# Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | A |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
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

All tracks are written by Warren Zevon

## 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 – strings
* Leland Sklar – bass
* JD 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 – engineer
* Michael Delugg – engineer
* Marc DeSisto – engineer
* John Haeny – engineer
* Andy Jackson – engineer
* Rob Jacobs – engineer, mixing
* Dennis Kirk – engineer, mixing
* Richard Landers – engineer
* Michael McDonald – engineer
* Tim Mulligan – engineer
* Kent Nebergall – engineer
* Jim Nipar – engineer
* Fritz Richmond – engineer
* Rail Jon Rogut – engineer
* Will Schillinger – engineer
* Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
* Bob Vogt – engineer
* Rob Jaczko – mixing
* John Beverly Jones – mixing
* Shelly Yakus – mixing
* Teresa Caffin – remastering
* Bill Inglot – remastering
* Mike Engstrom – product manager
* Randy Perry – project assistant
* Hugh Brown – art direction and design, photography
* Bryan Lasley – design
* John Austin – licensing
* Cory Frye – editorial supervision
* Tim Scanlin – liner notes coordination
* William Lee Self – liner notes

## Charts

| Chart (2003) | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 168 |
| US Top Internet Albums | 168 |