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The Wind

~ Warren Zevon
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (15 Sep 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Artemis
  • ASIN: B0000C41SO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,824 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Dirty Life & Times
2. Disorder in the House
3. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
4. Numb as a Statue
5. She's Too Good for Me
6. Prison Grove
7. El Amor de mi Vida
8. The Rest of the Night
9. Please Stay
10. Rub Me Raw
11. Keep Me in Your Heart

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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Wind is like an X-ray with a dark shadow that shouldn't be there and can't be ignored. Recorded after Warren Zevon was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in 2002, it sounds like the work of a guy who's still fighting, but also starting to wrap things up. Although Zevon is best known for his poison-dart wit, he's always been a bit of a softie, too. It's no surprise, then, that The Wind leans heavily on irony-free ballads such as "She's Too Good for Me", "El Amor de mi Vida" and "Please Stay". But there's also a dose of defiant blues ("Rub Me Raw") and plenty of dirty slide guitar, courtesy of Ry Cooder and David Lindley. (Other guests include Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Tom Petty, Jackson Browne and Dwight Yoakam).

If the lyrics generally lack the literary precision of Zevon's best work, the songs take on greater weight given the circumstance under which they were recorded. Heard in 1983, a party-hearty anthem such as "The Rest of the Night" would've sounded like yet another dumb argument for hedonism and "Numb as a Statue" might have come off as the self-lacerating joke of an alcoholic unable to deal with his emotions directly. However, on The Wind, these songs are genuinely touching, the work of a guy deadened by meds but unwilling to surrender to The Big Sleep just yet. A cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is the album's most direct comment on Zevon's fragile health, but the most touching song is the album-closing acoustic ballad "Keep Me in Your Heart", recorded by Zevon at home after the star-studded studio work was complete. Clearly, Zevon survived one hell of a farewell party last night, but now its morning again and there's no telling what the rest of the day might bring. --Keith Moerer

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After being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in 2002 Warren Zevon decided to record what would be his final album after passing away in September 2003. Joined by the likes ofBruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Dwight Yoakum, and Ry Cooder the album sees Zevon play his unique brand of folky rock while barely using his illness as the inspiration for his songwriting.

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Keep Warren In Your Heart For A While, 23 Sep 2003
By Edward Teach (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews
When someone you love dies, it would be insensitive to criticise the things they did yesterday. So, when The Wind found such a timely release (or untimely, depending on your point of view!) at the point of Warren’s farewell, I was concerned that I would be forced to spout only good things about an album that would probably prove to be dour and morbid. I can only slap myself for thinking this way.

Thankfully, there was no need for the expected sentimental hygiene, despite a few early wobbles over the opening track. From there though, Zevon plays with our feelings at a time when his must have been on the rack. Consequently, we are exposed to an emotional tug-o-war that typifies not only this album, but also his whole career. Certainly, Disorder in the House, The Rest of the Night and Numb as a Statue do not appear to have come from the pen of a man on Death’s door and even reflective numbers such as She’s Too Good For Me, El Amor De Mi Vida and Please Stay take a sober but typically Zevon perspective on life. Whilst Keep Me in Your Heart is a heartfelt, hat-tipping farewell, it would appear that he found Dylan’s Knocking On Heaven’s Door an appropriate sentiment on his own position.

Never one to walk a straight path, it seems that his heady mix of satire and gloom is still as refreshing and rewarding at the end as it was when he emerged from the shadow of the Everly Brothers all those years ago. In death, he may make many more fans of the curious, but the real travesty is that those who have known and loved him will be deprived of the prospect of yet more.

It’s a great finale and Warren Zevon will be sorely missed. “Enjoy every sandwich”.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Warren's Swan Song, 9 Sep 2003
By Pete Bland (West Yorks, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I'd been anticipating the release of this album with some trepidation considering the circumstances. What could well have been a sombre, sentimental, introspective album is by and large a cracking up-tempo, eclectic offering. The ballads seem genuinely autobiographical but seem more poignant than ever because of his condition. Apart from the only cover (Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door”) the songs are either self-penned or co-written with old cohort Jorge Calderon). The superstellar guests making contibutions include Springsteen, Henley, Cooder, Walsh, Petty, Harris (Emmylou not Rolf), Yoakam, Browne and Keltner. These are not token appearances either but significant contributions to both the sound and feel of the album without stealing the limelight.

The album opens up with the country-tinged "Dirty Life and Times" featuring Cooder on guitar and Dwight Yoakam and Billy Bob Thornton on background vocals.
"Disorder in the House" is a straight rocker featuring Springsteen at his best both vocally and instrumentally.
Is the inclusion of Dylan's "Knockin on Heaven's Door" Zevon's dark sense of humour at its most wicked? Who knows, but he pulls it off with some aplomb delivering an excellent rendition which ends with him pleading for Heaven's door to "Open up for me".
The rocker "Numb as a Statue" is classic Zevon and features David Lindley on lapsteel guitar.
"She's Too Good For Me" is a ballad about broken relationship.
On the atmospheric "Prison Grove" Ry Cooder adds southern-swamp licks as only he can.
The ballad "El Amor De Mi Vida" has Zevon and Calderon alternating on vocals using English and Spanish respectively.
The simple rocker "The Rest of the Night" is reminiscent of Zevon 20+ years ago.
The slow ballad "Please Stay" features Emmylou Harris on backing vocals and the plaintive sax of Gil Bernal.
Joe Walsh turns in an scorching slide guitar on Chicago blues-like "Rub Me Raw".
For me, however, the final track "Keep Me In Your Heart" is really the album's crowning glory. A heartbreakingly beautiful track guaranteed to leave a tear in your eye and a lump in your throat.

As for whether this is his best album I'm afraid I'll pass on that one but it's certainly up there with the best of them. If five stars means indispensable, excellent, exceptional then yes "The Wind" has certainly earned them on merit.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "Do not go quietly...............", 25 Oct 2003
By inthesneck (Inverness, Scotland) - See all my reviews
Anyone who saw the recent documentary on his last days and the making of this album will want to buy this wonderful set of songs. In a time when you really have to look hard for someone worth listening to and most music is designed to open your wallet, here are songs to open your heart. Intelligent, humane, defiant and touching, he has allowed us share the journey to "sleep's dark and silent gate". I loved the documentary comment after Springsteen produces a blistering solo on Disorder in the House, Zevon says "hey, you really are him!". I should be so brave....
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4.0 out of 5 stars Saying goodbye
I heard this album in its first week of release, which was around the time of Zevon's anticipated passing. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2006 by D. J. H. Thorn

4.0 out of 5 stars Knocking on Heaven's Door...
A poignant glimpse into a man's perplexing psyche and the grim reality that his own mortality is literally being challenged to death. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2003 by Annette B. Bailey

5.0 out of 5 stars Raging at the dying of the light
If you're looking for an epitaph full of self-pity and wallowing, don't look here. Warren went out the way he lived: chronicling the dark side of our existence as well as the... Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Goodbye Old Friend.....
I won't dwell on the background to the making of this album I think most people know that by now.

The joy of Warren Zevon was that he made great records but never took himself... Read more

Published on 18 Sep 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars More Popular Than When You Were alive
It's So Ironic that you can have a number one album when you ain't around to appreciate it.

PS, Warren Zevon is NOT Dead, he's just Sleeping.

Published on 9 Sep 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Dead Man Rocking
"If you don't know what to write, then write what you know" runs the old adage, and so Warren Zevon - diagnosed with inoperable cancer last summer and given months to live - wrote... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2003 by P. A. Gallagher

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