| 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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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
"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
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) – Start around 20 seconds after False Echoes ends
Personnel
The Coral Reefer Band
- 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
- 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
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ^ 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.
