Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School

by Warren Zevon

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 February 1980
  • Label: Asylum
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:57
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Warren Zevon's 'Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School' followed his late-1970s breakthrough with a set of sharp, character-driven songs and sardonic arrangements. The album includes orchestral touches and appearances by prominent Los Angeles musicians, reinforcing Zevon's place in the city's songwriter network.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, male-vocals, piano, narrative, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School (2:58)
  2. A Certain Girl (3:05)
  3. Jungle Work (3:52)
  4. Empty-Handed Heart (3:10)
  5. Interlude No. 1 (0:25)
  6. Play It All Night Long (2:50)
  7. Jeannie Needs A Shooter (3:52)
  8. Interlude No. 2 (1:07)
  9. Bill Lee (1:35)
  10. Gorilla, You're A Desperado (2:44)
  11. Bed Of Coals (5:01)
  12. Wild Age (4:18)

Credits

  • Leland Sklar - bass
  • Rick Marotta - drums, vocals, drums, electronic drums [syndrums], drums, tubular bells, drums, percussion
  • David Lindley - lap steel guitar, guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Don Felder - guitar
  • Jorge Calder贸n - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Waddy Wachtel - lead guitar
  • Jackson Browne - vocals, harmony vocals [harmony], harmony vocals [harmonies], slide guitar, guitar
  • Naomi Neville - written-by

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