Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads | ||||
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Released | May 19, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1972–1990 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 264:42 | |||
Label | MCA MCAD4-10613 (U.S., CD) | |||
Producer | Various | |||
Jimmy Buffett chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads is a four disc compilation box set of Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band's greatest hits, rarities, and previously unreleased songs. Released in 1992, the collection received Recording Industry Association of America quadruple platinum certification in 2001.[4]
Track listing
[edit]Disc one: Boats
[edit]Boats is the boat and sailing-themed disc. "Love and Luck" was previously unreleased on a Buffett album. "Take It Back," written for the US America's Cup yachting team, was previously available only as a single release. "Love and Luck" would later appear on the live album, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "Son of a Son of a Sailor" | Jimmy Buffett | Son of a Son of a Sailor | 3:23 |
2. | "Havana Daydreamin'" | Buffett | Havana Daydreamin' | 3:39 |
3. | "Mañana" | Buffett | Son of a Son of a Sailor | 4:13 |
4. | "Treat Her Like a Lady" | Buffett | Volcano | 4:16 |
5. | "Steamer" | Buffett | Somewhere over China | 4:09 |
6. | "Jolly Mon Sing" |
| Last Mango in Paris | 3:15 |
7. | "Nautical Wheelers" | Buffett | A1A | 3:35 |
8. | "Take It Back" |
| Previously unreleased | 3:59 |
9. | "On a Slow Boat to China" | Frank Loesser | Somewhere over China | 3:58 |
10. | "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" | Buffett | Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | 3:15 |
11. | "Love and Luck" |
| Previously unreleased | 4:48 |
12. | "The Captain and the Kid" | Buffett | Havana Daydreamin' | 3:14 |
13. | "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season" | Buffett | A1A | 4:21 |
14. | "Boat Drinks" | Buffett | Volcano | 2:38 |
15. | "One Particular Harbour" |
| One Particular Harbour | 5:37 |
16. | "A Pirate Looks at Forty" | Buffett | A1A | 3:51 |
17. | "Lovely Cruise" | Jonathan Baham | Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | 3:54 |
Total length: | 66:05 |
Disc two: Beaches
[edit]Beaches is the beach and ocean-themed disc. Of the 18 beach songs, notable songs are "Margaritaville," also known as the Buffett signature song, and "Cheeseburger in Paradise". "Money Back Guarantee" was previously unreleased on a Buffett album. "Christmas in the Caribbean" was previously released on the 1985 country music Christmas compilation album Tennessee Christmas.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "Margaritaville" | Buffett | Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | 4:10 |
2. | "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit" | Buffett | A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | 2:54 |
3. | "Ragtop Day" | Buffett | Riddles in the Sand | 3:06 |
4. | "Frank and Lola" |
| Last Mango in Paris | 3:15 |
5. | "Tin Cup Chalice" | Buffett | A1A | 3:37 |
6. | "Knees of My Heart" |
| Riddles in the Sand | 3:15 |
7. | "Money Back Guarantee" |
| Previously unreleased | 4:24 |
8. | "When the Coast Is Clear" |
| Floridays | 2:56 |
9. | "Biloxi" | Jesse Winchester | Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | 5:38 |
10. | "Distantly in Love" | Buffett | One Particular Harbour | 2:49 |
11. | "Coconut Telegraph" | Buffett | Coconut Telegraph | 2:58 |
12. | "Stars on the Water" | Rodney Crowell | One Particular Harbour | 3:16 |
13. | "Who's the Blonde Stranger?" |
| Riddles in the Sand | 3:45 |
14. | "I Have Found Me a Home" | Buffett | A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | 3:53 |
15. | "Christmas in the Caribbean" |
| Previously unreleased | 3:10 |
16. | "Volcano" |
| Volcano | 3:37 |
17. | "Brown Eyed Girl" | Van Morrison | One Particular Harbour | 3:53 |
18. | "Cheeseburger in Paradise" | Buffett | Son of a Son of a Sailor | 2:51 |
Total length: | 63:27 |
Disc three: Bars
