Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon

Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon is a compilation album by American musician Warren Zevon, released in 2002.

Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon
Greatest hits album by
Warren Zevon
ReleasedOctober 2002
Recorded1975–2002
GenreRock
Length78:20
LabelRhino
ProducerGary Peterson
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon chronology
My Ride's Here
(2002)		 Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon
(2002)		 The Wind
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau(A) [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004)[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Warren Zevon, except where indicated.

  1. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" – 3:05
  2. "The French Inhaler" – 3:46
  3. "Carmelita" – 3:34
  4. "Hasten Down the Wind" – 2:59
  5. "Werewolves of London" (LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) – 3:26
  6. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (David Lindell, Zevon) – 3:44
  7. "Excitable Boy" (Marinell, Zevon) – 2:39
  8. "Lawyers, Guns and Money" – 3:30
  9. "Interlude No.1/Play It All Night Long" – 3:17
  10. "A Certain Girl" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:06
  11. "Looking for the Next Best Thing" (Kenny Edwards, Marinell, Zevon) – 3:37
  12. "Detox Mansion" (Jorge Calderón, Zevon) – 3:13
  13. "Reconsider Me" [Single Version] – 3:26
  14. "Boom Boom Mancini" – 4:48
  15. "Splendid Isolation" – 4:28
  16. "Raspberry Beret" – Hindu Love Gods (Prince) – 3:53
  17. "Searching for a Heart" – 4:16
  18. "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" (Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon) – 2:52
  19. "Mr. Bad Example" (Calderón, Zevon) – 3:21
  20. "Mutineer" – 3:16
  21. "I Was in the House When the House Burned Down" – 3:03
  22. "Genius" (Larry Klein, Zevon) – 5:01

Personnel

Compilation Producers

  • Warren Zevon – compilation producer, producer, mixing, string arrangements, art direction, phtogoraphy
  • Gary Peterson – compilation producer
  • Duncan Aldrich – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Niko Bolas – producer, engineer
  • Jackson Browne – producer
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
  • Greg Ladanyi – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Sean Slade – producer, engineer
  • Andrew Slater – producer
  • Waddy Wachtel – producer
  • Richard Bosworth – engineer
  • Matt Chiaravasll – engineer
  • John Cutler – engineer
  • Michael Delugg – engineer
  • Marc DeSisto – engineer
  • John Haeny – engineer
  • Andy Jackson – engineer
  • Rob Jacobs – engineer, mixing
  • Dennis Kirk – engineer, mixing
  • Richard Landers – engineer
  • Michael McDonald – engineer
  • Tim Mulligan – engineer
  • Kent Nebergall – engineer
  • Jim Nipar – engineer
  • Fritz Richmond – engineer
  • Rail Jon Rogut – engineer
  • Will Schillinger – engineer
  • Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Vogt – engineer
  • Rob Jaczko – mixing
  • John Beverly Jones – mixing
  • Shelly Yakus – mixing
  • Teresa Caffin – remastering
  • Bill Inglot – remastering
  • Mike Engstrom – product manager
  • Randy Perry – project assistant
  • Hugh Brown – art direction and design, photography
  • Bryan Lasley – design
  • John Austin – licensing
  • Cory Frye – editorial supervision
  • Tim Scanlin – liner notes coordination
  • William Lee Self – liner notes

Charts
Chart (2003) Position
US Billboard 200 168
US Top Internet Albums 168

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon at AllMusic
  2. Robert Christgau review
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. Rolling Stone album guide
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