Stand in the Fire

by Warren Zevon

Stand in the Fire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 December 1980
  • Label: Asylum
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:09
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during a five-night stand at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, this live album features the artist backed by the Boulder-based band Boulder. The performance illustrates his transition from a studio-bound songwriter into a ferocious live act, delivering his darkly humorous and cynical narratives with an aggressive, heartland-rock intensity.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, live, witty, storytelling, classic

Tracklist

  1. Stand in the Fire (3:37)
  2. Jeannie Needs a Shooter (4:11)
  3. Excitable Boy (4:03)
  4. Mohammed's Radio (4:50)
  5. Werewolves of London (4:59)
  6. Lawyers, Guns and Money (3:58)
  7. The Sin (3:17)
  8. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me (4:18)
  9. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (4:46)
  10. Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger / Bo Diddley (4:33)
  11. Johnny Strikes up the Band (3:58)
  12. Play It All Night Long (4:34)
  13. Frank and Jesse James (4:27)
  14. Hasten Down the Wind (4:33)

Credits

  • Roberto Pi帽贸n - bass, vocals
  • Marty Stinger - drums
  • David Landau - lead guitar
  • Zeke Zirngiebel - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, slide guitar, electric guitar [12-string], vocals
  • Bob Harris - synthesizer, piano, vocals
  • Bruce Springsteen - written-by
  • LeRoy P. Marinell - written-by
  • Waddy Wachtel - written-by

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