Songs from St. Somewhere

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Songs from St. Somewhere
Studio album by
Jimmy Buffett
ReleasedAugust 20, 2013
RecordedMarch to April 2013
Genre
Length60:05
LabelMailboat
Producer
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Buffet Hotel
(2009) 		Songs from St. Somewhere
(2013) 		'Tis the SeaSon
(2016)

Songs from St. Somewhere is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The album was released on August 20, 2013, by Mailboat Records.[1][2][3]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Oakland Press[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Songs from St. Somewhere garnered generally mixed reception by music critics. At The Oakland Press, Gary Graff said that the album is not up to the same caliber of his previous album, nonetheless this is "a perfectly fine fix between boat drinks for any Parrothead worth his or her feathers."[5] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic evoked that this is the perfect album for a listener who's drunk, which he said was "perfectly fine" for that occasion, but for those "listening to this sober, it's quite likely you'll be more inclined to cringe than to smile."[4] At Rolling Stone, Jon Dolan alluded to how this release "is full of chill evocations of island life."[6]

Commercial performance[edit]

The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 60,388 copies in the United States.[7]

Tour[edit]

[8]

Date City Country Venue
North America Leg 1
April 27, 2013 Nashville United States Bridgestone Arena
April 30, 2013 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre
May 3, 2013 Austin Austin360 Amphitheater
May 5, 2013 [A] Boston TD Garden
June 20, 2013 [B] Paradise Rock Club
June 22, 2013 Mansfield Comcast Center
June 25, 2013 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
June 27, 2013 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center
June 29, 2013 Chicago FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
July 3, 2013 Bossier City Margaritaville Casino Resort
July 13, 2013 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live
July 16, 2013 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 18, 2013 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion
July 20, 2013 Detroit Comerica Park
August 17, 2013 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
August 20, 2013 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 22, 2013
August 24, 2013 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Europe
September 26, 2013 Paris France Le Trabendo
September 28, 2013 Le Cigale
North America Leg 2
October 17, 2013 Solana Beach United States Belly Up
October 19, 2013 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
October 22, 2013 Denver Pepsi Center
October 24, 2013 Phoenix US Airways Center
October 26, 2013 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
November 30, 2013 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
December 3, 2013 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center
December 5, 2013 Tulsa BOK Center
December 12, 2013 Honolulu Jimmy Buffet's at The Beachcomber
December 14, 2013 Waikiki Shell
January 9, 2014 Coral Gables Coral Gables Museum
North America Leg 3
April 19, 2014 Tampa United States MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
April 22, 2014 Raleigh Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
April 24, 2014 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
April 26, 2014 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre

Miscellaneous performances

  • A This show was a part of the Boston Strong Benefit show.
  • B This show was a benefit show.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somethin' 'Bout a Boat"
2:44
2."Einstein Was a Surfer"
4:41
3."Earl's Dead - Cadillac for Sale"Buffett5:41
4."Too Drunk to Karaoke" (with Toby Keith)
4:02
5."Serpentine"
  • Buffett
  • McAnally
4:43
6."Useless But Important Information"
  • Buffett
  • McAnally
4:12
7."I Want to Go Back to Cartagena"
3:15
8."Soulfully"Kimbrough3:16
9."Rue de la Guitare"Buffett3:23
10."I'm No Russian"Buffett6:40
11."Tides"
  • Buffett
  • Guth
4:12
12."The Rocket That Grandpa Rode"
  • Buffett
  • McAnally
  • Kimbrough
  • Mayer
  • Guth
4:02
13."I Wave Bye Bye"Jesse Winchester3:19
14."Colour of the Sun"
  • Buffett
  • McAnally
  • Mayer
  • Guth
3:48
15."Oldest Surfer on the Beach"Mark Knopfler4:17
16."I Want to Go Back to Cartagena" (with Fanny Lu) (Spanish version)
  • Buffett
  • Mayer
  • Guth
  • Kimbrough
3:12
Total length:60:05

Personnel[edit]

The Coral Reefers
Additional musicians

Chart positions[edit]

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 22
US Billboard 200[10] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Songs From St. Somewhere: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  2. ^ "iTunes - Music - Songs From St. Somewhere by Jimmy Buffett". Itunes.apple.com. 1946-12-25. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  3. ^ "Jimmy Buffett ready to drop "Songs From St. Somewhere"". Soundspike.com. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  4. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (August 20, 2013). "Songs from St. Somewhere – Jimmy Buffett". Allmusic. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Gary, Graff (August 19, 2013). "Album reviews: John Mayer, Jimmy Buffett, Ty Segall, more". The Oakland Press. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Dolan, Jon. "Jimmy Buffett, 'Songs From St. Somewhere'". Rolling Stone. August 29, 2013 (1190). Wenner Media LLC: 65. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  7. ^ "Building Album Sales Chart". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  8. ^ "Jimmy Buffettt 2013 Tour Dates". Jimmy Buffett World. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  9. ^ "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
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