Transverse City

Transverse City
Transverse City
Studio album by Warren Zevon
Released	October 12, 1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	Mad Hatter (Los Angeles); A&M (Hollywood); Red Zone (Burbank); Broken Arrow Ranch (California); Abbey Road (London); Paisley Park (Chanhassen);
Genre	Rock
Length	41:40
Label	Virgin
Producer	Warren Zevon; Duncan Aldrich; Andrew Slater;
Warren Zevon chronology
Singles from Transverse City
	"Run Straight Down"; Released: 1989; "Splendid Isolation"; Released: 1989;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Robert Christgau	B+^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]

Transverse City is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Warren Zevon, released in October 1989 by Virgin Records. It features appearances from guitarists Neil Young, David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd), Jerry Garcia (of Grateful Dead) and Mike Campbell (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), as well as jazz pianist Chick Corea. Michael Ironside provides narration on the track "Run Straight Down".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Warren Zevon, except where indicated.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Transverse City"	Stefan Arngrim, Zevon	4:19
2.	"Run Straight Down"		4:05
3.	"The Long Arm of the Law"		3:47
4.	"Turbulence"		4:08
5.	"They Moved the Moon"		4:31

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Splendid Isolation"		4:35
7.	"Networking"	Arngrim, Zevon	3:02
8.	"Gridlock"		4:34
9.	"Down in the Mall"		4:28
10.	"Nobody's in Love This Year"		4:17

Warren Zevon – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards, harmony
Jorge Calderón – bass and harmony on "Networking"; harmony on "Gridlock"
Mike Campbell – guitar on "Splendid Isolation"; guitar and mandolin on "Nobody's in Love This Year"
Jack Casady – bass on "They Moved the Moon" and "Gridlock"
Chick Corea – piano on "The Long Arm of the Law"
Howie Epstein – banjo, mandolin on "Networking"; bass on "Down in the Mall"
Jerry Garcia – guitar on "Transverse City" and "They Moved the Moon"
David Gilmour – guitar on "Run Straight Down"
Bob Glaub – bass
Richie Hayward – drums
Mark Isham – flugelhorn on "Nobody's in Love This Year"
Rob Jaczko – miscellaneous percussion
Jorma Kaukonen – acoustic guitar and harmony on "Gridlock"
David Lindley – saz, steel guitar, oud, harmony vocals, lap steel guitar on "Down in the Mall"
John Patitucci – bass on "Transverse City"
JD Souther – harmony vocals on "Run Straight Down", "Turbulence" and "Nobody's in Love This Year"
Benmont Tench – organ on "Networking"
Waddy Wachtel – acoustic guitar on "Run Straight Down", "Networking" and "Nobody's in Love This Year"
Neil Young – lead guitar on "Gridlock", harmony vocals on "Splendid Isolation"
Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals on "The Long Arm of the Law"

Producers: Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich, Andrew Slater
Engineers: Duncan Aldrich, John Cutler, Andrew Jackson, Andy Jackson, Rob Jaczko, Tim Mulligan
Assistant engineers: Heidi Hanschu, Robert Reed, Ira Rubnitz
Mixing: Rob Jaczko
Design: Jimmy Wachtel
Art direction: Jimmy Wachtel
Photography: Jonathan Exley, Nels Israelson, Jimmy Wachtel

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Run Straight Down"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	30^[6]

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	"Follow Me" "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"
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