Warren Zevon humor to wed geopolitical subtexts to hard-boiled narratives. Tracks from this album received heavy FM airplay, and the single release "Werewolves of London", which featured Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, was a relatively lighthearted version of Zevon's signature macabre outlook and a No. 21 success. The critic Dave Marsh, in "The Rolling Stone Record Guide" (1979), called Zevon "one of the toughest rockers ever to come out of Southern California". "Rolling Stone" record reviews editor Paul Nelson called the album one of the most significant releases of the 1970s and placed him alongside Neil Young, Jackson Browne, and Bruce Springsteen
Cadillac Ranch (Bruce Springsteen song) Australia, Reynolds was replaced by the fictional Mad Max. "Cadillac Ranch" has been covered by Rick Trevino and Status Quo. Status Quo's version was an outtake from album "Back to Back", and initially released on the 1999 album "Back to the Beginning". Rick Trevino's version appears on the compilation albums "NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open" (1995) and "Highway Fever: All Time Greatest Country Road Songs" (2006). Warren Zevon covered "Cadillac Ranch" during his 1982 tour and the song was featured in an MTV broadcast from the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey on October 1, 1982. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band covered