Wind

Rolling Stone (12/25/03, p.111) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2003"
Rolling Stone (9/18/03, p.71) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...In somebody else's defiance of death, we in the audience get an intense affirmation of life....Zevon's a lucky man in the sense that brilliant songwriters are granted a form of immortality denied everyone else..."
Spin (10/03, p.113) - "...Zevon has been finding the lyricism in grim resignation for 30 years..." - Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly (12/26/03, p.145) - "Keep Me in Your Heart" ranked #15 in Entertainment Weekly's 2003 "Records of the Year"
Entertainment Weekly (9/5/03, p.75) - "...Unsentimental [and] happily unhygienic, sounding as ramshackle and energized as you'd hope a nothing-left-to-lose last blast would..." - Rating: A-
Q (12/03, p.140) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...THE WIND is poignant beyond words....It's been a privilege to listen to him..."
Mojo (11/03, p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...There's a real sense of party-beneath-the-scaffold much of the time....Still powerful though; there are several energetic rockers..."
Uncut (01/04, pp.84-7) - Ranked #1 in Uncut's "Albums Of The Year 2003"
Uncut (9/03, p.96) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Zevon has done, if not the impossible, then the unlikely. Under the direst circumstances, he has painted his masterpiece..."