JIMMY BUFFETT
Jimmy Buffett - A Box of Jimmy Buffett [1970 - 2023] + Boats Beaches Bars Ballads (Best of Jimmy Buffett 1973 - 1992) [1992] (12 x CDs)
James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 - September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter, author, and businessman. He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism" and promoted enjoying life and following passions. Buffett recorded many wl nown hit songs. Buffett formed the Coral Reefer Band in 1975.
Of the over 30 albums released by Buffett, eight are certified gold and nine are certified platinum or multi-platinum by the RIAA. In total, Buffett sold over 20 million certified records worldwide, placing him amongst the world's best-selling music artists. In addition to two Grammy Award nominations, Buffett was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence category in 2024.
Buffett also parlayed the "island escapism" lifestyle of his music into several business ventures, including Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant chain, the now-defunct Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain, and ventures in hotels, casinos, liquor, and retirement communities. With a net worth of $1 billion, Buffett was one of the world's richest musicians and celebrities. He was also a bestselling author. His devoted fans are known as "Parrotheads". (Wikipedia)
Included in this post are the following albums from his first to his last.
Jimmy Buffett - Down to Earth [1970]
Jimmy Buffett - A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean [1973]
Jimmy Buffett - Havana Daydreamin [1975]
Jimmy Buffett - High Cumberland Jubilee [1976]
Jimmy Buffett - Songs You Know By Heart [1985]
Jimmy Buffett - Songs You Don't Know By Heart [2020]
Jimmy Buffett - Equal Strain On All Parts [2023]
BONUS
Jimmy Buffett - The Uncovered (Promo) [1969] Super rare 1969 promo only songwriter's publishing demo LP, recorded when Jimmy worked for Buzz Carson Enterprises as a house writer. For convenience I have migrated the LP sides into one CD track list.
Jimmy Buffett - Boats Beaches Bars Ballads (Best Of Jimmy Buffett 1973 - 1992) [1992] Box set
Jimmy Buffett's 1992 box set Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads offers a rich, thematic exploration of his music and persona across four distinct discs. "Boats" dives into nautical adventures with tracks like "Son of a Son of a Sailor" and "A Pirate Looks at Forty." "Beaches" embodies oceanic leisure and laid-back vibes, featuring timeless classics such as "Margaritaville" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise." "Bars" is a lively ode to party anthems and drinking tunes, including hits like "Why Don't We Get Drunk" and "Fins." Finally, "Ballads" showcases Buffett's talent for heartfelt storytelling through songs such as "Come Monday" and "He Went to Paris."
With a total of 72 tracks blending greatest hits, rare gems, and previously unreleased material, the collection epitomizes Buffett's "Gulf and Western" style—a fusion of country, rock, and Caribbean influences. Acclaimed by critics and certified quadruple platinum, it stands as a musical journey into Buffett's unique world of escapism, humor, and sincerity. While some may find an extensive dose of Buffett overwhelming, the box set uncovers his knack for delivering consistently enjoyable music, appealing even to those who might not identify as die-hard Parrotheads. For fans or curious listeners, it's a treasure trove worth exploring. (B)
Booklet can be found here: https://musicbrainz.org/release/bacf5d91-58df-40f6-99bd-6737c3ead45c/cover-art
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Track lists
A BOX OF JIMMY BUFFETT
Down to Earth [1970]
01 Jimmy Buffett - The Christian? 3:54
02 Jimmy Buffett - Ellis Dee (He Ain't Free) 2:50
03 Jimmy Buffett - Richard Frost 3:29
04 Jimmy Buffett - The Missionary 3:33
05 Jimmy Buffett - A Mile High in Denver 3:07
06 Jimmy Buffett - The Captain and the Kid 3:18
07 Jimmy Buffett - Captain America 3:20
08 Jimmy Buffett - Ain't He a Genius 2:43
09 Jimmy Buffett - Turnabout 4:20
10 Jimmy Buffett - There's Nothin' Soft About Hard Times 3:23
11 Jimmy Buffett - I Can't Be Your Hero Today 2:58
