Warren Zevon (studio album) by Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon by Warren Zevon
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 2,646th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 152 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (485th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,646th)
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Excitable Boy by Zevon, Warren (CD, 1990)
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Warren Zevon bestography

Warren Zevon is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Warren Zevon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Warren Zevon is Excitable Boy which is ranked number 1272 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,364.

Warren Zevon album bestography « Higher ranked (1,272nd) This album (2,646th) Lower ranked (5,929th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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From 09/29/2021 21:37
Warren Zevon's major label debut (often incorrectly referred to as his debut album) is a consistent but varied introduction to his music. Several of the best songs of his career on this album. I do think that Zevon leans a bit more into his quirkiness with Excitable Boy and I tend to have a bit more fun with that record, but his songwriting was probably at its best here.
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From 05/19/2015 02:59
Excellent album. Some real strong songs, flows well. I'm a big Zevon fan. B+ MEZ
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From 11/29/2014 07:06
A bit dull in the first half, but picks up somewhat in the second.

8.4, B+
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From 11/26/2011 21:50
One of the greatest albums of the 70's...and of all time. Y'all need to HEAR this!
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2. Station To Station by David Bowie
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