Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon is a compilation album by American musician Warren Zevon, released in 2002.
| 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] |
Reception
editWriting 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]
Track listing
editAll 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 |
Personnel
edit- Warren Zevon – synthesizer, harmonica, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vocals, synthesizer strings
- Bill Berry – drums
- Charlie Bisharat – violin
- Roy Bittan – piano
- Jackson Browne – harmony vocals
- Peter Buck – guitar
- Lindsey Buckingham – harmony vocals
- Linda Ronstadt – harmony vocals
- Rosemary Butler – harmony vocals
- Jorge Calderón – bass guitar, guitar, harmony vocals
- Mike Campbell – guitar
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Joel Derouin – violin
- Kenny Edwards – harmony vocals
- Don Felder – guitar
- Anton Fig – drums
- Mick Fleetwood – drums
- Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
- Bob Glaub – bass
- Richard Hayward – drums
- Don Henley – harmony vocals
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobby Keyes – saxophone
- Larry Klein – bass
- Craig Krampf – drums
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Kipp Lennon – harmony vocals
- Mark Lennon – harmony vocals
- Michael Lennon – harmony vocals
- David Lindley – fiddle, guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar
- Rick Marotta – drums, harmony vocals
- John McVie – bass
- Mike Mills – bass
- Graham Nash – harmony vocals
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- The Sid Sharp Strings – strings
- Leland Sklar – bass
- JD Souther – harmony vocals
- Benmont Tench – organ
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar, harmony vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar
- Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals
- Winston Watson – drums
- Evan Wilson – viola
- Jai Winding – piano
- Neil Young – harmony vocals
- Larry Zack – drums
- Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals
Technical
- Warren Zevon – compilation producer, producer, mixing, string arrangements, art direction, phtogoraphy
- Gary Peterson – compilation producer
- Duncan Aldrich – producer, engineer, mixing
- Niko Bolas – producer, engineer
- Jackson Browne – producer
- Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
- Greg Ladanyi – producer, engineer, mixing
- Sean Slade – producer, engineer
- Andrew Slater – producer
- Waddy Wachtel – producer
- Richard Bosworth – engineer
- Matt Chiaravasll – engineer
- John Cutler – engineer
- Michael Delugg – engineer
- Marc DeSisto – engineer
- John Haeny – engineer
- Andy Jackson – engineer
- Rob Jacobs – engineer, mixing
- Dennis Kirk – engineer, mixing
- Richard Landers – engineer
- Michael McDonald – engineer
- Tim Mulligan – engineer
- Kent Nebergall – engineer
- Jim Nipar – engineer
- Fritz Richmond – engineer
- Rail Jon Rogut – engineer
- Will Schillinger – engineer
- Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
- Bob Vogt – engineer
- Rob Jaczko – mixing
- John Beverly Jones – mixing
- Shelly Yakus – mixing
- Teresa Caffin – remastering
- Bill Inglot – remastering
- Mike Engstrom – product manager
- Randy Perry – project assistant
- Hugh Brown – art direction and design, photography
- Bryan Lasley – design
- John Austin – licensing
- Cory Frye – editorial supervision
- Tim Scanlin – liner notes coordination
- William Lee Self – liner notes
Charts
edit| Chart (2003) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 168 |
| US Top Internet Albums | 168 |
References
edit- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon at AllMusic
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide