Excitable Boy

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Excitable Boy
Studio album by Warren Zevon
Released January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18)
Recorded 1977 (1977), The Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Genre Rock, pop rock, folk rock
Length 31:29
Label Asylum
Producer Jackson Browne
Waddy Wachtel
Professional reviews
Warren Zevon chronology
Warren Zevon
(1976)		 Excitable Boy
(1978)		 Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
(1980)

Excitable Boy is the third album by Warren Zevon, released in 1978. It includes the top 40 success "Werewolves of London." It is the best-selling album of Zevon's career. A remastered and expanded edition was released during 2007.

The album includes several songs that use macabre humor ("Excitable Boy," "Werewolves of London"), as well as some songs that take place in locales outside the United States, ("Veracruz"), and two songs that both use macabre humor and take place in countries other than the U.S.A.("Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," "Lawyers, Guns and Money"). In addition, there are two straightforward ballads about life and relationships ("Accidentally Like a Martyr" and "Tenderness on the Block").

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon except as noted.

  1. "Johnny Strikes up the Band" – 2:49
  2. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (David Lindell, Zevon) – 3:47
  3. "Excitable Boy" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 2:40
  4. "Werewolves of London" (Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) – 3:27
  5. "Accidentally Like a Martyr" – 3:37
  6. "Nighttime in the Switching Yard" (Jorge Calderón, Lindell) – 4:15
  7. "Veracruz" (Calderón, Zevon) – 3:30
  8. "Tenderness on the Block" (Jackson Browne, Zevon) – 3:55
  9. "Lawyers, Guns and Money" – 3:29

[edit] Bonus Tracks (2007 reissue)

  1. "I Need a Truck" (Outtake) — 0:50
  2. "Werewolves of London" (Alternate version) (Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon) — 3:41
  3. "Tule's Blues" (Solo Piano Version) — 3:13
  4. "Frozen Notes" (Strings Version) — 1:59

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1978 Billboard Pop Albums 8

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1978 "Werewolves of London" Billboard Pop Singles 21

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – U.S. Gold April 17, 1978
CRIA – Canada Gold June 1, 1978
RIAA – U.S. Platinum November 7, 1997
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