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Jimmy Buffett - Living and Dying in 3/4 Time Audio CD

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Jimmy Buffett Band: Jimmy Buffett
Title: Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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: Wino and I Know 8: West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown 9: Saxophones 10: Ballad of Spider John 11: God's Own Drunk

Jimmy Buffett Breaks Through
It comes in the form of the Top 30 ballad "Come Monday", a country heartbreak song that's a far cry from the seafaring songs he'd later be known for. On LIVING AND DYING IN 3/4 TIME, Jimmy Buffett achieves his commercial breakthrough. This CD also features other songs that are in a less novelty-oriented vein than he'd become known for later, and is worth buying to see him moving in directions he ended up not pursuing.


Living&Dying in 3/4 Time
This is an older record of his which contains some classic
cuts,all around good album. A great album for someone who is interested in,or just finding out about
Jimmy Buffet.


One of his best
Living and Dying is one of those perfect albums from JB that combines irreverence and insight. During the 70's, Jimmy Buffett put out a string of excellent albums that made him the parrothead icon he is today. There are whimsical songs (Pencil Thin Mustache, God's Own Drunk) and touching 'miss you' songs like Come Monday. And they are rapped in a package where you can touch each thought and feeling. Living and Dying is an album you can listen to over and over and still get enjoyment out of it. If you don't have this album, you need it. If you already have it, you know why.


Buffet's Best
The original album cover, which folded open to reveal a stylized map of Key West, made Buffett and Key West seem exotic to me. I was first introduced to this album while working in a record store in Oklahoma in 1974. Having lived in Florida for nearly twenty years now, the Keys no longer hold the mystique that they once did, but the pristine orginality of this album stills shines through clearly. This album represents Buffett's art long before he attained the near universal fame that he now enjoys. While I have enjoyed many of his more recent songs, I still hold that the quality of the cuts here remain unsurpassed. They do not even hint of the "beaches, boats and bars" themes that pervade the majority of Buffett's later reportoire. The sound here is largely country/folk rock and the themes are varied, perhaps the most persuasive focused on the travails of being an itinerant performer, as is evident in the still moving "Come Monday" and "Ringling. " Though this album is over thirty years old, it offers extraordinarily compelling lyrics and music. Check this out and meet the original Jimmy Buffett.


Updating Buffett Collection!
Purchased this CD and I am thrilled with the clarity. I have played my ORIGINAL cassette tape so much, it is beyond use.


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