Mr. Bad Example

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Template:DMCA Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Mr. Bad Example is the eighth studio album by the American musician Warren Zevon, released through Giant Records in October 1991.[1][2] Zevon supported the album with a North American tour, with Odds serving as both opener and backing band.[3][4]

Production

Mr. Bad Example was produced by Waddy Wachtel.[5] Los Angeles session musicians contributed to the album.[6] Zevon sometimes struggled for songwriting ideas, but always finished a song once he had started.[7]

Dwight Yoakam provided backing vocals on "Heartache Spoken Here"; Dan Dugmore played pedal steel.[8][9] David Lindley played a variety of instruments on "Quite Ugly One Morning".[10] "Searching for a Heart" appeared on the soundtrack to the film Love at Large.[11]

Critical reception

Template:Album ratings The Boston Globe called Mr. Bad Example "a wonderful, resonant album, eclectic and accessible."[12] The Chicago Tribune deemed it "a return to the terse guitar-drums-keyboard format of [Zevon's] '70s albums."[13] The Sun Sentinel considered it to be "pure, earthy rock accessibly colored by Zevon's typically wry imagery."[14]

The Calgary Herald wrote that "Zevon's become a somewhat torpid renegade wailing away about his rebellion while safely ensconced in L.A. security."[15] The Austin American-Statesman determined that "Zevon's first-person characters on this record are shocking, reprehensible and relentlessly slapstick."[16]

Track listing

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Personnel

  • Warren Zevon – guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Jorge Calderón – bass guitar on "Mr. Bad Example", "Quite Ugly One Morning" and "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead", harmony vocals
  • Dan Dugmore – guitar on "Model Citizen", pedal steel on "Heartache Spoken Here"
  • Bob Glaub – bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner – drums on "Mr. Bad Example" and "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"
  • Tito Larriva – harmony vocals on "Angel Dressed in Black"
  • Kipp Lennon – harmony vocals on "Searching for a Heart"
  • Mark Lennon – harmony vocals on "Searching for a Heart"
  • Michael Lennon – harmony vocals on "Searching for a Heart"
  • David Lindley – fiddle on "Renegade", saz, lap steel guitar, cümbüş on "Quite Ugly One Morning"
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums on all tracks except "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"
  • Waddy Wachtel – guitar, harmony vocals
  • Dwight Yoakam – harmony vocals on "Heartache Spoken Here"
  • Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals

Production

  • Producer: Waddy Wachtel
  • Engineer: Marc DeSisto
  • Assistant engineers: Andrew Ballard, Scott Blockland, Jeffrey Shannon, Brian Soucy
  • Mixing: Niko Bolas, John Beverly Jones
  • Dave Collins – Mastering
  • Technical assistance: Peggy McAfee, Tom Smyth
  • Art Direction and design: Jeri Heiden
  • Photography: Diego Uchitel, Jimmy Wachtel

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Mr. Bad Example
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[17] 39

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gundersen, Edna (October 9, 1991). "Standout fall LPs still due". USA Today. p. 5D.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ehrlich, Dimitri (October 1991). "Mr. Bad Example by Warren Zevon". Interview. Vol. 210, no. 10. p. 28.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."This Week". Fanfare. Newsday. December 15, 1991. p. 2.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pareles, Jon (December 19, 1991). "Warren Zevon and the Odds, The Marquee". The New York Times. p. C13.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mr. Bad Example by Warren Zevon". Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 43. October 26, 1991. p. 82.
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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cromelin, Richard (February 4, 1992). "An Excitable Boy Becomes 'Mr. Bad Example'". Los Angeles Times. p. F3.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Garofoli, Joe (October 27, 1991). "Warren Zevon's extreme examples are his best". The Milwaukee Journal. p. E2.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gettelman, Parry (November 8, 1991). "Warren Zevon". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 8.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Puterbaugh, Parke (February 1992). "Mr. Bad Example by Warren Zevon". Stereo Review. Vol. 57, no. 2. p. 132.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Allan, Marc D. (November 11, 1991). "'Mr. Bad Example' offers good sample". The Indianapolis Star. p. B5.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sullivan, Jim (October 24, 1991). "Warren Zevon Mr. Bad Example". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 10.
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  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lannert, John (May 22, 1992). "Warren Zevon Kicks Off U.S. Tour with Carefree Show". Features Showtime. Sun Sentinel. p. 30.
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  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Graff, Gary (October 31, 1991). "'Bad Example' isn't". Onward. Austin American-Statesman. p. 20.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 44. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved November 5, 2025.

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