I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (An Anthology) is a two-disc compilation album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, released on Rhino Records in 1996. It spans his career from his eponymous debut album on Asylum Records to date of release, ignoring his disowned initial album from 1969, Wanted Dead or Alive. It contains tracks from all ten of his albums released during this period, and includes contributions to soundtracks and his one-off album with members of R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods.
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| Released | September 17, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1975–1995 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:32:10 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Gary Peterson Mark Pinkus | |||
| Warren Zevon chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) | [4] |
Disc one collects recordings done for Asylum, and disc two collects recordings done for Virgin and Giant Records.
Track listing
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album, Year | Length |
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| 1. | "Frank and Jesse James" | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon, 1976 | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Hasten Down the Wind" | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon, 1976 | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon, 1976 | 3:06 |
| 4. | "I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead" | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon, 1976 | 2:58 |
| 5. | "Carmelita" | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon, 1976 | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Desperados Under the Eaves" | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon, 1976 | 4:47 |
| 7. | "Johnny Strikes Up the Band" | Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy, 1978 | 2:49 |
| 8. | "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" | David Lindell, Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy, 1978 | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Excitable Boy" | LeRoy Marinell, Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy, 1978 | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Werewolves of London" | LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy, 1978 | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Accidentally like a Martyr" | Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy, 1978 | 3:38 |
| 12. | "Lawyers, Guns and Money" | Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy, 1978 | 3:32 |
| 13. | "Frozen Notes" | Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy Previously Unissued Outtake, 1978 | 2:01 |
| 14. | "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School" | Warren Zevon | Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 1980 | 2:59 |
| 15. | "Gorilla, You’re a Desperado" | Warren Zevon | Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 1980 | 2:47 |
| 16. | "Play It All Night Long" | Warren Zevon | Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 1980 | 3:18 |
| 17. | "Mohammed's Radio" (Live) | Warren Zevon | Stand in the Fire, 1980 | 4:49 |
| 18. | "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" (Live) | Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon | Stand in the Fire, 1980 | 4:07 |
| 19. | "The Envoy" | Warren Zevon | The Envoy, 1982 | 3:13 |
| 20. | "The Hula Hula Boys" | Warren Zevon | The Envoy, 1982 | 3:02 |
| 21. | "Let Nothing Come between You" | Warren Zevon | The Envoy, 1982 | 3:39 |
| 22. | "Looking for the Next Best Thing" | Kenny Edwards, LeRoy Marinell, Warren Zevon | The Envoy, 1982 | 3:38 |
| Total length: | 1:15:20 | |||
Disc two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album, Year | Length |
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| 1. | "Sentimental Hygiene" | Warren Zevon | Sentimental Hygiene, 1987 | 5:03 |
| 2. | "Boom Boom Mancini" | Warren Zevon | Sentimental Hygiene, 1987 | 4:49 |
| 3. | "Detox Mansion" | Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon | Sentimental Hygiene, 1987 | 3:13 |
| 4. | "Bad Karma" | Warren Zevon | Sentimental Hygiene, 1987 | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Reconsider Me" (Single Version) | Warren Zevon | Sentimental Hygiene, 1987 | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Run Straight Down" | Warren Zevon | Transverse City, 1989 | 4:06 |
