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Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978) [2013 Audio Fidelity SACD AFZ 166]

Date: 24 Dec 2013 08:01:09

Excitable Boy is the third album by Warren Zevon. 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.

Warren Zevon's self-titled 1976 album announced he was one of the most striking talents to emerge from the Los Angeles soft rock singer/songwriter community, and Linda Ronstadt (a shrewd judge of talent if a sometimes questionable interpreter) recorded three of its songs on two of her biggest-selling albums, which doubtlessly earned Zevon bigger royalty checks than the album itself ever did. But if Warren Zevon was an impressive calling card, the follow-up, Excitable Boy, was an actual hit, scoring one major hit single, "Werewolves of London," and a trio of turntable hits ("Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," "Lawyers, Guns and Money," and the title track). But while Excitable Boy won Zevon the larger audience his music certainly deserved, the truth is it was a markedly inferior album; while it had all the bile of Warren Zevon, and significantly raised Zevon's dark-humor factor, it was often obvious where his previous album had been subtle, and while all 11 tracks on Warren Zevon were strong and compelling, two of the nine tunes on Excitable Boy – "Johnny Strike Up the Band" and "Nighttime in the Switching Yard" – sound like they're just taking up space. Musically, most of Excitable Boy is stuck in a polished but unexceptional FM pop groove, and only "Veracruz" hints at the artful intelligence of Warren Zevon's finest moments. It's hard to say if Zevon was feeling uninspired or just dumbing himself down when he made Excitable Boy, but while it made him famous, it lacks the smarts and substance of his best work. Reviewed by Mark Deming allmusic.com

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Warren Zevon / Excitable Boy [2013 Audio Fidelity SACD AFZ 166]

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Track Listing:

All songs written by Warren Zevon except as noted.

01. Johnny Strikes Up the Band – 2:49
02. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (David Lindell, Zevon) – 3:47
03. Excitable Boy (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 2:40
04. Werewolves of London (Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) – 3:27
05. Accidentally Like a Martyr – 3:37
06. Nighttime in the Switching Yard (Jorge Calderón, Lindell) – 4:15
07. Veracruz (Calderón, Zevon) – 3:30
08. Tenderness on the Block (Jackson Browne, Zevon) – 3:55
09. Lawyers, Guns and Money – 3:29

Album Released: January 18, 1978
Audio Fidelity SACD Released: December 17, 2013

Mastered for this SACD by: Steve Hoffman at Stephan Marsh Mastering

DR Log

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log date: 2013-12-23 14:53:42

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Analyzed: Warren Zevon / Excitable Boy [2013 Audio Fidelity SACD AFZ 166]
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DR12 -1.53 dB -16.01 dB 2:54 01-Johnny Strikes Up The Band
DR12 -1.33 dB -16.65 dB 3:49 02-Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
DR11 -1.81 dB -15.82 dB 2:43 03-Excitable Boy
DR13 -1.40 dB -15.92 dB 3:31 04-Werewolves Of London
DR11 -1.38 dB -15.22 dB 3:45 05-Accidentally Like A Martyr
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DR13 -1.22 dB -17.67 dB 3:34 07-Vera Cruz
DR12 -0.20 dB -14.46 dB 4:06 08-Tenderness On The Block
DR13 -0.88 dB -16.97 dB 3:32 09-Lawyers Guns And Money
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 780 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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