If Wanted Dead or Alive were interesting or any good, we could cheer its reissue. But Zevon fanatics would be hard pressed to find much merit – or, indeed, even to recognize their hero – in songs whose titles promise a lot ("A Bullet for Ramona," "Gorilla," "Wanted Dead or Alive") but deliver very little. Hey, he just wasn't ready then. Simple as that.

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PAUL NELSON

(Posted: Jan 24, 1980)