| 7. | "The Long Arm of the Law" | Warren Zevon | Transverse City, 1989 | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Splendid Isolation" | Warren Zevon | Transverse City, 1989 | 4:30 |
| 9. | "You Don't Know What Love Is" (with Mark Isham) | Gene de Paul, Don Raye | From the Motion Picture Love at Large, 1989 | 2:30 |
| 10. | "Raspberry Beret" (by Hindu Love Gods) | Prince Rogers Nelson | Hindu Love Gods, 1990 | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Suzie Lightning" | Warren Zevon | Mr. Bad Example, 1991 | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" | LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon | Mr. Bad Example, 1991 | 2:53 |
| 13. | "Searching for a Heart" | Warren Zevon | Mr. Bad Example, 1991 | 4:18 |
| 14. | "Mr. Bad Example" | Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon | Mr. Bad Example, 1991 | 3:22 |
| 15. | "Roll with the Punches" | Warren Zevon | From the Television Production Tales from the Crypt, 1992 | 2:24 |
| 16. | "The French Inhaler" (Live) | Warren Zevon | Learning to Flinch, 1993 | 4:21 |
| 17. | "The Indifference of Heaven" (Live) | Warren Zevon | Learning to Flinch, 1993 | 4:14 |
| 18. | "If You Won't Leave Me I’ll Find Somebody Who Will" | Warren Zevon | From the Television Production Route 66, 1993 | 0:43 |
| 19. | "Real or Not" | Warren Zevon | From the Television Production Tek Wars, 1994 | 1:45 |
| 20. | "Seminole Bingo" | Carl Hiaasen, Warren Zevon | Mutineer, 1995 | 3:12 |
| 21. | "Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse" | Duncan Aldrich, Warren Zevon | Mutineer, 1995 | 3:55 |
| 22. | "Mutineer" | Warren Zevon | Mutineer, 1995 | 3:17 |
| Total length: | 1:16:50 | |||
Collective personnel
- Warren Zevon – vocals, keyboards, guitars, percussion
- David Lindley – banjo, fiddle, guitars, lap steel guitar
- Glenn Frey, Cain Sharp, Waddy Wachtel, Neil Young, Zeke Zirngiebel – guitars, backing vocals
- Peter Buck, Mike Campbell, Denny Dias, David Gilmour, David Landau, Steve Lukather, Peter Maunu – guitars
- Darius – sitar
- Bob Harris – keyboards, backing vocals
- Chick Corea, Lois Griffin – piano
- Benmont Tench – organ
- Jai Winding – piano, keyboards
- Bob Glaub – bass guitar, keyboards
- Kenny Edwards, Roberto Pinon – bass, backing vocals
- Skittles Cat, Larry Klein, Tony Levin, John McVie, Mike Mills, Leland Sklar – bass
- Bill Berry, Stanley Cat, Mick Fleetwood, Richie Hayward, Jim Keltner, Danny Kortchmar, Craig Krampf, Russ Kunkel, Gary Mallaber, Rick Marotta, Jeff Porcaro, Marty Stinger, Kurt Wortman, Larry Zack – drums, percussion
- Darcy DeMoss, Phil Everly, Billy Hinsche, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Michael Lennon, Stan Lynch, Belinda Montgomery, Graham Nash, Patricia Richardson, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Michael Stipe, Jennifer Warnes, Jordan Zevon – backing vocals
- Charles Veal, Ken Yerke – violins
- Carole Mukogawa – viola
- Dennis Karmazyn – cello
- Mark Isham – trumpet, electronic sounds
- Jim Horn, Bobby Keys – saxophones
- Bruce Hornsby – accordion
- Fritz Richmond – jug
Production
- Gary Peterson, Mark Pinkus – compilation producers
- Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, Jackson Browne, Bill Inglot, Mark Isham, Greg Ladanyi, Andrew Slater, Waddy Wachtel – original recordings producers
- Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, Richard Bosworth, Marc DeSisto, Dennis Kirk, Steve Krause, Nathaniel Kunkel, Greg Ladanyi, Richard Landers, Peggy McAfee, Kent Nebergall, Jim Nipar, Fritz Richmond, Rail Jon Rogut, Bob Vogt, Billy Youdelman – engineers
- Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, John Haeny, Rob Jacobs, Rob Jaczko, John Beverly Jones, Dennis Kirk, Greg Ladanyi, Shelly Yakus – mixing engineers
- Bill Inglot, Geoff Sykes – remastering engineers
- Carl Wilson – vocal arrangements on "Desperados Under the Eaves"
- Monster X, Coco Shinomiya – art direction and design
- Duncan Aldrich, Roger Bell, Gloria Boyce, Henry Diltz, Jonathan Exley, George Gruel, Michael Ochs, Aaron Rapoport, Randee Saint Nicholas, Jon Sievert, Lorrie Sullivan, Scott Weiner, Serenus Zeitblom, Crystal Zevon – photography
- Joey Helguera – tape research
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead at AllMusic
- Robert Christgau review
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- Rolling Stone album guide
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