Warren Zevon is the second studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. This album was recorded in 1975 and released on May 18, 1976, by Asylum Records. A remastered version of the album with bonus tracks was released in 2008 by Rhino Records.
Critical reception
Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "I am suspicious of singer-songwriters who draw attention to phrases like 'hasten down the wind,' and I would suggest a moratorium on songs about the James Brothers that don't also rhyme 'pollution' and 'solution.' But I like the way Zevon resists pigeonholes like 'country-rock' while avoiding both the banal and the mystagogical, and I like quatrains like: 'And if California slides into the ocean/Like the mystics and statistics say it will/I predict this motel will be standing/Until I pay my bill.'"
Track listing
All songs written by Warren Zevon.
Side one
| Title |
| 1. |
"Frank and Jesse James" |
4:33 |
| 2. |
"Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded" |
2:53 |
| 3. |
"Backs Turned Looking Down the Path" |
2:27 |
| 4. |
"Hasten Down the Wind" |
2:58 |
| 5. |
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" |
3:04 |
| 6. |
"The French Inhaler" |
3:44 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Warren Zevon – harmonica, piano, rhythm guitar, string arrangements, vocals
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Jackson Browne – harmony vocals on tracks 2, 3 & 11, piano on track 10, slide guitar on track 3
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Lindsey Buckingham – guitar on track 3, harmony vocals on tracks 5 & 7
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Rosemary Butler – harmony vocals on track 10
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Jorge Calderón – harmony vocals on tracks 8 & 11
- Marty David – bass guitar on track 3
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Ned Doheny – guitar on track 10
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Phil Everly – harmony vocals on tracks 1 & 4
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Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar on track 9, harmony vocals on tracks 6 & 9
- The Gentlemen Boys – background vocals on track 11
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Bob Glaub – bass guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4–7 & 9–11
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Don Henley – harmony vocals on track 6
- Billy Hinsche – harmony vocals on track 11
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Bobby Keys – saxophone on tracks 5, 7 & 10
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David Lindley – banjo on track 1, fiddle on tracks 1, 2 & 5, slide guitar on tracks 4 & 7, guitar on track 9
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Gary Mallaber – drums on tracks 3 & 8
- Roy Marinell – bass guitar on track 8
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Stevie Nicks – vocals on track 7 & 10
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Bonnie Raitt – harmony vocals on track 10
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Fritz Richmond – jug on track 8
- Sid Sharp – strings on tracks 4, 6 & 11
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J.D. Souther – harmony vocals on tracks 2 & 11
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Waddy Wachtel – guitar, vocals
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Carl Wilson – harmony vocals on track 11, vocal arrangements
- Jai Winding – piano on track 5, organ & synthesizer on track 10, vocals on track 11
- Larry Zack – drums on tracks 1, 2, 4–7 & 9–11
- The Gentlemen Boys consisted of: Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderón, Kenny Edwards, J. D. Souther and Waddy Wachtel.
Production
Charts
