Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection is a Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett

James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"...

 greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 compilation album

Compilation album

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 consisting of 2 compact disc

Compact Disc

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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. Strangely missing from the mix is fan-favorite and concert-standard "Boat Drinks

Boat Drinks (song)

"Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a B-side on MCA in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs, frequently played in concert and occasionally on the radio.-History:The song was...

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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", "The Pascagoula Run", "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'. The following three songs are new live recordings: "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)", "Holiday", and "A Pirate Looks at Forty (Mother, Mother Ocean)". Buffett also newly recorded two covers: ""Everybody's Talkin'" by Fred Neil and Harry Nilsson and The Beach Boys' "Sail On Sailor".

Disc one

1. "Margaritaville
   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 in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote...
   
   " – 4:10
2. "Migration" – 4:14
3. "Growing Older but Not Up" – 3:26
4. "Holiday" (Buffett/Eaton/MacDonald/Salter) – 5:24 (New Live Recording)
5. "Come Monday
   Come Monday
   "Come Monday" is the title a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time and was his first Top 40 hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #3 Easy Listening and #58...
   
   " – 3:09
6. "Fruitcakes" (Buffett/Lee) – 7:39
7. "We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About" – 3:21
8. "Cheeseburger in Paradise
   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 #32 on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " – 2:50
9. "Jolly Mon Sing" (Buffett/Jennings/Utley) – 3:15
10. "The Pascagoula Run" (Buffett/Oliver) – 4:00
11. "Tin Cup Chalice" – 3:37
12. "Pencil Thin Moustache" – 2:51
13. "Grapefruit/Juicy Fruit
    Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit
    "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean and was his third single from that album...
    
    " – 2:57
14. "Coconut Telegraph" – 2:59
15. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
    Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (song)
    "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" is the title of a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on ABC Dunhill 12305 in August 1977....
    
    " – 3:17
16. "Last Mango in Paris" (Buffett/Chapman/Jennings/Utley) – 3:16
17. "Fins
    Fins (song)
    "Fins" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Buffett, Coral Reefer Band members Deborah McColl and Barry Chance, and author Tom Corcoran. It was released as a single on MCA 41109 in July 1979.It was first released on his 1979 album...
    
    " (Buffett/Chance/Corcoran/McColl) – 3:26
18. "Why Don't We Get Drunk
    Why Don't We Get Drunk
    "Why Don't We Get Drunk" is a novelty song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was a b-side to the first single from his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean...
    
    " (Gardens) – 2:43
19. "Brown Eyed Girl
    Brown Eyed Girl
    "Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns, it was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowin' Your Mind!. When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the...
    
    " (Morrison) – 3:54
20. "One Particular Harbour
    One Particular Harbour
    One Particular Harbour is the 13th 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 producing an album....
    
    " (Buffett/Holcomb) – 5:30

Disc two

1. "School Boy Heart" (Betton/Buffett) – 4:33
2. "Everybody's Talkin'
   Everybody's Talkin'
   "Everybody's Talkin" is a folk rock song released by Fred Neil in 1966 that became a global success for Harry Nilsson in 1969, reaching #2 and #6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and Pop Singles chart respectively and winning a Grammy after it was featured on the soundtrack for the film...
   
   " (Neil
   Fred Neil
   Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter 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 – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after being...
   
   ) – 3:00
3. "Volcano
   Volcano (Jimmy Buffett song)
   "Volcano" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, and Harry Dailey and released as a single on MCA 41161 in November 1979....
   
   " (Buffett/Daily/Sykes) – 3:38
4. "Son of a Son of a Sailor
   Son of a Son of a Sailor (song)
   "Son of a Son of a Sailor" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It's the opening track of the 1978 album of the same name...
   
   " – 4:46 (Exclusive Re-Recording)
5. "Take Another Road" (Buffett/Guth/Oliver) – 3:41
6. "Knees of My Heart" (Buffett/Jennings/Utley) – 3:03 (Re-Recording Exclusive)
7. "In the Shelter" – 4:01
8. "Havana Daydreamin'
   Havana Daydreamin'
   Havaña Daydreamin' is the seventh album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and his fourth regular major label album. It was produced by Don Gant and was initially released in January 1976 as ABC Dunhill ABCD-914 and later rereleased on ABC Dunhill's successor label ...
   
   " – 3:39
9. "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)" (Buffett/Jennings/Schmit) – 4:17 (New Live Recording)
10. "Barefoot Children" (Buffett/Guth/Kunkel/Mayer/Oliver) – 4:53
11. "Saxophones" – 3:48 (Re-Recording Exclusive)
12. "Cowboy in the Jungle" – 5:08
13. "He Went to Paris" – 3:56 (Re-Recording Exclusive)
14. "Creola" (Buffett/McDonald/Salter) – 7:01
15. "Bob Robert's Society Band" (Buffett/Lee) – 3:43
16. "A Pirate Looks at Forty
    A Pirate Looks at Forty
    "A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a song written and performed by American popular music 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....
    
    " – 4:33 (New Live Recording)
17. "Sail On, Sailor
    Sail on, Sailor
    "Sail On, Sailor" was the final song recorded for the 1973 Beach Boys album Holland. The song was written by Brian Wilson, Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, Jack Rieley, and Van Dyke Parks.-Background:...
    
    " (Almer/Kennedy/Parks/Rieley/Wilson) – 2:44
18. "The Captain and the Kid" – 3:24