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

By: Warren Zevon (Artist)

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Warren Zevon Artist Snapshot:

Though he came out of the '70s Southern California scene and was championed by Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon's music is far more dark and sardonic than that background would suggest. The quintessential troubadour-with-an-attitude, he's sung about guns, death, and cattle disease (seriously) with a biting sense of humor and a musicality that's attributable to his early classical training. He's probably the only rocker who studied with Stravinsky. He blazed away through the '80s and '90s, doing some of his best work at the turn of the century, but he was cut down by cancer in 2003, leaving behind the album THE WIND as his farewell.

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DISC 1 for I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) (CD) Album By Warren Zevon (Artist)
1   Frank And Jesse James
2   Hasten Down The Wind
3   Poor Poor Pitiful Me
4   I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
5   Carmelita
6   Desperados Under The Eaves
7   Johnny Strikes Up The Band
8   Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
9   Excitable Boy
10   Werewolves Of London
11   Accidentally Like A Martyr
12   Lawyers, Guns And Money
13   Frozen Notes
14   Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
15   Gorilla, You're A Desperado
16   Play It All Night Long
17   Mohammed's Radio - (live)
18   Jeannie Needs A Shooter - (live)
19   Envoy, The
20   Hula Hula Boys, The
21   Let Nothing Come Between You
22   Looking For The Next Best Thing
 
DISC 2 for I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) (CD) Album By Warren Zevon (Artist)
1   Sentimental Hygiene
2   Boom Boom Mancini
3   Detox Mansion
4   Bad Karma
5   Reconsider Me - (single version)
6   Run Straight Down
7   Long Arm Of The Law, The
8   Splendid Isolation
9   You Don't Know What Love Is - (with Mark Isham)
10   Raspberry Beret - (with Hindu Love Gods)
11   Suzie Lightning
12   Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
13   Searching For A Heart
14   Mr. Bad Example
15   Roll With The Punches
16   French Inhaler, The - (live)
17   Indifference Of Heaven, The - (live)
18   If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Somebody Who Will
19   Real Or Not
20   Seminole Bingo
21   Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse
22   Mutineer
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (9/20/96, pp.80-81) - "...Zevon's later oeuvre, like his hair, may not be perfect, but even in unevenness, there's a special place in gonzo rock history due this mercy-craving mercenary." - Rating: B+
Q (12/96, p.147) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...an object lesson in how to do justice to a 20-year career....an invaluable opportunity to ponder how it's possible to be this good and this obscure."
Uncut (9/03, p.96) - "...[This] does a splendid job of rounding up Zevon's best songs..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Warren Zevon (vocals, various instruments); Neil Young, Glenn Frey, Waddy Wachtel (guitar, background vocals); Mike Campbell, David Gilmour (guitar); David Lindley (guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, fiddle, saz); Darius (sitar); Bruce Hornsby (accordion); Jim Horn (saxophone); Mark Isham (trumpet, synthesizer); Chick Corea (piano); Tony Levin (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums); J.D. Souther, Phil Everly, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Stipe, Don Henley, Jordan Zevon, Rosemary Butler, Lindsey Buckingham, Jackson Browne (background vocals).

R.E.M.: Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums); Michael Stipe (background vocals).

Hindu Love Gods: Waren Zevon (vocals, guitar); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums).

Producers include: Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon, Mark Isham.

Includes liner notes by Warren Zevon.

Warren Zevon's songs often address the uglier side of life with a black sense of humor and a strong grounding in both the musical and lyrical sides of songcraft. He's a misanthrope, but a lovable one. If you want an idea of the kind of legacy he's left in the 20 years that this comprehensive collection covers, check out the booklet, which contains a testimonial by the bard of inhospitality himself, Hunter S. Thompson, as well as a photo of Zevon and Thompson cavorting with firearms.

I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD draws from all the albums Zevon recorded for Asylum, Virgin and Giant between 1976 and 1995, with particular emphasis on the two misfit singer-songwriter classics that launched his career: 1976's WARREN ZEVON and 1978's EXCITABLE BOY, which between them supply 14 songs here (a couple of them in live renditions). The collection covers the full range of Zevon's work, from his early Los Angeles folk-rock style to his harder-edged '80s material and his more recent flirtations with electronics. In all his incarnations, Zevon's artistic vision and deep, smoldering voice have remained intact, as selections from "Carmelita," a down-and-out ballad, and "Lawyers, Guns And Money," a rocker about expatriate intrigue, to the more recent summation "Mr. Bad Example" bear out.

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