Hot Water (album)


Hot Water is the sixteenth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in June 1988 by MCA 42093 and was produced by Coral Reefer Band members Michael Utley, Russell Kunkel, and Ralph MacDonald. The album was engineered and mixed by Jay Rifkin. The album was Jimmy's first album recorded at his new studio in Key West, Florida called Shrimpboat Sound. The LP continues Buffett's use of a wide variety of musical instruments than was typical for Buffett's earlier works, notably horns and percussion. Buffett shaved off his trademark mustache for the album.

Songs

All but two of the album's songs were written or co-written by Buffett. The other two songs are cover songs: "Great Heart" originally by South African Johnny Clegg and Savuka and "L'Air de la Louisiane" by Jesse Winchester, one of several Buffett covers of Winchester songs recorded throughout his career. "L'Air de la Louisiane" An admitted francophile, Buffett has sung several songs in French. The album's Final Song, "That's What Living is to Me" references Mark Twain's Travelogue "Following the Equator" and Jimmy often includes praise and recommendation of the book when introducing live performances of the song.

Chart performance

Hot Water reached #46 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The song "Bring Back the Magic" hit #24 Adult Contemporary.

Track listing

  1. "Homemade Music" – 3:32
  2. "Baby's Gone Shoppin'" – 4:05
  3. "Bring Back the Magic" – 4:16
  4. "My Barracuda" – 3:37
  5. "L'Air de la Louisiane" – 2:59
  6. "Prince of Tides" – 5:30
  7. "Pre-You" – 5:19
  8. "King of Somewhere Hot" – 5:05
  9. "Great Heart" – 5:06
  10. "Smart Woman " – 2:49
  11. "That's What Living Is to Me" – 4:33

    Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band:
1988 brought yet another summer tour, this time to promote the Hot Water album, with all the usual stops.

1988 Coral Reefer Band

Towards the beginning of the tour, the set list was a bit different than the majority of the tour with "Son of a Son of a Sailor" as the opener and "Margaritaville" as the set closer. For most of the tour, however, the Mac McAnally cover "It's My Job" opened the show and "Where's the Party" closed the set. "Fins" was the show closer pretty much every night, with the exception of Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" closing the Kings Dominion show on the fourth of July, its only known appearance of the tour.
Average set list:
  1. "It's My Job"
  2. "Tequila"
  3. "Stars on the Water"
  4. "Come Monday"
  5. "Knees of My Heart"
  6. "Jolly Mon Sing"
  7. Medley:
  8. #"Son of a Son of a Sailor"
  9. #"Boat Drinks"
  10. #"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
  11. "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
  12. ""
  13. "Homemade Music"
  14. "Coconut Telegraph"
  15. "My Barracuda"
  16. "Bring Back the Magic"
  17. "Coast of Marseilles"
  18. "God's Own Drunk"
  19. "Last Mango in Paris"
  20. "Pencil Thin Mustache
  21. "Why Don't We Get Drunk"
  22. "Volcano"
  23. "Where's the Party"
    Encore:
  24. "A Pirate Looks at Forty"
  25. "Margaritaville"
  26. "Fins"