After the previous greatest hits packages that focused mainly on the successful Warner Bros. and RCA eras offer a pretty balanced overview of the band’s nearly 45-year recording history: from the rootsy early years (“La Grange,” “Tush,” “Waitin’ For the Bus,” “Jesus Left Chicago”), through the massively-successful multiplatinum period (“Legs,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Give Me All Your Lovin,” “Velcro Fly”), to a return to straightforward blues (“Mescalero,” “Fearless Boogie”). Either way, the track selections from the London Records, Warner Bros. So in a way The Very Baddest almost spans the blues rock trio’s entire career (there are no songs, however, from ZZ Top’s most recent album, 2012’s La Futura). But what makes this 2-CD set unique, however, is that it includes tracks from ZZ Top’s RCA Records period between 19. The little ol’ band from Texas had previously released several compilations – including a 4-CD boxed set from 2003 – so this latest one, The Very Baddest, isn’t exactly a revelation.
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