Released: 1973
Tracks: The Great Filling Station Holdup; Railroad Lady; He Went to Paris; Grapefruit – Juicy Fruit; Cuban Crime of Passion; Why Don’t We Get Drunk; Peanut Butter Conspiracy; They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More; I Have Found Me a Home; My Lovely Lady; Death of an Unpopular Poet
Best track: He Went to Paris
Track to skip: none
I consider this to be Buffett’s first ‘real’ album, as I don’t count Down to Earth and High Cumberland Jubilee as worthwhile purchases. Yeah, I know, they are Jimmy Buffett albums, but they sound totally different from all that comes after (very folksy). OK, how about: this was his first album after leaving Nashville (I think that’s right) and heading to Key West.
There’s really something fresh and exciting about this album. His songwriting is great and he’s very enthusiastic throughout the whole thing. So many classics are on here. Consider that 3 of these songs are on his Greatest Hits album. There’s not a bad track on here and even if you own the Box Set, you’ll still want to pick this up for the 4 tracks from this album that aren’t on there. The album still has the huge country influence that all his early stuff has, but he dips more into the “Caribbean” vibe than I figured he would on this. There is some fantastic material on here and I think my favorite one is He Went to Paris. It’s a gorgeous and sad song; I love it. This CD is harder to find now; I think it’s going out of print. So, get it while you can…and besides, you can find it for around $10-a great deal for a great album.
Rating: 90
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