[edit]Bars is the drinking and party songs-themed disc. Beginning with "Fins", the album also includes "Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)?" and "Pencil Thin Mustache." "Elvis Imitators," an attempt at an Elvis Presley rockabilly song, written by Steve Goodman and Mike Smith, and "Domino College" were both previously unreleased on a Buffett album. "Fins" and "Cuban Crime of Passion" were co-written with novelist Tom Corcoran.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "Fins" |
| Volcano | 3:25 |
2. | "The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful" | Buffett | Coconut Telegraph | 4:07 |
3. | "Tampico Trauma" | Buffett | Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | 4:35 |
4. | "Livingston Saturday Night" | Buffett | Son of a Son of a Sailor / Rancho Deluxe soundtrack | 3:09 |
5. | "Cuban Crime of Passion" |
| A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | 3:38 |
6. | "First Look" | Buffett | Floridays | 3:53 |
7. | "The Wino and I Know" | Buffett | Living and Dying in 3/4 Time | 3:02 |
8. | "The Great Filling Station Holdup" | Buffett | A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | 3:01 |
9. | "Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)?" | Buffett | A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | 2:42 |
10. | "Elvis Imitators" |
| Previously unreleased | 2:18 |
11. | "Pencil Thin Mustache" | Buffett | Living and Dying in 3/4 Time | 2:50 |
12. | "Kick It in Second Wind" |
| Havana Daydreamin' | 3:56 |
13. | "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)" | Buffett | Last Mango in Paris | 3:29 |
14. | "When Salome Plays the Drum" | Buffett | Somewhere over China | 3:28 |
15. | "They Don't Dance like Carmen No More" | Buffett | A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | 2:53 |
16. | "The Pascagoula Run" |
| Off to See the Lizard | 3:20 |
17. | "Sending the Old Man Home" | Buffett | Volcano | 3:22 |
18. | "Domino College" |
| Previously unreleased | 3:55 |
Total length: | 61:03 |
Disc four: Ballads
[edit]Ballads is the ballads and love song-themed disc. The most notable songs are "Come Monday" and "He Went to Paris". This collection includes a remix of "I Heard I Was in Town", not the version that appears on Somewhere over China. "Middle of the Night" was previously unreleased on a Buffett album. "Everlasting Moon", was a live recording from Buffett's 1990 live album, Feeding Frenzy.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "Come Monday" | Buffett | Living and Dying in 3/4 Time | 3:07 |
2. | "Defying Gravity" | Winchester | Havana Daydreamin' | 2:40 |
3. | "Survive" |
| Volcano | 4:47 |
4. | "Incommunicado" |
| Coconut Telegraph | 3:40 |
5. | "I Heard I Was in Town" |
| Somewhere over China | 3:36 |
6. | "Ballad of Spider John" | Willis Alan Ramsey | Living and Dying in 3/4 Time | 4:27 |
7. | "Little Miss Magic" | Buffett | Coconut Telegraph | 4:01 |
8. | "California Promises" | Goodman | One Particular Harbour | 3:39 |
9. | "If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me" |
| Last Mango in Paris | 3:25 |
10. | "African Friend" | Buffett | Son of a Son of a Sailor | 4:00 |
11. | "Everlasting Moon" |
| Previously unreleased | 3:54 |
12. | "Pre-You" |
| Hot Water | 5:17 |
13. | "Middle of the Night" |
| Previously unreleased | 3:14 |
14. | "The Coast of Marseilles" | Sykes | Son of a Son of a Sailor | 5:00 |
15. | "Island" |
| Coconut Telegraph | 3:54 |
16. | "He Went to Paris" | Buffett | A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | 3:29 |
17. | "Stars Fell on Alabama" |
| Coconut Telegraph | 4:13 |
18. | "Changing Channels" |
| Off to See the Lizard | 3:30 |
19. | "Twelve Volt Man" | Buffett | One Particular Harbour | 3:57 |
Total length: | 73:50 |
Charts
[edit]Chart (1992–2023) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[5] | 53 |
References
[edit]- ^ Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads, AllMusic
- ^ Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads on Entertainment Weekly, Ew.com
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. ISBN 9780743201698.
- ^ "JIMMY BUFFETT - BOATS, BEACHES, BARS & BALLADS". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2023.