Audio CD review:
Warren Zevon - Genius: Best of Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon - Genius: Best of Warren Zevon

Band: Warren Zevon Title: Genius: Best of Warren Zevon Rating: Release Date: 2002-10-15 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Poor, Poor Pitiful Me 2: The French Inhaler 3: Carmelita 4: Hasten Down the Wind 5: Werewolves of London 6: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner 7: Excitable Boy 8: Lawyers, Guns and Money 9: Interlude No.1/Play It All Night Long 10: A Certain Girl 11: Looking for the Next Best Thing 12: Detox Mansion 13: Reconsider Me 14: Boom Boom Mancini 15: Splendid Isolation 16: Raspberry Beret - Warren Zevon, Prince 17: Searching for a Heart 18: Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 19: Mr. Bad Example 20: Mutineer 21: I Was in the House When the House Burned Down 22: Genius

Again With the Werewolves! I suppose it beats not being remembered for anything. Strange that this genius is best remembered for an odd little song called "Werewolves of London". This "Best of. . . " album is a good primer for those new to Zevon. Many of us remember Zevon songs being played late at night on "underground" FM stations in the late sixties and early seventies. I'm glad to see that he's finally getting the recognition he deserves. Warren Zevon was always hard to pigeonhole. Now go check out some more of work!. Genius: Best of Warren Zevon What a great find! Super music and wonderful liner notes. A super CD, shipped and received as new, as promised. What a talent. A must for Warren Z fans Has some Warren Z tunes that will make you leave it in the player just one more time. Good selection of clever songs This was a good selection of Warren Zevon's clever songs with great lyrics. From a Zevon novice's perspective I can't say how close this comes to capturing his finest work in a single volume, but it's very good and I can't imagine there could be much fine-tuning that would make for a better single CD compilation. Unlike most of you, I knew Zevon had a reputation as a great singer/songwriter but prior to hearing this CD, I wasn't familiar with most of his work. Granted, for a guy who's best known as a writer I'd probably axe "A Certain Girl" and Prince cover "Raspberry Beret", but many artists go entire careers without writing a song as witty as "Werewolves" let alone the other gems to be found here like "Carmelita","Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner","Looking for the Next Best Thing", "Reconsider Me", and "Mr. Bad Example". BOTTOM LINE: This convinced me I need to hear full albums by Zevon. Since "greatest hits" collections aren't usually compiled for die-hard fans, I'd say that means the CD does its job. You can see a complete list of all Warren Zevon discography, or go back to the Warren Zevon tabs