Life'll Kill Ya
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Template:Music ratings Life'll Kill Ya is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 25, 2000, by Artemis Records. It was later hailed in Rolling Stone as his best work since Excitable Boy.<ref name="Album guide">Rolling Stone album guide</ref>
ThemesEdit
Several of the album's songs deal with the topic of death; for instance, "My Shit's Fucked Up" is a mournful lament on the aging process and the inevitable decay that accompanies it. "Life'll Kill Ya" and "Don't Let Us Get Sick" also have prominent death themes. Additionally, Zevon had a phobia of doctors leading him to avoid them for several years; that theme is included in the album as well.<ref>The Late Show with David Letterman, October 30, 2002</ref> In 2002, just two years after the album's release, Zevon was diagnosed with mesothelioma and died a year later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Track listingEdit
Note
- On some releases, track 9 is omitted from the rear U-card but appears on the song list in the case booklet.
PersonnelEdit
- Warren Zevon – percussion, keyboards, guitar, piccolo, vocals, penny whistle, harmonica; theremin on "Porcelain Monkey"
- Jorge Calderón – bass guitar, percussion, vocals
- Dennis Collins – vocals on "Fistful of Rain"
- Babi Floyd – vocals on "Fistful of Rain"
- Curtis King – vocals on "Fistful of Rain"
- Chuck Prophet – guitar on "For My Next Trick I'll Need a Volunteer"
- Jim Ryan – mandolin on "Ourselves to Know"
- Winston Watson – percussion, snare drums
Production
- Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
- Sean Slade – producer, engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Michael Krumper – A&R
- Warren Zevon – art direction
- Jonathan Exley – photography, design
ChartsEdit
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