A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon

A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
Greatest hits album by Warren Zevon
Released	October 24, 1986
Recorded	1975–1982
Genre	Rock
Length	46:59
Label	Elektra
Producer	Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Greg Ladanyi
Warren Zevon chronology
The Envoy (1982) A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon (1986) Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon is a greatest hits album by American musician Warren Zevon released in 1986.

This compilation covers Zevon's four studio albums with Asylum Records. It was mastered by Barry Diament.

Reception

Professional ratings

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Allmusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Werewolves of London" (LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 3:29
2. "Excitable Boy" (Marinell, Zevon) (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 2:39
3. "Play It All Night Long" (from Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 1980)  – 2:50
4. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (David Lindell, Zevon) (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 3:47
5. "The Envoy" (from The Envoy, 1982)  – 3:12
6. "Mohammed's Radio" (from Warren Zevon, 1976)  – 3:41
7. "Desperados Under the Eaves" (from Warren Zevon, 1976)  – 4:45
8. "Johnny Strikes Up the Band" (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 2:48
9. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (from Warren Zevon, 1976)  – 2:56
10. "Lawyers, Guns and Money (Radio edit)" (single, 1978)  – 2:56
11. "Ain't That Pretty at All" (Marinell, Zevon) (from The Envoy, 1982)  – 3:34
12. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (from Warren Zevon, 1976)  – 3:04
13. "Accidentally Like a Martyr" (from Excitable Boy, 1978)  – 3:39
14. "Looking for the Next Best Thing" (Kenny Edwards, Marinell, Zevon) (from The Envoy, 1982)  – 3:39

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	December 4, 1998