Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads | ||||
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Released | May 19, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1972–1990 | |||
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Length | 264:42 | |||
Label | MCA MCAD4-10613 (U.S., CD) | |||
Producer | Various | |||
Jimmy Buffett chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | C+[2] |
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Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads is a four-compact disc (or cassette) compilation box set of Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band's greatest hits, rarities, and previously unreleased songs. Released in 1992, the collection reached quadruple platinum.[citation needed]
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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Son of a Son of a Sailor" | Jimmy Buffett | 3:23 |
2. | "Havana Daydreamin'" | Buffett | 3:39 |
3. | "Mañana" | Buffett | 4:13 |
4. | "Treat Her Like a Lady" | Buffett | 4:16 |
5. | "Steamer" | Buffett | 4:09 |
6. | "Jolly Mon Sing" |
| 3:15 |
7. | "Nautical Wheelers" | Buffett | 3:35 |
8. | "Take It Back" |
| 3:59 |
9. | "On a Slow Boat to China" | Frank Loesser | 3:58 |
10. | "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" | Buffett | 3:15 |
11. | "Love and Luck" |
| 4:48 |
12. | "The Captain and the Kid" | Buffett | 3:14 |
13. | "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season" | Buffett | 4:21 |
14. | "Boat Drinks" | Buffett | 2:38 |
15. | "One Particular Harbour" |
| 5:37 |
16. | "A Pirate Looks at Forty" | Buffett | 3:51 |
17. | "Lovely Cruise" | Jonathan Baham | 3:54 |
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 national anthem, 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) | Length |
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1. | "Margaritaville" | Buffett | 4:10 |
2. | "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit" | Buffett | 2:54 |
3. | "Ragtop Day" | Buffett | 3:06 |
4. | "Frank and Lola" |
| 3:15 |
5. | "Tin Cup Chalice" | Buffett | 3:37 |
6. | "Knees of My Heart" |
| 3:15 |
7. | "Money Back Guarantee" |
| 4:24 |
8. | "When the Coast Is Clear" |
| 2:56 |
9. | "Biloxi" | Jesse Winchester | 5:38 |
10. | "Distantly in Love" | Buffett | 2:49 |
11. | "Coconut Telegraph" | Buffett | 2:58 |
12. | "Stars on the Water" | Rodney Crowell | 3:16 |
13. | "Who's the Blonde Stranger?" |
| 3:45 |
14. | "I Have Found Me a Home" | Buffett | 3:53 |
15. | "Christmas in the Caribbean" |
| 3:10 |
16. | "Volcano" |
| 3:37 |
17. | "Brown Eyed Girl" | Van Morrison | 3:53 |
18. | "Cheeseburger in Paradise" | Buffett | 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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fins" |
| 3:25 |
2. | "The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful" | Buffett | 4:07 |
3. | "Tampico Trauma" | Buffett | 4:35 |
4. | "Livingston Saturday Night" | Buffett | 3:09 |
5. | "Cuban Crime of Passion" |
| 3:38 |
6. | "First Look" | Buffett | 3:53 |
7. | "The Wino and I Know" | Buffett | 3:02 |
8. | "The Great Filling Station Holdup" | Buffett | 3:01 |
9. | "Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)?" | Buffett | 2:42 |
10. | "Elvis Imitators" |
| 2:18 |
11. | "Pencil Thin Mustache" | Buffett | 2:50 |
12. | "Kick It in Second Wind" |
| 3:56 |
13. | "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)" | Buffett | 3:29 |
14. | "When Salome Plays the Drum" | Buffett | 3:28 |
15. | "They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More" | Buffett | 2:53 |
16. | "The Pascagoula Run" |
| 3:20 |
17. | "Sending the Old Man Home" | Buffett | 3:22 |
18. | "Domino College" |
| 3:55 |
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", was a live recording from Buffett's 1990 live album, Feeding Frenzy.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Come Monday" | Buffett | 3:07 |
2. | "Defying Gravity" | Winchester | 2:40 |
3. | "Survive" |
| 4:47 |
4. | "Incommunicado" |
| 3:40 |
5. | "I Heard I Was in Town" |
| 3:36 |
6. | "Ballad of Spider John" | Willis Alan Ramsey | 4:27 |
7. | "Little Miss Magic" | Buffett | 4:01 |
8. | "California Promises" | Goodman | 3:39 |
9. | "If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me" |
| 3:25 |
10. | "African Friend" | Buffett | 4:00 |
11. | "Everlasting Moon" |
| 3:54 |
12. | "Pre-You" |
| 5:17 |
13. | "Middle of the Night" |
| 3:14 |
14. | "The Coast of Marseilles" | Sykes | 5:00 |
15. | "Island" |
| 3:54 |
16. | "He Went to Paris" | Buffett | 3:29 |
17. | "Stars Fell on Alabama" |
| 4:13 |
18. | "Changing Channels" |
| 3:30 |
19. | "Twelve Volt Man" | Buffett | 3:57 |
Total length: | 73:50 |
Album information
Not counting eight unreleased songs, the box set focuses primarily on Buffett's 1970s and 1980s output. Buffett recorded and released 35 of the tracks in the 1970s and 26 of the tracks in the 1980s. The box set takes songs from every studio album Buffett released up to that point, barring only Down to Earth (1970), Rancho Deluxe (1975), and High Cumberland Jubilee (1976).
