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DISCID=b60a940d
DTITLE=Warren Zevon / The Envoy (Remastered + Expanded)
DYEAR=1982
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=The Envoy
TTITLE1=The Overdraft
TTITLE2=The Hula Hula Boys
TTITLE3=Jesus Mentioned
TTITLE4=Let Nothing Come Between You
TTITLE5=Ain't That Pretty At All
TTITLE6=Charlie's Medicine
TTITLE7=Looking For The Next Best Thing
TTITLE8=Never Too Late For Love
TTITLE9=Word Of Mouth (Previously Unissued Outtake)
TTITLE10=Let Nothing Come Between You (Previously Unissued Alternate V
TTITLE10=ersion)
TTITLE11=The Risk (Previously Unissued Outtake)
TTITLE12=Wild Thing (Previously Unissued Outtake)
EXTD=The Envoy (Remastered + Expanded)\n2007 Asylum/Rhino\n\nOriginall
EXTD=y Released July 16, 1982\nRemastered + Expanded CD Edition Releas
EXTD=ed March 27, 2007\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: While moderation was neve
EXTD=r Warren Zevon's strong suit, his efforts to clean himself up in 
EXTD=the early '80s resulted in two of his finest albums, 1980's liter
EXTD=ate but corrosive Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School and the follo
EXTD=wing year's explosive live set Stand in the Fire. It seemed as if
EXTD= the wired chaos of Zevon's personal life had been channeled into
EXTD= his art on those LPs, but after another bout with the bottle and
EXTD= another attempt at sobriety, Zevon tried another approach at mer
EXTD=ging his music and his life on 1982's The Envoy. On The Envoy's b
EXTD=est songs, Zevon tackles his dangerous appetites head on; "Charli
EXTD=e's Medicine" is a chilling requiem for a drug dealer who used to
EXTD= sell him dope, "Jesus Mentioned" is a spare but curiously moving
EXTD= meditation on the death of Elvis Presley, who "went walking on t
EXTD=he water with his pills," and the ragged but right "Ain't That Pr
EXTD=etty at All" is an unlikely but powerful recovery anthem in which
EXTD= he howls "I'd rather feel bad than not feel anything at all." Wh
EXTD=en Zevon confronts his own demons on The Envoy, the album is inte
EXTD=nse and compelling stuff, but unfortunately there aren't enough o
EXTD=f these moments to prop up the rest of the set, which is smart an
EXTD=d literate but not especially exciting. Novelist Thomas McGuane c
EXTD=o-wrote "The Overdraft," a hard-charging rocker that unfortunatel
EXTD=y doesn't make much sense, while the languid "The Hula Hula Boys"
EXTD= plays like a joke in which the punch line got lost, and the two 
EXTD=love songs, "Let Nothing Come Between You" and "Looking for the N
EXTD=ext Best Thing," manage to sound at once heartfelt and like lesse
EXTD=r variations on themes he'd covered with greater strength before.
EXTD= The Envoy would prove to be Zevon's last album for five years af
EXTD=ter he took another stumble into addiction, but while it's an oft
EXTD=en brave and ambitious disc, the high points don't quite redeem i
EXTD=ts weaknesses. [In 2007, Rhino Records gave The Envoy its belated
EXTD= debut on CD in a remastered and expanded edition featuring new l
EXTD=iner notes from David Wild and four bonus tracks recorded during 
EXTD=the album's original sessions. There's an alternate take of "Let 
EXTD=Nothing Come Between You" with some alternate lyrics and a sloppy
EXTD= pass at the Troggs' "Wild Thing" that's fun but hardly revelator
EXTD=y. More interesting are "Word of Mouth," a taut and rhythmic inst
EXTD=rumental, and "The Risk," which sounds like it wasn't quite finis
EXTD=hed but walks a provocative line between Zevon's tales of romance
EXTD= and self-destruction; it would have made a nice coda for the alb
EXTD=um, and is the one really essential new track on this edition.] -
EXTD=- Mark Deming\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nAfter The Excitable
EXTD= Boy and its attendant, longstanding hit, "Werewolves of London,"
EXTD= Warren Zevon could afford to beef up his sound. His live show, c
EXTD=aptured fantastically on Stand in the Fire, clearly helped shape 
