Don't Stop the Carnival (Jimmy Buffett album)

Don't Stop the Carnival
Studio album by Jimmy Buffett
Released	April 28, 1998
Recorded	1:05:32
Genre	Country rock Gulf and Western
Label	Margaritaville Island
Producer	Michael Utley
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Christmas Island (1996) Don't Stop the Carnival (1998) Beach House on the Moon (1999)

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Don't Stop the Carnival is Jimmy Buffett's 22nd studio album, and his first for Island Records after leaving MCA. It's named after the 1965 Herman Wouk novel that inspired a short-run stage play in Miami, which Buffett produced alongside Wouk. The album was released to promote the play, and features 20 compositions related to its themes. It reached #15 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Buffett.

1. Intro: The Legend of Norman Paperman/Kinja — 7:01
2. Public Relations — 3:57
3. Calaloo — 3:15
4. Island Fever — 4:34
5. Sheila Says — 3:55
6. Just an Old Truth Teller — 3:34
7. Henny's Song: The Key to My Man — 3:10
8. Kinja Rules — 3:48
9. A Thousand Steps to Nowhere — 5:24
10. It's All About the Water — 2:21
11. Champagne Sí, Agua No — 1:44
12. Public Relations (Reprise) — 1:25
13. The Handiest Frenchman in the Caribbean — :50
14. Hippolyte's Habitat (Qui Moun' Qui) — 3:10
15. Who Are We Trying to Fool? — 4:35
16. Fat Person Man — 3:28
17. Up on the Hill — 4:10
18. Domicile — 0:37
19. Funeral Dance — 0:51
20. Time to Go Home — 6:03