"Take It Back", "Love and Luck", "Money Back Guarantee", "Christmas in the Caribbean", "Elvis Imitators", "Domino College", "Everlasting Moon", and "Middle of the Night" were previously unreleased on a Buffett album.
Seven songs appear from the 1973 album, A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
- "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit"
- "I Have Found Me a Home"
- "Cuban Crime of Passion"
- "The Great Filling Station Holdup"
- "Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)?"
- "They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More"
- "He Went to Paris"
Four songs appear from Buffett's 1974 album, Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
- "The Wino and I Know"
- "Pencil Thin Mustache"
- "Come Monday"
- "Ballad of Spider John"
Four songs appear from Buffett's 1974 album, A1A
- "Nautical Wheelers"
- "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season"
- "A Pirate Looks at Forty"
- "Tin Cup Chalice"
Four songs appear from Buffett's 1976 album, Havana Daydreamin'
- "Havana Daydreamin'"
- "The Captain and the Kid"
- "Kick It in Second Wind"
- "Defying Gravity"
Five songs appear from the 1977 album, Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
- "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
- "Lovely Cruise"
- "Margaritaville"
- "Biloxi"
- "Tampico Trauma"
Six songs appear from the 1978 album, Son of a Son of a Sailor
- "Son of a Son of a Sailor"
- "Mañana"
- "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
- "Livingston Saturday Night"
- "African Friend"
- "Coast of Marseilles"
Six songs appear from the 1979 album, Volcano
- "Treat Her Like a Lady"
- "Boat Drinks"
- "Volcano"
- "Fins"
- "Sending the Old Man Home"
- "Survive"
Six songs appear from the 1981 album, Coconut Telegraph
- "Coconut Telegraph"
- "The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful"
- "Incommunicado"
- "Little Miss Magic"
- "Island"
- "Stars Fell on Alabama"
Four songs appear from the 1982 album, Somewhere over China
- "Steamer"
- "On a Slow Boat to China"
- "When Salome Plays The Drum"
- "I Heard I Was in Town"
Six songs appear from the 1983 album, One Particular Harbour
- "One Particular Harbour"
- "Distantly in Love"
- "Stars On The Water"
- "Brown Eyed Girl"
- "California Promises"
- "Twelve Volt Man"
Three songs appear from the 1984 album, Riddles in the Sand
- "Ragtop Day"
- "Knees of My Heart"
- "Who's the Blonde Stranger?"
Four songs appear from the 1985 album, Last Mango In Paris
- "Jolly Mon Sing"
- "Frank and Lola"
- "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)"
- "If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"
Two songs appear from the 1986 album, Floridays
- "When the Coast Is Clear"
- "First Look"
One song appears from the 1988 album, Hot Water
- "Pre-You"
Two songs appear from the 1989 album, Off to See the Lizard
- "The Pascagoula Run"
- "Changing Channels"
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Chart (1992) | Position |
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US Billboard 200 | 68[4] |
References
- ^ 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". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-02-29.