Excitable Boy Excitable Boy Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career. A remastered and expanded edition was released in 2007. "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London" were considered macabrely humorous by some critics. The historical "Veracruz" dramatizes the United States occupation of Veracruz; likewise, "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is
Warren Zevon music video from a new compilation, "". The video, titled "She's Too Good for Me," aired every hour on the hour throughout the day. First and last issues of the Zevon albums "Stand in the Fire" and "The Envoy" were released on March 27, 2007, by Rhino Records, alongside a Rhino re-issue of "Excitable Boy", with the three CDs having four unreleased bonus tracks each. Noteworthy rarities include the outtakes "Word of Mouth" and "The Risk" from the "Envoy" sessions and "Frozen Notes (Strings Version)", a melancholy outtake from "Excitable Boy" performed on acoustic piano with a string quartet. On