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
Song Sung Blue 1982 on the album "Pinky Blue". Bobby Darin performed the song in 1972 during his summer television show, and his version was included on the 2004 album, "Aces Back to Back". Frank Sinatra also recorded a version on his "" album (1980). The Nolan Sisters recorded a version which is on their 1978 "20 Giant Hits" album. Song Sung Blue "Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 hit song written and recorded by Neil Diamond, inspired by the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #21. It was released on Diamond's album, "Moods" and later appeared on many of Diamond's live and