Recycler (album)

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Recycler
Studio album by ZZ Top
Released	October 16, 1990[1]
Recorded	May 1989 – July 1990
Studio	Memphis Sound Productions (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre	Blues[2][3]
Length	39:49
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bill Ham
ZZ Top chronology
The Six Pack (1987) Recycler (1990) Greatest Hits (1992)
Singles from Recycler
"Doubleback" Released: May 1990 "Concrete and Steel" Released: 1990 "My Head's in Mississippi" Released: 1990 "Give It Up" Released: November 1990[4] "Burger Man" Released: 1991

Recycler is the tenth studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released in October 1990. It was the last album to utilize the band's synthesizer-driven production style which began on Eliminator and marked a return to the band's blues roots.^[3]

The band had a cameo in the 1990 movie Back to the Future Part III playing an "old west" version of "Doubleback" along with some local musicians. (The regular version of the song plays over the credits). The music video for "Doubleback" also had clips from the movie and was included on the DVD. There were five hit singles from the album: "Doubleback" (No. 1 on the Album Rock Tracks for five weeks), "Concrete and Steel" (No. 1 on the Album Rock Tracks for four weeks), "Burger Man", "Give It Up", and "My Head's in Mississippi" (No. 1 on the Album Rock Tracks for six weeks).

Music videos were also made for "My Head's in Mississippi", "Burger Man" and "Give It Up".

In the UK, it was the band's third album to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry attaining Silver (60,000 units) in 1990.