Life'll Kill Ya, Warren Zevon
Music Review

Life'll Kill Ya (2012)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Warren Zevon

Oh, that twisted humor. Oh, that shredded heart yearning. It gives hope for the new century that one of the '70s' most gifted (and self-destructive) musicians has pulled off ''Life'll Kill Ya,'' an album that resonates with the quizzical poignancy of midlife survival while still harkening his delectably deranged ''Excitable Boy'' heyday. ''I'll make a dirty little religion out of lovin'/I'll make a dirty little convert out of you,'' he rejoices. After all that millennial sap, what a relief. A-

Originally posted Jan 24, 2000

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