Warren Zevon I'll Sleep When I'm Dead CD

Personnel includes: Warren Zevon (vocals, various instruments); Neil Young, Glenn Frey, Waddy Wachtel (guitar, background vocals); Mike Campbell, David Gilmour (guitar); David Lindley (guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, fiddle, saz); Darius (sitar); Bruce Hornsby (accordion); Jim Horn (saxophone); Mark Isham (trumpet, synthesizer); Chick Corea (piano); Tony Levin (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums); J.D. Souther, Phil Everly, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Stipe, Don Henley, Jordan Zevon, Rosemary Butler, Lindsey Buckingham, Jackson Browne (background vocals).
R.E.M.: Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums); Michael Stipe (background vocals).
Hindu Love Gods: Waren Zevon (vocals, guitar); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums).
Producers include: Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon, Mark Isham.
Includes liner notes by Warren Zevon.
Personnel: Warren Zevon (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, harmonica, piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals); Waddy Wachtel (guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals); David Lindley (guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, fiddle); Jackson Browne (guitar, slide guitar, background vocals); Glenn Frey, Zeke Zirngiebel, Neil Young (guitar, background vocals); David Gilmour, David Landau, Kenny Edwards, Mike Campbell , Peter Buck, Peter Maunu, Steve Lukather (guitar); Darius (sitar); Ken Yerke, Charles Veal (violin); Carole Mukogawa (viola); Dennis Karmazyn (cello); Bruce Hornsby (accordion); Jim Horn, Bobby Keys (saxophone); Mark Isham (trumpet, electronics); Jai Winding (piano, keyboards); Chick Corea, Roy Bittan (piano); Benmont Tench (organ); Bob Harris (keyboards, background vocals); Bob Glaub (keyboards); Jeff Porcaro (drums, log drum); Craig Krampf, Gary Mallaber, Bill Berry, Marty Stinger, Jim Keltner, Larry Zack, Mick Fleetwood, Richard Hayward, Rick Marotta, Russ Kunkel, Kurt Wortman (drums); Danny Kortchmar (percussion); Don Henley, Kipp Lennon, Jennifer Warner, Graham Nash, J.D. Souther, Gentlemen Boys, Roberto Pinon, Jordan Zevon, Jorge Calderon, Lindsey Buckingham, Mark Lennon, Phil Everly, Rosemary Butler, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Hinsche (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Dennis Kirk; Duncan Aldrich; Greg Ladanyi; John Beverly Jones; John Haeny; Niko Bolas; Rob Jacobs; Rob Jaczko; Shelly Yakus.
Audio Remasterers: Geoff Sykes; Bill Inglot.
Recording information: A & M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Biskuithalle, Bonn, Germany; Dodge City Sound, Glendale, CA; Earl-Tones Studios, Silverlake, CA; Elektra Sound recorders, Los Angeles, CA; Ground Control Studios, Burbank, CA; Image Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Mad Hatter Studios, LA, CA; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA; Red Zone Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA; The Roxy, Hollywood, CA; Town & Country, London, England.
Photographers: Serenus Zeitblom; Michael Ochs; Duncan Aldrich; Jonathan Exley; Lorrie Sullivan; Gloria Boyce; Roger Bell; George Gruel; Henry Diltz; Aaron Rapoport; Scott Weiner; Crystal Zevon; Randee Saint Nicholas; Jon Sievert.
Unknown Contributor Roles: David Lindley; Sid Sharp; Jeff Porcaro; Bill Inglot.
Arranger: Carl Wilson.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) covers the bulk of Warren Zevon's career, conveniently skipping over his long-forgotten first album and concentrating heavily on his Asylum records, as well as his albums for Virgin and Giant. Over the course of the double-disc set's 44 songs, nearly every one of Zevon's greatest songs is featured, including six songs each from Warren Zevon and Excitable Boy, as well as a number of songs only featured on soundtrack albums, a handful of outtakes, and Hindu Love Gods' cover of Prince's "Raspberry Beret." The quality of Zevon's music declines somewhat as his career progresses, but the compilation captures most of the highlights from his latter-day records. For casual fans who want to dig deeper than Warren ZeEntertainment Weekly (9/20/96, pp.80-81) - "...Zevon's later oeuvre, like his hair, may not be perfect, but even in unevenness, there's a special place in gonzo rock history due this mercy-craving mercenary." - Rating: B+
Q (12/96, p.147) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...an object lesson in how to do justice to a 20-year career....an invaluable opportunity to ponder how it's possible to be this good and this obscure."
Uncut (9/03, p.96) - "...[This] does a splendid job of rounding up Zevon's best songs..."