A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon (1986)
I’m getting near the end of my reviews and yes, I’m slacking off. I’ve earned it, d@mnit.
A decent record.
Grade: B-
2011: Warren Zevon was always much more of a genuine weirdo than he was a real musical talent. It’s a bit surprising that he achieved even the modest level of cult popularity that he did, because except for the one-shot “Werewolves Of London”, which is about as relevant and indicative of his “talent” as “Detachable Penis” was for King Missile, he’s pretty boring. I mean, when you write a pleasant little ditty about the trials and tribulations of a deranged killer (“Excitable Boy”) and it’s still not particularly interesting, even in a gruesome macabre sort of way, that’s not a good sign. I’ll take “Detachable Penis”, thank you.
Grade: C
2012: It just gets more meaningless with age.
Grade: C-