- rock, blues rock
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- American Recordings
La Futura is the fifteenth studio album by American rock band ZZ Top, released on September 8, 2012. It is the band's first album in nine years, following Mescalero, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard "Top Rock Albums" chart. La Futura is also the last studio album released before bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard died in 2021 and 2026, respectively.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 73/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The Austin Chronicle2.5/5 ★
- American Songwriter3.5/5 ★
- Daily Express1/5
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Sydney Morning Herald4.5/5 ★
- Q3/5 ★
- Uncut3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1I Gotsta Get Paid4:03
- 2Chartreuse2:57
- 3Consumption3:49
- 4Over You4:30
- 5Heartache in Blue4:09
- 6I Don’t Wanna Lose, Lose, You4:22
- 7Flyin’ High4:18
- 8It’s Too Easy Mañana4:48
- 9Big Shiny Nine3:11
- 10Have a Little Mercy3:19
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- ZZ Top
- Label
- American Recordings
- Released
- September 7, 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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