12 Jimmy Buffett - Truckstop Salvation 5:48
A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean [1973]
01 Jimmy Buffett - The Great Filling Station Holdup 3:05
02 Jimmy Buffett - Railroad Lady 2:47
03 Jimmy Buffett - He Went to Paris 3:31
04 Jimmy Buffett - Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit 2:58
05 Jimmy Buffett - Cuban Crime of Passion 3:42
06 Jimmy Buffett - Why Don't We Get Drunk 2:45
07 Jimmy Buffett - Peanut Butter Conspiracy 3:45
08 Jimmy Buffett - They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More 2:57
09 Jimmy Buffett - I Have Found Me A Home 3:59
10 Jimmy Buffett - My Lovely Lady 3:11
11 Jimmy Buffett - Death of an Unpopular Poet 3:40
Havana Daydreamin [1975]
01 Jimmy Buffett - Woman Goin Crazy on Caroline Street 4:10
02 Jimmy Buffett - My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Dont Love Jesus 2:35
03 Jimmy Buffett - The Captain and The Kid 3:18
04 Jimmy Buffett - Big Rig 3:31
05 Jimmy Buffett - Defying Gravity 2:43
06 Jimmy Buffett - Havana Daydreamin 3:39
07 Jimmy Buffett - Cliches 2:46
08 Jimmy Buffett - Something So Feminine About A Mandolin 3:32
09 Jimmy Buffett - Kick it in Second Wind 3:57
10 Jimmy Buffett - This Hotel Room 3:10
High Cumberland Jubilee [1976]
01 Jimmy Buffett - Ace 3:15
02 Jimmy Buffett - Rockefeller Square 2:19
03 Jimmy Buffett - Bend A Little 2:59
04 Jimmy Buffett - In The Shelter 3:36
05 Jimmy Buffett - Death Valley Lives 3:40
06 Jimmy Buffett - High Cumberland Dilemma 3:32
07 Jimmy Buffett - Livingston's Gone to Texas 3:49
08 Jimmy Buffett - England 2:54
09 Jimmy Buffett - Travelin' Clean 3:07
10 Jimmy Buffett - The Hang-Out Gang 3:40
11 Jimmy Buffett - God Don't Own A Car 2:02
12 Jimmy Buffett - High Cumberland Jubilee / Comin' Down Slow 5:09
Songs You Know By Heart [1985]
01 Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger in Paradise 2:51
02 Jimmy Buffett - He Went to Paris 3:29
03 Jimmy Buffett - Fins 3:25
04 Jimmy Buffett - Son of A Son of A Sailor 3:25
05 Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks at Forty 3:52
06 Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville 4:12
07 Jimmy Buffett - Come Monday 3:09
08 Jimmy Buffett - Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes 3:15
09 Jimmy Buffett - Why Don't We Get Drunk 2:42
10 Jimmy Buffett - Pencil Thin Mustache 2:50
11 Jimmy Buffett - Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit 2:56
12 Jimmy Buffett - Boat Drinks 2:37
13 Jimmy Buffett - Volcano 3:38
Songs You Don't Know By Heart [2020]
01 Jimmy Buffett - I Have Found Me a Home 3:45
02 Jimmy Buffett - Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street 4:08
03 Jimmy Buffett - The Captain and the Kid 3:31
04 Jimmy Buffett - Delaney Talks to Statues 3:19
05 Jimmy Buffett - Twelve Volt Man 3:40
06 Jimmy Buffett - Peanut Butter Conspiracy 4:07
07 Jimmy Buffett - Something So Feminine About a Mandolin 3:34
08 Jimmy Buffett - Love in the Library 4:30
09 Jimmy Buffett - Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants 3:57
10 Jimmy Buffett - The Night I Painted the Sky 5:19
11 Jimmy Buffett - Cowboy in the Jungle 5:13
12 Jimmy Buffett - Little Miss Magic 4:01
13 Jimmy Buffett - Tin Cup Chalice 3:13
14 Jimmy Buffett - Tonight I Just Need My Guitar 2:42
15 Jimmy Buffett - Death of an Unpopular Poet 4:15
Equal Strain On All Parts [2023]
01 Jimmy Buffett - University of Bourbon Street 4:19
02 Jimmy Buffett - Bubbles Up 4:46
03 Jimmy Buffett - Audience of One 3:22
04 Jimmy Buffett - My Gummie Just Kicked In 3:27
05 Jimmy Buffett - Close Calls 3:06
06 Jimmy Buffett - Equal Strain on All Parts 3:24
07 Jimmy Buffett - Like My Dog 2:36
08 Jimmy Buffett - Ti Punch Café 3:57
09 Jimmy Buffett - Portugal Or PEI 4:05
10 Jimmy Buffett - Nobody Works on Friday 3:38
11 Jimmy Buffett - Fish Porn 4:20
12 Jimmy Buffett - Johnny's Rhum 4:22
13 Jimmy Buffett - Columbus 4:20
14 Jimmy Buffett - Mozambique 3:16
The Uncovered (Promo) [1969]
01 Jimmy Buffett - The Great Filling Station Holdup 3:02
02 Jimmy Buffett - The Hang-Out Gang 3:40
03 Jimmy Buffett - Bend A Little 2:59
04 Jimmy Buffett - Peanut Butter Conspiracy 3:45
05 Jimmy Buffett - Ace 3:15
06 Jimmy Buffett - Livingston's Gone to Texas 3:34
