22-11-2011, 08:32
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WARREN ZEVON "original album series" 5cd boxset,2009.
Disc #2
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WARREN ZEVON "excitable boy", 1978.
the second disc in this five cd set containing Zevon's first five charting albums..
again produced by Jackson Browne and superstar guest appearances by Mick Fleetwood and Linda Ronstadt...
this one reached #8 in the US, the single "werewolves of london" single reached #21 Stateside, top 10 here in Australia, but did not chart in the UK until the early 1980s for some strange reason...
strangely enough, i know the title track, it gets a lot of airplay here on retro stations, probably as much airplay as that Werewolves song.
that Werewolves song is not the best track on here for me, although i do love it along with three other tracks
not sure who to draw comparrisons with on this album...guess he found his own sound with this one?!
the subject matter is a bit darker than his previous album...subjects include US invasion of Veracruz,death,murder and assassination by the CIA....Nick Cave would surely be proud!
"allmusic" give this one 4/5(2.4) and i give it the same score!
from the album:
Roland The Headless Thomson Gunner ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpTCjFxCckM live
Excitable Boy ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYuRjUO1OcQ live
Veracruz ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O2qJ0JXjug audio
album rating: 2.4
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.