Learning to Flinch

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]

Learning to Flinch
Live album by
Warren Zevon
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

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

Track listing

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

Production

Producers: Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich

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

References
  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.
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