Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. This 1978 album includes the hits "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London". It remains the best selling album of Zevon's career and is responsible for launching him into success.

Excitable Boy established Warren Zevon as rock's gonzo figurehead – or, as Jackson Browne aptly called him, "the first and foremost proponent of song noir." A supreme collision of over-caffeinated energy, acerbic wit, dark humor, irreverent reporting, bittersweet romance, swept-under-the-rug truth, and illicit desire sent up with booze, pills, and therapist confessions, the breakthrough album zeroes in on frightening aspects of American culture with an incisiveness that's even sharper today than upon the effort's release in 1978. And the music has never sounded so excitable.

Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. His most famous compositions include “Werewolves Of London,” “Lawyers, Guns and Money,” and “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner,” all of which are featured on his third album, “Excitable Boy (1978)” whose title track is also well-known.

This 1978 album includes the hits "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London". It remains the best selling album of Zevon's career and is responsible for launching him into success.