''Buffet Hotel'' is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter
Jimmy Buffett
James William Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffet ...
, released on December 8, 2009. On October 27, 2009, it was officially posted on the
Margaritaville
"Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album ''Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes''. This song was written about a drink Buffett discovered at Lung's Cocina del Sur restaurant ...
homepage as well on the
Mailboat Records
Mailboat Records is an independent record label established in 1999 by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett after his vanity label Margaritaville Records was absorbed by Island Records when they were sold to Universal Music Group, owner of Buf ...
homepage.
It is the follow-up to ''
Take the Weather with You
''Take the Weather with You'' is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released on Mailboat Records on October 10, 2006. It peaked at #1 on '' Billboards country charts, also reaching #4 on the ''Bil ...
'' (2006).
While making the album, Buffett employed techniques from earlier albums, such as recording later at night after surfing; this resulted in a more laid-back feel. The name of the album comes from a building in
Bamako
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,
Mali
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, which Buffett visited during the
Festival au Désert
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.
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Track listing
#"Nobody from Nowhere" (Will Kimbrough
William Adams Kimbrough (born May 1, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Biography
Kimbrough was born in Mobile, Alabama, and started his musical career as a founding membe ...
/Tommy Womack
Tommy Womack (born November 20, 1962 in Sturgis, Kentucky) is an American singer-songwriter and author.
Career
Early endeavors
Womack played with the band Government Cheese from 1985 to 1992. He wrote an engaging memoir about this experience cal ...
) – 5:07
#"Wings" (Jimmy Buffett/Will Kimbrough) – 3:46
#"Big Top" (Jimmy Buffett/Roger Guth) – 4:31
#"Beautiful Swimmers" (Jimmy Buffett) – 5:21
#"Turn Up the Heat and Chill the Rosé" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:50
#"Summerzcool" (Jimmy Buffett/Mac McAnally
Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. (; born July 15, 1957), known professionally as Mac McAnally, is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. ...
) – 3:15
#"Rhumba Man" (Jesse Winchester
James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid b ...
) – 4:10
#"We Learned to Be Cool from You" (Jimmy Buffett) – 5:55
#"Surfing in a Hurricane
"Surfing in a Hurricane" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, and written by Buffett and Will Kimbrough. It is the ninth track from his 2009 album ''Buffet Hotel''.
Live performances
The song had been ...
" (Jimmy Buffett/Will Kimbrough) – 4:26
#"Life Short Call Now" (Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Douglas Cockburn ( ; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to jazz-influenced rock and his lyrics cover a broad range of topics including human rights, environmental issues, po ...
) – 4:08
#"Buffet Hotel" (Jimmy Buffett/Bill Flanagan
Bill Flanagan (born January 14, 1955) is an American author, television executive and radio host. He was born in Rhode Island and graduated from Brown University in 1977. His books include ''Written in My Soul'' (1986), ''Last of the Moe Haircu ...
/Mac McAnally) – 6:00
#"A Lot to Drink About" (Jimmy Buffett/Will Kimbrough/Mac McAnally) – 3:29
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
External links
Buffet Hotel on Margaritaville.com
Album Information at Mailboat Records
References
Jimmy Buffett albums
2009 albums
Albums produced by Michael Utley
Mailboat Records albums
Albums produced by Mac McAnally
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