Afterburner (ZZ Top album)

Afterburner
Studio album by
ZZ Top
ReleasedOctober 28, 1985
RecordedMarch–July 1985
Genre
Length37:02
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerBill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
Eliminator
(1983) 		Afterburner
(1985) 		The Six Pack
(1987)
Singles from Afterburner
  1. "Sleeping Bag"
    Released: October 1985
  2. "Stages"
    Released: December 1985
  3. "Rough Boy"
    Released: March 1986
  4. "Velcro Fly"
    Released: July 1986
  5. "Planet of Women"
    Released: January 1987

Afterburner is the ninth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in 1985. Although critics' response to the album was lukewarm, Afterburner was a commercial success, eventually going platinum five times and launching one hit single: "Sleeping Bag" which peaked at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, equaling the peak of their previous single "Legs". The album yielded three other Top 40 singles in the United States: "Stages" (no. 21), "Rough Boy" (no. 22), and "Velcro Fly" (no. 35).

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).

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