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Title: Good Rock & Roll
Review: Forgetting the circumstances surrounding the recording of this album you have an entertaining rock album by a talented artist that never quite got the attention he deserved. All the ingredients required for a good time are here. The songs are all full with catchy hooks, the fuzzy distorted guitars have all the right riffs, and the vocals are just rough and unpolished enough. The lyrics are great to listen to and can be taken at face value without knowing their history. If you never knew that Warren Zevon was dying while recording this album you would have a great party album. It's knowing that he was dying that raises the album to a little higher level. You can't ignore that fact, it influences you to listen to it in a different light like it influenced his performance. The album by itself is worth buying just because it's good music, it doesn't hurt that it's a worthy send off for a great musician.
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