I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)

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I’ll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
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Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1996
Recorded1975–1995
Genre Rock
Length2:32:10
Label Rhino
Producer Gary Peterson
Mark Pinkus
Warren Zevon chronology
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(1995)
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(1996)
Life'll Kill Ya
(2000)
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) is a two-disc compilation album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, released on Rhino Records in 1996. It spans his career from his eponymous debut album on Asylum Records to date of release, ignoring his disowned initial album from 1969, Wanted Dead or Alive . It contains tracks from all ten of his albums released during this period, and includes contributions to soundtracks and his one-off album with members of R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods .

Contents

Disc one collects recordings done for Asylum, and disc two collects recordings done for Virgin and Giant Records.

Track listing

Disc one

No.TitleWriter(s)Album, YearLength
1."Frank and Jesse James"Warren Zevon Warren Zevon , 19764:36
2."Hasten Down the Wind"Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 19763:01
3."Poor Poor Pitiful Me"Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 19763:06
4."I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead"Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 19762:58
5."Carmelita"Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 19763:35
6."Desperados Under the Eaves"Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 19764:47
7."Johnny Strikes Up the Band"Warren Zevon Excitable Boy , 19782:49
8."Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" David Lindell, Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 19783:45
9."Excitable Boy" LeRoy Marinell, Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 19782:41
10."Werewolves of London"LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 19783:28
11."Accidentally like a Martyr"Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 19783:38
12."Lawyers, Guns and Money"Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 19783:32
13."Frozen Notes"Warren ZevonExcitable Boy Previously Unissued Outtake, 19782:01
14."Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School"Warren Zevon Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School , 19802:59
15."Gorilla, You’re a Desperado"Warren ZevonBad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 19802:47
16."Play It All Night Long"Warren ZevonBad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 19803:18
17."Mohammed's Radio" (Live)Warren Zevon Stand in the Fire , 19804:49
18."Jeannie Needs a Shooter" (Live) Bruce Springsteen, Warren ZevonStand in the Fire, 19804:07
19."The Envoy"Warren Zevon The Envoy , 19823:13
20."The Hula Hula Boys"Warren ZevonThe Envoy, 19823:02
21."Let Nothing Come between You"Warren ZevonThe Envoy, 19823:39
22."Looking for the Next Best Thing" Kenny Edwards, LeRoy Marinell, Warren ZevonThe Envoy, 19823:38
Total length:1:15:20

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Album, YearLength
1."Sentimental Hygiene"Warren Zevon Sentimental Hygiene , 19875:03
2."Boom Boom Mancini"Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 19874:49
3."Detox Mansion" Jorge Calderón, Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 19873:13
4."Bad Karma"Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 19873:13
5."Reconsider Me" (Single Version)Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 19873:26
6."Run Straight Down"Warren Zevon Transverse City , 19894:06
7."The Long Arm of the Law"Warren ZevonTransverse City, 19893:46
8."Splendid Isolation"Warren ZevonTransverse City, 19894:30
9."You Don't Know What Love Is" (with Mark Isham) Gene de Paul, Don Raye From the Motion Picture Love at Large , 19892:30
10."Raspberry Beret" (by Hindu Love Gods) Prince Rogers Nelson Hindu Love Gods , 19903:54
11."Suzie Lightning"Warren Zevon Mr. Bad Example , 19914:05
12."Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren ZevonMr. Bad Example, 19912:53
13."Searching for a Heart"Warren ZevonMr. Bad Example, 19914:18
14."Mr. Bad Example"Jorge Calderón, Warren ZevonMr. Bad Example, 19913:22
15."Roll with the Punches"Warren ZevonFrom the Television Production Tales from the Crypt , 19922:24
16."The French Inhaler" (Live)Warren Zevon Learning to Flinch , 19934:21
17."The Indifference of Heaven" (Live)Warren ZevonLearning to Flinch, 19934:14
18."If You Won't Leave Me I’ll Find Somebody Who Will"Warren ZevonFrom the Television Production Route 66 , 19930:43
19."Real or Not"Warren ZevonFrom the Television Production Tek Wars, 19941:45
20."Seminole Bingo" Carl Hiaasen, Warren Zevon Mutineer , 19953:12
21."Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse"Duncan Aldrich, Warren ZevonMutineer, 19953:55
22."Mutineer"Warren ZevonMutineer, 19953:17
Total length:1:16:50

Collective personnel

Production

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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead at AllMusic
  2. Robert Christgau review
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  4. Rolling Stone album guide