Excitable Boy

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Excitable Boy
Studio album by Warren Zevon
Released	January 18, 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Rock
Length	31:29
Label	Asylum
Producer(s)	Jackson Browne and Waddy Wachtel
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
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. It includes the top 40 hit "Werewolves of London." It is the highest selling album of Warren Zevon's career. A remastered and expanded edition was released on March 26, 2007 in the U.K., March 27, 2007 in the U.S.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts 4 Certifications

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon unless otherwise indicated.

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. "Night Time 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] Personnel

• Warren Zevon – organ, synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
• Jorge Calderón – vocals, harmony vocals, Spanish vocals
• Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar, percussion
• Russ Kunkel – drums

[edit] Additional personnel

• Karla Bonoff – vocals, harmony vocals
• Jackson Browne – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals
• Luis Damian – jarana
• Kenny Edwards – bass, harmony vocals
• Mick Fleetwood – drums
• The Gentlemen Boys – vocals
• Arthur Gerst – harp, Mexican harp
• Bob Glaub – bass
• Jim Horn – recorder, saxophone
• Greg Ladanyi – bells
• Rick Marotta – drums
• John McVie – bass
• Jeff Porcaro – percussion, drums
• Linda Ronstadt – vocals, harmony
• Leland Sklar – bass
• J.D. Souther – vocals, harmony
• Manuel Vasquez – requinto
• Richard Wachtel – guitar, vocals
• Waddy Wachtel – synthesizer, guitar, harmony vocals
• Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals
• Linda Warnes – vocals

[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