Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads

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

Contents 1 Boats 1.1 Boats Track Listing 2 Beaches 2.1 Beaches Track List 3 Bars 3.1 Bars Track Listing 4 Ballads 4.1 Ballads Track List

[edit] Boats

Boats is a CD of sailor and sailing songs, true to Buffett's heart. Previously unreleased songs include Love and Luck and Take it Back. Love and Luck would later appear on the live album, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The album is 66 minutes, 22 seconds long.

[edit] Boats Track Listing

1. "Son of a Son of a Sailor"
2. "Havana Daydreamin'"
3. "Manana"
4. "Treat Her Like a Lady"
5. "Steamer"
6. "Jolly Mon Sing"
7. "Nautical Wheelers"
8. "Take It Back"
9. "On a Slow Boat to China"
10. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
11. "Love and Luck"
12. "The Captain and the Kid"
13. "Trying to Reason with the Hurricane Season"
14. "Boat Drinks"
15. "One Particular Harbor"
16. "A Pirate Looks at Forty
17. "Lovely Cruise

[edit] Beaches

Beaches is a CD of Buffett's days in Key West, the Gulf Coast, and the Caribbean. Of the 18 beach songs, notable songs are Margaritaville, also known as the Buffett national anthem, and Cheeseburger In Paradise. Unreleased songs include Money Back Guarantee and Christmas in the Caribbean. The album is 63 minutes, 16 seconds long.

[edit] Beaches Track List

1. "Margaritaville"
2. "Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit"
3. "Ragtop Day"
4. "Frank And Lola"
5. "Tin Cup Chalice"
6. "Knees Of My Heart"
7. "Money Back Guarantee"
8. "When The Coast Is Clear"
9. "Biloxi"
10. "Distantly In Love"
11. "Coconut Telegraph"
12. "Stars On The Water"
13. "Who's The Blonde Stranger?"
14. "I Have Found Me A Home"
15. "Christmas In The Caribbean"
16. "Volcano"
17. "Brown Eyed Girl"
18. "Cheeseburger In Paradise"

[edit] Bars

Bars is a CD of bars, songs written in bars, and plain party songs. Beginning with Fins, the album also includes Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw and Pencil Thin Mustache. Unreleased songs include Elvis Imitators, a Buffett attempt at an Elvis Presley song, and Domino College. Fins and Cuban Crime Of Passion are cowritten with Tom Corcoran.

[edit] Bars Track Listing

1. "Fins"
2. "The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful"
3. "Tampico Trauma"
4. "Livingston Saturday Night"
5. "Cuban Crime Of Passion"
6. "First Look"
7. "The Wino And I Know"
8. "The Great Filling Station Holdup"
9. "Why Don't We Get Drunk"
10. "Elvis Imitators"
11. "Pencil Thin Mustache"
12. "Kick It In Second Wind"
13. "Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana)"
14. "When Salome Plays The Drum"
15. "They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More"
16. "The Pascagoula Run"
17. "Sending The Old Man Home"
18. "Domino College"

[edit] Ballads

Ballads is a CD of love songs and ballads. The most notable song is Come Monday. Unreleased songs include Middle of the Night and Everlasting Moon.

[edit] Ballads Track List

1. "Come Monday"
2. "Defying Gravity"
3. "Survive"
4. "Incommunicado"
5. "I Heard I Was In Town"
6. "Ballad Of Spider John"
7. "Little Miss Magic"
8. "California Promises"
9. "If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"
10. "African Friend"
11. "Everlasting Moon"
12. "Pre-You"
13. "Middle Of The Night"
14. "Coast Of Marseilles"
15. "Island"
16. "He Went To Paris"
17. "Stars Fell On Alabama"
18. "Changing Channels"
19. "Twelve Volt Man"