| Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | October 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1975–2002 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 78:20 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Gary Peterson Warren Zevon | |||
| Warren Zevon chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon is a compilation album by American musician Warren Zevon, released in 2002.
Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Although there was the double-disc set I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and a 1986 hits collection, there was no set produced during the CD era that chronicled not just [Zevon's] heyday, but his late-1980s comeback while cherrypicking highlights from the 1990s. This does exactly that over the course of a generous, sharply selected 22 tracks. Given the space, it's inevitable that some great songs are missing." [1]
All tracks are written by Warren Zevon
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" | Warren Zevon , 1976 | 3:05 | |
| 2. | "The French Inhaler" | Warren Zevon | 3:46 | |
| 3. | "Carmelita" | Warren Zevon | 3:34 | |
| 4. | "Hasten Down the Wind" | Warren Zevon | 2:59 | |
| 5. | "Werewolves of London" | LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon | Excitable Boy , 1978 | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" | David Lindell, Zevon | Excitable Boy | 3:44 |
| 7. | "Excitable Boy" | Marinell, Zevon | Excitable Boy | 2:39 |
| 8. | "Lawyers, Guns and Money" | Excitable Boy | 3:30 | |
| 9. | "Interlude No.1/Play It All Night Long" | Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School , 1980 | 3:17 | |
| 10. | "A Certain Girl" | Allen Toussaint | Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School | 3:06 |
| 11. | "Looking for the Next Best Thing" | Kenny Edwards, Marinell, Zevon | The Envoy , 1982 | 3:37 |
| 12. | "Detox Mansion" | Jorge Calderón, Zevon | Sentimental Hygiene , 1987 | 3:13 |
| 13. | "Reconsider Me" (Single Version) | Sentimental Hygiene | 3:26 | |
| 14. | "Boom Boom Mancini" | Sentimental Hygiene | 4:48 | |
| 15. | "Splendid Isolation" | Transverse City , 1989 | 4:28 | |
| 16. | "Raspberry Beret" (Hindu Love Gods) | Prince | Hindu Love Gods , 1990 | 3:53 |
| 17. | "Searching for a Heart" | Mr. Bad Example , 1991 | 4:16 | |
| 18. | "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" | Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon | Mr. Bad Example | 2:52 |
| 19. | "Mr. Bad Example" | Calderón, Zevon | Mr. Bad Example | 3:21 |
| 20. | "Mutineer" | Mutineer , 1995 | 3:16 | |
| 21. | "I Was in the House When the House Burned Down" | Life'll Kill Ya , 2000 | 3:03 | |
| 22. | "Genius" | Larry Klein, Zevon | My Ride's Here , 2002 | 5:01 |
Technical
| Chart (2003) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 168 |
| US Top Internet Albums | 168 |
Warren Zevon is the second studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. This album was recorded in 1975 and released on May 18, 1976, by Asylum Records. A remastered version of the album with bonus tracks was released in 2008 by Rhino Records.
Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US Billboard 200. A remastered and expanded edition was released in 2007.
Sentimental Hygiene is the sixth studio album by rock singer-songwriter Warren Zevon and his first "sober" one. The album was released on August 29, 1987, by Virgin Records. The release of Sentimental Hygiene marked the first studio album for Zevon in five years. It produced the single "Reconsider Me", as well as the dance single "Leave My Monkey Alone". The band on the album includes guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry, who also recorded an album of covers with Zevon at this time.
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"Mohammed's Radio" is a song by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The song was released on his 1976 album Warren Zevon. The song was featured on A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon and several other greatest hits-type albums by Zevon. Fleetwood Mac members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are also featured on this recording, as are Bobby Keys, Bob Glaub, and Waddy Wachtel.
