| Songs from St. Somewhere | ||||
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| Released | August 20, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | March to April 2013 | |||
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| Length | 60:05 | |||
| Label | Mailboat | |||
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| Jimmy Buffett chronology | ||||
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Songs from St. Somewhere is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The album was released on August 20, 2013, by Mailboat Records. [1] [2] [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| The Oakland Press | [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
Songs from St. Somewhere garnered generally mixed reception by music critics. At The Oakland Press , Gary Graff said that the album is not up to the same caliber of his previous album, nonetheless this is "a perfectly fine fix between boat drinks for any Parrothead worth his or her feathers." [5] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic evoked that this is the perfect album for a listener who's drunk, which he said was "perfectly fine" for that occasion, but for those "listening to this sober, it's quite likely you'll be more inclined to cringe than to smile." [4] At Rolling Stone , Jon Dolan alluded to how this release "is full of chill evocations of island life." [6]
The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 60,388 copies in the United States. [7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Somethin' 'Bout a Boat" |
| 2:44 |
| 2. | "Einstein Was a Surfer" | 4:41 | |
| 3. | "Earl's Dead - Cadillac for Sale" | Buffett | 5:41 |
| 4. | "Too Drunk to Karaoke" (with Toby Keith) |
| 4:02 |
| 5. | "Serpentine" |
| 4:43 |
| 6. | "Useless But Important Information" |
| 4:12 |
| 7. | "I Want to Go Back to Cartagena" |
| 3:15 |
| 8. | "Soulfully" | Kimbrough | 3:16 |
| 9. | "Rue de la Guitare" | Buffett | 3:23 |
| 10. | "I'm No Russian" | Buffett | 6:40 |
| 11. | "Tides" |
| 4:12 |
| 12. | "The Rocket That Grandpa Rode" |
| 4:02 |
| 13. | "I Wave Bye Bye" | Jesse Winchester | 3:19 |
| 14. | "Colour of the Sun" |
| 3:48 |
| 15. | "Oldest Surfer on the Beach" | Mark Knopfler | 4:17 |
| 16. | "I Want to Go Back to Cartagena" (with Fanny Lu) (Spanish version) |
| 3:12 |
| Total length: | 60:05 | ||
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) [8] | 22 |
| US Billboard 200 [9] | 4 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] | 1 |
| Date | City | Country | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America Leg 1 | ||||
| April 27, 2013 | Nashville | United States | Bridgestone Arena | |
| April 30, 2013 | Atlanta | Aaron's Amphitheatre | ||
| May 3, 2013 | Austin | Austin360 Amphitheater | ||
| May 5, 2013 [A] | Boston | TD Garden | ||
| June 20, 2013 [B] | Paradise Rock Club | |||
| June 22, 2013 | Mansfield | Comcast Center | ||
| June 25, 2013 | Camden | Susquehanna Bank Center | ||
| June 27, 2013 | Noblesville | Klipsch Music Center | ||
| June 29, 2013 | Chicago | FirstMerit Bank Pavilion | ||
| July 3, 2013 | Bossier City | Margaritaville Casino Resort | ||
| July 13, 2013 | Virginia Beach | Farm Bureau Live | ||
| July 16, 2013 | Cincinnati | Riverbend Music Center | ||
| July 18, 2013 | Burgettstown | First Niagara Pavilion | ||
| July 20, 2013 | Detroit | Comerica Park | ||
| August 17, 2013 | Bristow | Jiffy Lube Live | ||
| August 20, 2013 | Wantagh | Nikon at Jones Beach Theater | ||
| August 22, 2013 | ||||
| August 24, 2013 | East Troy | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | ||
| Europe | ||||
| September 26, 2013 | Paris | France | Le Trabendo | |
| September 28, 2013 | Le Cigale | |||
| North America Leg 2 | ||||
| October 17, 2013 | Solana Beach | United States | Belly Up | |
| October 19, 2013 | Las Vegas | MGM Grand Garden Arena | ||
| October 22, 2013 | Denver | Pepsi Center | ||
| October 24, 2013 | Phoenix | US Airways Center | ||
| October 26, 2013 | Las Vegas | MGM Grand Garden Arena | ||
| November 30, 2013 | Louisville | KFC Yum! Center | ||
| December 3, 2013 | St. Paul | Xcel Energy Center | ||
| December 5, 2013 | Tulsa | BOK Center | ||
| December 12, 2013 | Honolulu | Jimmy Buffet's at The Beachcomber | ||
| December 14, 2013 | Waikiki Shell | |||
| January 9, 2014 | Coral Gables | Coral Gables Museum | ||
| North America Leg 3 | ||||
| April 19, 2014 | Tampa | United States | MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre | |
| April 22, 2014 | Raleigh | Walnut Creek Amphitheatre | ||
| April 24, 2014 | Charlotte | PNC Music Pavilion | ||
| April 26, 2014 | West Palm Beach | Cruzan Amphitheatre | ||
Miscellaneous performances
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