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WARREN ZEVON "original album series" 5cd boxset, 2009.

DISC #1.


"warren zevon", original release date 1976.

Warren's second album, but first on a major label and generally thought of as his "debut/1st" album...

produced by Jackson Browne, guest appearances by Phil Everly, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, J D Souther,Carl Wilson and Bonnie Raitt along with a host of LA's finest session musicians(apparently?).
Wow!...what a surprise IMO....didnt know what to expect with Zevon...only previously knew his "werewolves of london" track(love it) but the rest of his career was and to some degree is still unknown to me.
this album,upon this first initial hearing of Zevon, seems to owe a great deal in sound to The Eagles,Elton John(on several tracks) and other Middle Of The Road 1970s artists, not a single bad track here at all, infact three make the 'love' rating and several others came real close to that extra "*". the three i love here are the opening track "frankie and jesse james", a very Elton John sounding track, the final track "desperados under the stars", another great little story that wouldnt sound out of place on The boss' "nebraska" album, and "poor poor pittiful me"...didnt know Zevon was the writer of this one until now.
all in all, Zevon appears to be a great story teller on the strength of this one and i look foreward to hearing the remaining four albums in this boxset!
"allmusic" rates this one a very high 4.5/5 (2.7) and judging by my score here, its a distinct possibility that one day my score may reflect that of "allmusic"

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

from the album:

frankie and jesse james ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln-cWuugYN0 live
poor poor pittiful me ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3SUJTcc8dE live
desperados under the stars ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dnatNMOPjs live audio

rating: 2.3