Mutineer

I may be in the minority here, but this is and has been one of my favourite Zevon albums. True there are no gimmicky sing along songs; rather they're the voice of someone who's been up and down the road but still standing. The Indifference of Heaven indeed! Do yourselves a favour and listen to them with a fresh heart.

While early on this may have seemed like a less than equal album compared to the earlier releases, however on reflection I'm exceedingly grateful that Warren Zevon has a diverse discography. People pan the Mutineer for not being the same as every other album on his rack, but the reason people are drawn to him is the fact he was never a stagnant artist. Self indulgent is a good thing when done in moderation, which is what we've got here.

Although his personal life and career were at something of a nadir, Warren Zevon managed to cobble together some strong material for this album--even if no one noticed. Given the paucity of his catalogue, a fan of his music is probably going to want at least some of these songs; Indifference, Monkey Wash and Mutineer are essential in a Warren Zevon collection, I think, and most of the rest are nice enough with Seminole Bingo, Piano Fighter, and Rottweiler being good examples of WZ's sardonic humor.

Great review by the original iTunes reviewer above. I am a long time Zevon fan, and I've been reading his wife's biography, so I've been going back and checking out his stuff. I hoped to find some lost gems from the period I stopped picking Warren CD's up. But this one is not it. Everything the reviewer said above is spot on.