EXTD=the richer guitars on 1982's The Envoy, and the prescient title t
EXTD=rack finds Zevon describing a chaotic, war-torn Middle East (and 
EXTD=elsewhere) that's sadly familiar. In a more poignant mood, Zevon 
EXTD=gives us "Jesus Mentioned," with its trip-to-Graceland theme (pre
EXTD=-dating Paul Simon, by the way) and this classic line: "Can't you
EXTD= just imagine/Digging up the King/Begging him to sing/About those
EXTD= heavenly mansions Jesus mentioned." Sure, some of the brighter-l
EXTD=it guitars and keyboards sound dated, but Zevon's acerbic wit and
EXTD= songwriting win the day. "Charlie dealt in pharmaceuticals/Charl
EXTD=ie used to sell me pills," Zevon dryly sings. Amid some of his bi
EXTD=ggest rock-riffing guitars, Zevon continues, "Yesterday his siste
EXTD=r called to me he'd been killed...Some respectable doctor from Be
EXTD=verly Hills/Shot him through the heart/Charlie never felt a thing
EXTD=/Neither of them did." That's Zevon's world, sending and catching
EXTD= bullets in a place beyond sensation.--Andrew Bartlett \n\nAmazon
EXTD=.com Product Description\nTHE ENVOY, the reflective 1982 masterpi
EXTD=ece that Zevon once described as "The Excitable Boy Grows Up," ma
EXTD=kes its CD debut with this release. Highlights include the title 
EXTD=track, the moving "Never Too Late For Love," "The Hula Hula Boys,
EXTD=" and "The Overdraft," a co-write with novelist Thomas McGuane fe
EXTD=aturing a ripping Lindsey Buckingham solo. Four previously unrele
EXTD=ased tracks include outtakes of "Word Of Mouth" and "Wild Thing,"
EXTD= and the romantically skewed gem "Let Nothing Come Between You." 
EXTD=Liner notes by Rolling Stone editor David Wild. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM 
EXTD=CUSTOMER REVIEW\nClassic album sounds quite good with some cool b
EXTD=onus tracks!, March 28, 2007\nReviewer: My Science Fiction Twin (
EXTD=My Little Blue Window, USA)\nAlthough there are a couple of weak 
EXTD=tracks, "The Envoy" features Warren Zevon in classic form. Referr
EXTD=ed to as "Excitable Boy" grows up when it was first released, "Th
EXTD=e Envoy" sounds quite good in the latest edition from Rhino. A pi
EXTD=ty that this wasn't released while Warren was alive. This album w
EXTD=as available previously as an expensive import and key tracks wer
EXTD=e on Warren's two CD retrospective on Rhino but this is the first
EXTD= time (to my knowledge) that the whole album has appeared on CD. 
EXTD=This captures Mr. Bad Example in very fine form indeed. \n\n"Jesu
EXTD=s Mentioned" played on acoustic guitar is very spare sounding tho
EXTD=ughtful song about Elvis Presley and, of course, has plenty of Wa
EXTD=rren's humor in it. The title track is a killer rocker. "Looking 
EXTD=for the Next Best Thing" is one of Warren's great ballads. "Let N
EXTD=othing Come Beween You" is probably the sweetest song Warren ever
EXTD= wrote. "Not That Pretty at All" isn't my least favorite tune but
EXTD= the sythesizer seems a little overbearing on this track. Overall
EXTD= this album provides a perfect transition to Warren's brilliant "
EXTD=Sentimental Hygene". After this album Warren who had a drinking p
EXTD=roblem and cleaned up his life briefly fell back into the spiral 
EXTD=of addiction before pulling himself out of it five years later. \n
EXTD=\nWe get the original album plus a number of great extra tracks h
EXTD=ere including "The Risk", "Word of Mouth" an alternate version of
EXTD= "Let Nothing Come Between You" and "Wild Thing". The former has 
EXTD=all the hallmarks of New Wave at the time with its boxy sounding 
EXTD=drums and sythesizer. "Word of Mouth" opens with a mix of sythesi
EXTD=zer, piano and guitar and doesn't sound finished as there's no vo
EXTD=cal track recorded for it. The arrangement could have been fleshe
EXTD=d out a bit more but it's a nice track. Some of the bonus tracks 
EXTD=are better than others but don't diminish the original album. "Le
EXTD=t Nothing Come Between You" is an alternate take that provides pl
