I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)

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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)

Compilation album by Warren Zevon

Released

September 17, 1996

Recorded

1975-1995

Genre

Rock

Length

152:00

Label

Rhino

Producer

Gary Peterson
Mark Pinkus

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

Warren Zevon chronology

Mutineer
(1995)

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
(1996)

Life'll Kill Ya
(2000)

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) is a greatest hits album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1996. (See 1996 in music).

[edit] Track listing

Disc One

"Frank and Jesse James" (Zevon) – 5:03
"Hasten Down the Wind" (Zevon) – 4:48
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (Zevon) – 3:13
"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (Zevon) – 3:12
"Carmelita" (Zevon) – 3:26
"Desperados Under the Eaves" (Zevon) – 4:05
"Johnny Strikes up the Band" (Zevon) – 3:46
"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (Lindell, Zevon) – 4:29
"Excitable Boy" (Marinell, Zevon) – 2:30
"Werewolves of London" (Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon) – 3:54
"Accidentally Like a Martyr" (Zevon) – 4:04
"Lawyers, Guns and Money" (Zevon) – 2:53
"Frozen Notes" (Zevon) – 4:17
"Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School" (Zevon) – 3:22
"Gorilla, You're a Desperado" (Zevon) – 2:23
"Play It All Night Long" (Zevon) – 4:21
"Mohammed's Radio" [live] (Zevon) – 4:14
"Jeannie Needs a Shooter" (Bruce Springsteen, Zevon) – 3:42
"The Envoy" (Zevon) – 1:45
"The Hula Hula Boys" (Zevon) – 3:11
"Let Nothing Come Between You" (Zevon) – 3:55
"Looking for the Next Best Thing" (Edwards, Marinell, Zevon) – 3:17

Disc Two

"Sentimental Hygiene" (Zevon) – 4:36
"Boom Boom Mancini" (Zevon) – 3:00
"Detox Mansion" (Calderón, Zevon) – 3:05
"Bad Karma" (Zevon) – 2:58
"Reconsider Me" [single version] (Zevon) – 3:35
"Run Straight Down" (Zevon) – 4:46
"The Long Arm of the Law" (Zevon) – 2:48
"Splendid Isolation" (Zevon) – 3:45
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (DePaul, Raye) – 2:41
"Raspberry Beret" (Prince) – 3:27
"Suzie Lightning" (Zevon) – 3:38
"Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" (Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon) – 3:31
"Searching for a Heart" (Zevon) – 2:00
"Mr. Bad Example" (Calderón, Zevon) – 2:59
"Roll With the Punches" (Zevon) – 2:47
"The French Inhaler" [live] (Zevon) – 3:18
"The Indifference of Heaven" [live] (Zevon) – 4:49
"If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Somebody Who Will" (Zevon) – 4:06
"Real or Not" (Zevon) – 3:12
"Seminole Bingo" (Hiaasen, Zevon) – 3:02
"Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse" (Aldrich, Zevon) – 3:39
"Mutineer" (Zevon) – 3:38

Note: Some song names are missing commas to provide links to other articles.

[edit] Personnel

Warren Zevon - organ, synthesizer, guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vocals, background vocal, 12 string guitar, harmony vocals
Bill Berry - drums
Roy Bittan - piano
Karla Bonoff - harmony vocals
Jackson Browne - guitar, background vocal, harmony vocals, slide guitar
Peter Buck - guitar
Lindsey Buckingham - background vocal
Rosemary Butler - background vocal, harmony vocals
Jorge Calderón - bass, background vocal, harmony vocals
Mike Campbell - guitar
Chick Corea - piano
Darius - sitar
Kenny Edwards - bass, guitar, background vocal
Phil Everly - background vocal, harmony vocals
Mick Fleetwood - drums
Glenn Frey - guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocal
Gentlemen Boys - background vocal
David Gilmour - guitar
Bob Glaub - bass, keyboards
Bob Harris - keyboards, background vocal
Richard Hayward - drums
Don Henley - background vocal, harmony vocals
Hindu Love Gods - performer
Billy Hinsche - background vocal, harmony vocals
Jim Horn - saxophone
Bruce Hornsby - accordion
Mark Isham - trumpet, electronic sounds
Dennis Karmazyn - cello
Jim Keltner - drums
Bobby Keyes - saxophone
Larry Klein - bass
Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - percussion
Craig Krampf - drums
Russ Kunkel - drums
David Landau - guitar
Kipp Lennon - background vocal, harmony vocals
Mark Lennon - background vocal, harmony vocals
Michael Lennon - harmony vocals
Tony Levin - bass
David Lindley - banjo, fiddle, guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar
Steve Lukather - guitar
Stan Lynch - harmony vocals
Gary Mallaber - drums
Rick Marotta - drums
Peter Maunu - guitar
John McVie - bass
Mike Mills - bass
Carole Mukogawa - viola
Graham Nash - background vocal, harmony vocals
Roberto Pinon - bass, background vocal, harmony vocals
Jeff Porcaro - drums, log drums, pule sticks
Fritz Richmond - jug
Linda Ronstadt - background vocal, harmony vocals
Leland Sklar - bass
J.D. Souther - background vocal, harmony vocals
Marty Stinger - drums
Michael Stipe - harmony vocals
Benmont Tench - organ
Charles Veal - violin
Waddy Wachtel - acoustic guitar, guitar, background vocal, harmony vocals
Jennifer Warnes - harmony vocals
Jai Winding - piano, keyboards
Kurt Wortman - drums
Ken Yerke - violin
Neil Young - guitar, background vocal
Larry Zack - drums
Jordan Zevon - background vocal, harmony vocals
Zeke Zirngiebel - guitar, background vocal

[edit] Production

Compilation producers: Gary Peterson, Mark Pinkus
Producers: Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, Jackson Browne, Bill Inglot, Mark Isham, Greg Ladanyi, Andrew Slater, Waddy Wachtel
Engineers: 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
Mixing: Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, John Haeny, Rob Jacobs, Rob Jaczko, John Beverly Jones, Dennis Kirk, Greg Ladanyi, Shelly Yakus
Remastering: Bill Inglot, Geoff Sykes
Arranger: Carl Wilson
Design: Monster X
Art direction: Monster X, Coco Shinomiya
Photography: 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
Tape Research: Joey Helguera