Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads

Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Box set by Jimmy Buffett
Released	May 19, 1992
Recorded	1972–1990
Genre	Country rock Gulf and Western
Length	264:42
Label	MCA MCAD4-10613 (U.S., CD)
Producer	Various
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live! (1990) Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads (1992) Before the Beach (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads is a four-compact disc (or cassette) compilation box set of Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band's greatest hits, rarities, and previously unreleased songs. Released in 1992, the collection reached quadruple platinum.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing[]

Disc one: Boats[]

Boats is the boat and sailing-themed disc. "Love and Luck" was previously unreleased on a Buffett album. "Take It Back," written for the US America's Cup yachting team, was previously available only as a single release. "Love and Luck" would later appear on the live album, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Son of a Son of a Sailor"	Jimmy Buffett	3:23
2.	"Havana Daydreamin'"	Buffett	3:39
3.	"Mañana"	Buffett	4:13
4.	"Treat Her Like a Lady"	Buffett	4:16
5.	"Steamer"	Buffett	4:09
6.	"Jolly Mon Sing"	Buffett Will Jennings Michael Utley	3:15
7.	"Nautical Wheelers"	Buffett	3:35
8.	"Take It Back"	Buffett Matt Betton	3:59
9.	"On a Slow Boat to China"	Frank Loesser	3:58
10.	"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"	Buffett	3:15
11.	"Love and Luck"	Buffett Jocelyne Béroard Jean-Claude Naimro	4:48
12.	"The Captain and the Kid"	Buffett	3:14
13.	"Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season"	Buffett	4:21
14.	"Boat Drinks"	Buffett	2:38
15.	"One Particular Harbour"	Buffett Bobby Holcomb	5:37
16.	"A Pirate Looks at Forty"	Buffett	3:51
17.	"Lovely Cruise"	Jonathan Baham	3:54
Total length:			66:05

Disc two: Beaches[]

Beaches is the beach and ocean-themed disc. Of the 18 beach songs, notable songs are "Margaritaville," also known as the Buffett national anthem, and "Cheeseburger in Paradise". "Money Back Guarantee" was previously unreleased on a Buffett album. "Christmas in the Caribbean" was previously released on the 1985 country music Christmas compilation album Tennessee Christmas.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Margaritaville"	Buffett	4:10
2.	"Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit"	Buffett	2:54
3.	"Ragtop Day"	Buffett	3:06
4.	"Frank and Lola"	Buffett Steve Goodman	3:15
5.	"Tin Cup Chalice"	Buffett	3:37
6.	"Knees of My Heart"	Buffett Jennings Utley	3:15
7.	"Money Back Guarantee"	Buffett Jennings Utley	4:24
8.	"When the Coast Is Clear"	Buffett Mac McAnally	2:56
9.	"Biloxi"	Jesse Winchester	5:38
10.	"Distantly in Love"	Buffett	2:49
11.	"Coconut Telegraph"	Buffett	2:58
12.	"Stars on the Water"	Rodney Crowell	3:16
13.	"Who's the Blonde Stranger?"	Buffett Jennings Utley Josh Leo	3:45
14.	"I Have Found Me a Home"	Buffett	3:53
15.	"Christmas in the Caribbean"	Buffett Jennings Utley Marshall Chapman Diana Haig	3:10
16.	"Volcano"	Buffett Harry Dailey Keith Sykes	3:37
17.	"Brown Eyed Girl"	Van Morrison	3:53
18.	"Cheeseburger in Paradise"	Buffett	2:51
Total length:			63:27

Disc three: Bars[]

Bars is the drinking and party songs-themed disc. Beginning with "Fins", the album also includes "Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)?" and "Pencil Thin Mustache." "Elvis Imitators," an attempt at an Elvis Presley rockabilly song, written by Steve Goodman and Mike Smith, and "Domino College" were both previously unreleased on a Buffett album. "Fins" and "Cuban Crime of Passion" were co-written with novelist Tom Corcoran.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fins"	Buffett Barry Chance Tom Corcoran Deborah McColl	3:25
2.	"The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful"	Buffett	4:07
3.	"Tampico Trauma"	Buffett	4:35
4.	"Livingston Saturday Night"	Buffett	3:09
5.	"Cuban Crime of Passion"	Buffett Corcoran	3:38
6.	"First Look"	Buffett	3:53
7.	"The Wino and I Know"	Buffett	3:02
8.	"The Great Filling Station Holdup"	Buffett	3:01
9.	"Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)?"	Buffett	2:42
10.	"Elvis Imitators"	Goodman Mike Smith	2:18
11.	"Pencil Thin Mustache"	Buffett	2:50
12.	"Kick It in Second Wind"	Buffett Jennings Timothy B. Schmit	3:56
13.	"Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)"	Buffett	3:29
14.	"When Salome Plays the Drum"	Buffett	3:28
15.	"They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More"	Buffett	2:53
16.	"The Pascagoula Run"	Buffett Jay Oliver	3:20
17.	"Sending the Old Man Home"	Buffett	3:22
18.	"Domino College"	Buffett Dan Fogelberg	3:55
Total length:			61:03

