Banana Wind
1996 studio album by Jimmy Buffett
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Banana Wind is the twentieth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released on MCA and Margaritaville Records on June 4, 1996, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200.
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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] |
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 tracks are written by Jimmy Buffett, Russ Kunkel, Roger Guth, Peter Mayer and Jim Mayer, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Only Time Will Tell" | 4:12 | |
| 2. | "Jamaica Mistaica" | 5:54 | |
| 3. | "School Boy Heart" | Jimmy Buffett, Matt Betton | 4:35 |
| 4. | "Banana Wind" (instrumental) | 3:57 | |
| 5. | "Holiday" | Jimmy Buffett, Ralph MacDonald, Bill Eaton, William Salter | 5:05 |
| 6. | "Bob Robert's Society Band" | Jimmy Buffett, Amy Lee | 3:44 |
| 7. | "Overkill" | 4:55 | |
| 8. | "Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship" | 7:10 | |
| 9. | "Mental Floss" | 4:02 | |
| 10. | "Cultural Infidel" | 3:58 | |
| 11. | "Happily Ever After (Now and Then)" | Jimmy Buffett, Dave Loggins | 4:18 |
| 12. | "False Echoes (Havana 1921)" | Jimmy Buffett | 9:12 |
| 13. | "Treetop Flyer" (hidden track, starts around 20 seconds after "False Echoes" ends) | Stephen Stills | 6:26 |
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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