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

I’ll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
Compilation album by Warren Zevon
Released September 17, 1996
Recorded 1975–1995
Genre Rock
Length 2:32:10
Label Rhino
Producer Gary Peterson
Mark Pinkus
Warren Zevon chronology

Mutineer
(1995)		 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
(1996)		 Life'll Kill Ya
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]

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).

Track listing

The Asylum Era

Contains recordings originally released between 1976 and 1982:

No. TitleWriter(s)Album, Year Length
1. "Frank and Jesse James"  Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 1976 4:36
2. "Hasten Down the Wind"  Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 1976 3:01
3. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"  Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 1976 3:06
4. "I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead"  Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 1976 2:58
5. "Carmelita"  Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 1976 3:35
6. "Desperados Under the Eaves"  Warren ZevonWarren Zevon, 1976 4:47
7. "Johnny Strikes Up the Band"  Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 1978 2:49
8. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"  David Lindell, Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 1978 3:45
9. "Excitable Boy"  LeRoy Marinell, Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 1978 2:41
10. "Werewolves of London"  LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 1978 3:28
11. "Accidentally like a Martyr"  Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 1978 3:38
12. "Lawyers, Guns and Money"  Warren ZevonExcitable Boy, 1978 3:32
13. "Frozen Notes"  Warren ZevonExcitable Boy Previously Unissued Outtake, 1978 2:01
14. "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School"  Warren ZevonBad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 1980 2:59
15. "Gorilla, You’re a Desperado"  Warren ZevonBad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 1980 2:47
16. "Play It All Night Long"  Warren ZevonBad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 1980 3:18
17. "Mohammed’s Radio" (Live)Warren ZevonStand in the Fire, 1980 4:49
18. "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" (Live)Bruce Springsteen, Warren ZevonStand in the Fire, 1980 4:07
19. "The Envoy"  Warren ZevonThe Envoy, 1982 3:13
20. "The Hula Hula Boys"  Warren ZevonThe Envoy, 1982 3:02
21. "Let Nothing Come between You"  Warren ZevonThe Envoy, 1982 3:39
22. "Looking for the Next Best Thing"  Kenny Edwards, LeRoy Marinell, Warren ZevonThe Envoy, 1982 3:38
Total length:
 1:15:20

The Virgin/Giant Era

Contains recordings originally released between 1987 and 1995:

No. TitleWriter(s)Album, Year Length
1. "Sentimental Hygiene"  Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 1987 5:03
2. "Boom Boom Mancini"  Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 1987 4:49
3. "Detox Mansion"  Jorge Calderón, Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 1987 3:13
4. "Bad Karma"  Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 1987 3:13
5. "Reconsider Me" (Single Version)Warren ZevonSentimental Hygiene, 1987 3:26
6. "Run Straight Down"  Warren ZevonTransverse City, 1989 4:06
7. "The Long Arm of the Law"  Warren ZevonTransverse City, 1989 3:46
8. "Splendid Isolation"  Warren ZevonTransverse City, 1989 4:30
9. "You Don’t Know What Love Is" (with Mark Isham)Gene de Paul, Don RayeFrom the Motion Picture Love at Large, 1989 2:30
10. "Raspberry Beret" (by Hindu Love Gods)Prince Rogers NelsonHindu Love Gods, 1990 3:54
11. "Suzie Lightning"  Warren ZevonMr. Bad Example, 1991 4:05
12. "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"  LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren ZevonMr. Bad Example, 1991 2:53
13. "Searching for a Heart"  Warren ZevonMr. Bad Example, 1991 4:18
14. "Mr. Bad Example"  Jorge Calderón, Warren ZevonMr. Bad Example, 1991 3:22
15. "Roll with the Punches"  Warren ZevonFrom the Television Production Tales from the Crypt, 1992 2:24
16. "The French Inhaler" (Live)Warren ZevonLearning to Flinch, 1993 4:21
17. "The Indifference of Heaven" (Live)Warren ZevonLearning to Flinch, 1993 4:14
18. "If You Won’t Leave Me I’ll Find Somebody Who Will"  Warren ZevonFrom the Television Production Route 66, 1993 0:43
19. "Real or Not"  Warren ZevonFrom the Television Production Tek Wars, 1994 1:45
20. "Seminole Bingo"  Carl Hiaasen, Warren ZevonMutineer, 1995 3:12
21. "Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse"  Duncan Aldrich, Warren ZevonMutineer, 1995 3:55
22. "Mutineer"  Warren ZevonMutineer, 1995 3:17
Total length:
 1:16:50

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau review