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Warren Zevon Transverse City [Bonus Track] Release Date: 2003 05 06 Label: Capitol Rating:

Warren Zevon's seventh regular studio album began with the title track, "Transverse City," a dystopian vision of the future as an urban nightmare, a place of "endless neon vistas" and "castles made of laser light." The first of two songs co-written with Stefan Arngrim, it proved actually to be Zevon's take on the modern world, not the world to come, as he followed its portrait of "the clergy of the mall" with the song "Down in the Mall," where "You buy everything you want and then you want more," and elaborated on environmental devastation in "Run Straight Down," uncertain foreign relations in "Turbulence," and (a true Los Angeleno's view) endless traffic in "Gridlock," before concluding with the ballad lament "Nobody's in Love This Year." The only outs Zevon saw were in cyberspace on "Networking," a part of the "Splendid Isolation" of the modern man who proclaims, "I don't need no one." Zevon complemented this study of modern society with much the same kind of hard rock that was familiar from his earlier releases, incorporating a wide variety of guest stars that included Jerry Garcia (guitar on "Transverse City" and "They Moved the Moon"); Pink Floyd's David Gilmour (guitar on "Run Straight Down"); Chick Corea (piano on "The Long Arm of the Law"); Neil Young (guitar on "Gridlock"); Hot Tuna duo Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, and Howie Epstein; Little Feat's Richie Hayward; and such usual suspects as David Lindley and Waddy Wachtel. The guitarists' contributions were characteristic of them, but the overall sound was still similar to Zevon's other albums. The result was a typically witty, caustic collection. The 2003 reissue features an acoustic demo version of "Networking" that places greater emphasis on the lyrics. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Transverse City	Arngrim, Zevon	4:17
2	Run Straight Down	Zevon	4:05
3	Long Arm of the Law	Zevon	3:47
4	Turbulence	Zevon	4:07
5	They Moved the Moon	Zevon	4:30
6	Splendid Isolation	Zevon	4:34
7	Networking	Arngrim, Zevon	3:01
8	Gridlock	Zevon	4:33
9	Down in the Mall	Zevon	4:27
10	Nobody's in Love This Year	Zevon	4:21
11	Networking [Acoustic Demo Version][#]	Arngrim, Zevon	3:14

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