Jimmy Buffett Discography


This is a listing of all of the music of Jimmy Buffett And The Coral Reefer Band up through the year 2000. Following the discography is a listing of his songs which have been used in movies and television shows, which do not appear in the discography itself. I'll be updating the discography through to the current album as soon as spare time allows.

Last Updated: May 31, 2004

DOWN TO EARTH (Barnaby 1970)

  • The Christian 3:36
  • Ellis Dee 2:40
  • The Missionary 3:16
  • A Mile High In Denver 2:55
  • The Captain And The Kid 3:00
  • Captain America 3:17
  • Ain't He A Genius 2:37
  • Turnabout 4:10
  • There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times 3:07
  • I Can't Be You Hero Today 2:48
  • Truckstop Salvation 5:45
The Excelsior re-release of this album included the following bonus track:
  • Richard Frost 3:25

HIGH CUMBERLAND JUBILEE (Barnaby 1971)

  • Ace 3:12
  • Rockerfeller Square 2:16
  • Bend A Little 2:55
  • In The Shelter 3:29
  • Death Valley Lives 3:35
  • Livingston's Gone To Texas 3:45
  • England 2:52
  • Travelin' Clean 3:05
  • The Hangout Gang 3:50
  • God Don't Own A Car 1:59
  • High Cumberland Jubilee/Coming Down Slow 5:08

A WHITE SPORT COAT AND A PINK CRUSTACEAN (Dunhill 1973)

  • Great Fillin' Station Holdup 3:00
  • Railroad Lady 2:43
  • He Went To Paris 3:27
  • Grapefruit - Juicyfruit 2:54
  • Cuban Crime Of Passion 3:39
  • Why Don't We Get Drunk 2:40
  • Peanut Butter Conspiracy 3:40
  • They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More 2:55
  • I Have Found Me A Home 3:55
  • My Lovely Lady 3:07
  • Death Of An Unpopular Poet 3:35

LIVING AND DYING IN 3/4 TIME (Dunhill 1974)

  • Pencil Thin Mustache 2:47
  • Come Monday 3:06
  • Ringling, Ringling 2:32
  • Brahma Fear 4:05
  • Brand New Country Star 2:40
  • Livingston's Gone To Texas 3:28
  • The Wino And I Know 3:00
  • West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown 2:34
  • Saxophones 3:18
  • Ballad Of Spider John 4:26
  • God's Own Drunk 6:19

A1A (Dunhill 1974)

  • Makin' Music For Money 4:10
  • Door Number Three 3:03
  • Dallas 3:25
  • Presents To Send You 2:40
  • Stories We Could Tell 3:18
  • Life Is Just A Tire Swing 3:04
  • A Pirate Looks At Forty 3:57
  • Migration 4:13
  • Trying To Reason With A Hurricane Season 4:21
  • Nautical Wheelers 3:35
  • Tin Cup Chalise 3:38

RANCHO DELUXE SOUNDTRACK (United Artists 1975)

  • Rancho Deluxe Main Title 2:10
  • Ridin' In Style* 1:02
  • Left Me With A Nail To Drive 1:30 Written by Buffett, sung by Roger Bartlett
  • Cattle Truckin'* 1:26
  • Countin' The Cows Ev'ry Day 2:21
  • The Wrangler* 2:07
  • Rancho Deluxe End Title 2:54
  • Livingston Saturday Night 3:26
  • Some Gothic Ranch Action* 1:24
  • Wonder Why You Ever Go Home 1:46
  • Fifteen Gears* 2:11
  • Can't Remember When I Slept Last 1:36
  • Rancho Deluxe Instrumental* 1:38
* - Instrumental

HAVANA DAYDREAMIN' (ABC 1976)

  • Woman Goin' Crazy On Caroline Street 4:08
  • My Head Hurts,My Feet Stink,I Don't Love Jesus 2:35
  • The Captain And The Kid 3:16
  • Big Rig 3:30
  • Defying Gravity 2:41
  • Havana Daydreamin' 3:38
  • Cliches 2:45
  • Something So Feminine About A Mandolin 3:32
  • Kick It In Second Wind 3:56
  • This Hotel Room 3:07

CHANGES IN LATITUDES, CHANGES IN ATTITUDES (ABC 1977)

  • Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes 3:15
  • Wonder Why We Ever Go Home 3:51
  • Banana Republics 5:11
  • Tampico Trauma 4:35
  • Lovely Cruise 3:54
  • Margaritaville 4:09
  • In The Shelter 4:00
  • Miss You So Badly 3:41
  • Biloxi 5:38
  • Landfall 3:14

SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR (ABC 1978)

  • Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 3:23
  • Fool Button 2:47
  • The Last Line 3:38
  • Livingston Saturday Night 3:09
  • Cheeseburger In Paradise 2:51
  • Coast Of Marseilles 5:02
  • Cowboy In The Jungle 5:06
  • Manana 4:13
  • African Friend 4:00

YOU HAD TO BE THERE (MCA 1978)

  • Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 4:21
  • Pencil Thin Mustache 4:37
  • Wonder Why We Ever Go Home 4:13
  • Landfall 3:32
  • Miss You So Badly 4:19
  • Havana Daydreamin' 6:34
  • Margaritaville 5:30
  • Changes In Latitudes,Changes In Attitudes 3:28
  • Come Monday 3:41
  • Perrier Blues 3:52
  • Grapefruit - Juicyfruit 8:06
  • God's Own Drunk 12:40
  • He Went To Paris 6:13
  • The Captain And The Kid 4:15
  • Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw 6:23
  • A Pirate Looks At Forty 5:47
  • Tampico Trauma 5:47
  • Morris' Nightmare 3:27
  • Dixie Diner 6:22

VOLCANO (MCA 1979)

  • Fins 3:37
  • Volcano 3:27
  • Treat Her Like A Lady 3:55
  • Stranded On A Sandbar 3:08
  • Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants 4:01
  • Survive 4:29
  • Lady I Can't Explain 2:42
  • Boat Drinks 2:37
  • Dreamsicle 2:18
  • Sending The Old Man Home 3:23

BEFORE THE SALT (Barnaby 1979)

This is a compilation of Down To Earth and High Cumberland Jubilee released on the Barnaby Label. This bonus track was included:

  • Richard Frost 3:25

COCONUT TELEGRAPH (MCA 1980)

  • Coconut Telegraph 2:57
  • Incommunicado 3:39
  • It's My Job 3:10
  • Growing Older But Not Up 3:23
  • The Good Fight 3:25
  • The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful 4:06
  • Stars Fell On Alabama 4:12
  • Island 3:54
  • Little Miss Magic 4:00

SOMEWHERE OVER CHINA (MCA 1981)

  • Where's The Party 3:37
  • It's Midnight And I'm Not Famous Yet 3:49
  • I Heard I Was In Town 3:36
  • Somewhere Over China 5:20
  • When Salome Plays The Drum 3:25
  • Lip Service 3:57
  • If I Could Just Get It On Paper 3:32
  • Steamer 4:06
  • On A Slow Boat To China 3:56

ONE PARTICULAR HARBOUR (MCA 1983)

  • Stars On The Water 3:14
  • I Used To Have Money One Time 3:21
  • Livin' It Up 2:59
  • California Promises 3:38
  • One Particular Harbour 5:40
  • Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart 2:40
  • Honey Do 4:28
  • We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About 3:20
  • Twelve Volt Man 3:57
  • Brown Eyed Girl 3:53
  • Distantly In Love 2:48

SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART (MCA 1983)

  • Cheeseburger In Paradise 2:51
  • He Went To Paris 3:27
  • Fins 3:37
  • Margaritaville 4:09
  • Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 3:23
  • Changes In Latitudes,Changes In Attitudes 3:15
  • Come Monday 3:06
  • A Pirate Looks At Forty 3:57
  • Why Don't We Get Drunk 2:40
  • Boat Drinks 2:37
  • Grapefruit - Juicyfruit 2:54
  • Pencil Thin Mustache 2:47
  • Volcano 3:27

RIDDLES IN THE SAND (MCA 1984)

  • Who's The Blonde Stranger? 3:44
  • Ragtop Day 3:03
  • She's Going Out Of My Mind 3:26
  • Bigger Than The Both Of Us 3:57
  • Knees Of My Heart 2:41
  • Come To The Moon 3:47
  • Love In Decline 2:42
  • Burn That Bridge 3:12
  • La Vie Dansante 4:02

LAST MANGO IN PARIS (MCA 1985)

  • Everybody's On The Run 3:26
  • Frank And Lola 3:16
  • Perfect Partner 3:05
  • Please Bypass This Heart 3:18
  • Gypsies In The Palace 5:07
  • Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana) 3:31
  • If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me 3:25
  • Last Mango In Paris 3:14
  • Jolly Mon Sing 3:15
  • Beyond The End 4:47

FLORIDAYS (MCA 1986)

