The four that exorcise male psychoses by mock celebration are positively addictive, the two uncomplicated rockers do the job, and two of the purely 'serious' songs get by. The further these songs get from Ronstadtland, the more I like them. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: In addition, there are two ballads about life and relationships ("Accidentally Like a Martyr" and "Tenderness on the Block"), as well as the funk/ disco-inspired "Nighttime in the Switching Yard". " Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a tongue-in-cheek tale of a young American man's adventures in Cold War-era Latin America. Likewise, " Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is a fictionalized account of former mercenary David Lindell's experiences in Africa. It was the first song Zevon wrote with Jorge Calderón. The historical "Veracruz" dramatizes the United States occupation of Veracruz. "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London" were considered macabrely humorous by some critics. A remastered and expanded edition was released in 2007. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US Billboard 200. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. It includes the single " Werewolves of London", which reached No. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon.
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