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DISC 1: THE ASYLUM ERA:
1. Frank and Jesse James
2. Hasten Down the Wind
3. Poor Poor Pitiful Me
4. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
5. Carmelita
6. Desperados Under the Eaves
7. Johnny Strikes up the Band
8. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
9. Excitable Boy
10. Werewolves of London
11. Accidentally Like a Martyr
12. Lawyers, Guns and Money
13. Frozen Notes
14. Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
15. Gorilla, You're a Desperado
16. Play It All Night Long
17. Mohammed's Radio - (live)
18. Jeannie Needs a Shooter - (live)
19. Envoy, The
20. Hula Hula Boys, The
21. Let Nothing Come Between You
22. Looking For the Next Best Thing
DISC 2: THE VIRGIN/GIANT ERA:
1. Sentimental Hygiene
2. Boom Boom Mancini
3. Detox Mansion
4. Bad Karma
5. Reconsider Me - (single version)
6. Run Straight Down
7. Long Arm of the Law, The
8. Splendid Isolation
9. You Don't Know What Love Is - (with Mark Isham)
10. Raspberry Beret - (with Hindu Love Gods)
11. Suzie Lightning
12. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
13. Searching For a Heart
14. Mr. Bad Example
15. Roll With the Punches
16. French Inhaler, The - (live)
17. Indifference of Heaven, The - (live)
18. If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Somebody Who Will
19. Real or Not
20. Seminole Bingo
21. Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse
22. Mutineer
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Warren Zevon (vocals, various instruments); Neil Young, Glenn Frey, Waddy Wachtel (guitar, background vocals); Mike Campbell, David Gilmour (guitar); David Lindley (guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, fiddle, saz); Darius (sitar); Bruce Hornsby (accordion); Jim Horn (saxophone); Mark Isham (trumpet, synthesizer); Chick Corea (piano); Tony Levin (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums); J.D. Souther, Phil Everly, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Stipe, Don Henley, Jordan Zevon, Rosemary Butler, Lindsey Buckingham, Jackson Browne (background vocals).
R.E.M.: Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums); Michael Stipe (background vocals).
Hindu Love Gods: Waren Zevon (vocals, guitar); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums).
Producers include: Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon, Mark Isham.
Includes liner notes by Warren Zevon.
Warren Zevon's songs often address the uglier side of life with a black sense of humor and a strong grounding in both the musical and lyrical sides of songcraft. He's a misanthrope, but a lovable one. If you want an idea of the kind of legacy he's left in the 20 years that this comprehensive collection covers, check out the booklet, which contains a testimonial by the bard of inhospitality himself, Hunter S. Thompson, as well as a photo of Zevon and Thompson cavorting with firearms.
I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD draws from all the albums Zevon recorded for Asylum, Virgin and Giant between 1976 and 1995, with particular emphasis on the two misfit singer-songwriter classics that launched his career: 1976's WARREN ZEVON and 1978's EXCITABLE BOY, which between them supply 14 songs here (a couple of them in live renditions). The collection covers the full range of Zevon's work, from his early Los Angeles folk-rock style to his harder-edged '80s material and his more recent flirtations with electronics. In all his incarnations, Zevon's artistic vision and deep, smoldering voice have remained intact, as selections from "Carmelita," a down-and-out ballad, and "Lawyers, Guns And Money," a rocker about expatriate intrigue, to the more recent summation "Mr. Bad Example" bear out.
Industry Reviews
...[This] does a splendid job of rounding up Zevon's best songs...
Uncut (09/01/2003)
...Zevon's later oeuvre, like his hair, may not be perfect, but even in unevenness, there's a special place in gonzo rock history due this mercy-craving mercenary. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (09/20/1996)
5 Stars (out of 5) - ...an object lesson in how to do justice to a 20-year career....an invaluable opportunity to ponder how it's possible to be this good and this obscure.
Q (12/01/1996)
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