EXTD=easant listening although I prefer the released version. "Wild Th
EXTD=ing" is an off-the-cuff performance of the classic Chip Taylor so
EXTD=ng that sounds like it was recorded during the rehearsal sessions
EXTD=. It's a loose performance that probably wasn't ever intended for
EXTD= release. It sounds like the band was just having fun. \n\nWe get
EXTD= extensive sleeve notes as well giving us a bit of background on 
EXTD=the recording of the album written by Rolling Stone writer David 
EXTD=Wild. We also get photos, original lyrics and credits for the alb
EXTD=um.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSend the Envoy, April 15, 20
EXTD=07\nReviewer: Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA
EXTD= United States)\nWarren Zevon once claimed this album was "the Ex
EXTD=citable Boy grows up." Instead of weird werewolves or kinky seria
EXTD=l killers, we had Government deal makers. In a song that sounds t
EXTD=imely even two decades later, Warren Zevon snarls \n\n"Nuclear ar
EXTD=ms in the Middle East \nIsrael's attacking the Iraqis \nThe Syria
EXTD=ns are mad at the Lebanese \nAnd Baghdad does whatever she please
EXTD=. \nLooks like another threat to world peace \nfor the Envoy." \n
EXTD=\nNot bad for a song written in 1982. This is Zevon's great lost 
EXTD=album, which pretty much went into commercial no-man's land when 
EXTD=it was first released. (Which probably explains why it had not re
EXTD=ached CD till after his death.) When new wave and wild videos wer
EXTD=e making inroads, Zevon's California rock probably sounded archai
EXTD=c. The swooping synths that spot the CD - and which sound terribl
EXTD=y dated now - seem like a concession to that moment. But they mos
EXTD=t certainly do not mar the terrific songs. \n\nThe title track, "
EXTD=The Overdraft" and "Looking For The Next Best Thing" are among so
EXTD=me of Zevon's best. Lindsey Buckingham's manic vocals on "The Ove
EXTD=rdraft" add to the edginess of Zevon's collaboration with novelis
EXTD=t Thomas McGuane. It was this kind of songwriting that placed the
EXTD= spotlight on the maturity of Zevon's work. The most telling and 
EXTD=intense moment comes via "Charlie's Medicine." Charlie is a deale
EXTD=r who breaks into a Doctor's office and gets killed. Where the Wa
EXTD=rren Zevon that loved guns and spent more than a little time with
EXTD= foreign substances coursing through his body might have rational
EXTD=ized making a hero out of Charlie, he now makes the realization t
EXTD=hat it was all a sham. \n\n"Charlie dealt in pharmaceuticals \nhe
EXTD= sold those expensive drugs. \nI gave Charlie all of my money. \n
EXTD=What the hell was I thinking of?" \n\nIt is a stunning revelation
EXTD= on an album that was - at least for me - a harbinger of the the 
EXTD=classic "Sentimental Hygiene." One that album, Zevon was in full 
EXTD=confessional mode about "Detox Mansion" and begged you "Reconside
EXTD=r Me." On "The Envoy," he realized that his past worst habits wer
EXTD=en't worth keeping, and began to write more emotionally open song
EXTD=s like "Let Nothing Come Between You" and "Never Too Late For Lov
EXTD=e." I have been waiting a long tome for this artistic link of Zev
EXTD=on's to hit CD. It was well worth it. \n\n"Who am I to say I know
EXTD= the way you feel \nI felt your pain and I know your sorrow \nYou
EXTD= could try to let the past slip away \nLive for today \nDon't sto
EXTD=p believing in tomorrow."\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nAn oft
EXTD=-overlooked, but essential Zevon album, April 13, 2007\nReviewer:
EXTD= DanD (Central Illinois)\nTHE ENVOY was a great rock record. Peri
EXTD=od. It kicks off with a politically-charged number that's as impo
EXTD=rtant today as it was then, fueled with electric guitars and impa
EXTD=ssioned vocals. It ended (the original, at least) with a beautifu
EXTD=l ballad about never giving up (the last words of the song: "Don'
EXTD=t stop believing in tomorrow." It's a shame the bonus features fo