  • I Love The Now 5:01
  • Creola 7:00
  • First Look 3:59
  • Meet Me In Memphis 4:46
  • Nobody Speaks To The Captain No More 5:07
  • Floridays 4:52
  • If It All Falls Down 4:45
  • No Plane On Sunday 4:16
  • When The Coast Is Clear 2:56
  • You'll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again 3:10

HOT WATER (MCA 1988)

  • Homemade Music 3:32
  • Baby's Gone Shoppin' 4:05
  • Bring Back The Magic 4:16
  • My Barracuda 3:37
  • L' Air De La Louisiane 2:59
  • Prince Of Tides 5:30
  • Pre-You 5:19
  • King Of Somewhere Hot 5:05
  • Great Heart 5:06
  • Smart Woman (In A Real Short Skirt) 2:49
  • That's What Living Is To Me 4:33

OFF TO SEE THE LIZARD (MCA 1989)

  • Carnival World 3:56
  • Take Another Road 3:40
  • That's My Story And I'm Stickin' To It 4:23
  • Why The Things We Do 3:57
  • Gravity Storm 2:49
  • Off to See The Lizard 4:12
  • Boomerang Love 5:18
  • Strange Bird 4:19
  • I Wish Lunch Would Last Forever 5:18
  • The Pascagoula Run 3:18
  • Mermaid In The Night 2:27
  • Changing Channels 3:29

FEEDING FRENZY! (MCA 1990)

  • You'll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again 4:50
  • The City 4:40
  • Last Mango In Paris 3:38
  • Come Monday 3:52
  • Today's Message 6:25
  • A Love Song (From A Different Point Of View) 3:27
  • One Particular Harbour 6:24
  • Honey Do 4:53
  • Cheeseburger In Paradise 3:10
  • A Pirate Looks At 40 4:25
  • Jolly Mon 4:58
  • Gypsies In The Palace 4:15
  • Fins 4:35
  • Margaritaville 4:15
  • Jamaica Farewell 3:30
  • Volcano 4:10

BOATS, BEACHES, BARS AND BALLADS (Margaritaville/MCA 1993)

A 4 album box set, songs that were new for this box set are marked in bold.

BOATS

  • Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 3:23
  • Havana Daydreamin' 3:39
  • Manana 4:13
  • Treat Her Like A Lady 4:16
  • Steamer 4:09
  • Jolly Mon Sing 3:15
  • Nauticle Wheelers 3:35
  • Take It Back 3:59 from America's Cup victory in 1987
  • On A Slow Boat To China 3:58
  • Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes 3:15
  • Love And Luck 4:38 introduced on Outposts Tour 1991
  • The Captain And The Kid 3:14
  • Tryin' To Reason With Hurricane Season 4:21
  • Boat Drinks 2:38
  • One Particular Harbour 5:37
  • A Pirate Looks At Forty 3:51
  • Lovely Cruise 3:54

BEACHES

  • Margaritaville 4:10
  • Grapefruit - Juicyfruit 2:54
  • Ragtop Day 3:06
  • Frank And Lola 3:15
  • Tin Cup Chalice 3:15
  • Knees Of My Heart 2:39
  • Money Back Guarantee 4:24 introduced on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
  • When The Coast Is Clear 2:56
  • Biloxi 5:38
  • Distantly In Love 2:49
  • Coconut Telegraph 2:58
  • Stars On The Water 3:16
  • Who's The Blonde Stranger? 3:45
  • I Have Found Me A Home 3:53
  • Christmas In The Caribbean 3:10 from Tennesee Christmas
  • Volcano 3:37
  • Brown Eyed Girl 3:53
  • Cheeseburger In Paradise 2:51

BARS

  • Fins 3:25
  • The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful 4:07
  • Tampico Trauma 4:35
  • Livingston Saturday Night 3:09
  • Cuban Crime Of Passion 3:38
  • First Look 3:53
  • The Wino And I Know 3:02
  • The Great Filling Station Holdup 3:01
  • Why Don't We Get Drunk 2:42
  • Elvis Imitators 2:18
  • Pencil Thin Mustache 2:50
  • Kick It In Second Wind 3:56
  • Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana) 3:29
  • When Salome Plays The Drum 3:28
  • They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More 2:53
  • The Pascagoula Run 3:20
  • Sending The Old Man Home 3:22
  • Domino College 3:55

