for several songs being built on sequenced keyboard beds. According to engineer Joe Hardy, a lot of the album was done on the Fairlight, including all the drums and most of the bass. Like the previous record Eliminator, the credits don't necessarily reflect the actual recordings, although the entire band was involved with the album and Frank Beard has repeatedly stated that he likes the album.
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