| Mr. Bad Example | ||||
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| Released | October 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Studio | The Sound Factory, Los Angeles; Dodge City, Glendale, California | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:15 | |||
| Label | Giant | |||
| Producer | Waddy Wachtel | |||
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Mr. Bad Example is an album by the American musician Warren Zevon, released through Giant Records in October 1991. [1] [2] Zevon supported the album with a North American tour, with the Odds serving as both opener and backing band. [3] [4]
Mr. Bad Example was produced by Waddy Wachtel. [5] Los Angeles session musicians contributed to the album. [6] Zevon sometimes struggled for songwriting ideas, but always finished a song once he had started. [7]
Dwight Yoakam provided backing vocals on "Heartache Spoken Here"; Dan Dugmore played pedal steel. [8] [9] David Lindley played a variety of instruments on "Quite Ugly One Morning". [10] "Searching for a Heart" appeared on the soundtrack to the film Love at Large . [11]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [12] |
| Calgary Herald | C [13] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [14] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [15] |
| Rolling Stone | [16] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [17] |
| Vancouver Sun | [6] |
The Boston Globe called Mr. Bad Example "a wonderful, resonant album, eclectic and accessible." [18] The Chicago Tribune deemed it "a return to the terse guitar-drums-keyboard format of [Zevon's] '70s albums." [14] The Sun Sentinel considered it to be "pure, earthy rock accessibly colored by Zevon's typically wry imagery." [19]
The Calgary Herald wrote that "Zevon's become a somewhat torpid renegade wailing away about his rebellion while safely ensconced in L.A. security." [13] The Austin American-Statesman determined that "Zevon's first-person characters on this record are shocking, reprehensible and relentlessly slapstick." [20]
All tracks composed by Warren Zevon, except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Finishing Touches" | 4:05 | |
| 2. | "Suzie Lightning" | 4:04 | |
| 3. | "Model Citizen" | LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Angel Dressed in Black" | Julia Mueller, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Mr. Bad Example" | Jorge Calderón, Zevon | 3:22 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Renegade" | 4:51 | |
| 7. | "Heartache Spoken Here" | 3:48 | |
| 8. | "Quite Ugly One Morning" | 3:53 | |
| 9. | "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" | LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon | 2:53 |
| 10. | "Searching for a Heart" | 4:16 |
Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". All three songs are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978), the title track of which is also well-known. He also wrote major hits that were recorded by other artists, including "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Accidentally Like a Martyr", "Mohammed's Radio", "Carmelita", and "Hasten Down the Wind".
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