BALLADS

  • Come Monday 3:07
  • Defying Gravity 2:40
  • Survive 4:47
  • Incommunicado 3:40
  • I Heard I Was In Town 3:36
  • Ballad Of Spider John 4:27
  • Little Miss Magic 4:01
  • California Promises 3:39
  • If The Phone Doesn't Ring It's Me 3:25
  • African Friend 4:00
  • Everlasting Moon 3:54 introduced on the 1990 tour in Cincinnati and Atlanta only
  • Pre-You 5:17
  • Middle Of The Night 3:14
  • Coast Of Marseilles 5:00
  • Island 3:54
  • He Went To Paris 3:29
  • Stars Fell On Alabama 4:13
  • Changing Channels 3:30
  • Twelve Volt Man 3:57

BEFORE THE BEACH (Margaritaville/MCA 1993)

  • Ellis Dee 2:45
  • The Missionary 3:31
  • A Mile High In Denver 3:01
  • The Captain And The Kid 3:10
  • Captain America 3:18
  • Turnabout 4:16
  • There's Nothin' Soft About Hard Times 3:19
  • I Can't Be Your Hero Today 2:54
  • Truckstop Salvation 5:49
  • Ace 3:10
  • Rockefeller Square 2:17
  • Bend A Little 3:33
  • In The Shelter 3:32
  • Death Valley Lives 3:37
  • Livingston's Gone To Texas 3:35
  • England 2:50
  • Travelin' Clean 2:53
  • The Hang-Out Gang 3:39
  • God Don't Own A Car 1:58
  • High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin' Down Slow 4:16
  • Cumberland High Dilemma 3:00

FRUITCAKES (Margaritaville/MCA 1994)

  • Everybody's Got A Cousin In Miami 7:19
  • Fruitcakes 7:40
  • Lone Palm 4:28
  • Six String Music 3:25
  • Uncle John's Band 4:30
  • Love In The Library 4:40
  • Quietly Making Noise 5:51
  • Frenchman For The Night 4:30
  • Sunny Afternoon 4:12
  • Vampires, Mummies & The Holy Ghost 4:53
  • She's Got You 2:46
  • Delaney Talks To Statues 3:41
  • Apocalypso 3:56

BAROMETER SOUP (Margaritaville/MCA 1995)

  • Barometer Soup 4:58
  • Barefoot Children 4:54
  • Bank Of Bad Habits 3:53
  • Remittance Man 5:59
  • Diamond As Big As The Ritz 5:20
  • Blue Heaven Rendezvous 4:01
  • Jimmy Dreams 3:39
  • Lage Nom Ai 3:42
  • Don't Chu-Know 3:48
  • Ballad Of Skip Wiley 4:33
  • The Night I Painted The Sky 5:30
  • Mexico 4:06

BANANA WIND (Margaritaville/MCA 1996)

  • Only Time Will Tell 4:11
  • Jamaica Mistaica 5:52
  • School Boy Heart 4:15
  • Banana Wind 3:50 Instrumental
  • Holiday 4:58
  • Bob Robert's Society Band 3:49
  • Overkill 4:48
  • Desdemona's Building A Rocket Ship 7:05
  • Mental Floss 4:03
  • Cultural Infidel 4:03
  • Happily Ever After (Now & Then) 4:15
  • False Echoes (Havana 1921) 9:14

CHRISTMAS ISLAND (Margaritaville/MCA 1996)

  • Christmas Island 2:55
  • Jingle Bells 3:50
  • A Sailor's Christmas 5:05
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 5:35
  • Up On The House Top 3:35
  • Mele Kalikimaka 2:57
  • Run Rudolph Run 2:33
  • Ho Ho Ho & A Bottle Of Rhum 4:05
  • I'll Be Home For Christmas 4:01
  • Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) 4:02

DON'T STOP THE CARNIVAL (Margaritaville/Island 1998)

  • Intro - The Legend Of Norman Paperman/ Kinja 7:02
  • Public Relations 3:57
  • Calaloo 3:16
  • Island Fever 4:35
  • Sheila Says 3:55
  • Just An Old Truth Teller 3:34
  • Henny's Song: The Key To My Man 3:11
  • Kinja Rules 3:49
  • A Thousand Steps To Nowhere 5:25
  • It's All About The Water 2:22
  • Champagne Si, Agua No 1:44
  • Public Relations (Reprise) 1:25
  • The Handiest Frenchman In The Caribbean :50
  • Hippolyte's Habitat (Qui Moun' Qui) 3:11
  • Who Are We Trying To Fool? 4:35
  • Fat Person Man 3:29
  • Up On The Hill 4:11
  • Domicile :37
  • Funeral Dance :51
  • Time To Go Home 3:33

AMERICAN STORYTELLER (Laserlight 1999)

