Live from Texas

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Live from Texas
Video by
ReleasedJune 24, 2008
RecordedNovember 1, 2007
VenueNokia Theatre (Grand Prairie, Texas)
GenreRock
Length154 minutes
LabelEagle Vision
DirectorMilton Lage
ProducerBarry Ehrmann
ZZ Top chronology
Greatest Hits
(1992)
Live from Texas
(2008)
Double Down Live: 1980 & 2008
(2009)
Live from Texas
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2008
RecordedNovember 1, 2007
VenueNokia Theatre (Grand Prairie, Texas)
GenreRock
Length75:52
LabelEagle Rock
ZZ Top chronology
Rancho Texicano
(2004)
Live from Texas
(2008)
Double Down Live: 1980 & 2008
(2009)

Live from Texas is a live DVD/Blu-ray by ZZ Top. It was recorded on November 1, 2007, at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas, and released on June 24, 2008, by Eagle Rock Records. It was also released on audio CD in Europe on October 28, 2008, and in the US on November 4, 2008. A vinyl version is also available in Europe.[citation needed]

Track listing[edit]

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard except where noted.

DVD[edit]

  1. "Got Me Under Pressure" – 4:24
  2. "Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:54
  3. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" – 4:58
  4. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" – 4:40
  5. "Pincushion" – 5:06
  6. "Cheap Sunglasses" – 4:50
  7. "Pearl Necklace" – 3:49
  8. "Heard It on the X" – 3:51
  9. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 7:35
  10. "Rough Boy" – 6:29
  11. "Blue Jean Blues" – 4:57
  12. "Gimme All Your Lovin'" – 4:35
  13. "Sharp Dressed Man" – 4:55
  14. "Legs" – 5:19
  15. "Tube Snake Boogie" – 3:03
  16. "La Grange" – 7:41
  17. "Tush" – 6:14

Foxy Lady was also played, but was not included on the DVD.

CD[edit]

Due to the CD having a shorter run time than the DVD, "Heard It on the X" and "Pincushion" are omitted from the CD. Foxy Lady was also played, but was not included on the CD.

  1. "Got Me Under Pressure"
  2. "Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill)
  3. "Jesus Just Left Chicago"
  4. "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
  5. "Cheap Sunglasses"
  6. "Pearl Necklace"
  7. "Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Ham)
  8. "Rough Boy"
  9. "Blues Intro"
  10. "Blue Jean Blues"
  11. "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
  12. "Sharp Dressed Man"
  13. "Legs"
  14. "Tube Snake Boogie"
  15. "La Grange"
  16. "Tush"

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart[1] 3
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[2] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[3] 4
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart[4] 3
Danish Music DVDs Chart[5] 6
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[6] 4
Finnish Music DVDs Chart[7] 1
German Albums Chart[8] 21
Italian Music DVDs Chart[9] 10
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart[10] 2
Swedish Music DVDs Chart[11] 1
Swiss Music DVDs Chart[12] 2
US Music Videos Chart[13] 1

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] Gold 7,500^
Canada (Music Canada)[15] 5× Platinum 50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[16] Gold 6,030[16]
Germany (BVMI)[17] Platinum 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[18] 2× Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Music DVD" (PDF). The ARIA Report (969): 25. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-19. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 27.06.2008". Austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  3. ^ "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Ultratop 10 DVD Musicaux". Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  5. ^ "Musik DVD Top-10". Hitlisten.nu (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  6. ^ "DVD Music Top 30". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  7. ^ "Suomen Virallinen Lista – Musiikki DVD:t 26/2008". Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  8. ^ "Album – ZZ Top, Live from Texas [DVD]". Charts.de (in German). Media Control. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  9. ^ "Archivio: DVD Musicali". FIMI (in Italian). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  10. ^ "DVD Audio Uke 31, 2008". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  11. ^ "Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved March 15, 2013. Search for ZZ Top and click Sök.
  12. ^ "Swiss Charts – Music DVD Top 10 22.06.2008". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  13. ^ "Top Music Videos". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 28. July 12, 2008. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  14. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  15. ^ "Canadian video certifications – ZZ Top – Live from Texas". Music Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  16. ^ a b "ZZ Top" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  17. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (ZZ Top; 'Live from Texas')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  18. ^ "American video certifications – ZZ Top – Live in Texas". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 15, 2013.