EXTD=llow this song; because this line is, overall, the message of the
EXTD= album. \n\nI hope I'm not boring you by reading something philis
EXTD=ophical into Zevon's music; Zevon fans have been doing it for lon
EXTD=ger than I've been alive. And, let's face it, Zevon records are F
EXTD=UN; you never know where he's gonna go next. The title track is t
EXTD=ongue-in-cheek political commentary; "The Hula Hula Boys" is prob
EXTD=ably the most hilarious break-up song I've ever heard (the image 
EXTD=of a woman leaving a rocker for "the fat guy from the swimming po
EXTD=ol" is classic; and then there's the Polynesian chanting...). "Je
EXTD=sus Mentioned" is the creepiest (and tenderest) Elvis tribute of 
EXTD=all time; when Zevon's not singing about digging up the King's bo
EXTD=dy, he's reminding us how Elvis walked on whater (with his pills,
EXTD= of course). "The Overdraft," lyrically beautiful, is made all th
EXTD=e better by Lindsey Buckingham's crazed background vocals. In "Ch
EXTD=arlie's Medicine," a drug pusher dies (and Zevon shows up to pay 
EXTD=his bill). And "Looking For the Next Best Thing" remains an anthe
EXTD=m for all those who are willing to settle for silver. The "new" i
EXTD=nstrumental "Word of Mouth" is compelling; as is "The Risk" and Z
EXTD=evon's take on the classic "Wild Thing." \n\nThe reissue of THE E
EXTD=NVOY makes a great addition to Zevon collections, or rock collect
EXTD=ions in general. It is simply a great rock record, one of many Wa
EXTD=rren Zevon managed to make before his untimely death. Zevon was o
EXTD=ne of the great folk/rock artists whose legacy will live on as lo
EXTD=ng as there is music for us to listen to.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOME
EXTD=R REVIEW\nA Perfect Re-Issue, April 3, 2007\nReviewer: Brandon J.
EXTD= Smith\nThe first thing anyone will say about this release is (an
EXTD=d should be) to point out that it has shamefully not been release
EXTD=d on CD before. This release, above all else, is long, long overd
EXTD=ue. That said, thank goodness it's finally here, though it took t
EXTD=he artist's death to make it happen. \n\nThe Envoy is a lost mast
EXTD=erpiece, created at a time when (musically) Zevon still could do 
EXTD=no wrong. The title track is outstanding, still sounding current 
EXTD=in its comments about conflicts in the Middle East. It's wonderfu
EXTD=l to hear the great Lindsey Buckingham join in on "The Overdraft"
EXTD= with his signature backing vocals (which, as usual, are more lik
EXTD=e a second lead-vocal than simply a harmonizing voice in the back
EXTD=ground). The Envoy contains one of the best jokes to be found on 
EXTD=any rock album (other Zevon albums contain many of the others) in
EXTD= the song "Looking for the Next Best Thing," punning on the phras
EXTD=e "next best." This album rocks as well as it moves emotionally w
EXTD=ith the slow songs; it tells stories and jokes as only Zevon albu
EXTD=ms can; and it does it all with energy and enthusiasm. (Much cred
EXTD=it is due as well to the excellent work of the band, too, particu
EXTD=larly Waddy Wachtel's once-again stunning lead guitar.) \n\nI cal
EXTD=l this re-issue "perfect" because of the way it finally solidifie
EXTD=s Zevon's catalog. The remastering is fantastic. Other than the s
EXTD=ynth sounds that clearly place the recording in the early '80s, i
EXTD=t sounds like it could have been recorded this year. The bonus tr
EXTD=acks included are very good, particularly the instrumental "Word 
EXTD=of Mouth," and the liner notes are well-written by Rolling Stone'
EXTD=s David Wild. \n\nIt may not have been appreciated at the time of
EXTD= its release, but, finally given the treatment it deserves, The E
EXTD=nvoy comes through in every way. \n\nThis is the cd Zevon fans ha
EXTD=ve been waiting for.\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Jackson Br
EXTD=owne, Waddy Wachtel \n\nAlbum Notes\nLiner Note Author: David Wil
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