Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon

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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."<ref name="AllMusic"/>

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 Template:Div col

• 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