Hardware

Louder

ZZ Top leader Billy F Gibbons' dirty third album Hardware proves he’s getting the hang of this solo lark.  

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Rock and Blues Music

Gibbons fans are going to love every moment of Hardware and who isn’t a Gibbons fan? Get it, play it loud, and enjoy your summer. 

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Backseat Mafia

Hardware is an absolute gem of an album; more ‘straightforward’ than its two predecessors, perhaps more immediate for ZZ Top fans, but absolutely, instantly recognisable as Billy F Gibbons. The whole album sounds like a band recording ‘the old way’, just jamming it out and grooving together in the studio. There aren’t many players with such a signature sound and style; get it while it’s hot - this is one of the legends of blues-rock at the absolute top of their game.  

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American Songwriter

There aren’t many surprises on Hardware, but with Gibbons now pushing into his mid-70s, should we expect any? He sells everything with his committed performance and sounds like he’s having a blast. At this late stage in his career, we shouldn’t ask for, or expect, more.  

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mxdwn Music

Gibbons brings this album as a gift for fans and new listeners willing to embark on a journey of blues-rock and many other genres that makes this album difficult to place in a single category. Hardware showcases all of Gibbons’s best musical talents and highlights his legendary rough voice. 

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Uncut

For all Gibbons’ often intriguing meandering from his usual path, on Hardware and elsewhere in his solo career, there remains little doubt about what he does best.  

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Narc Magazine

CAMERON WRIGHT DISCOVERS AN ABUNDANCE OF CRUNCHING RIFFS AND WAILING SOLOS.  

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Get Ready to Rock

‘Hardware’ isn’t a definitive statement of Gibbons oeuvre, but it’s close enough for the blues.  

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Weekend Notes

As if I need to say it – recommended most highly. 

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All Music

Still, what makes Hardware cook are the very elements that always work for Gibbons: deceptively sharp songwriting that supports full-throttle rockers and soulful, slow(er) grooves. It's a formula that's yielded great results for Gibbons throughout the years, and they do once again here.  

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The Arts Desk

This is good time, beer drinking music for sweaty bars in the summer heat and has no interest in posing and pretence.  

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