''Songs You Don't Know by Heart '' is the thirty-first studio album by American singer-songwriter

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, released on November 27, 2020. This was the last studio album to be released in Buffett's lifetime before his death in 2023.

Background

The album comprises new acoustic recordings of songs previously recorded by Buffett. The album was recorded based on an online video series recorded by Buffett, where he would perform lesser-known songs from his catalogue, as chosen by online fan vote. The video series was filmed and directed by Buffett's daughter Delaney, amidst the

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. The title of the album is a play on (and contrast to) Buffett's 1985

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album, '' Songs You Know by Heart''.

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Buffett, except where noted. #"I Have Found Me a Home" – 3:47 - originally recorded on 1973's ''

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'' #"Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street" (Buffett,

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) – 4:10 - originally recorded on 1976's '' Havaña Daydreamin''' #"The Captain and the Kid" – 3:33 - originally recorded on 1970's '' Down to Earth''; and later re-recorded for ''Havaña Daydreamin, and again for '' Meet Me in Margaritaville'' #"Delaney Talks to Statues" (Buffett,

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) – 3:21 - originally recorded on 1994's '' Fruitcakes'' #"Twelve Volt Man" – 3:40 - originally recorded on 1983's ''

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'' #"Peanut Butter Conspiracy" – 4:08 - originally recorded on ''A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean'' #"Something So Feminine About a Mandolin" (Buffett, Jane Slagsvol) – 3:36 - originally recorded on ''Havaña Daydreamin #"Love in the Library" (Buffett, McAnally) – 4:32 - originally recorded on ''Fruitcakes'' #"Chanson Pour les Petits Enfants" – 3:58 - originally recorded on 1979's ''

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'' #"The Night I Painted the Sky" (Buffett,

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, Jay Oliver, Roger Guth, and Peter Mayer) – 5:21 - originally recorded on 1995's ''

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'' #"Cowboy in the Jungle" – 5:15 - originally recorded on 1978's ''

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'' #"Little Miss Magic" – 4:03 - originally recorded on 1981's ''

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'' #"Tin Cup Chalice" – 3:14 - originally recorded on 1974's ''

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'' #"Tonight I Just Need My Guitar" (Buffett, McAnally) – 2:44 - originally recorded on 2002's '' Far Side of the World'' #"Death of an Unpopular Poet" – 4:15 - originally recorded on ''A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean''

Charts

References

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