Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon

Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon is a compilation album by American musician Warren Zevon, released in 2002.

Reception
Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Although there was the double-disc set I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and a 1986 hits collection, there was no set produced during the CD era that chronicled not just [Zevon's] heyday, but his late-1980s comeback while cherrypicking highlights from the 1990s. This does exactly that over the course of a generous, sharply selected 22 tracks. Given the space, it's inevitable that some great songs are missing."

Personnel

 * Warren Zevon – synthesizer, harmonica, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vocals, synthesizer strings
 * Bill Berry – drums
 * Charlie Bisharat – violin
 * Roy Bittan – piano
 * Jackson Browne – harmony vocals
 * Peter Buck – guitar
 * Lindsey Buckingham – harmony vocals
 * Linda Ronstadt – harmony vocals
 * Rosemary Butler – harmony vocals
 * Jorge Calderón – bass guitar, guitar, harmony vocals
 * Mike Campbell – guitar
 * Larry Corbett – cello
 * Joel Derouin – violin
 * Kenny Edwards – harmony vocals
 * Don Felder – guitar
 * Anton Fig – drums
 * Mick Fleetwood – drums
 * Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
 * Bob Glaub – bass
 * Richard Hayward – drums
 * Don Henley – harmony vocals
 * Jim Horn – saxophone
 * Jim Keltner – drums
 * Bobby Keyes – saxophone
 * Larry Klein – bass
 * Craig Krampf – drums
 * Russ Kunkel – drums
 * Kipp Lennon – harmony vocals
 * Mark Lennon – harmony vocals
 * Michael Lennon – harmony vocals
 * David Lindley – fiddle, guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar
 * Rick Marotta – drums, harmony vocals
 * John McVie – bass
 * Mike Mills – bass
 * Graham Nash – harmony vocals
 * Jeff Porcaro – drums
 * The Sid Sharp Strings – strings
 * Leland Sklar – bass
 * J.D. Souther – harmony vocals
 * Benmont Tench – organ
 * Waddy Wachtel – guitar, harmony vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar
 * Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals
 * Winston Watson – drums
 * Evan Wilson – viola
 * Jai Winding – piano
 * Neil Young – harmony vocals
 * Larry Zack – drums
 * Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals

Technical


 * Warren Zevon – compilation producer, producer, mixing, string arrangements, art direction, phtogoraphy
 * Gary Peterson – compilation producer
 * Duncan Aldrich – producer, engineer, mixing
 * Niko Bolas – producer, engineer
 * Jackson Browne – producer
 * Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer
 * Greg Ladanyi – producer, engineer, mixing
 * Sean Slade – producer, engineer
 * Andrew Slater – producer
 * Waddy Wachtel – producer
 * Richard Bosworth – engineer
 * Matt Chiaravasll – engineer
 * John Cutler – engineer
 * Michael Delugg – engineer
 * Marc DeSisto – engineer
 * John Haeny – engineer
 * Andy Jackson – engineer
 * Rob Jacobs – engineer, mixing
 * Dennis Kirk – engineer, mixing
 * Richard Landers – engineer
 * Michael McDonald – engineer
 * Tim Mulligan – engineer
 * Kent Nebergall – engineer
 * Jim Nipar – engineer
 * Fritz Richmond – engineer
 * Rail Jon Rogut – engineer
 * Will Schillinger – engineer
 * Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
 * Bob Vogt – engineer
 * Rob Jaczko – mixing
 * John Beverly Jones – mixing
 * Shelly Yakus – mixing
 * Teresa Caffin – remastering
 * Bill Inglot – remastering
 * Mike Engstrom – product manager
 * Randy Perry – project assistant
 * Hugh Brown – art direction and design, photography
 * Bryan Lasley – design
 * John Austin – licensing
 * Cory Frye – editorial supervision
 * Tim Scanlin – liner notes coordination
 * William Lee Self – liner notes