Fruitcakes (album)

Fruitcakes (album)

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


Released = 24 May 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Rock/gulf and western
Length =
Label = MCA/Margaritaville Records
MCAD-11043 (U.S., CD)
Producer = Russell Kunkel, Jimmy Buffett
Reviews =

Last album = "Off to See the Lizard"
1989
This album = "Fruitcakes"
1994
Next album = "Barometer Soup"
1995

"Fruitcakes" is an album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in May 1994. This album followed a five year break since 1989's "Off to See the Lizard".

Chart performance

"Fruitcakes" reached #5 on the "Billboard" 200 album chart making it Buffett's first top ten album. The album was also certified "Platinum" by the RIAA on 19 December 2004.

The first single from the album, "Fruitcakes," charted at #29 on the "Billboard" Adult Comtemporary chart. The second single, "Frenchmen for the Night," did not chart.

ongs

Several of the songs on this album are covers of other recording artists. The first of these is Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band". "Sunny Afternoon" is a song by The Kinks. "She's Got You" is a famous Country/Pop song written by Hank Cochran and first recorded and released as a single by Patsy Cline.

Track listing

#"Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Tschudin) – 7:19
#"Fruitcakes" (Jimmy Buffett, Amy Lee) – 7:40
#"Lone Palm" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:28
#"Six String Music" (Jimmy Buffett, G.E. Smith) – 3:25
#"Uncle John's Band" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 4:30
#"Love in the Library" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally) – 4:40
#"Quietly Making Noise" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Tschudin) – 5:51
#"Frenchman for the Night" (Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth) – 4:30
#"Sunny Afternoon" (Ray Davies) – 4:12
#"Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost" (Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth, Peter Mayer, Jim Mayer) – 4:53
#"She's Got You" (Hank Cochran) – 2:46
#"Delaney Talks to Statues" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, Amy Lee) – 3:41
#"Apocalypso" (Matt Betton) – 3:56

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band:
*Jimmy Buffett: Guitar and vocals
*Michael Utley: Keyboards
*Greg "Fingers" Taylor: Harmonica
*Robert Greenidge: Steel drums, percussion
*Roger Guth: Drums
*Peter Mayer: Guitars, vocals
*Jim Mayer: Bass, vocals
*Amy Lee: Saxophone
*Johnny Padilla: Saxophone
*John Lovell: Trumpet
*Angel Quinones: Congas, percussion
*Michael Tschudin: Keyboards, Mallet Kat
*Nicky Yarling: Violin, vocals
*Mac McAnally: Guitar, vocals
*G.E. Smith: Guitar
*Background Singers: Claudia Cummings, Mary Harris, Nicolette Larson


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