Fruitcakes

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Fruitcakes is Jimmy Buffett's best recording in some time, for he has a better handle on the Caribbean flavors in his Gulf Coast beach-bum music than ever before. The Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band," for example, is completely recast as an easygoing calypso tune, thanks to Robert Greenidge's steel drums and Angel Quinones' congas. Even more radical is the tranformation of "Sunny Afternoon," the Kinks' satire of upper-class luxury which Buffett restates as a celebration of his own lifestyle. On the other hand, Buffett can be pretty insufferable when he waxes sentimental about his beach house, his childhood library and his daughter on the ballads "Lone Palm," "Love in the Library" and "Delaney Talks to Statues." --Geoffrey Himes

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Fruitcakes

Average customer rating: Love the Delaney song I love this CD! Not That Great 13 songs to go with a cool drink on a hot day Jimmy's Best CD of the 90's

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Tracks:

1. Everybody's Got A Cousin In Miami
2. Fruitcakes
3. Lone Palm
4. Six String Music
5. Uncle John's Band
6. Love In The Library
7. Quietly Making Noise
8. Frenchman For The Night
9. Sunny Afternoon
10. Vampires, Mummies & The Holy Ghost
11. She's Got You
12. Delaney Talks To Statues
13. Apocalypso

Amazon.com

Fruitcakes is Jimmy Buffett's best recording in some time, for he has a better handle on the Caribbean flavors in his Gulf Coast beach-bum music than ever before. The Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band," for example, is completely recast as an easygoing calypso tune, thanks to Robert Greenidge's steel drums and Angel Quinones' congas. Even more radical is the tranformation of "Sunny Afternoon," the Kinks' satire of upper-class luxury which Buffett restates as a celebration of his own lifestyle. On the other hand, Buffett can be pretty insufferable when he waxes sentimental about his beach house, his childhood library and his daughter on the ballads "Lone Palm," "Love in the Library" and "Delaney Talks to Statues." --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Love the Delaney song.......2007-05-02

This was recommended to me by a friend. I love the song Delaney talks to statues...the innocence of children. What a nice reminder to stop and enjoy the moment! The balance of the CD is good, albeit, this is the one standout!

I love this CD!.......2007-01-04

I am a Jimmy Buffett fan for quite a few years now, but didn't own too many of his CD's. This is my 5th or so CD of his, and is quickly becoming my favorite. It has a great blend of all the sounds you expect from Jimmy: caribbean beat/feel songs, love songs, upbeat happy songs, and just pure Jimmy. Its a great driving or doing housework song, or even a workout CD. Most songs have a lively beat. I love it.

Not That Great.......2006-11-13

Buffett took 5 years off between studio albums, which for him is an eternity. In that five year span something strange happened. Although Buffett had still been a decent concert draw throughout the 80's, sales of his albums had once again slipped off the radar screen. Between "Lizard" and "Fruitcakes" Buffett had focused more on writing (books) and expanding his chain of Margaretville restaurants / clubs. The strange part is that in the 5 years that he took in between albums instead of his fan base slipping away; it did the opposite and actually grew by leaps and bounds. "Fruitcakes" would be the first Jimmy Buffett album to reach "gold" status in many years all without the benefit of any radio or video airplay. Instead of selling out in a few days, his concerts starting selling out in 5 minutes. Jimmy Buffett became a ticket scalper's dream as the demand for seats to his shows became a phenomenon. The "Fruitcakes" album and tour would prove to be a huge comeback for Buffett, but it has never been clear to me why it happened. The "Fruitcakes" album is a decent enough effort, with some good songs on it, but it is not as good as several of the albums that he put out in the 80's in my opinion. On several spots on the album Buffett talks......and talks....and talks. In concert, he is a storyteller and his rants work well in that context, but on a studio album it just comes across as corny. This is especially true of the title track "Fruitcakes" where Buffett drones on and on about movies, junior mints among other topics. The album has a few really great songs. The opener "Everybody's Got A Cousin In Miami" is a 7 minute plus romp. "Lone Palm" is a great little ballad. His cover of the Grateful Deadd's "Uncle John's Band" is a nice twist on the original. The title track "Fruitcakes" is pretty good too (without the rap). The rest of the album I find to be rather dull. I seem to be in the minority on this one as many Buffett fans rate this album as one of their favorites, but for my ears, although there are a few highlights, this is very average Buffett.

13 songs to go with a cool drink on a hot day.......2005-07-10

"Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami" (written by Buffett and Michael Tschudin) opens with a little 'phone conversation' about Jimmy's cousin, who's the shady sort who operates out of a phone booth and can get anything for anybody. "Everybody's got a cousin in Miami/Everybody understands the impromptu/Dancing in the heat to the beat/That turns your clothing clammy/Everybody needs to have a dream come true..."

