Sentimental Hygiene
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Sentimental Hygiene
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Warren Zevon]]
| Cover = Sentimental_Hygiene_album_cover.jpg
| Released = [[August 29]], [[1987]]
| Recorded = 1987 (?)
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Hard rock|hard rock]], [[Alternative rock|alternative rock]], [[Folk rock|folk rock]]
| Length = 36:49
| Label = [[Virgin Records]]
| Producer = [[Warren Zevon]], [[Andrew Slater]], [[Niko Bolas]], [[Waddy Wachtel]]
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ae7fe4jj70wa4 link]
* ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' <small>(Not Rated)</small> [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/warrenzevon/albums/album/318138/review/6068291/sentimental_hygiene link]
| Last album = ''[[A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon]]'' <br /> (1986)
| This album = '''''Sentimental Hygiene''''' <br /> (1987)
| Next album = ''[[Transverse City]]'' <br /> (1989)
}}
'''''Sentimental Hygiene''''' is an album by [[Rock music|rock]] [[singer/songwriter]] [[Warren Zevon]], released in 1987. The release of ''Sentimental Hygiene'' marked the first studio album for Zevon in five years. It produced the single "[[Reconsider Me]]."
"Even a Dog Can Shake Hands" was used as the opening theme music for the short-lived Fox comedy series ''"[[Action (TV series)|Action]]"''.
==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Warren Zevon; except where indicated
#"Sentimental Hygiene" – 5:06
#"Boom Boom Mancini" – 4:54
#"The Factory" – 2:45
#"Trouble Waiting to Happen" ([[J. D. Souther]], Zevon) – 3:32
#"Reconsider Me" – 3:09
#"Detox Mansion" ([[Jorge Calderón|Jorge Calderón]], Zevon) – 3:15
#"Bad Karma" – 3:15
#"Even a Dog Can Shake Hands" ([[Bill Berry|Bill Berry]], [[Peter Buck|Peter Buck]], [[Mike Mills|Mike Mills]], Zevon) – 3:26
#"The Heartache" – 3:19
#"Leave My Monkey Alone" – 4:12
A re-release of the album adds two bonus tracks:
*"Nocturne" (an instrumental outtake)
*"Leave My Monkey Alone" (Spanish Version)
==Personnel==
*Warren Zevon - [[steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], [[bass guitar|bass]], [[guitar]], [[piano]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[vocals]]
*[[Bill Berry]] - [[drums]]
*[[Peter Buck]] - guitar
*[[Jorge Calderón]] - bass, vocals
*[[Mike Campbell]] - guitar on "Reconsider Me"
*Darius - [[sitar]] on "Bad Karma"
*[[Bob Dylan]] - [[harmonica]] on "The Factory"
*[[Amp Fiddler]] - keyboards on "Leave My Monkey Alone"
*[[Flea (musician)|Flea]] - bass on "Leave My Monkey Alone"
*[[Don Henley]] - vocals, harmony on "Trouble Waiting to Happen"
*[[DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight|Blackbyrd Knight]] - guitar on "Leave My Monkey Alone"
*[[Craig Krampf]] - drums on "Reconsider Me"
*[[Tony Levin]] - bass on "Reconsider Me"
*[[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]] - [[saxophone]], [[violin]], [[lap steel guitar]]
*[[Stan Lynch]] - vocals, harmony on "Bad Karma"
*[[Mike Mills]] - bass
*Rick Richards - guitar on "Even a Dog Can Shake Hands"
*[[Brian Setzer]] - lead guitar on "Trouble Waiting to Happen"
*[[Leland Sklar]] - bass on "The Heartache"
*[[Michael Stipe]] - vocals, harmony on "Bad Karma"
*[[Waddy Wachtel]] - acoustic guitar, vocals
*[[Jennifer Warnes]] - vocals, harmony on "The Heartache"
*Jai Winding - keyboards on "Reconsider Me"
*Kai Winding - keyboards
*[[Neil Young]] - lead guitar on "Sentimental Hygiene"
==Production==
*Producer: Warren Zevon, Niko Bolas, Andrew Slater, Waddy Wachtel
*Engineer: Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, Richard Bosworth
*Assistant Engineer: Richard Cottrell, Richard Landers, Bob Levy, Mark McKenna, Dan Nash, Bob Vogt
*Mixing: Niko Bolas, Larry Ferguson, Shelly Yakus
*Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
*Arranger: Niko Bolas, [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], Larry Ferguson
*Emulator: Warren Zevon
*Programming: Willie Alexander, Brian Bell
*Computers: Willie Alexander, Brian Bell
*Art Direction: Jeff Aycroff
*Cover Photo: [[Herb Ritts]]
==Charts==
'''Album'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|1987
|The Billboard 200
|63
|-
|}
'''Singles'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="60%"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|1987
|"Leave My Monkey Alone"
|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|18
|-
|1987
|"Sentimental Hygiene"
|Mainstream Rock Tracks
|9
|-
|}
[[Category:1987 albums]]
[[Category:Elektra Records albums]]
[[Category:Warren Zevon albums]]