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Learning to Flinch
Learning to Flinch
Live album by Warren Zevon
Released	April 13, 1993
Recorded	June 24, 1992 – October 13, 1992
Genre	Rock
Length	75:40
Label	Giant Records
Producer	Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich
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Robert Christgau	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Rolling Stone	link

Learning to Flinch is a live solo acoustic album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, recorded at various venues in the United States, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia and released in early 1993.^[3]

Zevon's second live album, it featured three new songs ("Worrier King," "Piano Fighter" and "The Indifference of Heaven").

Track listing

All tracks composed by Warren Zevon, except where indicated.

Side one

"Splendid Isolation" – 4:20 – Bogarts, Cincinnati
"Lawyers, Guns and Money" – 3:22 – Paradise, Boston
"Mr. Bad Example" (Jorge Calderón, Zevon) – 3:08 – The Loft, Berlin
"Excitable Boy" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 2:41 – Tipitina's, New Orleans
"Hasten Down the Wind" – 3:41 – The Town Hall, New York
"The French Inhaler" – 4:22 – Town & Country, London
"Worrier King" – 4:05 – Gluepot, Auckland
"Roland Chorale" (David Lindell, Zevon) – 1:30 – Gluepot, Auckland
"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (Lindell, Zevon) – 11:18 – Sentrum, Oslo

Side two

"Searching for a Heart" – 3:05 – Burswood Casino, Perth
"Boom Boom Mancini" – 3:18 – The Flood Zone, Richmond
"Jungle Work" (Calderón, Zevon) – 4:53 – St. Mary's Leagues Club, St. Mary's
"Piano Fighter" – 4:08 – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
"Werewolves of London" (Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) – 4:10 – Town & Country, London
"The Indifference of Heaven" – 4:12 – Biskuithalle, Bonn
"Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" – 9:38 – Big Ticket, Adelaide
"Play It All Night Long" – 3:49 – Park West, Chicago

Personnel

Warren Zevon – guitar, keyboards, vocals, harmonica

Production

Producers: Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	198

References

^ Christgau, Robert. "Warren Zevon". Robert Christgau.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ "Learning To Flinch". Archived from the original on 2009-12-05.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 987. ISBN 0898201470. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

[Christgau-1] Christgau, Robert. "Warren Zevon". Robert Christgau.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[3] "Learning To Flinch". Archived from the original on 2009-12-05.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 987. ISBN 0898201470. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

