Album of the Day

With EXCITABLE BOY, the rest of the world figured out what the L.A. musical community had known for years – that Warren Zevon was among the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation. The 1978 Asylum collection, co-produced by Jackson Browne, reached the Top 10 largely on the strength of signature song “Werewolves of London,” but the set is packed with darkly humorous tracks (“Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner,” “Lawyers, Guns and Money”) that are as smart as they are compulsively listenable. Famous friends including Linda Ronstadt, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie can be heard in support on the platinum-certified EXCITABLE BOY, and we'll give the album another spin on what would have been Warren Zevon's 73rd birthday.