Excitable Boy

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Template:Album infobox Excitable Boy is the third album by Warren Zevon. It includes the top 40 hit "Werewolves of London."

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts 4 Certifications

Track listing

All songs written by Zevon unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Johnny Strikes up the Band" – 2:49
2. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (Lindell/Zevon) – 3:47
3. "Excitable Boy" (Marinell/Zevon) – 2:40
4. "Werewolves of London" (Marinell/Wachtel/Zevon) – 3:27
5. "Accidentally Like a Martyr" – 3:37
6. "Night Time in the Switching Yard" (Calderón/Lindell) – 4:15
7. "Veracruz" (Calderón/Zevon) – 3:30
8. "Tenderness on the Block" (Browne/Zevon) – 3:55
9. "Lawyers, Guns and Money" – 3:29

Personnel

• Warren Zevon – organ, synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
• Jorge Calderón – vocals, harmony vocals, Spanish vocals
• Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar, percussion
• Russ Kunkel – drums

Additional personnel

• Karla Bonoff – vocals, harmony vocals
• Jackson Browne – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals
• Luis Damian – jarana
• Kenny Edwards – bass, harmony vocals
• Mick Fleetwood – drums
• The Gentlemen Boys – vocals
• Arthur Gerst – harp, Mexican harp
• Bob Glaub – bass
• Jim Horn – recorder, saxophone
• Greg Ladanyi – bells
• Rick Marotta – drums
• John McVie – bass
• Jeff Porcaro – percussion, drums
• Linda Ronstadt – vocals, harmony
• Leland Sklar – bass
• J.D. Souther – vocals, harmony
• Manuel Vasquez – requinto
• Richard Wachtel – guitar, vocals
• Waddy Wachtel – synthesizer, guitar, harmony vocals
• Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals
• Linda Warnes – vocals

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Pop Albums	8

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Werewolves of London"	Billboard Pop Singles	21

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	April 17 1978
CRIA – Canada	Gold	June 1 1978
RIAA – USA	Platinum	November 7 1997