THE BEST OF WARREN ZEVON GENIUS
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Track Listing 1. Poor Poor Pitiful Me 2. The French Inhaler 3. Carmelita 4. Hasten Down the Wind 5. Werewolves of London 6. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner 7. Excitable Boy 8. Guns and Money Lawyers 8. Guns & Money Lawyers 9. Interlude No.1/Play It All Night Long: Interlude No. 1 / Play It All Night Long 10. A Certain Girl 11. Looking for the Next Best Thing 12. Detox Mansion 13. Reconsider Me 13. Reconsider Me - (single version) 14. Boom Boom Mancini 15. Splendid Isolation 16. Raspberry Beret 17. Searching for a Heart 17. Searching For a Heart 18. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 19. Mr. Bad Example 20. Mutineer 21. I Was in the House When the House Burned Down 22. Genius
Album Notes Personnel includes: Warren Zevon (vocals, guitar, harmonica, electric piano, oragn, keyboards, percussion); Glen Frey, Don Henley, Phil Everly, Graham Nash, Neil Young, JD Souther, Linda Ronstadt, Lindsey Bukingham, Jackson Browne (vocals); Waddy Wachtel (guitar, background vocals); David Linley (steel guitar); Peter Buck (guitar); Charlie Bishharat, Joel Derouin (violin); Evan Wilson (viola); Larry Corbett (cello); Jim Horn (saxophone); John McVie, Mike Mills, Larry Klein, Jorge Calderon (bass); Mick Fleetwood, Anton Fig, Bill Berry (drums).Producers include: Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Greg Ladanyi, Andrew Slater.Compilation producer: Warren Zevon, Gary Peterson.Includes liner notes by Will Self.Personnel: Warren Zevon (vocals, harmonica, piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, string synthesizer); Waddy Wachtel (guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar); David Lindley (guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, fiddle); Don Felder, Jorge Calder¢n, Mike Campbell , Peter Buck (guitar); Joel Derouin, Charlie Bisharat (violin); Evan Wilson (viola); Larry Corbett (cello); Jim Horn, Bobby Keys (saxophone); Jai Winding, Roy Bittan (piano); Benmont Tench (organ); Craig Krampf, Jeffrey Parcaro, Bill Berry , Jim Keltner, Larry Zack, Mick Fleetwood, Richie Hayward, Anton Fig, Rick Marotta, Russ Kunkel, Winston Watson (drums).Audio Mixers: Dennis Kirk; Duncan Aldrich; Greg Ladanyi; Noah Scot Snyder; John Beverly Jones; Niko Bolas; Rob Jacobs; Rob Jaczko; Shelly Yakus; Warren Zevon.Audio Remasterers: Teresa Caffin; Bill Inglot.Liner Note Author: William Lee Self.Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Anatomy Of A Headache, Los Angeles, CA; Broken Arrow Ranch, La Honda, CA; Cheshire Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA; Dodge City Sound, Glendale, CA; Elecktra Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA; EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Ft. Apache, Cambridge, CA; Le Club Front, San Rafael, CA; Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Paisley Park, Minneapolis, MN; Pilot Studios, New York, NY; Private Island Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA; Red Zone Studios, Burbank, CA; Spike Recording, New York, NY; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA; The Ed Sullican Theater, New York, NY; The Magic Shop, New York, NY.Photographers: Hugh Brown ; Warren Zevon.To paraphrase the old saw, if Warren Zevon did not exist it would have been necessary to invent him. At a time when his L.A. singer-songwriter peers were bleeding all over their shirtsleeves with mawkish, sensitive balladry, Zevon turned the 1970s troubadour approach on its ear with a twisted lyrical sensibility that embraced danger, ribaldry, and general mayhem. A more concise summary than the two-disc collection I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD, GENIUS is an excellent thumbnail sketch of Zevon's iconoclastic work.The early years are well represented by the oddly poignant junkie's lament "Carmelita," the horror-of-war ghost story "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," and of course, such misanthropic staples as "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London." GENIUS stands to show, however, that the '70s weren't the end of Zevon's story. Zevon is backed by R.E.M. on the trenchant boxing tale "Boom Boom Mancini" and admirably covers Prince's "Raspberry Beret." He humorously sums up his life as a rogue on "Mr. Bad Example," and touchingly enough for a cancer victim, sounds unassailably resilient on "I Was in the House When the House Burned Down." GENIUS serves Zevon's legacy well, and helps ensure that he won't be forgotten. Personnel includes: Warren Zevon (vocals, guitar, harmonica, electric piano, oragn, keyboards, percussion); Glen Frey, Don Henley, Phil Everly, Graham Nash, Neil Young, JD Souther, Linda Ronstadt, Lindsey Bukingham, Jackson Browne (vocals); Waddy Wachtel (guitar, background vocals); David Linley (steel guitar); Peter Buck (guitar); Charlie Bishharat, Joel Derouin (violin); Evan Wilson (viola); Larry Corbett (cello); Jim Horn (saxophone); John McVie, Mike Mills, Larry Klein, Jorge Calderon (bass); Mick Fleetwood, Anton Fig, Bill Berry (drums).Producers include: Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Greg Ladanyi, Andrew Slater.Compilation producer: Warren Zevon, Gary Peterson.Includes liner notes by Will Self.To paraphrase the old saw, if Warren Zevon did not exist it would have been necessary to invent him. At a time when his L.A. singer-songwriter peers were bleeding all over their shirtsleeves with mawkish, sensitive balladry, Zevon turned the 1970s troubadour approach on its ear with a twisted lyrical sensibility that embraced danger, ribaldry, and general mayhem. A more concise summary than the two-disc collection I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD, GENIUS is an excellent thumbnail sketch of Zevon's iconoclastic work.The early years are well represented by the oddly poignant junkie's lament "Carmelita," the horror-of-war ghost story "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," and of course, such misanthropic staples as "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London." GENIUS stands to show, however, that the '70s weren't the end of Zevon's story. Zevon is backed by R.E.M. on the trenchant boxing tale "Boom Boom Mancini" and admirably covers Prince's "Raspberry Beret." He humorously sums up his life as a rogue on "Mr. Bad Example," and touchingly enough for a cancer victim, sounds unassailably resilient on "I Was in the House When the House Burned Down." GENIUS serves Zevon's legacy well, and helps ensure that he won't be forgotten. |
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