Mr. Bad Example
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ProductionEdit
Mr. Bad Example was produced by Waddy Wachtel.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Los Angeles session musicians contributed to the album.<ref name=VS/> Zevon sometimes struggled for songwriting ideas, but always finished a song once he had started.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Dwight Yoakam provided backing vocals on "Heartache Spoken Here"; Dan Dugmore played pedal steel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> David Lindley played a variety of instruments on "Quite Ugly One Morning".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> "Searching for a Heart" appeared on the soundtrack to the film Love at Large.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Critical receptionEdit
Template:Album ratings The Boston Globe called Mr. Bad Example "a wonderful, resonant album, eclectic and accessible."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Chicago Tribune deemed it "a return to the terse guitar-drums-keyboard format of [Zevon's] '70s albums."<ref name=CT/> The Sun Sentinel considered it to be "pure, earthy rock accessibly colored by Zevon's typically wry imagery."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The Calgary Herald wrote that "Zevon's become a somewhat torpid renegade wailing away about his rebellion while safely ensconced in L.A. security."<ref name=CH/> The Austin American-Statesman determined that "Zevon's first-person characters on this record are shocking, reprehensible and relentlessly slapstick."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Track listingEdit
All tracks composed by Warren Zevon, except where indicated. Template:Track listing Template:Track listing
PersonnelEdit
- Warren Zevon – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Jorge Calderón – bass guitar on "Mr. Bad Example", "Quite Ugly One Morning" and "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead", harmony vocals
- Dan Dugmore – guitar on "Model Citizen", pedal steel on "Heartache Spoken Here"
- Bob Glaub – bass guitar
- Jim Keltner – drums on "Mr. Bad Example" and "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"
- Tito Larriva – harmony vocals on "Angel Dressed in Black"
- Kipp Lennon – harmony vocals on "Searching for a Heart"
- Mark Lennon – harmony vocals on "Searching for a Heart"
- Michael Lennon – harmony vocals on "Searching for a Heart"
- David Lindley – fiddle on "Renegade", saz, lap steel guitar, cümbüş on "Quite Ugly One Morning"
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar, harmony vocals
- Dwight Yoakam – harmony vocals on "Heartache Spoken Here"
- Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals
ProductionEdit
- Producer: Waddy Wachtel
- Engineer: Marc DeSisto
- Assistant engineers: Andrew Ballard, Scott Blockland, Jeffrey Shannon, Brian Soucy
- Mixing: Niko Bolas, John Beverly Jones
- Dave Collins – Mastering
- Technical assistance: Peggy McAfee, Tom Smyth
- Art Direction and design: Jeri Heiden
- Photography: Diego Uchitel, Jimmy Wachtel