The Jimmy Buffett Album Series: #4 Living & Dying In 3/4
Time
Jimmy Buffett's fourth album, Living and Dying yielded the hit
single "Come Monday," which still ranks among his finest
compositions. As wistful and romantic as that number may be, the
dominant feeling of the album is gentle good humor, as on songs
like the richly detailed "Brand New Country Star," the nostalgic
"Pencil Thin Mustache," and a recitation of the Lord Buckley tall
tale "God's Own Drunk." Buffett approaches country &
western-style topics on "Livingston's Gone to Texas" and "Brahma
Fear" without succumbing to the blandness of de rigueur Music City
product. "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown," meanwhile, has to be
considered the definitive song of debutante rebellion. It's a thin
field, admittedly, but a song worthy of the title nonetheless.
--Daniel Durchholz, Amazon.com Editorial Review
|
|
Living & Dying in 3/4 Time
Dunhill - 1974
1. Pencil Thin Mustache
2. Come Monday
3. Ringling, Ringling
4. Brahma Fear
5. Brand New Country Star
6. Livingston's Gone to Texas
7. The Wino and I Know
8. West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown
9. Saxophones
10. Ballad of Spider John
11. God's Own Drunk |
|
Click to join Geocaching-HamptonRoadsVA