''Hot Water'' is the sixteenth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter

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. It was released in June 1988 by MCA 42093 and was produced by

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members

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, and

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. The album was engineered and mixed by

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s than was typical for Buffett's earlier works, notably

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and percussion. Buffett shaved off his trademark mustache for the album.

Songs

All but two of the album's songs were written or co-written by Buffett. The other two songs are

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s: "Great Heart" originally by South African

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and "L'Air de la Louisiane" by

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, one of several Buffett covers of Winchester songs recorded throughout his career. "L'Air de la Louisiane" An admitted francophile, Buffett has sung several songs in French. The album's Final Song, "That's What Living is to Me" references Mark Twain's Travelogue "

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" and Jimmy often includes praise and recommendation of the book when introducing live performances of the song.

Chart performance

''Hot Water'' reached No. 46 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. The song "Bring Back the Magic" hit No. 24

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Track listing

#"Homemade Music" (Jimmy Buffett,

) – 3:32 #"Baby's Gone Shoppin'" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:05 #"Bring Back the Magic" (Jimmy Buffett,

Will Jennings Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings (born June 27, 1944) is an American lyricist. He is popularly known for writing the lyrics for the songs "Tears in Heaven" and "My Heart Will Go On". He has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and has won s ...

) – 4:16 #"My Barracuda" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley, Russell Kunkel,

Steve Cropper Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), sometimes known as "The Colonel", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Ot ...

) – 3:37 #"L'Air de la Louisiane" (

) – 2:59 #"Prince of Tides" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley) – 5:30 #"Pre-You" (Jimmy Buffett,

, William Salter) – 5:19 #"King of Somewhere Hot" (Jimmy Buffett, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter,

Robert Greenidge Robert Greenidge (born 28 April 1950 in Success Village, Laventille, Trinidad) is a steelpan player. He is a member of popular music singer Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band and the instrumental group Club Trini. Greenidge has also collaborated ...

) – 5:05 #"Great Heart" (

Johnny Clegg Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African people ...

) – 5:06 #"Smart Woman (In a Real Short Skirt)" (Jimmy Buffett,

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) – 2:49 #"That's What Living Is to Me" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:33

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band: *Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar *

– electric guitar *

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– acoustic guitar, mandolin, dobro, bass harmonica & lead guitar on "Prince of Tides" *Jeff Mironov – electric guitar on "Pre-You" *

Russ Kunkel Russell Kunkel (born September 27, 1948) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician with many popular artists, including Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Da ...

– drums, percussion * Buddy Williams – drums on "King of Somewhere Hot" and "Pre-You" *

– keyboards, organ, synthesizers *

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– organ, background vocals on "My Barracuda" *

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– piano on "Pre-You" *

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– bass *

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– bass on "King of Somewhere Hot" * Anthony Jackson – bass on "That's What Living Is to Me" *

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– bass on "Pre-You" *

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– bass on "L'Air de la Louisiane", background vocals on "Prince of Tides", "Great Heart", "L'Air de la Louisiane" *

– percussion *

– steel drums *

Greg "Fingers" Taylor Greg "Fingers" Taylor (born June 3, 1952) is an American harmonica player, best known for his work with Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. Career Greg Taylor was born in Wichita, Kansas, June 3, 1952 where he attended Wichita North High School. ...

– harmonica *

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– horns * Wayne Jackson – trumpet, trombone * Andrew Love – alto and tenor saxophone *

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– horns on "That's What Living Is to Me" and "Pre-You" *

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– background vocals on "Bring Back the Magic", "Great Heart", "Homemade Music", "My Barracuda", "Smart Woman (In a Real Short Skirt)" *

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– background vocals on "Prince of Tides", "Pre-You", "Great Heart", "L'Air de la Louisiane" *

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– background vocals on "Bring Back the Magic"

Singles

*"Homemade Music" b/w "L'Air de la Louisiane" (Released on MCA 53360 in May 1988) *"Bring Back The Magic" b/w "That's What Living Is To Me" (Released on MCA 53396 in August 1988)

Tour

1988 brought yet another summer tour, this time to promote the ''Hot Water'' album, with all the usual stops.

1988 Coral Reefer Band

*Jimmy Buffett: Vocals and guitar *Tim Krekel: Guitar *Tim Drummond: Bass *Matt Betton: Drums *Michael Utley: Keyboards *Vince Melamed: Organ *Greg “Fingers” Taylor: Harmonica and background Vocals *Sam Clayton: Congas *Robert Greenidge: Steel Drums *Wayne Jackson: Horns *Andrew Love: Horns *Marshall Chapman: Vocals

Set list

Towards the beginning of the tour, the set list was a bit different than the majority of the tour with "

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" as the opener and "

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" as the set closer. For most of the tour, however, the

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cover "It's My Job" opened the show and " Where's the Party" closed the set. "

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" was the show closer pretty much every night, with the exception of

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's "

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" closing the

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show on the

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" #" Knees of My Heart" #" Jolly Mon Sing" #Medley: ##"Son of a Son of a Sailor" ##"

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" #" Some White People Can Dance" (with Greg "Fingers" Taylor on vocals) #"Homemade Music" #"Coconut Telegraph" #"My Barracuda" #"Bring Back the Magic" #" Coast of

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" ( Richard Buckley cover) #"Last Mango in Paris" #"

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" #"Where's the Party"
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" #"Margaritaville" #"Fins"

Notes

{{Authority control Jimmy Buffett albums 1988 albums Albums produced by Michael Utley MCA Records albums