Volcano | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy Buffett | ||||
Released | August 1979 | |||
Recorded | May 1979 | |||
Genre | Rock/Gulf and Western | |||
Length | 33:37 | |||
Label | MCA MCA-5102 (U.S., 12") |
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Producer | Norbert Putnam | |||
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Volcano is the 10th studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and is his 11th overall. It was released in May 1979 as MCA 5102 and was his first release on that label after its absorption of ABC Dunhill.
The album and its title song are named for the then dormant Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat in the British West Indies where Buffett recorded the album in May 1979 at AIR Studios. (The studio was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and Soufrière Hills erupted again in 1995.) Additional recording was done at Quadrafonic Studios in Nashville Tennessee and Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California in the United States. The album is dedicated to Buffett's wife and his daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett, who was born just before its release.
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All of the songs are written or co-written by Buffett; a Keith Sykes-penned tune, "I'm Not Strange, I'm Just Like You," did not make the final album. Buffett performed "Volcano" with Don Henley at a 1993 Walden Woods Project benefit concert that is available on Henley's 2002 One of These Nights.
Volcano reached #14 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Three singles from the album charted including "Fins" (#35 on the Billboard Hot 100; #42 Adult Contemporary), "Volcano" (#66 Hot 100; #43 Adult Contemporary), and "Survive" (#77 Hot 100).
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Although the album generated two songs, "Fins" and "Volcano," that have become Buffett concert standards, part of "The Big 8" that he has played at almost all of his concerts, critical reception was less positive. Allmusic reviewer Vik Iyengar posits that "this album marks a low point for Jimmy Buffett in a decade in which he delivered one solid album after another."[2]
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Buffett set out on a You Had to Be There Tour from February through April 1979. The remainder of the year was dedicated to promoting his 1979 album Volcano. Jimmy headed back to the west coast, then to the east coast. September brought Jimmy to Hawaii for the first time opening for the Eagles in Aloha Stadium.[3]
The only set list from the tour that's been confirmed is that of the opening night at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. While the structure of Buffett's set lists generally remain the same in a given tour, the song selection varies from night to night; so it's more than likely that there were many changes to the set list as the tour progressed.[4]
Greek Theatre
Sunday, July 29, 1979
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