Warren Zevon's body of work is a good bit more diverse and intelligent than you might imagine if you only know his music from the radio; while his relative hits ("Werewolves...
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The first sign that Zevon's creative well might need tending occasionally, this well-titled effort boasts the Springsteen co-composition "Jeannie Needs A Shooter" as well...
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Excitable Boy earned Warren Zevon a hit single ("Werewolves of London") and the mainstream success he richly deserved, but his new fame came with a price; the hard-living...
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Its odd title is mildly funny, as are most of the songs here; as his first album for a new label--Virgin Records--this was not exactly the coming-out party it might've been,...
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After a rather well-publicized fall off the wagon following the release of The Envoy, Warren Zevon went five years without releasing an album, but his time in the woodshed...
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After the release of Warren Zevon's fourth album, Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, he was clean and sober for the first time in years, and on stage he was determined to...
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On The Envoy, Warren Zevon's reflective side came to the forefront, as he created a set of songs that were more carefully-crafted and subtle than his previous work,...
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Warren Zevon, the "Excitable Boy," followed his comeback Sentimental Hygiene with 1989's Transverse City, an album that was another creative success but met with the same...
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Warren Zevon 1/1/1976, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Zevon's first Asylum album remains his very best, if only for the sheer number of recognizable tunes to be had on it--including "Hasten Down The Wind," "Poor Poor Pitiful...
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Warren Zevon was a ten-year music industry veteran who had written songs for the Turtles, backed up Phil Everly, done years of session work, and been befriended by Jackson...
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The first Zevon album certainly sounds like it. Containing some of the fire that was to shine on releases to come, Wanted Dead or Alive shows Zevon as a bluesy...
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For my money, Warren Zevon has always been one of rock's more overrated
songwriters, one of the lot who seems terminally enchanted by his own
miserly wit. Sure, he's written...
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Witty hits like "Werewolves of London" and "Excitable Boy" made Zevon the clown prince of the hard-living L.A. music set in the late '70s. More than 20 years later, he's...
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) covers the bulk of Warren Zevon's career, conveniently skipping over his long-forgotten first album and concentrating heavily on his...
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Warren Zevon is famous for black-hearted comedy tunes like "Werewolves of London" and "Excitable Boy," but his best work is a good bit deeper and more penetrating, and...
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In late August of 2002, Warren Zevon was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a virulent and inoperable form of lung cancer; with his life expectancy expected to be no more than a...
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After a rather well-publicized fall off the wagon following the release of The Envoy, Warren Zevon went five years without releasing an album, but his time in the woodshed...
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Warren Zevon's seventh regular studio album began with the title track, "Transverse City," a dystopian vision of the future as an urban nightmare, a place of "endless neon...
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Released not long after Warren Zevon announced that he was suffering from terminal cancer, perhaps some could argue that the single-disc Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon...
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"Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)" has several factors of note. It is co-written by sportswriter and Tuesdays With Morrie author Mitch Albom. With two such sharp wits and...
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Warren Zevon went to his grave with most people thinking of him as "that 'Werewolves of London' guy," an image that short-changed both his talent and his legacy. Zevon's...
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