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Genius: Best of Warren Zevon | 
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| Artist: Warren Zevon
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $8.74
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 2253
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 73771
UPC: 081227377120
EAN: 0081227377120
ASIN: B00006LA4I
Release Date: October 15, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Shipped from the UK by Airmail direct to 5 airports in the United States. Delivery takes approximately 5 working days from posting - we're frequently faster than a lot of US based sellers.
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| Tracks:
| • | Poor, Poor Pitiful Me | | • | The French Inhaler | | • | Carmelita | | • | Hasten Down the Wind | | • | Werewolves of London | | • | Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner | | • | Excitable Boy | | • | Lawyers, Guns and Money | | • | Interlude No.1/Play It All Night Long | | • | A Certain Girl | | • | Looking for the Next Best Thing | | • | Detox Mansion | | • | Reconsider Me | | • | Boom Boom Mancini | | • | Splendid Isolation | | • | Raspberry Beret - Warren Zevon, Prince | | • | Searching for a Heart | | • | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | | • | Mr. Bad Example | | • | Mutineer | | • | I Was in the House When the House Burned Down | | • | Genius |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
On the evidence of this 22-track career overview, it's tempting to call Warren Zevon's oeuvre a monument of pop-music dichotomy. But that assessment would sorely shortchange Zevon's vast catalog of contradictions: the sentimental songwriter ("Hasten Down the Wind") with a nihilistic heart of darkness who makes the likes of Jello Biafra seem more like Raffi by comparison; the shrewd, successful tunesmith nonetheless laboring in service of vintage psycho-whack like "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," "Excitable Boy," and "Werewolves of London"; a man who consorted with Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, and R.E.M. ("Boom Boom Mancini") and yet who still cheated the devil of his soul; a satirist with the keen eye of a marksman--or Randy Newman, for that matter--who somehow let his own demise get the jump on him, despite having written prescient jollities like "Mr. Bad Example" and Life'll Kill Ya. In short, Zevon walked it like he talked it, peril be damned. If he felt like turning in a straight-up take of the R&B chestnut "A Certain Girl," or lumbering inexplicably through Prince's "Raspberry Beret," only then to turn on a dime and indulge his classical pretenses on "Mutineer" and "Genius," so be it. Zevon just couldn't help himself from living up to this album's modest title. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
A Comprehensive Single disc collection from Rocks Sardonic King. It rounds up the 22 most popular tracks from albums released by Asylum, Virgin, Giant/Reprise and Artemis from 1976-2002. Features such Zevon classics as 'Werewolves Of London,' 'Excitable Boy,' 'Lawyers, Guns and Money,' 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me,' 'I Was In The House When The House Burned Down' and more. Elektra/Rhino. 2002.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Again With the Werewolves! September 7, 2008
J. Lynch (south Florida, USA)
Strange that this genius is best remembered for an odd little song called "Werewolves of London". I suppose it beats not being remembered for anything. This "Best of..." album is a good primer for those new to Zevon. Many of us remember Zevon songs being played late at night on "underground" FM stations in the late sixties and early seventies. I'm glad to see that he's finally getting the recognition he deserves. Warren Zevon was always hard to pigeonhole. Now go check out some more of work!
Genius: Best of Warren Zevon April 21, 2008
H. Griffin (wynantskill, new york)
A super CD, shipped and received as new, as promised. What a great find!
Super music and wonderful liner notes. What a talent.
A must for Warren Z fans February 15, 2007
Brad Whitehouse (Carnegie, OK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Has some Warren Z tunes that will make you leave it in the player just one more time.
Good selection of clever songs November 10, 2006
Linda L. Robinett (Ridgecrest, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a good selection of Warren Zevon's clever songs with great lyrics.
 From a Zevon novice's perspective November 5, 2006
Greg Brady (Capital City)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Unlike most of you, I knew Zevon had a reputation as a great singer/songwriter but prior to hearing this CD, I wasn't familiar with most of his work. I can't say how close this comes to capturing his finest work in a single volume, but it's very good and I can't imagine there could be much fine-tuning that would make for a better single CD compilation.
Granted, for a guy who's best known as a writer I'd probably axe "A Certain Girl" and Prince cover "Raspberry Beret", but many artists go entire careers without writing a song as witty as "Werewolves" let alone the other gems to be found here like "Carmelita","Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner","Looking for the Next Best Thing", "Reconsider Me", and "Mr. Bad Example".
BOTTOM LINE:
This convinced me I need to hear full albums by Zevon. Since "greatest hits" collections aren't usually compiled for die-hard fans, I'd say that means the CD does its job.
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