Excitable Boy (SACD)

Description

A Consummate Fusion of Wit, Humor, Satire, Honesty, and Chaos: Warren Zevons Excitable Boy Captures Dark Elements of American Culture with Uncanny Insight

Sourced from the Original Analog Tapes for Definitive Sound: Mobile Fidelitys Numbered-Edition 180g 45RPM 2LP Set and Hybrid SACD Play with Explosive Dynamics and Airy Openness

Jackson Browne-Produced Album Includes Werewolves of London, Lawyers, Guns, and Money, and Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

Excitable Boy established Warren Zevon as rocks gonzo figurehead or, as Jackson Browne aptly called him, the first and foremost proponent of song noir. A supreme collision of over-caffeinated energy, acerbic wit, dark humor, irreverent reporting, bittersweet romance, swept-under-the-rug truth, and illicit desire sent up with booze, pills, and therapist confessions, the breakthrough album zeroes in on frightening aspects of American culture with an incisiveness thats even sharper today than upon the efforts release in 1978. Its hard-boiled narratives owe to a tradition established by Raymond Chandler, continued by Hunter S. Thompson, and carried into the 21st century by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan. And the music has never sounded so excitable. Sourced from the original analog master tapes, Mobile Fidelitys numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP set and hybrid SACD elevate the best-selling album of Zevons career to audiophile status.

Co-produced by Browne and Waddy Wachtel and featuring contributions by members of Fleetwood Mac plus Linda Rondstadt, J.D. Souther, and Browne the platinum-certified record now plays with a verve and explosivity that match its subject matter. Listeners will experience wide separation between the instruments; full-range dynamics; sterling transparency that draws a through- line to the original sessions at the Sound Factory; and a presence that enhances the body and tenor of Zevons vocals. Like the hairy creatures in Werewolves of London and the ghosts wandering the corridors of Excitable Boy, Zevons legacy still runs amok via the grooves of his finest studio work. Draw blood, indeed.