Sentimental Hygiene

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{{Infobox album
| name = Sentimental Hygiene
| type = studio
| artist = [[Warren Zevon]]
| cover = Sentimental Hygiene album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1987|8|29}}
| recorded = 1987
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|[[Record One]] (Los Angeles)|A&M (Hollywood)|Cheshire Sound (Atlanta)}}
| genre = Rock, [[hard rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[folk rock]]
| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=49}}
| language = English
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| producer = Warren Zevon, [[Niko Bolas]], Andrew Slater
| prev_title = [[A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon]]
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = [[Transverse City]]
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Sentimental Hygiene
| type = Studio
| single1 = Sentimental Hygiene
| single1date = 1987
| single2 = Boom Boom Mancini
| single2date = 1987
| single3 = Reconsider Me
| single3date = 1987
| single4 = Detox Mansion
| single4date = 1987
| single5 = Bad Karma
| single5date = 1987
| single6 = Leave My Monkey Alone
| single6date = 1987
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Mark Deming |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sentimental-hygiene-r22690/review |title=Sentimental Hygiene – Warren Zevon | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=May 23, 2014}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=warren+zevon |title=CG: warren zevon |publisher=Robert Christgau |date= |accessdate=May 23, 2014}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/warrenzevon/albums/album/318138/review/6068291/sentimental_hygiene |title=Warren Zevon: Sentimental Hygiene : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=July 16, 1987 |accessdate=October 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002050419/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/warrenzevon/albums/album/318138/review/6068291/sentimental_hygiene |archivedate=October 2, 2007 }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev5Score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=How to buy Warren Zevon |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=October 2023 |page=71}}</ref>
}}
'''''Sentimental Hygiene''''' is the sixth studio album by rock singer-songwriter [[Warren Zevon]] and his first "[[Sobriety|sober]]" one. The album was released on August 29, 1987, by [[Virgin Records]]. The release of ''Sentimental Hygiene'' marked the first studio album for Zevon in five years. It produced the single "Reconsider Me", as well as the dance single "Leave My Monkey Alone". The band on the album includes guitarist [[Peter Buck]], bassist [[Mike Mills]] and drummer [[Bill Berry]] (all of [[R.E.M.]]), who also recorded an [[Hindu Love Gods (album)|album]] of covers with Zevon (under the name “[[Hindu Love Gods (band)|Hindu Love Gods]]”) at this time.

The single version of "Leave My Monkey Alone" was extended to 10:34 minutes and included a remix by the Latin Rascals (Albert Cabrera and [[Tony Moran (DJ)|Tony Moran]]) and the non-album track, "Nocturne".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Warren-Zevon-Leave-My-Monkey-Alone/release/2897509|title = Warren Zevon – Leave My Monkey Alone (1987, Vinyl)|website = [[Discogs]]}}</ref>

"Even a Dog Can Shake Hands" was used as the opening theme music for the short-lived Fox comedy series ''[[Action (TV series)|Action]]''. The song was co-written by Buck, Berry and Mills. [[Michael Stipe]], lead singer of R.E.M., appears on the song "Bad Karma". The album also features contributions by [[Bob Dylan]], playing harmonica on “The Factory”, and [[Neil Young]] playing lead guitar on “Sentimental Hygiene”.

The song "Boom Boom Mancini" was inspired by boxer [[Ray Mancini]] and [[Ray Mancini vs. Bobby Chacon|his contest against Bobby Chacon]].

==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Warren Zevon, except where indicated.
{{Track listing
| total_length =
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Sentimental Hygiene
| note1 =
| length1 = 5:06

| title2 = Boom Boom Mancini
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:54

| title3 = The Factory
| note3 =
| length3 = 2:45

| title4 = [[Trouble Waiting to Happen]]
| writer4 = [[JD Souther]], Zevon
| length4 = 3:32

| title5 = [[Reconsider Me (Warren Zevon song)|Reconsider Me]]
| note5 =
| length5 = 3:09
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Detox Mansion
| writer6 = [[Jorge Calderón]], Zevon
| length6 = 3:15

| title7 = Bad Karma
| note7 =
| length7 = 3:15

| title8 = Even a Dog Can Shake Hands
| writer8 = [[Bill Berry]], [[Peter Buck]], [[Mike Mills]], Zevon
| length8 = 3:26

| title9 = The Heartache
| note9 =
| length9 = 3:19

| title10 = Leave My Monkey Alone
| note10 =
| length10 = 4:12
}}

==Personnel==
*Warren Zevon – [[steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, emulator, vocals
*[[Bill Berry]] – drums
*[[Peter Buck]] – guitar
*[[Mike Mills]] – bass guitar
*[[Jorge Calderón]] – bass guitar on "Sentimental Hygiene"; harmony on "Detox Mansion"
*[[Mike Campbell (musician)|Mike Campbell]] – guitar on "Reconsider Me"
*Darius Degher – [[sitar]] on "Bad Karma"
*[[Bob Dylan]] – harmonica on "The Factory"
*[[Amp Fiddler]] – keyboards on "Leave My Monkey Alone"
*[[Flea (musician)|Flea]] – bass guitar on "Leave My Monkey Alone"
*[[Don Henley]] – harmony on "Reconsider Me" and "Trouble Waiting to Happen"
*[[DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight]] – guitar on "Leave My Monkey Alone"
*[[Craig Krampf]] – drums on "Reconsider Me" and "Leave My Monkey Alone"
*[[Tony Levin]] – bass guitar on "Reconsider Me"
*[[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]] – [[lap steel guitar]] on "Detox Mansion", bowed saz on "Bad Karma"
*[[Stan Lynch]] – harmony on "Bad Karma"
*[[Rick Richards]] – guitar on "Even a Dog Can Shake Hands"
*[[Brian Setzer]] – lead guitar on "Trouble Waiting to Happen"
*[[Leland Sklar]] – bass guitar on "The Heartache"
*[[Michael Stipe]] – harmony on "Bad Karma"
*[[Waddy Wachtel]] – acoustic guitar on "Sentimental Hygiene", "Reconsider Me" and "The Heartache"
*[[Jennifer Warnes]] – harmony on "The Heartache"
*Jai Winding – keyboards on "Reconsider Me"
*[[Neil Young]] – lead guitar on "Sentimental Hygiene"
*Will Alexander, Brian Bell – computer programming on "Leave My Monkey Alone"

===Production===
*Producer: Warren Zevon, [[Niko Bolas]], Andrew Slater
*Engineer: Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, Richard Bosworth
*Assistant Engineer: Richard Cottrell, Richard Landers, Bob Levy, Mark McKenna, Dan Nash, Bob Vogt
*Mixing: Niko Bolas, Larry Ferguson, [[Shelly Yakus]]
*Mastering: [[Stephen Marcussen]]
*Arranger: Niko Bolas, [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], Larry Ferguson
*Emulator: Warren Zevon
*Programming and computers: Willie Alexander, Brian Bell
*Art Direction: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Margo Chase
*Cover Photo: [[Herb Ritts]]

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Sales chart performance for ''Sentimental Hygiene''
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1987)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=348}}</ref>
|align="center"|42
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1987 albums]]
[[Category:Elektra Records albums]]
[[Category:R.E.M.]]
[[Category:Virgin Records albums]]
[[Category:Warren Zevon albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Warren Zevon]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Niko Bolas]]
[[Category:Alternative rock albums by American artists]]
[[Category:Hard rock albums by American artists]]
[[Category:Folk rock albums by American artists]]

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