Warren Zevon discography
| Warren Zevon discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 12 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 32 |
This article lists the discography of American rock singer-songwriter Warren Zevon.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album info | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US Ind. [2] |
AUS [3] |
UK [4] | |||
| 1969 | Wanted Dead or Alive
|
— | — | — | — | |
| 1976 | Warren Zevon | 189 | — | — | — | |
| 1978 | Excitable Boy
|
8 | — | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
|
20 | — | 35 | — | |
| 1982 | The Envoy
|
93 | — | 100 | — | |
| 1987 | Sentimental Hygiene
|
63 | — | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | Transverse City
|
— | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | Mr. Bad Example
|
— | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | Mutineer
|
— | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | Life'll Kill Ya
|
173 | 8 | — | 146 | |
| 2002 | My Ride's Here
|
— | 22 | — | — | |
| 2003 | The Wind
|
12 | 1 | — | 57 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | US [1] |
AUS [3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Stand in the Fire
|
80 | 94 | |
| 1993 | Learning to Flinch
|
198 | — | |
| 2025 | Epilogue: Live At The Edmonton Folk Festival
|
— | — |
Live archive releases
| Year | Album | US [1] |
AUS [3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Fever in My Veins (Live New Jersey '82)
|
— | — |
| 2021 | The Monkey and the Plywood Violin[7]
|
— | — |
| 2022 | Moving Through the Station (Live Cleveland '92)[7]
|
— | — |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | US [1] |
US Ind. [2] |
Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon | — | — |
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| 1996 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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— | — | |||||||
| 2002 | Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon
|
168 | — | |||||||
| 2003 | The First Sessions
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— | — | |||||||
| 2006 | Reconsider Me: The Love Songs
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— | — | |||||||
| 2007 | Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
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— | 32 | |||||||
| 2020 | Greatest Hits (According to Judd Apatow)
|
— | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Name | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
US Main [10] |
US Dance [11] |
CAN [12] |
AUS [3] |
UK [4] | |||||||
| 1976 | "Hasten Down the Wind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Warren Zevon | ||||
| "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1978 | "Johnny Strikes Up the Band" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Excitable Boy | ||||
| "Excitable Boy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Werewolves of London" | 21 | — | — | 18 | 8 | 87 | ||||||
| "Nighttime in the Switching Yard" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Lawyers, Guns and Money" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1980 | "A Certain Girl" | 57 | — | — | 67[14] | — | — | Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School | ||||
| "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Gorilla, You're a Desperado" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1982 | "Let Nothing Come Between You" | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | The Envoy | ||||
| 1987 | "Sentimental Hygiene" | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | Sentimental Hygiene | ||||
| "Boom Boom Mancini" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Reconsider Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Detox Mansion" | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Bad Karma" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Leave My Monkey Alone" | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1989 | "Run Straight Down" | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | Transverse City | ||||
| "Splendid Isolation" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1991 | "Finishing Touches" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mr. Bad Example | ||||
| "Searching for a Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1995 | "Rottweiler Blues" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mutineer | ||||
| "Poisonous Lookalike" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Mutineer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2000 | "I Was in the House When the House Burned Down" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Life'll Kill Ya | ||||
| "Porcelain Monkey" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Back in the High Life Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2002 | "Basket Case" | — | — | — | — | — | — | My Ride's Here | ||||
| "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Genius" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2003 | "Disorder in the House" | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Wind | ||||
| "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c d "Warren Zevon Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "Warren Zevon Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 348. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b "Warren Zevon | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "American certifications – Warren Zevon". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "Canadian certifications – Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy". Music Canada. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ a b Both The Monkey and the Plywood Violin and Moving Through The Station take their title from lyrics in the Leonard Cohen song "First We Take Manhattan" which Zevon covered through-out his 1992 tour supported by the Odds.
- ^ "Greatest Hits (According to Judd Apatow)".
- ^ "Warren Zevon Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "Warren Zevon Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "Warren Zevon Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "RPM Magazine search results".
- ^ "British certifications – Warren Zevon". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 22, 2023. Type Warren Zevon in the "Search:" field.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - May 24, 1980" (PDF).
External links
- Warren Zevon discography at Discogs