Warren Zevon (album)

Template:Use mdy dates 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

Template:Music ratings 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

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Personnel

Musicians

• Warren Zevon – harmonica, piano, rhythm guitar, string arrangements, vocals
• Jackson Browne – harmony vocals on tracks 2, 3 & 11, piano on track 10, slide guitar on track 3
• Lindsey Buckingham – guitar on track 3, harmony vocals on tracks 5 & 7
• Rosemary Butler – harmony vocals on track 10
• Jorge Calderón – harmony vocals on tracks 8 & 11
• Marty David – bass guitar on track 3
• Ned Doheny – guitar on track 10
• Phil Everly – harmony vocals on tracks 1 & 4
• Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar on track 9, harmony vocals on tracks 6 & 9
• The Gentlemen Boys – background vocals on track 11
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4–7 & 9–11
• Don Henley – harmony vocals on track 6
• Billy Hinsche – harmony vocals on track 11
• Bobby Keys – saxophone on tracks 5, 7 & 10
• David Lindley – banjo on track 1, fiddle on tracks 1, 2 & 5, slide guitar on tracks 4 & 7, guitar on track 9
• Gary Mallaber – drums on tracks 3 & 8
• Roy Marinell – bass guitar on track 8
• Stevie Nicks – vocals on track 7 & 10
• Bonnie Raitt – harmony vocals on track 10
• Fritz Richmond – jug on track 8
• Sid Sharp – strings on tracks 4, 6 & 11
• JD Souther – harmony vocals on tracks 2 & 11
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar, vocals
• 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, JD Souther and Waddy Wachtel.

Production

• Producer: Jackson Browne
• Engineer: Fritz Richmond
• Mixing: John Haeny
• Arranger: Warren Zevon
• Vocal Arrangement: Carl Wilson

Charts

Chart performance for Warren Zevon

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape	189