The Envoy
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| The Envoy | ||
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| Studio album by Warren Zevon | ||
| Released | 1982 | |
| Recorded | 1981 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 31:59 | |
| Label | Asylum | |
| Producer(s) | Warren Zevon, Greg Ladanyi and Richard Wachtel | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Warren Zevon chronology | ||
| Stand in the Fire (1981) |
The Envoy (1982) |
A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon (1986) |
The Envoy is an album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music) and considered to be the least well-known of his major-label studio recordings. A commercial failure at the time of its original release, The Envoy caused Zevon's label Asylum to terminate his recording contract, a fact the self-destructive Zevon famously uncovered only after reading about it in the gossip column of Rolling Stone. The result was a binge that nearly killed him, followed by a rehab stint that kept Zevon clean and sober for the remainder of his life. For years Zevon fans agitated for a CD release of the record. Approximately 25 years after it original issue, a CD version of The Envoy arrived at last, first on April 25, 2006 in Japan as a limited edition CD with an LP-replica sleeve, subsequently as a remastered and expanded CD released on March 26, 2007 in the U.K., March 27, 2007 in the U.S.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Warren Zevon unless otherwise indicated.
[edit] Side one
- "The Envoy" – 3:12
- "The Overdraft" (Thomas McGuane, Zevon) – 2:43
- "The Hula Hula Boys" – 3:01
- "Jesus Mentioned" – 2:45
- "Let Nothing Come Between You" – 3:38
[edit] Side two
- "Ain't That Pretty at All" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 3:34
- "Charlie's Medicine" – 4:48
- "Looking for the Next Best Thing" (Kenny Edwards, Marinell, Zevon) – 3:41
- "Never Too Late for Love" – 4:37
[edit] Bonus Tracks on 2007 CD release
- Word Of Mouth (Outtake)
- Let Nothing Come Between You (Alternate take)
- The Risk (Outtake)
- Wild Thing (Outtake)
[edit] The Songs
The title track was inspired by veteran American diplomat Philip Habib's shuttle diplomacy during Israel's Lebanon incursion of 1982.
[edit] Personnel
- Warren Zevon – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Kenny Edwards – bass
- LeRoy Marinell – bass
- Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar – guitar
- Russ Kunkel – drums
[edit] Additional personnel
- Lindsey Buckingham – vocals on 2
- Jorge Calderón – vocals
- Steve Forman – percussion
- Bob Glaub – bass
- Don Henley – vocals
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- David Landau – guitar
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- Rick Marotta – drums
- Graham Nash – vocals
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Mike Potts – drums
- Leland Sklar – bass
- J.D. Souther – vocals
- Richard Wachtel – guitar, vocals
- Jordan Zevon – vocals
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | Billboard Pop Albums | 93 |
