CD Details
- Number of Discs: 4
- Released: May 19, 1992
- Label: MCA Nashville
Entertainment Reviews:
Musician - 12/92, p.98
"..an impressive 72-song collection...If you like Buffett you already own this. If you don't, maybe you need to fire one up, take a sip of your margarita, get naked and join the conga line.."
Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Son of a Son of a Sailor
- 2.Havana Daydreamin'
- 3.Manana
- 4.Treat Her Like a Lady
- 5.Steamer
- 6.Jolly Mon Sing
- 7.Nautical Wheelers
- 8.Take It Back
- 9.On a Slow Boat to China
- 10.Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
- 11.Love and Luck
- 12.The Captain and the Kid
- 13.Tryin' to Reason With Hurricane Season
- 14.Boat Drinks
- 15.One Particular Harbour
- 16.A Pirate Looks at Forty
- 17.Lovely Cruise
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Margaritaville
- 2.Grapefruit
- 3.Ragtop Day
- 4.Frank and Lola
- 5.Tin Cup Chalice
- 6.Knees of My Heart
- 7.Money Back Guarantee
- 8.When the Coast Is Clear
- 9.Biloxi
- 10.Distantly in Love
- 11.Coconut Telegraph
- 12.Stars on the Water
- 13.Who's the Blonde Stranger?
- 14.I Have Found Me a Home
- 15.Christmas in the Caribbean
- 16.Volcano
- 17.Brown Eyed Girl
- 18.Cheeseburger in Paradise
Tracks on Disc 3:
- 1.Fins
- 2.The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
- 3.Tampico Trauma
- 4.Livingston Saturday Night
- 5.Cuban Crime of Passion
- 6.First Look
- 7.The Wino and I Know
- 8.The Great Filling Station Holdup
- 9.Why Don't We Get Drunk
- 10.Elvis Imitators
- 11.Pencil Thin Mustache
- 12.Kick It in Second Wind
- 13.Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)
- 14.When Salome Plays the Drum
- 15.They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
- 16.The Pascagoula Run
- 17.Sending the Old Man Home
- 18.Domino College
Tracks on Disc 4:
- 1.Come Monday
- 2.Defying Gravity
- 3.Survive
- 4.Incommunicado
- 5.I Heard I Was in Town
- 6.Ballad of Spider John
- 7.Little Miss Magic
- 8.California Promises
- 9.If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
- 10.African Friend
- 11.Everlasting Moon
- 12.Pre-You
- 13.Middle of the Night
- 14.Coast of Marseilles
- 15.Island
- 16.He Went to Paris
- 17.Stars Fell on Alabama
- 18.Changing Channels
- 19.Twelve Volt Man
Product Description:
Digitally remastered at Future Disc Systems, W. Hollywood, California.
Compiles material from Buffett's albums (1970-1990) and some unreleased songs. Includes extensive liner notes, a track-by-track description by Jimmy Buffett, and color photos.
With sell-out concerts year after year and an empire incorporating everything from best-selling books to a restaurant chain, singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett transformed himself an icon of laid-back, island-dwelling eccentricity. Buffett revels in the world of life's merry dropouts, of beach bums, sailors, barflies, nomads, and minstrels. His box set, BOATS, BEACHES, BARS & BALLADS, cleverly divides his gargantuan catalogue into major themes, offering up four distinct discs that celebrate the subtly varied aspects of his aesthetic.
The BOATS section is dominated by more wistful songs, with occasional gusts of wind like "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" and an excellent cover of "On a Slow Boat to China." BEACHES starts fittingly wasted away in his Top 10 moment, "Margaritaville," and is followed by a mix of joy and pain that ends in Buffett's unforgettable novelty hit, "Cheeseburger in Paradise." Naturally, BARS is the most raucous set, peppered with rockers ("Fins"), sing-alongs ("Why Don't We Get Drunk"), and wistful nostalgia ("Pencil Thin Mustache"). Topping off this excellent compilation, BALLADS sums up the oft-forgotten depth of Buffett's storytelling, opening with the extraordinary beauty of "Come Monday" and flipping through a scrapbook of quiet elegance.
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