Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon is a compilation album by American musician Warren Zevon, released in 2002. Reception Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Although there was the double-disc set I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and a 1986 hits collection, there was no set produced during the CD era that chronicled not just [Zevon's] heyday, but his late-1980s comeback while cherrypicking highlights from the 1990s. This does exactly that over the course of a generous, sharply selected 22 tracks. Given the space, it's inevitable that some great songs are missing." Track listing Personnel Warren Zevon – synthesizer, harmonica, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vocals, synthesizer strings Bill Berry – drums Charlie Bisharat – violin Roy Bittan – piano Jackson Browne – harmony vocals Peter Buck – guitar Lindsey Buckingham – harmony vocals Linda Ronstadt – harmony vocals Rosemary Butler – harmony vocals Jorge Calderón – bass guitar, guitar, harmony vocals Mike Campbell – guitar Larry Corbett – cello Joel Derouin – violin Kenny Edwards – harmony vocals Don Felder – guitar Anton Fig – drums Mick Fleetwood – drums Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar, harmony vocals Bob Glaub – bass Richard Hayward – drums Don Henley – harmony vocals Jim Horn – saxophone Jim Keltner – drums Bobby Keyes – saxophone Larry Klein – bass Craig Krampf – drums Russ Kunkel – drums Kipp Lennon – harmony vocals Mark Lennon – harmony vocals Michael Lennon – harmony vocals David Lindley – fiddle, guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar Rick Marotta – drums, harmony vocals John McVie – bass Mike Mills – bass Graham Nash – harmony vocals Jeff Porcaro – drums The Sid Sharp Strings – choir Leland Sklar – bass J.D. Souther – harmony vocals Benmont Tench – organ Waddy Wachtel – guitar, harmony vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals Winston Watson – drums Evan Wilson – viola Jai Winding – piano Neil Young – harmony vocals Larry Zack – drums Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals Technical Warren Zevon – compilation producer, producer, mixing, string arrangements, art direction, phtogoraphy Gary Peterson – compilation producer Duncan Aldrich – producer, engineer, mixing Niko Bolas – producer, engineer Jackson Browne – producer Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer Greg Ladanyi – producer, engineer, mixing Sean Slade – producer, engineer Andrew Slater – producer Waddy Wachtel – producer Richard Bosworth – engineer Matt Chiaravasll – engineer John Cutler