Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon (club edition)

~ Release by Warren Zevon (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Poor Poor Pitiful Me
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Larry Zack
fiddle:
David Lindley
guitar:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
saxophone:
Bobby Keyes (US guitarist and songwriter)
background vocals [harmony]:
Lindsey Buckingham (guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1976)
recording of:
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
lyricist and composer:
Warren Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI), Darkroom Music (in 1973) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1973)
43:06
2The French Inhaler
recording of:
The French Inhaler
composer:
Warren Zevon
publisher:
Darkroom Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
33:46
3Carmelita
recording of:
Carmelita
lyricist and composer:
Warren Zevon
publisher:
Darkroom Music (in 1972) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1972)
43:34
4Hasten Down the Wind
recording of:
Hasten Down the Wind
writer:
Warren Zevon
43:00
5Werewolves of London
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass:
John McVie
drums (drum set):
Mick Fleetwood
guitar [guitars]:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Warren Zevon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1978), Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978), Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1978) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (from 2007 to present)
recorded at:
The Sound Factory in Tucson, Arizona, United States (in 2007)
recording of:
Werewolves of London
writer:
LeRoy P. Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon
publisher:
Leadsheet Land Music, Polite Music, Tiny Tunes and Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
4.93:26
6Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
organ and piano:
Warren Zevon
background vocals [harmonies]:
The Gentlemen Boys
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1978) and Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
writer:
Lindell and Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
43:45
7Excitable Boy
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Russel Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar family:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Warren Zevon
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist)
background vocals [harmonies]:
Linda Ronstadt, Waddy Wachtel and Jennifer Warnes
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1978) and Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Excitable Boy
writer:
Marinell and Zevon
publisher:
Polite Music and Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
4.352:40
8Lawyers, Guns and Money
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass and bass guitar:
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt)
drums (drum set):
Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
guitar and guitar family:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Warren Zevon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Lawyers, Guns and Money
writer:
Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
4.53:30
9Interlude No. 1 / Play It All Night Long
3:17
10A Certain Girl
producer:
Greg Ladanyi and Warren Zevon
bass:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
drums (drum set):
Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
guitar:
Jorge Calderón and Don Felder
solo guitar:
Waddy Wachtel
vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter), Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist) and Warren Zevon
cover recording of:
A Certain Girl (in 1980)
lyricist and composer:
Naomi Neville
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
43:07
11Looking for the Next Best Thing
producer:
Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt)
guitar family:
Waddy Wachtel
piano and synthesizer:
Warren Zevon
background vocals [harmonies]:
Graham Nash and J.D. Souther
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1982)
recording of:
Looking for the Next Best Thing (in 1982)
writer:
Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt), Marinelli and Zevon
publisher:
Tiny Tunes, Valgovind Music and Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
3:38
12Detox Mansion
bass guitar [bass]:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist) and Warren Zevon
lap steel guitar:
David Lindley
background vocals [harmony]:
Jorge Calderón
lead vocals:
Warren Zevon
recording of:
Detox Mansion
writer:
Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon
3:14
13Reconsider Me
recording of:
Reconsider Me
lyricist and composer:
Warren Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
3:26
14Boom Boom Mancini
bass guitar [bass]:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
guitar [lead guitar], piano and lead vocals:
Warren Zevon
recording of:
Boom Boom Mancini
writer:
Warren Zevon
4:49
15Splendid Isolation
recording of:
Splendid Isolation
lyricist and composer:
Warren Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
4:29
16Raspberry Beret
cover recording of:
Raspberry Beret
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
53:54
17Searching for a Heart
recording engineer:
Mark DeSisto
producer:
Waddy Wachtel
mixer:
John Beverly Jones
recording of:
Searching for a Heart (in 1991)
lyricist and composer:
Warren Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
34:17
18Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
recording engineer:
Mark DeSisto
producer:
Waddy Wachtel
mixer:
Niko Bolas
recording of:
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (in 1991)
writer:
LeRoy P. Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon
32:52
19Mr. Bad Example
recording engineer:
Mark DeSisto
producer:
Waddy Wachtel
mixer:
Niko Bolas
recording of:
Mr. Bad Example (in 1991)
writer:
Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon
43:22
20Mutineer
recording engineer:
Duncan Aldrich and Warren Zevon
engineer and mixer:
Duncan Aldrich
producer:
Warren Zevon
vocals:
Rosemary Butler
mixed at and engineered at:
Devonshire Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Mutineer
writer:
Warren Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
33:17
21I Was in the House When the House Burned Down
engineer and producer:
Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade
recording of:
I Was in the House When the House Burned Down (in 1999)
lyricist and composer:
Warren Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
43:04
22Genius
engineer:
Noah Scot Snyder
producer:
Warren Zevon
mixer:
Noah Scot Snyder and Warren Zevon
cello:
Larry Corbett
viola:
Evan Wilson (viola player)
violin:
Charlie Bisharat (US violinist) and Joel Derouin
arranger:
Warren Zevon
recording of:
Genius
writer:
Larry Klein and Warren Zevon
35:01