A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon

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A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
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Greatest hits album by
Warren Zevon
ReleasedOctober 24, 1986
Recorded1975–1982
Genre Rock
Length46:59
Label Elektra
Producer Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Greg Ladanyi
Warren Zevon chronology
The Envoy
(1982)		A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
(1986)		 Sentimental Hygiene
(1987)

A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon is a greatest hits album by American musician Warren Zevon released in 1986.

Contents

This compilation covers Zevon's four studio albums with Asylum Records. It was mastered by Barry Diament.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Werewolves of London" (LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) (from Excitable Boy , 1978)  – 3:29
  2. "Excitable Boy" (Marinell, Zevon) (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 2:39
  3. "Play It All Night Long" (from Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School , 1980)  – 2:50
  4. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (David Lindell, Zevon) (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 3:47
  5. "The Envoy" (from The Envoy , 1982)  – 3:12
  6. "Mohammed's Radio" (from Warren Zevon , 1976)  – 3:41
  7. "Desperados Under the Eaves" (from Warren Zevon, 1976)  – 4:45
  8. "Johnny Strikes Up the Band" (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 2:48
  9. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (from Warren Zevon, 1976)  – 2:56
  10. "Lawyers, Guns and Money (Radio edit)" (single, 1978)  – 2:56
  11. "Ain't That Pretty at All" (Marinell, Zevon) (from The Envoy, 1982)  – 3:34
  12. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (from Warren Zevon, 1976)  – 3:04
  13. "Accidentally Like a Martyr" (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 3:39
  14. "Looking for the Next Best Thing" (Kenny Edwards, Marinell, Zevon) (from The Envoy, 1982)  – 3:39

Certifications

OrganizationLevelDate
RIAA – U.S.GoldDecember 4, 1998

References

  1. ↑ Deming, Mark. "A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. ↑ Harrigan, Brian (December 1986). "Warren Zevon: A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of". Q . No. 3. p. 109.
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