Disc four: Ballads[]

Ballads is the ballads and love song-themed disc. The most notable songs are "Come Monday" and "He Went to Paris". This collection includes a remix of "I Heard I Was in Town", not the version that appears on Somewhere over China. "Middle of the Night" was previously unreleased on a Buffett album. "Everlasting Moon", was a live recording from Buffett's 1990 live album, Feeding Frenzy.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come Monday"	Buffett	3:07
2.	"Defying Gravity"	Winchester	2:40
3.	"Survive"	Buffett Utley	4:47
4.	"Incommunicado"	Buffett McColl M.L. Benoit	3:40
5.	"I Heard I Was in Town"	Buffett Utley	3:36
6.	"Ballad of Spider John"	Willis Alan Ramsey	4:27
7.	"Little Miss Magic"	Buffett	4:01
8.	"California Promises"	Goodman	3:39
9.	"If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"	Buffett Jennings Utley	3:25
10.	"African Friend"	Buffett	4:00
11.	"Everlasting Moon"	Buffett Betton	3:54
12.	"Pre-You"	Buffett Ralph MacDonald William Salter	5:17
13.	"Middle of the Night"	Buffett Jennings Utley Art Neville	3:14
14.	"The Coast of Marseilles"	Sykes	5:00
15.	"Island"	Buffett Dave Loggins	3:54
16.	"He Went to Paris"	Buffett	3:29
17.	"Stars Fell on Alabama"	Michael Parish Frank Perkins	4:13
18.	"Changing Channels"	Buffett MacAnally	3:30
19.	"Twelve Volt Man"	Buffett	3:57
Total length:			73:50

Album information[]

Not counting eight unreleased songs, the box set focuses primarily on Buffett's 1970s and 1980s output. Buffett recorded and released 35 of the tracks in the 1970s and 26 of the tracks in the 1980s. The box set takes songs from every studio album Buffett released up to that point, barring only Down to Earth (1970), Rancho Deluxe (1975), and High Cumberland Jubilee (1976).

"Take It Back", "Love and Luck", "Money Back Guarantee", "Christmas in the Caribbean", "Elvis Imitators", "Domino College", "Everlasting Moon", and "Middle of the Night" were previously unreleased on a Buffett album.

Seven songs appear from the 1973 album, A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean

• "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit"
• "I Have Found Me a Home"
• "Cuban Crime of Passion"
• "The Great Filling Station Holdup"
• "Why Don't We Get Drunk (And Screw)?"
• "They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More"
• "He Went to Paris"

Four songs appear from Buffett's 1974 album, Living and Dying in 3/4 Time

• "The Wino and I Know"
• "Pencil Thin Mustache"
• "Come Monday"
• "Ballad of Spider John"

Four songs appear from Buffett's 1974 album, A1A

• "Nautical Wheelers"
• "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season"
• "A Pirate Looks at Forty"
• "Tin Cup Chalice"

Four songs appear from Buffett's 1976 album, Havana Daydreamin'

• "Havana Daydreamin'"
• "The Captain and the Kid"
• "Kick It in Second Wind"
• "Defying Gravity"

Five songs appear from the 1977 album, Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes

• "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
• "Lovely Cruise"
• "Margaritaville"
• "Biloxi"
• "Tampico Trauma"

Six songs appear from the 1978 album, Son of a Son of a Sailor

• "Son of a Son of a Sailor"
• "Mañana"
• "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
• "Livingston Saturday Night"
• "African Friend"
• "Coast of Marseilles"

Six songs appear from the 1979 album, Volcano

• "Treat Her Like a Lady"
• "Boat Drinks"
• "Volcano"
• "Fins"
• "Sending the Old Man Home"
• "Survive"

Six songs appear from the 1981 album, Coconut Telegraph

• "Coconut Telegraph"
• "The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful"
• "Incommunicado"
• "Little Miss Magic"
• "Island"
• "Stars Fell on Alabama"

Four songs appear from the 1982 album, Somewhere over China

• "Steamer"
• "On a Slow Boat to China"
• "When Salome Plays The Drum"
• "I Heard I Was in Town"

Six songs appear from the 1983 album, One Particular Harbour

• "One Particular Harbour"
• "Distantly in Love"
• "Stars On The Water"
• "Brown Eyed Girl"
• "California Promises"
• "Twelve Volt Man"

Three songs appear from the 1984 album, Riddles in the Sand

• "Ragtop Day"
• "Knees of My Heart"
• "Who's the Blonde Stranger?"

Four songs appear from the 1985 album, Last Mango In Paris

• "Jolly Mon Sing"
• "Frank and Lola"
• "Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)"
• "If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"

Two songs appear from the 1986 album, Floridays

• "When the Coast Is Clear"
• "First Look"

One song appears from the 1988 album, Hot Water

• "Pre-You"

Two songs appear from the 1989 album, Off to See the Lizard

• "The Pascagoula Run"
• "Changing Channels"

Charts and certifications[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1992)	Position
US Billboard 200	68[4]

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