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Afterburner
Studio album by ZZ Top
Released	October 28, 1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	Rock, blues-rock
Length	37:31
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bill Ham
Professional reviews
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ZZ Top chronology
Eliminator (1983) Afterburner (1985) Recycler (1990)

Afterburner is the ninth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). Afterburner was a financial success, going several times platinum and launching several hit singles.

The song "Can't Stop Rockin'" was featured in the 1993 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.

The song "Velcro Fly" was an element in Stephen King's The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands; Eddie keeps hearing drums playing off in the distance and thinks it sounds like, then later realizes it is, the drum track for "Velcro Fly".

The most successful single released from this album was "Sleeping Bag", which peaked at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In the UK, it was the band's second album to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry, attaining Gold (100,000 units) in 1985. In 1990, it was certified Platinum (300,000 units), to date their final Platinum certification in the UK.

Track listing

All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.

1. "Sleeping Bag" – 4:03
2. "Stages" – 3:32
3. "Woke Up with Wood" – 3:45
4. "Rough Boy" – 4:50
5. "Can't Stop Rockin'" – 3:02
6. "Planet of Women" – 4:04
7. "I Got the Message" – 3:27
8. "Velcro Fly" – 3:29
9. "Dipping Low (In the Lap of Luxury)" – 3:11
10. "Delirious" – 3:41

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead vocals
• Dusty Hill – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Can't Stop Rockin'" and "Delirious"
• Frank Beard – drums

Production

• Producer – Bill Ham
• Engineers – Joe Hardy, Bob Ludwig
• Art Director – Jeri McManus
• Design – Jeri McManus
• Artwork – Barry E. Jackson

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References