Banana Wind
| Banana Wind | ||||
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| Released | June 4, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Shrimpboat Sound (Key West) | |||
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| Length | 67:44 | |||
| Label | Margaritaville Records/MCA/ MCAD-11451 (US, CD) | |||
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| Los Angeles Times | [2] |
Banana Wind is the twentieth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released on MCA and Margaritaville Records on June 4, 1996, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200.
Songs
[edit]"Jamaica Mistaica" is about an incident in Jamaica on January 16, 1996, in which local authorities mistook Buffett's seaplane, the Hemisphere Dancer, for a smuggling operation. The plane was shot; shortly before, Buffett, U2's Bono, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell had been aboard. No one was injured, though there were several bullet holes in the plane.[3] (The plane itself is now on display at Universal CityWalk, across from Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant.) "Desdemona's Building a Rocketship" concerns the character Desdemona from Buffett's 1992 novel Where Is Joe Merchant? The song "False Echoes (Havana 1921)" references the ship captained by Jimmy's grandfather, the five-masted barkentine Chickamauga, named after the civil war vessel CSS Chickamauga.[4]
Track listing
[edit]All songs by Jimmy Buffett, Russ Kunkel, Roger Guth, Peter Mayer and Jim Mayer, except where noted.
- "Only Time Will Tell" – 4:12
- "Jamaica Mistaica" – 5:54
- "School Boy Heart" (Jimmy Buffett, Matt Betton) – 4:35
- "Banana Wind" (Instrumental) – 3:57
- "Holiday" (Jimmy Buffett, Ralph MacDonald, Bill Eaton, William Salter) – 5:05
- "Bob Robert's Society Band" (Jimmy Buffett, Amy Lee) – 3:44
- "Overkill" – 4:55
- "Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship" – 7:10
- "Mental Floss" – 4:02
- "Cultural Infidel" – 3:58
- "Happily Ever After (Now And Then)" (Jimmy Buffett, Dave Loggins) – 4:18
- "False Echoes (Havana 1921)" (Jimmy Buffett) – 15:54
- "Treetop Flyer" (Hidden Track) (Stephen Stills) – Starts around 20 seconds after "False Echoes" ends
Personnel
[edit]The Coral Reefer Band
[edit]- Jimmy Buffett – guitar and vocals
- Michael Utley – keyboards,
- Greg "Fingers" Taylor – harmonica
- Robert Greenidge – steel drums, percussion
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals
- Roger Guth – drums
- Peter Mayer – guitars, vocals
- Jim Mayer – bass, vocals
- Amy Lee – saxophone
- John Lovell – trumpet
- Thom Mitchell – saxophone
- Claudia Cummings – background vocals
- Tina Gullickson – background vocals
- Nadirah Shakoor – background vocals
Guest musicians
[edit]- James Taylor – vocals
- Ben Taylor – vocals
- Bobby O'Dononvan – violin, penny whistle
- Teddy Mulet – trombone
- Freddy Fishstick (aka Jimmy Buffett)[5] – piano, trombone, mandolin, and vibes
Charts
[edit] Weekly charts[edit]
| Year-end charts[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r236236
- ^ Hochman, Steve (June 2, 1996). "Banana Wind". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jimmy Buffett's Grumman Albatross – "The Hemisphere Dancer" – N928J » Jimmy Buffett World".
- ^ http://www.saltcay.org/history.htm, Archived November 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Freddie & the Fishsticks".
- ^ "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
