''License to Chill'' is the twenty-fifth 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 ...

and was released on July 13, 2004, by Mailboat and RCA Nashville. On this album, Buffett has many duets with noted contemporary country music artists, on country songs including " Hey, Good Lookin'" by

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. This rendition reached No. 8 on the ''

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'' country singles charts; another single, "

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" (a duet with

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) reached No. 20. The album features the most covers he's recorded for an album – 11 of the 16 songs are covers. It sold 238,600 copies in its first week of release according to

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and became his album to reach No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. This is also the name of his 2004 concert tour, which included two shows at

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. In November 2005,

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released ''

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'', a live recording of the two shows. Included was a 55-minute DVD of the show.

Track listing

Personnel

* Al Anderson – guitar * Tony Brown – keyboards *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

– percussion *

Stuart Duncan Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...

– fiddle *

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 ...

– steel drums, timbales * Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar * Roger Guth – drums * Will Kimbrough – guitar * Sonny Landreth – guitar * Mac McAnally – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals * Ralph MacDonald – percussion *

Bill Payne William H. Payne (born March 12, 1949) is an American pianist who, with Lowell George, co-founded the American rock band Little Feat. He is considered by many other rock pianists, including Elton John, to be one of the finest American piano roc ...

– keyboards * Buster Somar – harmonica * Michael Utley – keyboards *

Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...

– bass guitar * Jimmy Buffett – guitar ;Backing Vocals: * Tim Bender * Bekka Bramlett * Wes Hightower * J. L. Jamison * Stan Kellam * Charleston Miles * Buddy Owen * Jim Photoglo * Mike Ramos * Nadirah Shakoor *

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* Chris Walsh * Rachel Wilson

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Jimmy Buffett albums Mailboat Records albums RCA Records albums Vocal duet albums Albums produced by Michael Utley Albums produced by Mac McAnally