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-'''''Learning to Flinch''''' is a live solo acoustic [[album]] by [[United States|American]] [[singer/songwriter]] [[Warren Zevon]], recorded at various venues in the U.S., Europe and Australia and released in early 1993 (see [[1993 in music]]). Zevon's second and final live set, it featured three new songs ("Worrier King," "Roland Chorale" and "The Indifference of Heaven"). While not an official [[MTV Unplugged]] title, the stripped-down format of the album is in line with the live acoustic trend that flourished in the early 1990s.
+'''''Learning to Flinch''''' is a live solo acoustic album by American singer-songwriter [[Warren Zevon]], recorded at various venues in the United States, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia and released in early 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Learning_To_Flinch.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205003419/http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Learning_To_Flinch.html |archive-date=2009-12-05 |title=Learning To Flinch}}</ref>
+Zevon's second live album, it featured three new songs ("Worrier King," "Piano Fighter" and "The Indifference of Heaven").
-This album is the only time Zevon played a version of "[[Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner]]" that lasted more than the average 4 minutes on an album, although he did it frequently in live performances. This version of the song includes a piano solo at the beginning of the song and another between the last two verses. Also, this version of "Lawyers, Guns and Money" is played in the key of [[G major]] rather than [[A Major]], the key in the studio version. "Mr. Bad Example" is played in [[E Major]] rather than [[F-sharp major|F#Major]] as heard on the studio version.
 ==Track listing==
 All tracks composed by [[Warren Zevon]], except where indicated.
+;Side one
-#"Splendid Isolation" – 4:20
+#"Splendid Isolation" – 4:20 – Bogarts, Cincinnati
-#"[[Lawyers, Guns and Money]]" – 3:22
+#"[[Lawyers, Guns and Money]]" – 3:22 – Paradise, Boston
-#"Mr. Bad Example" ([[Jorge Calderón]], Zevon) – 3:08
+#"Mr. Bad Example" ([[Jorge Calderón]], Zevon) – 3:08 – The Loft, Berlin
-#"Excitable Boy" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 2:41
+#"Excitable Boy" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 2:41 – Tipitina's, New Orleans
-#"Hasten Down the Wind" – 3:41
+#"Hasten Down the Wind" – 3:41 – The Town Hall, New York
-#"The French Inhaler" – 4:22
+#"The French Inhaler" – 4:22 – Town & Country, London
-#"Worrier King" – 4:05
+#"Worrier King" – 4:05 – Gluepot, Auckland
-#"Roland Chorale" (David Lindell, Zevon) – 1:30
+#"Roland Chorale" (David Lindell, Zevon) – 1:30 – Gluepot, Auckland
-#"[[Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner]]" (Lindell, Zevon) – 11:18
+#"[[Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner]]" (Lindell, Zevon) – 11:18 – Sentrum, Oslo
+;Side two
-#"Searching for a Heart" – 3:05
+#"Searching for a Heart" – 3:05 – Burswood Casino, Perth
-#"[[Boom Boom Mancini]]" – 3:18
+#"[[Boom Boom Mancini]]" – 3:18 – The Flood Zone, Richmond
-#"Jungle Work" (Calderón, Zevon) – 4:53
+#"Jungle Work" (Calderón, Zevon) – 4:53 – St. Mary's Leagues Club, St. Mary's
-#"Piano Fighter" – 4:08
+#"Piano Fighter" – 4:08 – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
-#"[[Werewolves of London]]" (Marinell, [[Waddy Wachtel]], Zevon) – 4:10
+#"[[Werewolves of London]]" (Marinell, [[Waddy Wachtel]], Zevon) – 4:10 – Town & Country, London
-#"The Indifference of Heaven" – 4:12
+#"The Indifference of Heaven" – 4:12 – Biskuithalle, Bonn
-#"[[Poor Poor Pitiful Me|Poor, Poor Pitiful Me]]" – 9:38
+#"[[Poor Poor Pitiful Me|Poor, Poor Pitiful Me]]" – 9:38 – Big Ticket, Adelaide
-#"Play It All Night Long" – 3:49
+#"Play It All Night Long" – 3:49 – Park West, Chicago
 ==Personnel==
-*Warren Zevon - [[guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[vocals]], [[Harmonica]]
+*Warren Zevon – [[guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[vocals]], [[harmonica]]
-==Production==
+===Production===
 Producers: Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich
 ==Charts==
+{| class="wikitable"
-'''Album'''
+! Chart (1993)
-{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
+! Peak<br/>position
-!align="left"|Year
-!align="left"|Chart
-!align="left"|Position
 |-
+|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-2001 |date=2001 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0898201470 |page=987 |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbu/page/986/mode/2up |access-date=October 10, 2023}}</ref>
-|align="left"|1993
-|align="left"|The Billboard 200
+|align="center"|198
-|align="left"|198
 |-
 |}
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-[[Category:Warren Zevon albums]]
+[[Category:Warren Zevon live albums]]
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v t e Warren Zevon
Studio albums	Wanted Dead or Alive Warren Zevon Excitable Boy Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School The Envoy Sentimental Hygiene Transverse City Hindu Love Gods Mr. Bad Example Mutineer Life'll Kill Ya My Ride's Here The Wind
Live albums	Stand in the Fire Learning to Flinch
Compilations	A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon The First Sessions Reconsider Me: The Love Songs Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
Tribute albums	Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon
Songs	"Carmelita" "Desperados Under the Eaves" "Hasten Down the Wind" "Lawyers, Guns and Money" "Mohammed's Radio" "Mr. Bad Example" "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" "Werewolves of London" "A Certain Girl" "Reconsider Me"
Related articles	Discography I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon Jordan Zevon (son) Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Hindu Love Gods Hindu Love Gods Action Appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2002
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