Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Warren Zevon | ||||||||||
Released | February 15, 1980 | |||||||||
Recorded | 1979 | |||||||||
Genre | Rock | |||||||||
Length | 35:31 | |||||||||
Label | Elektra | |||||||||
Producer |
Greg Ladanyi Warren Zevon Waddy Wachtel | |||||||||
Warren Zevon chronology | ||||||||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | link |
Robert Christgau | B− link |
Rolling Stone | (not rated) link |
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School is the fourth album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1980.
"Play It All Night Long" is a satire of/homage Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". It is probably the only popular song ever written which contains a reference to brucellosis.
The term "dancing school" has been used as a euphemism for a brothel since the mid-17th century.[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Warren Zevon, unless otherwise indicated.
- "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School" – 3:00
- "A Certain Girl" (Naomi Neville) – 3:08
- "Jungle Work" (Jorge Calderón, Zevon) – 3:58
- "Empty-Handed Heart" – 3:16
- "Interlude No. 1" – 0:26
- "Play It All Night Long" – 2:53
- "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" (Bruce Springsteen, Zevon) – 3:55
- "Interlude No. 2" – 1:08
- "Bill Lee" – 1:37
- "Gorilla, You're a Desperado" – 2:47
- "Bed of Coals" (T-Bone Burnett, Zevon) – 5:04
- "Wild Age" – 4:19
Personnel
- Warren Zevon – organ, synthesizer, bass, guitar, harmonica, piano, strings, keyboards, vocals
- Jorge Calderón – guitar, vocals
- David Lindley – guitar, violin, steel guitar
- Rick Marotta – percussion, drums, vocals, bells, syndrum
Additional personnel
- The Sid Sharp Strings – strings
- Jackson Browne – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals, slide guitar
- Don Felder – guitar
- Glenn Frey – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals
- Don Henley – vocals, harmony vocals
- Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar
- Linda Ronstadt – vocals, descant and harmony vocals
- Leland Sklar – bass
- J.D. Souther – vocals, harmony vocals
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar, vocals
- Joe Walsh – guitar
Producers - Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1980 | Billboard Pop Albums | 20 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1980 | "A Certain Girl" | Billboard Pop Singles | 57 |
References
- ↑ "dancing academy" in Jonathan Green, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd ed., 2006.
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