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[[Image:ExcitableBoy.png|thumb|200px|right|Album Cover]]

'''''Excitable Boy''''' is the third album by [[Warren Zevon]], released in [[Time Line#1970s|1978]]. It includes the top 40 hit "[[Werewolves of London]]." It is the highest-selling album of Zevon's career. A remastered and expanded edition was released in [[Time Line#2000s|2007]].

The album includes several songs that use [[:wikipedia:dark humour|dark humour]] ("[[Excitable Boy (song)|Excitable Boy]]," "[[Werewolves of London]]"), as well as some songs that take place in locales outside the [[:wikipedia:United States of America|United States]], ("[[Veracruz]]"), and two songs that both use dark humour and take place in countries other than the U.S.A. ("[[Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner]]," "[[Lawyers, Guns and Money]]"). In addition, there are two straightforward ballads about life and relationships ("[[Accidentally Like a Martyr]]" and "[[Tenderness on the Block]]").

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Warren Zevon]] except as noted.
# "[[Johnny Strikes up the Band]]" – 2:49
# "[[Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner]]" ([[David Lindell]], Zevon) – 3:47
# "[[Excitable Boy (song)|Excitable Boy]]" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 2:40
# "[[Werewolves of London]]" (Marinell, [[Waddy Wachtel]], Zevon) – 3:27
# "[[Accidentally Like a Martyr]]" – 3:37
# "[[Nighttime in the Switching Yard]]" ([[Jorge Calderón]], Lindell) – 4:15
# "[[Veracruz]]" (Calderón, Zevon) – 3:30
# "[[Tenderness on the Block]]" ([[Jackson Browne]], Zevon) – 3:55
# "[[Lawyers, Guns and Money]]" – 3:29
===Bonus Tracks (2007 reissue)===
# "[[I Need A Truck]]" (Outtake) — 0:50
# "[[Werewolves of London]]" (Alternate version) (Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon) — 3:41
# "[[Tule's Blues]]" (Solo Piano Version) — 3:13
# "[[Frozen Notes]]" (Strings Version) — 1:59

==Personnel==
*[[Warren Zevon]] – organ, synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, Vocals
*[[Jorge Calderón]] – vocals, harmony vocals, Spanish vocals on "Veracruz"
*Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar, percussion
*Russ Kunkel – drums
===Additional personnel===
*Karla Bonoff – vocals, harmony vocals on "Accidentally Like a Martyr"
*[[Jackson Browne]] – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals
*Luis Damian – jarana on "Veracruz"
*Kenny Edwards – bass, harmony vocals
*Mick Fleetwood – drums on "Werewolves of London"
*The Gentlemen Boys – vocals
*Arthur Gerst – harp, Mexican harp
*Bob Glaub – bass
*Jim Horn – recorder, saxophone
*Greg Ladanyi – bells
*Rick Marotta – drums
*John McVie – bass on "Werewolves of London"
*Jeff Porcaro – percussion, drums on "Nighttime in the Switching Yard"
*Linda Ronstadt – vocals, harmony on "Excitable Boy"
*Leland Sklar – bass
*J.D. Souther – vocals, harmony
*Manuel Vasquez – requinto on "Veracruz"
*Richard Wachtel – guitar, vocals
*[[Waddy Wachtel]] – synthesizer, guitar, harmony vocals
*Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals on "Excitable Boy"
*Linda Warnes – vocals

==Charts==
'''Album'''
{| class=wikitable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1978
|align="left"|[[:wikipedia:Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] Pop Albums
|align="left"|8
|-
|}
'''Singles'''
{| class=wikitable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1978
|align="left"|"Werewolves of London"
|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
|align="left"|21
|-
|}

==Certifications==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
!align="left"|Organization
!align="left"|Level
!align="left"|Date
|-
|align="left"|RIAA – U.S.
|align="left"|[[:wikipedia:Gold record|Gold]]
|align="left"|April 17, 1978
|-
|align="left"|CRIA – Canada
|align="left"|[[:wikipedia:Gold record|Gold]]
|align="left"|June 1 1978
|-
|align="left"|[[:wikipedia:RIAA|RIAA]] – U.S.
|align="left"|Platinum
|align="left"|November 7, 1997
|-
|}

== External Links ==
*[http://www.superseventies.com/spzevon.html Excitable Boy Reviews at Super Seventies] 

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