Living And Dying In 3/4 Time (CD)

A genuine American original, Key West troubadour Buffett mixed Hank Williams with Xavier Cugat, and in the process introduced Caribbean rhythms to the staid musical denizens of Nashville. After a stretch in the basic (yet eclectic) singer-songwriter vein yielded a 1974 hit ballad "Come Monday," Buffett found his trademark mellow Key West groove and the 1977 hit ("Margaritaville") that would launch a cottage industry which even included a restaurant chain. While the singer often played up his one-hit wonder status, he has enjoyed a long, storied and varied career, as well as the enduring loyalty of his fans, otherwise known as "parrotheads." A 2004 star-studded country album brought him a surprise chart-topper and even more fans.

• Category:  Music  »  Pop Vocal  »  Contemp. Pop Vocals
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: October 17, 1990
• Label: MCA Records (USA)
• UPC: 076731105925
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106064332
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #7500 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #227 in Pop Vocal (See Top 100 Pop Vocal Bestsellers)
• #87 in Contemp. Pop Vocals (See Top 100 Contemp. Pop Vocals Bestsellers)

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Jimmy Buffett's second major label album is rather '70s-mellow, although songs such as "Brand New Country Star" and "The Wino and I Know" begin to hint at the tequila-swilling beachcomber character to come. The big selling point here is Buffett's first chart hit "Come Monday," a sentimental his-baby-left-him ballad (with strings, no less) that anticipates "Margaritaville" (albeit without the sense of humor).

Other noteworthy tracks include a hilarious coming-of-age-watching-'50s-TV reminiscence ("Pencil Thin Mustache") with the great line "Ramar of the Jungle was everybody's bwana/but only jazz musicians were smoking marijuana," and an intense cover of cult folkie Willis Allan Ramsey's "Ballad of Spider John." The most entertaining track, however, is a live-in-the-studio version of "God's Own Drunk," a hilarious monologue about getting all hootched up in the company of a bear that Buffett learned from hipster saint Lord Buckley.

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