I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (An Anthology) is a two-disc compilation album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, released on Rhino Records in 1996. It spans his career from his eponymous debut album on Asylum Records to date of release, ignoring his disowned initial album from 1969, Wanted Dead or Alive. It contains tracks from all ten of his albums released during this period, and includes contributions to soundtracks and his one-off album with members of R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods.

I’ll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
Compilation album by Warren Zevon
Released	September 17, 1996
Recorded	1975–1995
Genre	Rock
Length	2:32:10
Label	Rhino
Producer	Gary Peterson Mark Pinkus
Warren Zevon chronology
Mutineer (1995) I’ll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) (1996) Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A−[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004)	[4]

Disc one collects recordings done for Asylum, and disc two collects recordings done for Virgin and Giant Records.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

Collective personnel

• Warren Zevon – vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, guitars, harmonicapercussion
• David Lindley – banjo, fiddle, guitars, slide-guitar, lap steel guitar, saz
• Glenn Frey, Cain Sharp, Waddy Wachtel, Neil Young, Zeke Zirngiebel – guitars, backing vocals
• Peter Buck, Mike Campbell, Denny Dias, David Gilmour, David Landau, Steve Lukather, Peter Maunu – guitars
• Darius Degher – sitar
• Bob Harris – keyboards, backing vocals
• Chick Corea, Lois Griffin, Roy Bittan – piano
• Benmont Tench – organ
• Jai Winding – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar, keyboards
• Jorge Calderon, Kenny Edwards, Roberto Pinon – bass, backing vocals
• Skittles Cat, Larry Klein, Tony Levin, LeRoy Marinell, John McVie, Mike Mills, Leland Sklar – bass
• Bill Berry, Stanley Cat, Mick Fleetwood, Richie Hayward, Jim Keltner, Danny Kortchmar, Craig Krampf, Russ Kunkel, Gary Mallaber, Rick Marotta, Jeff Porcaro, Marty Stinger, Kurt Wortman, Larry Zack – drums, percussion
• Karla Bonoff, Jackson Browne, Lindsey Buckingham, Rosemary Butler, Darcy DeMoss, Phil Everly, Don Henley, Billy Hinsche, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Michael Lennon, Stan Lynch, Belinda Montgomery, Graham Nash, Patricia Richardson, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Michael Stipe, Jennifer Warnes, Jordan Zevon – backing vocals
• Charles Veal, Ken Yerke – violins
• Carole Mukogawa – viola
• Dennis Karmazyn – cello
• Mark Isham – trumpet, electronic sounds
• Jim Horn – saxophones, recorder
• Bobby Keys – saxophones
• Bruce Hornsby – accordion
• Fritz Richmond – jug

Production

• Gary Peterson, Mark Pinkus – compilation producers
• Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, Jackson Browne, Bill Inglot, Mark Isham, Greg Ladanyi, Andrew Slater, Waddy Wachtel – original recordings producers
• Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, Richard Bosworth, Marc DeSisto, Dennis Kirk, Steve Krause, Nathaniel Kunkel, Greg Ladanyi, Richard Landers, Peggy McAfee, Kent Nebergall, Jim Nipar, Fritz Richmond, Rail Jon Rogut, Bob Vogt, Billy Youdelman – engineers
• Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, John Haeny, Rob Jacobs, Rob Jaczko, John Beverly Jones, Dennis Kirk, Greg Ladanyi, Shelly Yakus – mixing engineers
• Bill Inglot, Geoff Sykes – remastering engineers
• Carl Wilson – vocal arrangements on "Desperados Under the Eaves"
• Monster X, Coco Shinomiya – art direction and design
• Duncan Aldrich, Roger Bell, Gloria Boyce, Henry Diltz, Jonathan Exley, George Gruel, Michael Ochs, Aaron Rapoport, Randee Saint Nicholas, Jon Sievert, Lorrie Sullivan, Scott Weiner, Serenus Zeitblom, Crystal Zevon – photography
• Joey Helguera – tape research

References