Havaña Daydreamin'

Infobox Album
Name = Havaña Daydreamin'
Type = Album
Artist = Jimmy Buffett


Released = January 1976
Recorded = 1975
Genre = Rock/Gulf and western
Length = 33:08
Label = ABC Dunhill
ABCD-914 (U.S., 12")
Producer = Don Gant
Reviews = *AllmusicRating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1usyxd7bjolk link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Jimmy+Buffet link]
Last album = "Rancho Deluxe"
1975
This album = "Havaña Daydreamin' "
1976
Next album = "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes'
1977

"Havaña Daydreamin"' [ Havana is written on the album cover and the CD with an "ñ" ("eñe") despite the Spanish for Havana being "La Habana" with no "ñ." This usage is akin to the "heavy metal umlaut."] is the seventh album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and his fourth regular major label album. It was produced by Don Gant and was initially released in January 1976 as ABC Dunhill ABCD-914 and later rereleased on ABC Dunhill's successor label MCA.

Alternate versions

The album's name was originally to have been "Kick It in Second Wind" and was to have included the songs "Please Take Your Drunken 15 Year Old Girlfriend Home," "Train to Dixieland," and "Wonder Why We Ever Go Home" as well as a different version of "Kick It in Second Wind." Instead, these songs were replaced with "Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street", "Havaña Daydreamin'", and "Cliches." [ [http://www.buffettworld.com/discography/havana_daydreamin'.html Havana Daydreamin'] at Buffett World.] "Wonder Why We Ever Go Home" would appear on next album "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes".

Several rare versions of this album exist or are rumored to. These have altered song ordering and contain one or more of the songs "Please Take Your Drunken 15 Year Old Girlfriend Home," "Train to Dixieland," and "We've Been Taken to the Cleaners (and I Already Had my Shirts Done)." [ [http://www.buffettremasters.com/discography/havana.htm Havana Daydreamin'] at BuffettRemasters.com]

ongs

Most of the songs on the album were written or co-written by Buffett, two with his future wife, Jane Slagsvol. Other songs include "Big Rig" written by Coral Reefer Greg "Fingers" Taylor and "This Hotel Room" by Steve Goodman (who also co-wrote "Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street" with Buffett). The album also contains a remake of Jesse Winchester's "Defying Gravity," the first of several Winchester songs Buffett would record over his career. (The song would also be remade by Emmylou Harris.) None of the songs on the album have been played regularly at Buffett's live concerts since the 1970s.

A different version of "The Captain and the Kid" was originally released in 1970 on "Down to Earth" and yet another on 2002's "" making it (with "In the Shelter") one of only two Buffett songs with three different studio versions.

For pacing purposes, the second verse of "Woman Going Crazy on Caroline Street" was cut on the single release.

Chart performance

"Havaña Daydreamin"' was Buffett's most successful album to date reaching #65 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart and #21 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart. However, none of the three singles from the album charted.

Critical reception

The album earned Buffett increased critical attention with his "best overall collection of songs" according to reviewer William Ruhlmann of Allmusic. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1usyxd7bjolk All Music Guide] review by William Ruhlmann.]

Track listing

Side A:
#"Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street" (Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman) – 4:08
#"My Head Hurts My Feet Stink and I Don't Love Jesus" (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:35
#"The Captain and the Kid" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:16
#"Big Rig" (Greg "Fingers" Taylor) – 3:30
#"Defying Gravity" (Jesse Winchester) – 2:41Side B:
#"Havaña Daydreamin'" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:38
#"Cliches" (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:45
#"Something So Feminine About a Mandolin" (Jimmy Buffett, Jane Slagsvol) – 3:32
#"Kick It in Second Wind" (Jimmy Buffett, Jane Slagsvol) – 3:56
#"This Hotel Room" (Steve Goodman) – 3:07

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band:
*Jimmy Buffett: Guitar and vocals
*Roger Bartlett: Guitar
*Greg "Fingers" Taylor: Harmonica, piano
*Harry Dailey: Bass
*Phillip Fajardo: Drums

Friends and Honorary Coral Reefers:
*Jerry McGee: Guitar
*Joe Osborn: Bass
*Mike Utley: Piano
*Doyle Gresham: Pedal steel
*Sammy Creason: Drums
*Johnny Gimble: Fiddle
*Ferrel Morris: Percussion
*Steve Goodman: Guitar
*Don Gant, Buzz Cason, Bergen White, Ginger Holiday, Anita Bell: Background vocals
*The Oak Ridge Boys: Background vocals on "My Head Hurts"
*Horns on "Big Rig": The Muscle Shoals Horns

ingles

*"Havaña Daydreamin'" b/w "Big Rig" (Released on ABC Dunhill 12143 in November 1975)
*"Captain and the Kid" b/w "Cliches" (Released on ABC Dunhill 12175 in March 1976)
*"Something So Feminine About a Mandolin" b/w "Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street" (Released on ABC Dunhill 12220 in July 1976)

Notes