''Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection'' is a

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 ...

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consisting of 2

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s and 38 songs. The album is notable for several newly recorded and updated versions of songs considered as classics in his repertoire. It includes every track from '' Songs You Know By Heart'' except for "

Boat Drinks "Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a B-side (b/w "Survive") on MCA Records, MCA in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs, frequently pla ...

". This collection presents 12 new recordings. As this is a career retrospective and aimed at a more casual audience, the album met criticism due to a quarter of the material being new recordings rather than focus on the original incarnations of the songs. The following six songs are re-recordings of previously released songs: "The Captain and the Kid", "He Went to Paris", "In the Shelter", "Knees of My Heart", "Saxophones", and "Son of a Son of a Sailor". The new version of "Son of a Son of a Sailor" is a duet with

Nadirah Shakoor Nadirah Shakoor is an American singer, songwriter and recording artist. She is best known for her work as featured female vocalist in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, in the hip hop group Arrested Development and for her solo albums. She has ...

. The following four songs are new live recordings: "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)", "Holiday", "The Pascagoula Run" and "A Pirate Looks at Forty". Buffett also newly recorded two covers: ""Everybody's Talkin'" by

Fred Neil Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material&n ...

(but made famous in a recording by

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) and The Beach Boys' "Sail On Sailor". Despite being included as the original studio version, "Volcano"'s fourth verse has been rewritten and overdubbed.

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Buffett unless otherwise noted.

Disc one

# "

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 ...

" – 4:10 # "Migration" – 4:14 # "Growing Older but Not Up" – 3:26 # "Holiday" (Buffett/Eaton/MacDonald/Salter) – 5:24 (Recorded live on 2/10/2001 in Sunrise, FL) # "

Come Monday "Come Monday" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album '' Living & Dying in ¾ Time''. Content Buffett wrote the song to his wife while he was on tour. At a live perfo ...

" – 3:09 # "We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About" – 3:21 # "Fruitcakes" (Buffett/Lee) – 7:39 # "

Cheeseburger in Paradise "Cheeseburger in Paradise" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album ''Son of a Son of a Sailor'' and was released as a single, reaching No. 32 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. " ...

" – 2:50 # "Jolly Mon Sing" (Buffett/Jennings/Utley) – 3:15 # "The Pascagoula Run" (Buffett/Oliver) – 4:00 (Recorded live on 2/5/2003 in Columbia, SC) # "Tin Cup Chalice" – 3:37 # " Pencil Thin Moustache" – 2:51 # " Grapefruit/Juicy Fruit" – 2:57 # "Coconut Telegraph" – 2:59 # "

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes ''Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes'' is the seventh studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. This is his breakthrough 1977 album, which remains the best-selling studio album of Buffett's career, and co ...

" – 3:17 # "Last Mango in Paris" (Buffett/Chapman/Jennings/Utley) – 3:16 # "

Fins A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure. Fins typically function as foils that produce lift or thrust, or provide the ability to steer or stabilize motion while traveling in water, air, or other fluids. Fin ...

" (Buffett/Chance/Corcoran/McColl) – 3:26 # "

Why Don't We Get Drunk "Why Don't We Get Drunk" is a novelty song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was a B-side to "The Great Filling Station Holdup", the first single from his 1973 album ''A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean ...

" (Gardens) – 2:43 # "

Brown Eyed Girl "Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for Bang Records owner and producer Bert Berns, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang la ...

" (Morrison) – 3:54 # "

One Particular Harbour ''One Particular Harbour'' is the twelfth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in September 1983 as MCA 5447 and was produced by Buffett and Michael Utley. It was Buffett's first involvement p ...

" (Buffett/Holcomb) – 5:30

Disc two

# "School Boy Heart" (Betton/Buffett) – 4:33 # "

Everybody's Talkin' "Everybody's Talkin (Echoes)" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Fred Neil in 1966 and released two years later. A version of the song performed by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson became a hit in 1969, reachin ...

" (

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) – 3:00 # "

Volcano A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...

" (Buffett/Daily/Sykes) – 3:38 (Partially Re-Recorded with New Overdubbed Fourth Verse) # "

Son of a Son of a Sailor ''Son of a Son of a Sailor'' is the eighth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was initially released in March 1978 as ABC Dunhill AA-1046 and later re-released on its successor label, MCA. Chart perfor ...

" – 4:46 (duet with

; Exclusive Re-Recording) # "Take Another Road" (Buffett/Guth/Oliver) – 3:41 # "Knees of My Heart" (Buffett/Jennings/Utley) – 3:03 (Exclusive Re-Recording) # "Creola" (Buffett/McDonald/Salter) – 7:01 # "

Havana Daydreamin' ''Havana Daydreamin is the sixth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and his fourth regular major label album. It was produced by Don Gant and released on January 20, 1976, on ABC ABCD-914 and January 28, 1987, ...

" – 3:39 # "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)" (Buffett/Jennings/Schmit) – 4:17 (Recorded live on 9/29/2001 in Tinley Park, IL) # "Barefoot Children" (Buffett/Guth/Kunkel/Mayer/Oliver) – 4:53 # "Saxophones" – 3:48 (Exclusive Re-Recording) # "Cowboy in the Jungle" – 5:08 # "

He Went to Paris "He Went to Paris" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1973 album ''A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean'' and was his fourth and final single from that album. Although ...

" – 3:56 (Exclusive Re-Recording) # "In the Shelter" – 4:01 (Exclusive Re-Recording) # "Bob Robert's Society Band" (Buffett/Lee) – 3:43 # "

A Pirate Looks at Forty "A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album ''A1A'' and "Presents to Send You" is the B-side of the single. Buffett wrote the song about Phillip C ...

" – 4:33 (Recorded live on 8/20/2002 in Burgettstown, PA) # "

Sail On, Sailor "Sail On, Sailor" (mislabeled "Sail On Sailor" on original pressings) is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1973 album ''Holland''. It was written primarily by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson with Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, an ...

" (Almer/Kennedy/Parks/Rieley/Wilson) – 2:44 # "The Captain and the Kid" – 3:24 (Exclusive Re-Recording)

References

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