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Recorded
  
1977 (1977)

Artist
  
Warren Zevon

Label
  
Asylum Records

Length
  
31:29

Release date
  
18 January 1978

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop rock


Released
  
January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18)

Studio
  
The Sound Factory, Los Angeles

Excitable Boy(1978)
  
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School(1980)

Producers
  
Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel

Similar
  
Warren Zevon albums, Rock music albums

Warren zevon excitable boy 1978


Excitable Boy is the third studio album by Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the top 40 success "Werewolves of London". The album brought Warren to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career. A remastered and expanded edition was released in 2007.

Contents

The tracks "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London" were considered macabrely humorous by some critics. The historical "Veracruz" dramatizes the United States occupation of Veracruz, and likewise "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is a fictionalization of a mercenary in Africa. "Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a tongue-in-cheek tale of a young American man's adventures in Cold War era Latin America. In addition, there are two ballads about life and relationships ("Accidentally Like a Martyr" and "Tenderness on the Block"), as well as a dance tune ("Nighttime in the Switching Yard").

Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon except as noted.

Personnel

  • Warren Zevon – lead, harmony and backing vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Jorge Calderón – harmony and backing vocals, Spanish vocals on "Veracruz"
  • Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar, percussion
  • Russ Kunkel – drums

    • Additional personnel

  • Karla Bonoff – harmony vocals on "Accidentally Like a Martyr"
  • Jackson Browne – guitar, harmony and backing vocals
  • Luis Damian – jarana on "Veracruz"
  • Kenny Edwards – bass on "Veracruz", "Tenderness on the Block" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
  • John McVie - bass on "Werewolves of London"
  • Mick Fleetwood – drums on "Werewolves of London"
  • The Gentlemen Boys [The Gentlemen Boys consisted of: Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderón, Kenny Edwards, J. D. Souther and Waddy Wachtel] – backing and harmony vocals
  • Arthur Gerst – Mexican harp
  • Bob Glaub – bass on "Roland the Headless Gunner", "Excitable Boy", Nighttime in the Switching Yard"
  • Jim Horn – recorder on "Veracruz"; saxophone on "Excitable Boy"
  • Greg Ladanyi – bells on "Nighttime in the Switching Yard"
  • Rick Marotta – drums on "Veracruz" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums and percussion on "Nighttime in the Switching Yard"
  • Linda Ronstadt – backing and harmony vocals on "Excitable Boy"
  • Leland Sklar – bass on "Johnny Strikes Up The Band", "Accidentally Like a Martyr"
  • J.D. Souther – backing and harmony vocals
  • Manuel Vasquez – requinto on "Veracruz"
  • Waddy Wachtel – guitar, synthesizer, harmony and backing vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals on "Excitable Boy"

    • Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Songs

    1Johnny Strikes Up the Band2:52
    2Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner3:48
    3Excitable Boy2:41

    References

    Excitable Boy Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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