"Fruitcakes" (written by Buffett and Amy Lee) "Fruitcakes in the kitchen/Fruitcakes on the street/Struttin' naked through the crosswalk/in the middle of the week./Half-baked cookies in the oven/Half-baked people on the bus/There's a little bit of fruitcake left in every one of us..." Tied with "Vampires, Mummies, and the Holy Ghost" for my favourite on this album. Very conversational style delivering the lyrics on the subject of fruitcakes in this world.

"Lone Palm" (written by Buffett) "While out on the beach there are two empty chairs/that say more than the people who ever sit there/from under my lone palm I can look out on the day..."

"Six String Music" (written by Buffett and G.E. Smith) "You can get into Beethoven, you can groove on Jimmy Reed/But keep it simple stupid/All we really need/is six string music..."

"Uncle John's Band" (written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter) "Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide/Come on along or go alone/He's come to take his children home"

"Love in the Library" (written by Buffett and Mac McAnally) is of course a quiet song about falling in love with a girl he met in the library. :) "Love in the library, quiet and cool/Love in the library, there are no rules/Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime/I fell in love in the library once upon a time..."

"Quietly Making Noise" (written by Buffett and Michael Tschudin) Steel drums, brushes switching to snare after the opening, xylophone, not much guitar. "Not too soft not too loud/Just enough to draw a crowd/Quietly, quietly, quietly making noise..."

"Frenchman for the Night" (written by Buffett and Roger Guth) *Too* laid back for my taste, to the point of being almost suitable for Muzak. Acoustic guitar, very little piano, percussion toned down to using brushes. The total effect challenges my theory that percussion in modern music is mostly abused.

"Sunny Afternoon" (written by Ray Davies) "The tax man's taken all my dough/And left me in this stately home/Lazing on a sunny afternoon/And I can't even sail my yacht/He's taken everything I've got/All I've got's this sunny afternoon..." I can't help thinking he's about to sing "Desperation Samba" when I hear the opening of this song.

"Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost" (written by Buffett, Roger Guth, Peter Mayer, Jim Mayer) leads off with an organ solo, though not *quite* a ripoff of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (aka the Mad Scientists' Anthem) before preceding to the topic of the singer's therapy. "Talk about denial and dysfunctional things/Head's like a bell some days, it dongs and it dings.../Spend lots of money but I'm tacklin' my fears.../Vampires, mummies, and the Holy Ghost/These are the things that terrify me the most/No alien, psychopath or MTV host scares me like vampires, mummies and the Holy Ghost."

"She's Got You" (written by Hank Cochran) "Only thing different/Only thing new/I've got your picture/She's got you". (Jimmy actually sings "she" on the first chorus but changes to "he" later on.) Peppy song for a the-hussy-ran-off genre. "He or she? Gender bender to me..."

"Delaney Talks to Statues" (written by Buffett, Mac McAnally, and Amy Lee) A father's song for his young daughter.

"Apocalypso" (written by Matt Betton) is notorious in my family because Jimmy played it on the Letterman show when the album first came out, only to be hustled offstage to make time for a little kid who could name all fifty states. Who, us? Fans? *Grr*. The steel drums naturally get a place in the sun in this one. "They say this universe is bound to blow/But I say we crank up the calypso control/Apocalyp, apocalyp, apocalypso/We'll be dancing when we go..."

Jimmy's Best CD of the 90's.......2005-03-23

I have many fond memories of the summer of '94. I met my wife that summer, I went on a road trip to New Orleans with my best friend, attended my third Buffett concert, and theres this CD which I consider Jimmy's best release in the 90's. It had been five years since his last studio release which was good but nowhere near as good as Fruitcakes. Jimmy just sounded renergized and fresh on this CD unlike most of his 80's releases after Coconut Telegraph. "Uncle John's Band" is a great cover of the Dead song. "Everybody's got a cousin", "Fruitcakes", "Lone Palm", "Queitly Making Noise", "Vampires","She's Got You", "Sunny Afternoon" are really good. There is not a throw away song on this entire CD. Everytime I throw this CD in the player I am transported back to that great summer. I can almost feel the gulf coast breeze as my best friend and I travel down I-10 to N'awlins and I feel like I did when my wife and I first started dating. I know this is getting a little corny but this CD is like the soundtrack to a great part of my life. Thanks for the memories Jimmy.

Average customer rating: rare speed/thrash jewel

Fruitcakes We Have Known Catalepsy Manufacturer: Restless Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008E3A Release Date: 1993-06-29

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1. Brick by Brick
2. Hot Dog & Beercanhill
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4. House of Dispair
5. Here Comes King Gossip
6. Miss Brainless
7. Tortured Minds
8. Clowns
9. Suicide Letters

Customer Reviews:

rare speed/thrash jewel.......2004-01-26

Extremely underrated extraordinary belgium thrash/speed metal band. Great compilation of tracks plenty of frantic riffs. Check out "Civilized genocide" and "Clowns". Production is not that good, but definetely, this album is a mandatory piece for late eigthies-early nighties-thrash/speed metal collectors

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