Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads

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Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
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Box set by
Jimmy Buffett
ReleasedMay 19, 1992
Recorded1972–1990
Genre
Length264:42
Label MCA
MCAD4-10613 (U.S., CD)
Producer Various
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live!
(1990)		Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
(1992)		 Before the Beach
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

Track listing

Disc one: Boats

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 .

Boats (disc one)
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
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"BuffettSon of a Son of a Sailor4:13
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"
  • Buffett
  • Matt Betton
Non-album single3:59
9."On a Slow Boat to China" Frank Loesser Somewhere over China3:58
10."Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"Buffett Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes 3:15
11."Love and Luck"
Previously unreleased4:48
12."The Captain and the Kid"BuffettHavana Daydreamin'3:14
13."Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season"BuffettA1A4:21
14."Boat Drinks"BuffettVolcano2:38
15."One Particular Harbour"
  • Buffett
  • Bobby Holcomb
 One Particular Harbour 5:37
16."A Pirate Looks at Forty"BuffettA1A3:51
17."Lovely Cruise"Jonathan BahamChanges in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes3:54
Total length:66:05

Disc two: Beaches

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.

Beaches (disc two)
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
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"
  • Buffett
  • Jennings
  • Utley
Riddles in the Sand3:15
7."Money Back Guarantee"
  • Buffett
  • Jennings
  • Utley
Previously unreleased4:24
8."When the Coast Is Clear"
 Floridays 2:56
9."Biloxi" Jesse Winchester Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes5:38
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 Sand3:45
14."I Have Found Me a Home"BuffettA White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean3:53
15."Christmas in the Caribbean"
Tennessee Christmas3:10
16."Volcano"
 Volcano 3:37
17."Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison One Particular Harbour3:53
18."Cheeseburger in Paradise"Buffett Son of a Son of a Sailor 2:51
Total length:63:27

Disc three: Bars

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.

Bars (disc three)
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
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"
  • Buffett
  • Corcoran
 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"BuffettA White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean3:01
9."Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)?"BuffettA White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean2:42
10."Elvis Imitators"
Previously unreleased2:18
11."Pencil Thin Mustache"BuffettLiving and Dying in 3/4 Time2:50
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"BuffettA White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean2:53
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 unreleased3:55
Total length:61:03

Disc four: Ballads

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" is a previously unissued live recording from the same concerts that were heard on Buffett's 1990 live album, Feeding Frenzy .

Ballads (disc four)
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Come Monday"Buffett Living and Dying in 3/4 Time 3:07
2."Defying Gravity"Winchester Havana Daydreamin' 2:40
3."Survive"
  • Buffett
  • Utley
 Volcano 4:47
4."Incommunicado"
  • Buffett
  • McColl
  • M.L. Benoit
 Coconut Telegraph 3:40
5."I Heard I Was in Town"
  • Buffett
  • Utley
 Somewhere over China 3:36
6."Ballad of Spider John" Willis Alan Ramsey Living and Dying in 3/4 Time4:27
7."Little Miss Magic"BuffettCoconut Telegraph4:01
8."California Promises"Goodman One Particular Harbour 3:39
9."If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"
  • Buffett
  • Jennings
  • Utley
 Last Mango in Paris 3:25
10."African Friend"Buffett Son of a Son of a Sailor 4:00
11."Everlasting Moon"
  • Buffett
  • Betton
Previously unreleased3:54
12."Pre-You"
 Hot Water 5:17
13."Middle of the Night"
Previously unreleased3:14
14."The Coast of Marseilles"SykesSon of a Son of a Sailor5:00
15."Island"
Coconut Telegraph3:54
16."He Went to Paris"Buffett A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean 3:29
17."Stars Fell on Alabama"
Coconut Telegraph4:13
18."Changing Channels"
  • Buffett
  • McAnally
 Off to See the Lizard 3:30
19."Twelve Volt Man"BuffettOne Particular Harbour3:57
Total length:73:50

Charts

Chart performance for Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Chart (1992–2023)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 53

References

  1. ↑ Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads, AllMusic
  2. ↑ Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads on Entertainment Weekly, Ew.com
  3. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. ISBN   9780743201698.
  4. ↑ "JIMMY BUFFETT - BOATS, BEACHES, BARS & BALLADS". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
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