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Warren Zevon

The debut for Asylum, produced by Jackson Browne.
Warren Zevon, 1976

Zevon sang and played piano, harmonica and rhythm guitar and wrote the string arrangements, with guests including Jackson Browne, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Phil Everly, Bonnie Raitt and Carl Wilson. Fritz Richmond engineered and John Haeny mixed. Jimmy Wachtel photographed the cover in the Hollywood Palladium parking lot on the night of the 18th Grammy Awards. It reached 189 on the Billboard Top LPs, and Rhino reissued it in 2008 with bonus tracks. AllMusic gave it 4.5 stars, Christgau a B+, Uncut 9 out of 10, and Pitchfork 10 in 2023.

Track listing

  1. Frank and Jesse James4:33
  2. Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded2:53
  3. Backs Turned Looking Down the Path2:27
  4. Hasten Down the Wind2:58
  5. Poor Poor Pitiful Me3:04
  6. The French Inhaler3:44
  7. Mohammed's Radio3:40
  8. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead2:56
  9. Carmelita3:32
  10. Join Me in L.A.3:13
  11. Desperados Under the Eaves4:45

More from Warren Zevon

Excitable Boy (1978), Stand In The Fire (1980), Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School (1980), The Envoy (1982), Transverse City (1989), Mr. Bad Example (1991), Learning To Flinch (1993), Mutineer (1995), Life'll Kill Ya (2000), My Ride's Here (2002), The Wind (2003), Preludes: Rare And Unreleased Recordings (2007)

Sources

  1. Warren Zevon (album), Wikipedia
  2. Warren Zevon, Wikipedia