Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (Deluxe Edition)

Warren Zevon was a ten-year music industry veteran who had written songs for The Turtles, backed up Phil Everly, done years of session work, and been befriended by Jackson Browne by the time he cut his self-titled album in 1976. Zevon sure didn't think (or write) like any of his pals in the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac; Zevon's music was full of blood, bile, and mean-spirited irony, and the glossy surfaces of Jackson Browne's production failed to disguise the bitter heart of the songs on Warren Zevon.

For all their darkness, Zevon's songs also possessed a steely intelligence, a winning wit, and an unusually sophisticated melodic sense, and he certainly made the most of the high-priced help who backed him on the album. This was the album that confirmed he was a major talent, and it remains a black-hearted Pop delight. The album features guest appearances of artists like Jackson Browne, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, Phil Everly, Don Henley and Glenn Frey, Bonnie Raitt and many more.

Heavyweight double vinyl produced by Rhino Records in 2024.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Frank and Jesse James (2008 Remaster)
2. Mama Couldn't Be Pursuaded (2008 Remaster)
3. Backs Turned Looking Down the Path (2008 Remaster)
4. Hasten Down the Wind (2008 Remaster)
5. Poor Poor Pitiful Me (2008 Remaster)
6. The French Inhaler (2008 Remaster)
7. Mohammed's Radio (2008 Remaster)
8. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2008 Remaster)
9. Carmelita (2008 Remaster)
10. Join Me in L.A. (2008 Remaster)
11. Desperados Under the Eaves (2008 Remaster)
12. Hasten Down the Wind (Band Demo)
13. Mama Couldn't Be Pursuaded (Live WMMS 10/13/76)
14. Backs Turned Looking Down the Path (Take 1 - 1/28/76)
15. Join Me in L.A. (Take 2 - 11/20/75)
16. Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Alternate Version)
17. Frank and Jesse James (Alternate Version)
18. Mohammed's Radio (Take 2 - 11/6/75)
19. The French Inhaler (Take 1 - 1/13/76)
20. Carmelita (Alternate Version)
21. Desperados Under the Eaves (Take 2 - 1/13/76)
22. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Alternate Version)