Floridays

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Floridays
Floridays cover
Studio album by Jimmy Buffett
Released June 1986
Recorded at New River Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and Village Recorders in Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock/gulf and western
Length 45:52
Label MCA
MCA-5730 (U.S., CD)
Producer Michael Utley
Professional reviews
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Last Mango in Paris
1985		 Floridays
1986		 Hot Water
1988

Floridays is an album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in June 1986 as MCA 5730 and was produced by Coral Reefer Band member Michael Utley. The title of the album is taken from the 1941 poetry collection of the same name by Don Blanding. The album marks the end of Buffett's shift toward a more country sound that characterized his previous two releases and a return to a sound closer to that of his late 1970s and early 1980s output. The album features a wider variety of musical instruments than was typical for Buffett's previous works, notably several songs with strings and horns. His daughter Savannah Jane Buffett is credited for playing mini-conga on the album.

Contents

[edit] Songs

All of the album's songs were written or co-written by Buffett except for "If It All Falls Down" written by Coral Reefer Band member Matt Betton. "I Love The Now" was co-written with actress and author Carrie Fisher.

[edit] Chart performance

Floridays reached #67 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #32 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Neither of the album's two singles charted.

[edit] Track Listing

  1. "I Love The Now" (Jimmy Buffett, Carrie Fisher) – 5:01
  2. "Creola" (Jimmy Buffett, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) – 7:00
  3. "First Look" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:59
  4. "Meet Me In Memphis" (Jimmy Buffet, Michael Utley) – 4:46
  5. "Nobody Speaks to the Captain No More" (Jimmy Buffett) – 5:07
  6. "Floridays" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:52
  7. "If It All Falls Down" (Matt Betton) – 4:45
  8. "No Plane on Sunday" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley) – 4:16
  9. "When the Coast is Clear" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally) – 2:56
  10. "You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley, Vince Melamed, Josh Leo, Willie Weeks, Matt Betton) – 3:10

[edit] Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band:

[edit] Singles

  • "Creola" b/w "You'll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again" (Released on MCA 52932 in September 1986)
  • "Floridays" b/w "Take It Back" (Released on MCA 53035 in January 1987)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links


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