Warren Zevon - The Envoy (1982)

Warren Zevon - The Envoy (1982)

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Warren Zevon - The Envoy

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Side one

1. "The Envoy"   3:12

2. "The Overdraft"   2:43

3. "The Hula Hula Boys"   3:01

4. "Jesus Mentioned"   2:45

5. "Let Nothing Come Between You"   3:38

Side two

6. "Ain't That Pretty at All"   3:34

7. "Charlie's Medicine"   4:48

8. "Looking for the Next Best Thing"   3:41

9. "Never Too Late for Love"   4:37

Bonus Tracks (2007 reissue)

10. "Word of Mouth" (Outtake)   4:01

11. "Let Nothing Come Between You" (Alternate take)   3:40

12. "The Risk" (Outtake)   2:34

13. "Wild Thing" (Outtake)   2:29

Warren Zevon Band Members / Musicians

Warren Zevon – vocals, guitar on 1 and 7; piano on 1, 2, 5, 8, and 9; synthesizer on 1 and 5–8; electric piano on 3

Waddy Wachtel – guitar on 1–5 and 7–9; percussion and harmony vocals on 5

David Landau – guitar on 1, 2, 5, and 6; backing vocals on 6

Leland Sklar – bass guitar on 1, 2, 3, and 5

Jeff Porcaro – drums on 1–3, 5, and 8; log drums on 3; puili sticks on 3

Don Henley – harmony vocals on 1

Lindsey Buckingham – harmony vocals on 2

Jim Horn – recorders on 3, saxophone

Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals on 3

Steve Lukather – guitar on 5

Jorge Calderón – harmony vocals on 5

Danny Kortchmar – guitar on 6

LeRoy Marinell – guitar on 6

Mike Botts – drums on 6

Steve Forman – percussion on 6

J.D. Souther – backing vocals on 6, harmony vocals on 8

Bob Glaub – bass guitar on 7 and 9

Rick Marotta – drums on 7

Kenny Edwards – bass guitar on 8

Graham Nash – harmony vocals on 8

Russ Kunkel – drums on 9

Jamie Ledner, Wayne Tadouye – engineers

Jimmy Wachtel – design, cover photography

The Envoy is the 5th studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on July 16, 1982, by Asylum Records. The album's lack of commercial success caused Zevon's label to terminate his recording contract.

The title track was inspired by veteran American diplomat Philip Habib's shuttle diplomacy during Israel's Lebanon incursion of 1982.

Zevon later said of the album's lack of success, "I would start a record more or less as soon as I'd finished the one previous to it, and they took longer, cost more and more, and actually did sort of less and less well. Particularly The Envoy. I was a little discouraged after that.". All of that, despite the fact that "Let Nothing Come Between You", a love ballad written by Zevon, charted as high as 24 on the Mainstream Billboard Rock chart.