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...jukebox mentality, get by on these give-the-people-what-they-want productions. But others, interested in artistic growth, look for innovation and creativity, risky though these may be in an era of intense competition from imports lurking just beyond the immigration desk. Happily then, there is Jimmy Buffett, who throughout his career has disdained dictates from Nashville and elsewhere and developed his own distinctive musical style. His latest album, Somewhere Over China, combines old and new tunes in a variety of settings, casting a different light over the Buffett mystique and perhaps proving once and for all there...
...Buffett's 1980 release Coconut Telegraph got the boot from at least one critic, who accused him of "cruising." That LP may have been the last featuring the mellow life in the islands, though it had certain serious overtones indicating Buffett had done some growing up. Some of the tracks, such as those about his little daughter and his memories, appeared to indicate the aging of the man who claimed he was "Growing Older But Not Up." Coconut Telegraph bore some thematic resemblance to Volcano and Son of a Son of a Sailor, released in 1979 and 1978 All three...
...describe the scenery if you've never seen it, Don't ever forget that you may just wind up being gone." --Jimmy Buffett, non-golfer...
...BEFORE the old fans bid their disappointed adieus to Mr. Buffett, they must tune in carefully to the one track on "Coconut Telegraph" which does not appear to have been written during a Geritol overdose. In a masterful study of life's doldrums and how to fight them, Buffett opens the second side with "The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful." The song begins with chatter and shrieks from the Coral Reefer Band and sundry other studio personnel, culminating in Buffett himself hollering "Don't ever start a band!" This song will make the album worthwhile for all diehard...
...inevitable developments have led Jimmy Buffett a little further along the path of growing up. But he has only grown up to a certain extent. Though his trail has become littered with diapers and Visa receipts, along with the artifacts of a carefree existence, the independence of mind that makes his music distinctive still hangs on. It hasn't yet wasted away in Margaritaville...