Mutineer (album)

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Mutineer
Warren Zevon - Mutineer.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
Recorded1994–95
StudioAnatomy of a Headache, Los Angeles
Genre Rock
Length35:37
Label Giant
Producer Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon chronology
Learning to Flinch
(1993)
Mutineer
(1995)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
(1996)
Singles from Mutineer
  1. "Rottweiler Blues"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Poisonous Lookalike"
    Released: 1995
  3. "Mutineer"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Uncut 7/10 [3]

Mutineer is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on May 23, 1995, by Giant. [4] The album largely consisted of home recordings. Bob Dylan covered "Mutineer" a number of times in concert after Zevon's passing. A cover version plays over the credits of "Otherwise", the finale of Futurama season nine.

Contents

Warren's son Jordan Zevon would later recount a frustration with the stripped-back synth focus of the album and its contemporaries sounding like "demos", having argued to his father his music would have benefitted from a full band arrangement and that he knew musicians who would play with Warren "for free." In 2025 at a Warren Zevon tribute show, Zevon would perform Monkey Wash, Donkey Rinse with a full backing band supporting the vocal track ripped from Warren's original recording which Jordan described as “We’re gonna do a little posthumous ‘I told you so.’ And hopefully in the afterlife, I’ll be all right." [5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Warren Zevon, except where indicated.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Seminole Bingo" Carl Hiaasen, Warren Zevon3:10
2."Something Bad Happened to a Clown" 4:25
3."Similar to Rain" 3:26
4."The Indifference of Heaven" 4:03
5."Jesus Was a Cross Maker" Judee Sill 1:55
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Poisonous Lookalike" 4:14
7."Piano Fighter" 3:52
8."Rottweiler Blues"Carl Hiaasen, Zevon3:15
9."Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse"Duncan Aldrich, Zevon3:52
10."Mutineer" 3:15

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Mutineer
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [6] 40

References

  1. Mark Deming (May 23, 1995). "Mutineer – Warren Zevon | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. "How to buy Warren Zevon". Uncut . October 2023. p. 71.
  4. "Mutineer by Warren Zevon on iTunes". iTunes. May 23, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  5. William, Chris (October 26, 2025). "'Warren Zevon: Join Me in L.A.' Tribute Concert Gathers His Flock for a Night of Subversion and Tenderness on the Block: Concert Review". variety.com. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  6. "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 44. hét". MAHASZ . Retrieved November 5, 2025.