Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)

Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | MP3 | 320 KBPS |1996 | 352 MB



One of the great singer/songwriters (like Tom Waits, Loudon Wainwright, Steve Earle, Delbert McClinton and Richard Thompson) that put most so-called 'musical artists' in their proper place, i.e. nowhere and lucky to be there.



If the late Warren Zevon hadn't existed, it would have been necessary to invent him. At a time when his L.A. singer-songwriter peers were bleeding all over their puffy shirtsleeves with mawkish, sensitive balladry, Zevon turned the 1970s troubadour approach on its ear with a twisted lyrical sensibility that embraced danger, ribaldry, and general mayhem. The two-disc collection I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is an excellent introduction to Zevon's iconoclastic work.



The early years are well represented by the oddly poignant junkie's lament "Carmelita", the horror-of-war ghost story "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", and of course, such misanthropic staples as "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London". I'll Sleep When I'm Dead stands to show, however, that the '70s weren't the end of Zevon's story.



Zevon is backed by R.E.M. on the trenchant boxing tale "Boom Boom Mancini" and admirably covers Prince's "Raspberry Beret". He humorously sums up his life as a rogue on "Mr. Bad Example". "Accidentally Like A Martyr" is an austerely beautiful song and "Splendid Isolation" is a hymn to misanthropy.



I'll Sleep When I'm Dead serves Zevon's legacy well. Songs like the incendiary "Play It All Night Long" and one of Zevon's finest meditations on life in L.A., "Desperados Under the Eaves" ensure that he won't be forgotten.



Personnel include: Warren Zevon (vocals, guitar, piano); Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar (guitar); Jim Horn (saxophone); Jai Winding (piano); John McVie (bass); Mick Fleetwood, Russ Kunkel, Jeff Porcaro (drums); Jackson Browne, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Carl Wilson, Jorge Calderon, J.D. Souther, Karla Bonoff, Graham Nash, Don Henley (background vocals).



Producers: Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon, Greg Ladanyi.Track List



CD1:



01. Frank and Jesse James

02. Hasten Down The Wind

03. Poor Poor Pitiful Me

04. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

05. Carmelita

06. Desperados Under The Eaves

07. Johnny Strikes Up The Band

08. Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner

09. Excitable Boy

10. Werewolves Of London

11. Accidentally Like A Martyr

12. Lawyers, Guns And Money

13. Frozen Notes

14. Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School

15. Gorilla, You’re A Desperado

16. Play It All Night Long

17. Mohammed’s Radio (Live Version)

18. Jeannie Needs A Shooter (Live Version)

19. The Envoy

20. The Hula Hula Boys

21. Let Nothing Come Between You

22. Looking For The Next Best Thing



CD2:



01. Sentimental Hygiene

02. Boom Boom Mancini

03. Detox Mansion

04. Bad Karma

05. Reconsider Me (Single Version)

06. Run Straight Down

07. The Long Arm Of The Law

08. Splendid Isolation

09. You Don’t Know What Love Is – with Mark Isham

10. Raspberry Beret – Hindu Love Gods

11. Suzy Lightning

12. Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead

13. Searching For A Heart

14. Mr. Bad Example

15. Roll With The Punches

16. The French Inhaler (Live Version)

17. The Indifference of Heaven (Live Version)

18. If You Won’t Leave Me I’ll Find Somebody Who WIll

19. Real or Not

20. Seminole Bingo

21. Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse

22. Mutineer