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Afterburner by  ReleasedOctober 28, 1985Recorded1985 Length37:36 chronology
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Afterburner is the ninth studio album by the American  band , released in 1985. Afterburner was a financial success, going several times platinum and launching several hit singles, the most successful of which was "" which peaked at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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

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 of  retrospectively gave it 3 stars out of 5, stating: "Well, if you just had your , you'd probably try to replicate it, too. And if you were praised for being visionary because you played all your blues grooves to a slightly sequenced beat, you'd probably be tempted to not just continue in that direction, but to tighten the sequencer and graft on synthesizers, since it'll all signal how futuristic you are. [...] Problem is, no matter how much you dress ZZ Top up, they're still ZZ Top. Sometimes they can trick you into thinking they're a little flashier than usual, but they're still a lil' ol' blues band from Texas, kicking out blues-rockers. And blues-rock just doesn't kick when it's synthesized. [...] All this means that Afterburner is merely a product of its time -- the only record ZZ Top could have made at the time, but it hardly exists out of that time."

 gave a B score, stating: "With sales on Eliminator over five mil almost by accident, this hard-boogieing market strategy is defined by conscious commercial ambition--by its all but announced intention of making ZZ the next ///, with two beards and a Beard at every checkout counter." Christgau cited "Rough Boy" and "Velcro Fly" as the highlights of the album.

The album was the band's first to hit number 1, topping the charts in New Zealand. It peaked at number 4 on the , at number 2 on the , and at number 6 on the Australian albums chart.

Track listing

All songs by ,  and .

Side one "" – 4:03 "" – 3:32 "Woke Up with Wood" – 3:45 "" – 4:50 "Can't Stop Rockin'" – 3:02 Side two "Planet of Women" – 4:09 "I Got the Message" – 3:27 "" – 3:29 "Dipping Low (In the Lap of Luxury)" – 3:11 "Delirious" – 3:41