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Despite not selling as many copies as Eliminator, 1985's Afterburner was still as successful commercially, becoming their highest-charting album, and racking up sales of 5 million units.

All of the singles from Afterburner were Top 40 hits, with two hitting No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock chart.

The music video for " Velcro Fly " was choreographed by pop singer Paula Abdul.

ZZ Top's grueling Afterburner World Tour lasted well into 1987, which also saw the release of The ZZ Top Sixpack, a three-disc collection of ZZ Top's albums from 1970 to 1981, with the exception of Degüello.

The albums ZZ Top's First Album, Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango and Tejas were remixed with the result that the sound of the material from the first five albums was changed to sound like they had been recorded in the 1980s, with echo and drum machines, and very unlike their original album sound.

Many of the original mixes were used on the 2003 CD box set Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, and its companion piece Rancho Texicano.

Also, remastered versions of Tres Hombres and Fandango!

were eventually released on CD in 2010 with the original mixes intact.

However, the remaining songs from ZZ Top's First Album, Rio Grande Mud, and Tejas have never appeared on CD in their original mixes.