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Learning to Flinch

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Learning to Flinch
Live album by
ReleasedApril 13, 1993
RecordedJune 24, 1992 – October 13, 1992
GenreRock
Length75:40
LabelGiant Records
ProducerWarren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich
Warren Zevon chronology
Mr. Bad Example
(1991)
Learning to Flinch
(1993)
Mutineer
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Robert Christgau(dud)[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Rolling Stone link

Learning to Flinch is a live solo acoustic album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, recorded at various venues in the United States, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia and released in early 1993.[3]

Zevon's second live album, it featured three new songs ("Worrier King," "Piano Fighter" and "The Indifference of Heaven").

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Warren Zevon, except where indicated.

Side one
  1. "Splendid Isolation" – 4:20 – Bogarts, Cincinnati
  2. "Lawyers, Guns and Money" – 3:22 – Paradise, Boston
  3. "Mr. Bad Example" (Jorge Calderón, Zevon) – 3:08 – The Loft, Berlin
  4. "Excitable Boy" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 2:41 – Tipitina's, New Orleans
  5. "Hasten Down the Wind" – 3:41 – The Town Hall, New York
  6. "The French Inhaler" – 4:22 – Town & Country, London
  7. "Worrier King" – 4:05 – Gluepot, Auckland
  8. "Roland Chorale" (David Lindell, Zevon) – 1:30 – Gluepot, Auckland
  9. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (Lindell, Zevon) – 11:18 – Sentrum, Oslo
Side two
  1. "Searching for a Heart" – 3:05 – Burswood Casino, Perth
  2. "Boom Boom Mancini" – 3:18 – The Flood Zone, Richmond
  3. "Jungle Work" (Calderón, Zevon) – 4:53 – St. Mary's Leagues Club, St. Mary's
  4. "Piano Fighter" – 4:08 – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
  5. "Werewolves of London" (Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) – 4:10 – Town & Country, London
  6. "The Indifference of Heaven" – 4:12 – Biskuithalle, Bonn
  7. "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" – 9:38 – Big Ticket, Adelaide
  8. "Play It All Night Long" – 3:49 – Park West, Chicago

Personnel

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Production

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Producers: Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich

Charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 198

References

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  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Warren Zevon". Robert Christgau.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ "Learning To Flinch". Archived from the original on 2009-12-05.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 987. ISBN 0898201470. Retrieved October 10, 2023.