Reconsider Me: The Love Songs
Released: Jan 31, 2006
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Released: Jan 31, 2006
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Warren Zevon went to his grave with most people thinking of him as "that 'Werewolves of London' guy," an image that short-changed both his talent and his legacy. Zevon's acerbic wit and...
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Insideout: Warren Zevon Keep Me in Your Heart
Released: Dec 9, 2003
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Released: Dec 9, 2003
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"Dead man walking!" So jokes terminally ill Warren Zevon in one of the scenes from (Inside)Out, a film about the making of his final album The Wind, which won two Grammy Awards from five...
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The Wind
Released: Aug 26, 2003
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Released: Aug 26, 2003
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In late August of 2002, Warren Zevon was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a virulent and inoperable form of lung cancer; with his life expectancy expected to be no more than a few months, Zevon focused...
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Sentimental Hygiene - BONUS TRACKS
Released: May 6, 2003
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Released: May 6, 2003
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After a rather well-publicized fall off the wagon following the release of The Envoy, Warren Zevon went five years without releasing an album, but his time in the woodshed seemed to have done him...
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Transverse City - BONUS TRACK
Released: May 6, 2003
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Released: May 6, 2003
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Warren Zevon's seventh regular studio album began with the title track, "Transverse City," a dystopian vision of the future as an urban nightmare, a place of "endless neon vistas" and "castles made...
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Wanted Dead or Alive/A Leaf in the Wind
Released: May 6, 2003
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Released: May 6, 2003
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One has to wonder if anything but ambulance chasing was in EMI's motive for re-issuing this debut Imperial date by Warren Zevon from 1969. Though it was reissued before the songwriter's demise, his...
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The First Sessions - BONUS TRACKS
Released: Mar 18, 2003
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Released: Mar 18, 2003
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Most of Warren Zevon's fans are aware he'd had a career in music for some years before his self-titled 1976 album finally brought him to the attention of the press and the public, but little of his...
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My Ride's Here
Released: May 7, 2002
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Released: May 7, 2002
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Warren Zevon is famous for black-hearted comedy tunes like "Werewolves of London" and "Excitable Boy," but his best work is a good bit deeper and more penetrating, and 2000's Life'll Kill Ya was an...
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Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)
Released: Mar 6, 2001
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Released: Mar 6, 2001
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"Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)" has several factors of note. It is co-written by sportswriter and Tuesdays With Morrie author Mitch Albom. With two such sharp wits and wordsmiths, you can...
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