Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon is a compilation album by American musician Warren Zevon, released in 2002.
Reception Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Although there was the double-disc set I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and a 1986 hits collection, there was no set produced during the CD era that chronicled not just [Zevon's] heyday, but his late-1980s comeback while cherrypicking highlights from the 1990s. This does exactly that over the course of a generous, sharply selected 22 tracks. Given the space, it's inevitable that some great songs are missing."
Track listing
Personnel
Warren Zevon – synthesizer, harmonica, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vocals, synthesizer strings Bill Berry – drums Charlie Bisharat – violin Roy Bittan – piano Jackson Browne – harmony vocals Peter Buck – guitar Lindsey Buckingham – harmony vocals Linda Ronstadt – harmony vocals Rosemary Butler – harmony vocals Jorge Calderón – bass guitar, guitar, harmony vocals Mike Campbell – guitar Larry Corbett – cello Joel Derouin – violin Kenny Edwards – harmony vocals Don Felder – guitar Anton Fig – drums Mick Fleetwood – drums Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar, harmony vocals Bob Glaub – bass Richard Hayward – drums Don Henley – harmony vocals Jim Horn – saxophone Jim Keltner – drums Bobby Keyes – saxophone Larry Klein – bass Craig Krampf – drums Russ Kunkel – drums Kipp Lennon – harmony vocals Mark Lennon – harmony vocals Michael Lennon – harmony vocals David Lindley – fiddle, guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar Rick Marotta – drums, harmony vocals John McVie – bass Mike Mills – bass Graham Nash – harmony vocals Jeff Porcaro – drums The Sid Sharp Strings – strings Leland Sklar – bass JD Souther – harmony vocals Benmont Tench – organ Waddy Wachtel – guitar, harmony vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals Winston Watson – drums Evan Wilson – viola Jai Winding – piano Neil Young – harmony vocals Larry Zack – drums Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals
Technical
Warren Zevon – compilation producer, producer, mixing, string arrangements, art direction, phtogoraphy Gary Peterson – compilation producer Duncan Aldrich – producer, engineer, mixing Niko Bolas – producer, engineer Jackson Browne – producer Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer Greg Ladanyi – producer, engineer, mixing Sean Slade – producer, engineer Andrew Slater – producer Waddy Wachtel – producer Richard Bosworth – engineer Matt Chiaravasll – engineer John Cutler – engineer Michael Delugg – engineer Marc DeSisto – engineer John Haeny – engineer Andy Jackson – engineer Rob Jacobs – engineer, mixing Dennis Kirk – engineer, mixing Richard Landers – engineer Michael McDonald – engineer Tim Mulligan – engineer Kent Nebergall – engineer Jim Nipar – engineer Fritz Richmond – engineer Rail Jon Rogut – engineer Will Schillinger – engineer Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing Bob Vogt – engineer Rob Jaczko – mixing John Beverly Jones – mixing Shelly Yakus – mixing Teresa Caffin – remastering Bill Inglot – remastering Mike Engstrom – product manager Randy Perry – project assistant Hugh Brown – art direction and design, photography Bryan Lasley – design John Austin – licensing Cory Frye – editorial supervision Tim Scanlin – liner notes coordination William Lee Self – liner notes
Charts
Chart (2003) Position US Billboard 200 168 US Top Internet Albums 168
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