Floridays

Infobox Album |
Name = Floridays
Type = album
Artist = Jimmy Buffett


Released = June 1986
Recorded = at New River Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and Village Recorders in Los Angeles, California
Genre = Country, Rock, gulf and western
Length = 45:52
Label = MCA
MCA-5730 (U.S., CD)
Producer = Michael Utley
Reviews = *AllmusicRating|2|5 [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifexqq5ldte~T1]

Last album = "Last Mango in Paris"
1985
This album = "Floridays"
1986
Next album = "Hot Water"
1988

"Floridays" is an album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in June 1986 as MCA 5730 and was produced by Coral Reefer Band member Michael Utley. The title of the album is taken from the 1941 poetry collection of the same name by Don Blanding. The album marks the end of Buffett's shift toward a more country sound that characterized his previous two releases and a return to a sound closer to that of his late 1970s and early 1980s output. The album features a wider variety of musical instruments than was typical for Buffett's previous works, notably several songs with strings and horns. His daughter Savannah Jane Buffett is credited for playing mini-conga on the album.

ongs

All of the album's songs were written or co-written by Buffett except for "If It All Falls Down" written by Coral Reefer Band member Matt Betton. "I Love The Now" was co-written with actress and author Carrie Fisher.

Chart performance

"Floridays" reached #67 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart and #32 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart. Neither of the album's two singles charted.

Track listing

#"I Love The Now" (Jimmy Buffett, Carrie Fisher) – 5:01
#"Creola" (Jimmy Buffett, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) – 7:00
#"First Look" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:59
#"Meet Me In Memphis" (Jimmy Buffet, Michael Utley) – 4:46
#"Nobody Speaks to the Captain No More" (Jimmy Buffett) – 5:07
#"Floridays" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:52
#"If It All Falls Down" (Matt Betton) – 4:45
#"No Plane on Sunday" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley) – 4:16
#"When the Coast is Clear" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally) – 2:56
#"You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley, Vince Melamed, Josh Leo, Willie Weeks, Matt Betton) – 3:10

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band:
*Jimmy Buffett: Acoustic guitar
*Reggie Young: Electric guitar
*Josh Leo: Electric and acoustic guitar
*Willie Weeks: Bass
*Michael Utley: Keyboards
*Vince Melamed: Keyboards
*Matt Betton: Drums
*Sam Clayton: Congas
*Robert Greenidge: Steel drums and timbales
*Ralph MacDonald: Bongos, congas, tambourine and other percussion
*Greg "Fingers" Taylor: Harmonica
*Savannah Jane Buffett: Mini-conga
*Background Vocals: Josh Leo, Vince Melamed, Harry Stinson, Sam Clayton, Jimmy Buffett, Rita Coolidge, David Lasley, Cameron Grillo, Gene Van Buren, Phyllis Duncan, Deborah Hall, Helen Duncan Benard.

ingles

*"Creola" b/w "You'll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again" (Released on MCA 52932 in September 1986)
*"Floridays" b/w "Take It Back" (Released on MCA 53035 in January 1987)

Notes