Buffet Hotel

Buffet Hotel
Studio album by Jimmy Buffett
Released December 8, 2009
Recorded 2009
Genre Pop-rock
Label Mailboat
Producer Mac McAnally
Michael Utley
Jimmy Buffett chronology

Take the Weather with You
(2006)
Buffet Hotel
(2009)
Songs from St. Somewhere
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic (favorable)[1]

Buffet Hotel is the twenty sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, released on December 8, 2009. On October 27, 2009, it was officially posted on the Margaritaville homepage as well on the Mailboat Records homepage.[2] It is the follow-up to Take the Weather with You.

While making the album, Buffett employed techniques from earlier albums, such as recording later at night after surfing; this resulted in a more laid-back feel. The name of the album comes from a building in Bamako, Mali, which Buffett visited during the Festival au Désert.[3] The album includes "Surfing In a Hurricane".

Track listing

  1. "Nobody from Nowhere" (Will Kimbrough/Tommy Womack) - 5:07
  2. "Wings" (Jimmy Buffett/Will Kimbrough) - 3:46
  3. "Big Top" (Jimmy Buffett/Roger Guth) - 4:31
  4. "Beautiful Swimmers" (Jimmy Buffett) - 5:21
  5. "Turn Up the Heat and Chill the Rosé" (Jimmy Buffett) - 3:50
  6. "Summerzcool" (Jimmy Buffett/Mac McAnally) - 3:15
  7. "Rhumba Man" (Jesse Winchester) - 4:10
  8. "We Learned to Be Cool from You" (Jimmy Buffett) - 5:55
  9. "Surfing in a Hurricane" (Jimmy Buffett/Will Kimbrough) - 4:26
  10. "Life Short Call Now" (Bruce Cockburn) - 4:08
  11. "Buffet Hotel" (Jimmy Buffett/Bill Flanagan/Mac McAnally) - 6:00
  12. "A Lot to Drink About" (Jimmy Buffett/Will Kimbrough/Mac McAnally) - 3:29

Chart performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 17
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
US Billboard 200 173[4]

External links

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Buffet Hotel". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  2. "Buffet Hotel will be available December 8th!". Margaritaville.com.
  3. newsok.com
  4. "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-31.