ZZ Top - Legs (WEA)

It's called "Legs", it has a pair of female legs on the sleeve, it has a video featuring 'a host of buxom Texas wenches', the B-side of the 7-in is called "Bad Girl", the flip of the 12-in is "Fool For Your Stockings" .. . ZZ Top are not cartoon characters. They're three ugly old men playing mid-70s style boogie that has absolutely nothing to do with their success. (Martin Townsend, No 1, February 23, 1985)

Like a life-size cartoon, ZZ Top's three caricatures look as ridiculous as a pop band can get. But somehow they get away with it. 'Legs' ain't as good as 'Sharp Dressed Man' or 'Gimme All Your Lovin", but it's good enough: a short, sharp, branded tune metered out by a group that never finds the necessity to gross-out on excess. (Dylan Jones, Record Mirror, February 23, 1985)

More irresistible raunch from the enlightened Texan stompers. However, it's a pity ZZ Top's almighty sound is so often a medium for dodgy sexist sentiments. Hang on. I'm sure there have now been more singles from Eliminator than there are tracks on the LP. No? (Andy Kershaw, Smash Hits, February 28, 1985)

It doesn't sound like ZZ Top because there's a synthesiser on it which isn't quite right somehow. I really like some of the stuff they've done, but it's actually more powerful than this. They're supposed to be a big group, big guys with big beards but they're definitely going for commercial success with this one. They're a rock and roll band, and that's the way I like them. (Andy Taylor [Duran Duran], Record Mirror, July 14, 1984)