''Songs from St. Somewhere'' is the twenty-eighth 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 ...
. The album was released on August 20, 2013, by
Mailboat Records
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.
Critical reception
''Songs from St. Somewhere'' garnered generally mixed reception by
music critics
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Gary Graff
Gary Graff (born 1960) is an American music journalist and author.
Biography
Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Graff attended Taylor Allderdice High School where he wrote for school newspaper ''The Taylor Allderdice Foreword''.
He receiv ...
said that the album is not up to the same caliber of his previous album, nonetheless this is "a perfectly fine fix between boat drinks for any Parrothead worth his or her feathers."
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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of
AllMusic
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evoked that this is the perfect album for a listener who's drunk, which he said was "perfectly fine" for that occasion, but for those "listening to this sober, it's quite likely you'll be more inclined to cringe than to smile."
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Rolling Stone
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'', Jon Dolan alluded to how this release "is full of chill evocations of island life."
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 4 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart, with first-week sales of 60,388 copies in the United States.
Tour
Miscellaneous performances
* This show was a part of the Boston Strong Benefit show.
* This show was a benefit show.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Born in Scotland and raised in England, he was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits. He pursued a s ...
- guitar on 'Oldest Surfer on the Beach'
;The Coral Reefers
*
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
*
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 ...
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steel drums
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Descriptio ...
* Doyle Grisham -
pedal steel guitar
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* Tina Gullickson - vocals
* Roger Guth - drums
*
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 ...
- vocals
* John Lovell - trumpet
*
Jim Mayer - vocals, bass guitar
* Peter Mayer - guitar
*
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. ...
- vocals, guitar
* Nadirah Shakoor - vocals
*
Michael Utley
Michael Edward Utley is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band. Born in Blytheville in Mississippi County, Arkansas, he graduated from the Univer ...
- keyboards
* Jimmy Buffett - vocals, guitar
Chart positions
References
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2013 albums
Jimmy Buffett albums
Mailboat Records albums
Albums produced by Mac McAnally
Albums produced by Michael Utley