07 Jimmy Buffett - Railroad Lady 2:47
08 Jimmy Buffett - England 2:54
09 Jimmy Buffett - The Captain and The Kid 3:10
10 Jimmy Buffett - Tin Cup Chalice 3:39
11 Jimmy Buffett - Why Dont We Get Drunk 2:44
12 Jimmy Buffett - death valley lives 3:40
13 Jimmy Buffett - A Mile High in Denver 3:07
14 Jimmy Buffett - Rockefeller Square 2:16
15 Jimmy Buffett - Truckstop Salvation 5:48
16 Jimmy Buffett - My Lovely Lady 3:09
17 Jimmy Buffett - God Don't Own A Car 2:02
18 Jimmy Buffett - In The Shelter 3:32
Boats Beaches Bars Ballads (Best Of Jimmy Buffett 1973 - 1992) [1992] CD1
01 Jimmy Buffett - Son of a Son of a Sailor 3:24
02 Jimmy Buffett - Havana Daydreamin' 3:40
03 Jimmy Buffett - Mañana 4:14
04 Jimmy Buffett - Treat Her Like a Lady 4:17
05 Jimmy Buffett - Steamer 4:10
06 Jimmy Buffett - Jolly Mon Sing 3:17
07 Jimmy Buffett - Nautical Wheelers 3:36
08 Jimmy Buffett - Take it Back 4:00
09 Jimmy Buffett - On a Slow Boat to China 3:59
10 Jimmy Buffett - Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes 3:16
11 Jimmy Buffett - Love and Luck 4:40
12 Jimmy Buffett - The Captain and the Kid 3:15
13 Jimmy Buffett - Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season 4:22
14 Jimmy Buffett - Boat Drinks 2:38
15 Jimmy Buffett - One Particular Harbour 5:38
16 Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks at Forty 3:53
17 Jimmy Buffett - Lovely Cruise 3:55
Boats Beaches Bars Ballads (Best Of Jimmy Buffett 1973 - 1992) [1992] CD2
01 Buffett, Jimmy - Margaritaville 4:10
02 Buffett, Jimmy - Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit 2:55
03 Buffett, Jimmy - Ragtop Day 3:05
04 Buffett, Jimmy - Frank and Lola 3:16
05 Buffett, Jimmy - Tin Cup Chalice 3:37
06 Buffett, Jimmy - Knees of My Heart 2:39
07 Buffett, Jimmy - Money Back Guarentee 4:24
08 Buffett, Jimmy - When The Coast is Clear 2:56
09 Buffett, Jimmy - Biloxi 5:38
10 Buffett, Jimmy - Distantly in Love 2:49
11 Buffett, Jimmy - Coconut Telegraph 2:58
12 Buffett, Jimmy - Stars on The Water 3:15
13 Buffett, Jimmy - Who's The Blonde Stranger? 3:44
14 Buffett, Jimmy - I Have Found Me A Home 3:52
15 Buffett, Jimmy - Christmas in The Caribbean 3:10
16 Buffett, Jimmy - Volcano 3:37
17 Buffett, Jimmy - Brown Eyed Girl 3:50
18 Buffett, Jimmy - Cheeseburger in Paradise 2:51
Boats Beaches Bars Ballads (Best Of Jimmy Buffett 1973 - 1992) [1992] CD3
01 Jimmy Buffett - Fins 3:25
02 Jimmy Buffett - The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful 4:06
03 Jimmy Buffett - Tampico Trauma 4:35
04 Jimmy Buffett - Livingston Saturday Night 3:08
05 Jimmy Buffett - Cuban Crime of Passion 3:39
06 Jimmy Buffett - First Look 3:52
07 Jimmy Buffett - The Wino and I Know 3:02
08 Jimmy Buffett - The Great Filling Station Holdup 3:01
09 Jimmy Buffett - Why Don't We Get Drunk 2:42
10 Jimmy Buffett - Elvis Imitators 2:18
11 Jimmy Buffett - Pencil Thin Mustache 2:50
12 Jimmy Buffett - Kick it in Second Wind 3:56
13 Jimmy Buffett - Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana) 3:29
14 Jimmy Buffett - When Salome Plays The Drum 3:28
15 Jimmy Buffett - They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More 2:53
16 Jimmy Buffett - The Pascagoula Run 3:19
17 Jimmy Buffett - Sending The Old Man Home 3:23
18 Jimmy Buffett - Domino College 3:56
Boats Beaches Bars Ballads (Best Of Jimmy Buffett 1973 - 1992) [1992] CD4
01 Jimmy Buffett - Come Monday 3:08
02 Jimmy Buffett - Defying Gravity 2:41
03 Jimmy Buffett - Survive 4:48
04 Jimmy Buffett - Incommunicado 3:40
05 Jimmy Buffett - I Heard I Was in Town 3:36
06 Jimmy Buffett - Ballad of Spider John 4:26
07 Jimmy Buffett - Little Miss Magic 4:01
08 Jimmy Buffett - California Promises 3:39
09 Jimmy Buffett - If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me 3:25
10 Jimmy Buffett - African Friend 4:00
11 Jimmy Buffett - Everlasting Moon 3:53
12 Jimmy Buffett - Pre-you 5:16
13 Jimmy Buffett - Middle of The Night 3:14
14 Jimmy Buffett - Coast of Marseilles 5:00
15 Jimmy Buffett - Island 3:54
16 Jimmy Buffett - He Went to Paris 3:28
17 Jimmy Buffett - Stars Fell on Alabama 4:13
18 Jimmy Buffett - Changing Channels 3:30
19 Jimmy Buffett - Twelve Volt Man 3:58
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