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- Artist: Warren Zevon
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- Release Date: May 07, 2002
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Warren Zevon is famous for black-hearted comedy tunes like "Werewolves of London" and "Excitable Boy," but his best work is a good bit deeper and more penetrating, and 2000's Life'll Kill Ya was an impressive return to form, a song cycle about aging and death that was played less for easy laughs than for the bitter humor derived from the knowledge that no one, the artist included, will get out of this world alive. Zevon's follow-up, 2002's My Ride's Here, for the most part recalls Zevon albums like Mr. Bad Example or Mutineer. My Ride's Here also finds Zevon collaborating with a number of writers from outside the world of music (not the first time he's done this; novelist Tom McGuane co-wrote "The Overdraft" on Envoy). Novelist Carl Hiaasen co-wrote "Basket Case," an ode to an insane girlfriend, while gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson collaborates on "You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared." Sportswriter Mitch Albom, of all people, turns in the best collaboration on the album, "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)." The sardonic "Genius" and "Sacrificial Lambs," and the title cut -- a meditation on mortality that would have fit in on Life'll Kill Ya -- are strong and remind listeners of just how talented Zevon still is. ~ Mark Deming, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Sacrificial Lambs (Lyrics) | Larry Klein, Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon | (3:55) |
| Basket Case | Warren Zevon, |
Warren Zevon | (3:37) |
| Lord Byron's Luggage | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon | (4:35) |
| Macgillycuddy's Reeks | Warren Zevon, |
Warren Zevon | (3:04) |
| You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared | Warren Zevon | (5:14) | |
| Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) | Warren Zevon, |
Warren Zevon | (5:26) |
| Genius (Lyrics) | Larry Klein, Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon | (5:01) |
| Laissez-Moi Tranquille | Serge Gainsbourg | Warren Zevon | (3:32) |
| I Have to Leave | Warren Zevon | (3:05) | |
| My Ride's Here | Warren Zevon, |
Warren Zevon | (3:41) |
