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Track Listings
| 1. Sentimental Hygiene |
| 2. Boom Boom Mancini |
| 3. The Factory |
| 4. Trouble Waiting To Happen |
| 5. Reconsider Me |
| 6. Detox Mansion |
| 7. Bad Karma |
| 8. Even A Dog Can Shake Hands |
| 9. The Heartache |
| 10. Leave My Monkey Alone |
| 11. Nocturne (Instrumental) |
| 12. Leave My Monkey Alone (Spanish) |
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As the previous reviewer states this album features a glittering array of guest performers and is one of Warren's finest albums.
With Peter Buck,Bill Berry & Mike Mills from R.E.M. as his backing band this album is tighter than a gnat's chuff and Warren is on fine form.
With Peter Buck,Bill Berry & Mike Mills from R.E.M. as his backing band this album is tighter than a gnat's chuff and Warren is on fine form.
The Springsteen-like rockers The Factory, Bad Karma, Trouble Waiting To Happen and the scathing putdowns of Even A Dog Can Shake Hands demonstrate that Warren can rock with the best of them, but always with his deeply sardonic wit ever to the fore. As always with Warren you get great storytelling with the boxing homage Boom Boom Mancini and the brilliant swipe at the cult of "celebrity" addiction clinics Detox Mansion.
Also true to form Warren regales us with his brand of confessional ballads that are neither cheesy or cloyingly sentimental. The heartfelt plea of Reconsider Me and The Heartache reveal the bruised but tender heart lurking beneath Warren's gruff exterior and unlike many of his contemporaries his openness and honesty are genuinely moving.
Undoubtedly Warren's finest album of the 80's and one of his best ever.I would recommend this to anyone who wants a taste of something original and humourously different from the standard cardboard rock copyists.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It is a testament to Warren Zevon's standing in the music world that the likes of Neil Young, Bob Dylan and REM perform on this album. This is a fantastic record full of great lyrics and music. Check out Neil Young's spiky lead guitar parts on the title track and Bob Dylan's harp playing on The Factory. Another standout track is the hilarious Detox Mansion, a song about his time in rehab. In my experience Warren Zevon is not well known to the public which is a shame as this album proves what an amazing singer-songwriter he is.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although far from his best work, "Sentimental Hygiene" has all the elements that made Zevon so special, from the heart-breaking ballads, "Reconsider Me" and "The Heartache", through the popular American culturalism of "Boom Boom Mancini" to the trademark bizarre "Bad Karma". Elements of blue collar hardship appear in "The Factory" and you're briefly reminded of Springsteen, but then again there is noone quite like Zevon. Fans won't be disappointed, non-fans won't be converted.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
...the genius....
You can't judge a genius!!!!! shut up and listen...may long ago about 2005 i discover that dude...jump on at track 2 'til track 9 and You listen a springsteen-contemporary (more... Read more
Published 1 month ago by sTEFANo72
The album gets a higher rating
I would give this album a four,at least! the tracks are wonderful!
The only song that i dont really like is "Leave My Monkey Alone" - one of those irretating songs that i... Read more
The only song that i dont really like is "Leave My Monkey Alone" - one of those irretating songs that i... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mikael Jonsson
Warren Zevon nails it with Sentimental Hygiene
I've just started listening to Sentimental Hygiene for the very first time. The title track is mind blowing. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2008 by Treat Reynolds
Detoxing the eighties
1987 doesn't seem too long ago to me, yet when I hear rock as it was on this album, I realise what a shift there's been in music since. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2006 by D. J. H. Thorn
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