Life'll Kill Ya

Raw in need of a tourniquet, honesty unrelenting in your face!

This may be one of his best, although I greatly appreciate My Ride's Here as well as his final goodbye "The Wind". I actually think he got better with time, and although many of his earlier work still remainds part of my top 100 songs, there are a few here that literally knock you down with the bitter-sweet truth of life. I will indeed enjoy every sandwich. Just try listening to my Sh*t's F'd up now. Isnt' that the same for you and me?

I really like this album, It's a shame that Warren Zevon passed away. I'm surprised that a few of the songs on "Life'll Kill Ya" wee not on Zevons last album "the Wind" I would have really liked to see the song 9, 2, and 12 on the wind otherwise I would totally recommend this album and if you can find it Warren Zevons" Preludes rare and unreleased" you will not be disappointed.

I've never heard an artist like warren zevon. He is Deep, Dark, and Melodic. When he throw his voice during back in the high life again I can feel it through my body like a burst of insperation. In my opinion one of the best storytelers of all time because he's not afraid. This album is one of his best.

I've started listening to Warren Zevon after a long layoff. This is Zevon's best in my view. The range of music is astounding. Zevon gives a taste of a number of styles (some ballads, some gospel, etc.). The subject matter can be sobering at times, but Zevon keeps things lively and upbeat. Some of the best on this CD are For My Next Trick, Dirty Little Religion, My S**t's F****d Up, Back in the High Life and Fistful of Rain. This is an album you can listen to over and over and not get tired of (I do and have not). Not just Zevon's best, but one of the best albums, period. Zevon will be missed!

I have been a longtime Zevon fan and, embarrassingly, only recently discovered this album. It is a brilliant and poignant album. For my money, it ranks right up there with "Warren Zevon" and "Excitable Boy" which is really saying something. Has anyone written better or funnier songs about Elvis? -- I love Bruce's "Johnny Bye Bye" which is beautiful and sad, but "Jesus Mentioned" and "Porcelain Monkey" just make you guffaw. Rest in Peace Warren

Another knockout..but note to Apple reviewer: Porcelain Monkey is about Elvis..WZ saw a postcard from Graceland that featured Elvis' tv room..on his coffee table was a large porcelain monkey...

As an overall concept--and yes, Life'll Kill Ya is a concept LP, if a subtle one--these mediations on death and dying are Warren Zevon at his best. Largely disposing of his earlier penchant for creating wonderfully goofy characters, these songs are only inhabited by Zevon's own haunted mind. Everything here works. The gallows humor of the title track could have been the theme song for TV's Six Feet Under, while "My S..t's..." examines the worst of medical news with charming (if foul-mouthed) resignation. Even a song about Elvis ("Porcelain Monkey") looks not at the King's triumphs but rather at his drug-ridden downfall. "I can make love disappear," Zevon muses in "For My Next Trick..." in case you're missing his point. A cover of Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life Again" characterizes what may be Warren Zevon's best album since Excitable Boy: all wistful and fragile, but ultimately defiant even in death's looming shadow.

This is an album that you set up, and let ride. It is poignant, resourceful and tragic. This is one album for which you can raise your glass, propose a silent toast, and knock back that bitter drink, while stoichly pondering the relentless rain. He could never let us go. And I dearly miss him.