  • The Christian 3:58
  • Ellis Dee 2:51
  • Richard Frost 3:35
  • A Mile High In Denver 3:13
  • The Captain And The Kid 3:21
  • Captain America 3:25
  • Ain't He A Genius 2:49
  • Turnabout 4:24
  • I Can't Be Your Herd Today 3:01
  • Livingston's Gone To Texas 3:43
  • Traveling Clean 3:02
  • God Don't Own A Car 1:59

BEACH HOUSE ON THE MOON (Margaritaville/Island 1999)

  • Beach House On The Moon 6:49
  • Permanent Reminder Of A Temporary Feeling 4:15
  • Waiting For The Next Explosion 4:52
  • Pacing The Cage 4:38
  • You Call It Jogging 3:47
  • Flesh And Bone 5:39
  • I Will Play For Gumbo 4:06
  • Math Suks 4:28
  • Spending Money 2:52
  • Semi-True Story 3:12
  • Lucky Stars 3:46
  • I Don't Know And I Don't Care 3:41
  • Oysters And Pearls 3:28

BUFFETT LIVE
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS (Mailboat 1999)

  • Fruitcakes
  • Southern Cross
  • Pencil Thin Mustache
  • Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season
  • Coconut Telegraph
  • Cheeseburger In Paradise
  • Come Monday
  • Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
  • Volcano
  • Brown Eyed Girl
  • Tin Cup Chalice
  • Fins
  • One Particular Harbour
  • Margaritaville (Lost Verse Included)
  • Love And Luck

GREATEST HITS (Laserlight 2000)

DISC 1

  • Missionary 3:34
  • Truckstop Salvation 5:51
  • Ace 3:17
  • Rockfeller Square 2:21
  • Bend a Little 3:00
  • In the Shelter 3:39
  • Death Valley Lives 3:40
  • High Cumberland Dilemma 3:32
  • Hangout Gang 3:42
  • High Cumberland Jubilee 5:11
  • There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times 3:17

DISC 2

  • The Christian 3:58
  • Ellis Dee 2:51
  • Richard Frost 3:35
  • Mile High In Denver 3:13
  • Captain And the Kid 3:21
  • Captain America 3:01
  • Ain't He A Genius 3:25
  • Turnabout 2:49
  • I Can't Be Your Hero Today 4:24
  • Livingston's Gone To Texas 3:43
  • Traveling Clean 3:02
  • God Don't Own A Car 1:59

THERE'S NOTHING SOFT ABOUT HARD TIMES
(Madacy Records 2000)

DISC 1

  • There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times 3:21
  • Traveling Clean 3:07
  • Livingston's Gone To Texas 3:47
  • I Can't Be Your Hero Today 2:57
  • God Don't Own A Car 2:02
  • The Captain And The Kid 3:14
  • A Mile High In Denver 3:06
  • Ain't He A Genius 2:45
  • Captain America 3:21
  • High Cumberland Jubilee/Coming Down Slow 5:10
  • Rockefeller Square 2:18
  • Truckstop Salvation 5:49

DISC 2

  • Ace 3:16
  • Bend A Little 2:59
  • The Christian 3:53
  • High Cumberland Dilemma 3:31
  • Death Valley Lives 3:38
  • Ellis Dee 2:49
  • The Hangout Gang 3:43
  • In The Shelter 3:33
  • The Missionary 3:32
  • Richard Frost 3:27
  • Turnabout 4:18

MOVIES AND TV

  • Hello Texas from the movie Urban Cowboy 2:33
  • I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme) from the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High 3:00
  • Turning Around from the movie Summer Rental
  • Don't Bug Me from the movie Arachniphobia
  • Theme to Johnny Bago from the CBS TV show

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Another Saturday Night 3:10 from the 1993 album Margaritaville Cafe Late Night Menu
  • Reggae Accident 4:55 from the 1993 album Margaritaville Cafe Late Night Menu
  • Souvenirs 3:14 from the 1993 album Margaritaville Cafe Late Night Menu
  • Caribbean Amphibian with Kermit The Frog from the album Elmopalooza!
  • Mr. Spaceman from the album Kermit Unpigged
  • Mack The Knife with Frank Sinatra from Sinatra's album Duets II
  • Trouble On The Horizon from the album Music For Our Mother Ocean, Volume 2
  • Here Comes The Sun with Allison Moorer and James Taylor
    from the album Music For Our Mother Ocean, Volume 3
  • Please Take Your Drunken 15 Year-Old Girlfriend Home
  • Train To Dixieland
  • Margaritaville with Alan Jackson from Jackson's album Under The Influence